Artist Professional Development

This mastermind workshop will help you fast-forward your ARTS EDUCATION BUSINESS so you can let go of draining jobs and focus on your artistic career growth!

After this event you will come out with a full set of marketing tools, a solid plan to follow, templates to use, an already proven list of clients (in the Greater Toronto Area) plus design your own programming in a format sought after by educators in the school system with help from the group mastermind.  

Everything you will need to Start booking teaching gigs right away!

NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are postponing this event. Details about the new date will be announced when available. 

Presented in partnership by Prologue Performing Arts and WorkInCulture, Back to School: Professional Development for Performing Artists Working in Schools will take participants through the complexities of working in schools and provide tools to support their arts education practice. While the workshops will be open to artists working in all disciplines, there will be focus placed on the performing arts due to Prologue’s organizational mandate. Designed for artists of all levels of experience!

Thursday May 7, 2020; 6:00 – 8:00pm

*Postponed*

Art Vancouver brings together both rapidly growing creative talent and renowned international artists under one roof. Western Canada's largest contemporary art fair attracts over 10,000 art lovers annually to the Vancouver Convention Centre. You can look forward to over 1,200 pieces of artwork from 100 local and international galleries and artists. Art Vancouver provides an opportunity to view and purchase artwork from over 20 countries.

DATE: Thursday, April 16th - Sunday, April 19th 2020

Pendulum Gallery, located at the heart of the city of Vancouver, BC, Canada, Art Vancouver  will be exhibiting a selection of artworks created by exhibitors from the upcoming 2020 International Art Fair. Some of the artists in this exhibition include: Monica Gewurz, Elizabeth Cross, Shelley Brookes, Geoffrey Caofei Feng, Paul Yagartua, Marco Francesco, Teresa Smith, Kathy Vangogh, and others. In this exhibition, visitors will get to experience and explore art from local artists, and sample a taste of their creative talents.

Indigenous Youth (16 - 25) and Women will have the opportunity to participate in a storytelling workshop led by Yolanda Bonnell (Ojibwe - South Asian). The workshop includes warm ups, discovering the different ways a story can be told (body/movement, writing, song, or combination). Participants will find the path that suits them best and will create a 5-minute piece of theatre that will tell a specific creation story.

Indigenous Youth (16 - 25) and Women will have the opportunity to participate in a storytelling workshop led by Yolanda Bonnell (Ojibwe - South Asian). The workshop includes warm ups, discovering the different ways a story can be told (body/movement, writing, song, or combination). Participants will find the path that suits them best and will create a 5-minute piece of theatre that will tell a specific creation story.

Le Réseau canadien pour les arts et l’apprentissage invite toutes les organisations, les enseignants et les artistes-éducateurs du secteur des arts qui ont recours aux outils numériques pour animer des expériences artistiques destinées aux apprenants de tous âges à prendre part à une séance de consultation en ligne. Retrouvez vos pairs des quatre coins du Canada afin de témoigner de vos expériences et échanger au sujet de vos meilleures pratiques, de découvrir des outils auxquels ont recours d’autres intervenants du secteur, et d’explorer des avenues de collaboration.

In cities around the world, the creative arts and interactive digital media sectors are bringing their respective skills together to imagine and create exciting new events, art and products – merging digital technologies with artistic practice. In Manitoba, we’re ready to showcase what our vibrant arts community and interactive digital media sector can do together.

The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning invites all arts organizations, teachers and artist-educators who are using digital tools to facilitate artistic experiences for learners of all ages to take part in an online consultation. Join peers from across Canada to share your experiences and best practices, discover tools that have been useful for others in the sector, and explore collaborative possibilities. Join this round table discussion and lend your voice and experience to help strengthen the arts and learning sector throughout Canada.