Dance Together Festival: Call for Volunteers!
Calling all dance enthusiasts! 💃🕺 We need your help to make the Dance Together Festival York Region flow smoothly! 🎉 Think you can handle set-up and tear-down? 🤔 Or maybe you’re a pro at check-in and out? 💁♂️💁♀️ How about running errands or being an awesome artist liaison? 🏃♀️🎨 We’re looking for volunteers to join […]
CALL TO YORK REGION-BASED ARTISTS
The York Region Arts Council is excited to partner with the Upper Canada Mall to highlight artistic excellence in York Region through the creation of an art display! Where: Upper Canada Mall Theme: We are requesting the submission of artwork for display around the theme of Ontario Summers and Cottage Country. Mediums: All mediums are invited […]
York Region’s Plan for Newcomer Inclusion Features Newcomer Artwork!
York Region’s new Plan for Newcomer Inclusion was adopted by York Regional Council on March 21, 2024! A Place to Thrive: York Region’s 2024 to 2027 Plan for Newcomer Inclusion builds on the successes of previous plans and presents a vision for how York Region Local Immigration Partnership will support newcomer health and well-being, build welcoming […]
Newsmakers 2023 Highlights Donald Chrétien and the Experience Trail
YorkRegion.com recently highlighted the work of Donald Chrétien on the Experience Trail as part of their Newsmakers 2023 Series! In the article, Donald discusses his Blue Jay Trail Marker which was unveiled in Stouffville in April 2023. Chrétien said there is a little circle within the blue jay’s heart that represents the fire teaching where everything […]
Here are ALL the Experience Trail Locations You Can Visit This Summer
Last month, York Region Arts Council had the distinct pleasure of unveiling two more trail markers from The YR Experience Trail Marker Project in York Region. Now with seven (7) trail markers, York Region is well on its way to having one in every municipality of York Region. What’s better is that summertime is the […]
Two NEW Trail Markers Being Unveiled This Week in York Region
It’s Indigenous People’s Month and what better way to celebrate than with not one but two new trail markers being unveiled in York Region. If you’ve been following the Experience Trail Marker Project you’ll know that there are already five trail markers across the region; The Moth, The Butterfly, The Bee, The Hummingbird, The Blue […]
New Trail Marker to be Unveiled in Stouffville on April 15
The Town of Stouffville and the York Region Arts Council are excited to announce the next installment of The YR Experience Trail Marker Project. The newest addition to the Experience Trail, “Blue Jay” or the “Diindiisi” in the Anishinaabe language, will be unveiled at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre/Vandorf Community Park at 11am on […]
York Region Artists Light up Vaughan at the Latest Artist Circle
By Lalaa Comrie What do you get when you put dozens of artists in one room? Magic, connection and plenty of creativity, and that was the vibe at the latest Artist Circle hosted by York Region Arts Council in partnership with Assembly Park. The Artist Circle which is an interactive networking and social event for […]
The ever so popular Artist Circle is back!
By Lalaa Comrie The ever so popular Artist Circle is back once again this year and will feature some of the best artists and speakers that York Region has to offer. If you missed the last artist circle then you missed a truly amazing time of connection between artists and the art community. The next […]
There’s Power and Beauty in Canadian Black Storytelling
By Lalaa Comrie There’s power and beauty in Canadian Black Storytelling, that was the consensus last night during the Telling Black Stories Panel hosted by York Region Arts Council. The conversation, which took place over zoom, featured Canadian Black writers, Kern Carter, Andrea Thompson, and Greg Frankson and illustrated the beauty of Black storytelling in […]