The Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Arts Access a Community

Arts Initiative

 

ArtsAccess Update

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery Drawing Frenzy occurred on January 17th, 2010. We have now selected 25 drawings to be used in the Big Boreal Adventure - Get Out & Go. This community project is set to begin this spring. The images will be made into plaques that will be mounted on cedar posts at 25 outdoor sites in Thunder Bay. Watch for announcements in the media this April/May!

What is Arts Access?

Arts Access is a three-year community arts initiative designed to increase public involvement with art through a broad range of community–driven creative projects. Arts Access involves a partnership between art galleries in four municipalities, including Toronto, Thunder Bay, Brantford/Six Nations and Kitchener Waterloo.

A defining characteristic of Arts Access is that it involves professional artists working as the facilitators of community art projects. These artists not only provide skills and expertise, but they also provide a vital link between community and the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.  Within the context of Arts Access it is the artists role to build relationships, lead workshops, organize exhibitions, connect public and community collections and make the completed work accessible to a larger audience through the Arts Access website “Collection X”.

 Thunder Bay Projects

 Presently we are half way through our second year of this wonderful community arts initiative.  Below we have listed our projects we have completed to date and are currently involved in.

Completed projects:

The Overpass Gallery - St. James School and The City of Thunder Bay

Making Memories, An Intergenerational Art Show – Alzheimer’s Society

Roseview Manor - Painted Door Project

Monty Parks - Community Living Thunder Bay

 Biidaajiwun Community Health Center,

Kan-Ni-Chi and The Thunder Bay Children’s Center- The “Shooting Gallery” photography project

Gron Morgan School- “Tolerance and Peace”

Short-Term Assessment & Treatment Center in partnership with Northern Womens Bookstore

Eleanor Drury Children’s Theater

Gilles- “Art Attack”

McKitrick- Creighton Youth Center

Action for Neighbourhood Change- Spoken Word

Thunder Bay Public Libraries

Some of the organizations we are beginning projects, or are currently involved with are:

Little Lions Daycare

St.Joseph's Hospital

Underground Gym

Thunder Bay Parks and Recreation

Multicultural Youth Center