This week, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, youthLEADarts Inc would like to feature and celebrate an incredible young woman, leader and community volunteer, Melanie McDuff. Melanie is the heartbeat of youthLEADarts Inc Nova Scotia. Melanie has been volunteering at the Lismore District and Community Centre since she was a little girl, as well as …
“A lot of the lessons that youthLEADarts teaches us in one week, resonate with us through the whole year.” Mr. Borsato, partnering classroom teacher. The youth who made the video below, listed many take-aways when they reflected in our opening and closing circles. “My take away is perseverance, if I don’t give up, I can …
Grade 6 and 7 students at Britannia Elementary on Vancouver’s East Side, spent a week immersed in youthLEADarts programs. Here is another of the videos they wrote, edited, performed in and produced during that time. Their voices call us to listen and remind us that the drum, calling us to care for one another and …
Britannia’s Change Makers Grade 6 and 7 students at Britannia Elementary on Vancouver’s East Side, spent a week immersed in youthLEADarts programs. Here is one of several videos they wrote, edited, performed in and produced during that time. Their art, their voices, powerful and resonant, hold both warning and hope. In their own words, they …
January’s youthLEADarts Nova Scotia drop-in program for youth aged 7-14 was a great success! An abundance of local community kids joined us for the Great Canadian Cupcake and Cookie Decorating Contest. In teams, they created a company logo, poster, promotional shot or commercial and presented them, along with their beautiful cupcakes, to our local celebrity …
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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas The journey begins…with questions, with curiosity. It begins, as Candice Halls-Howcroft of Squamish Nation puts it, by listening with two sets of ears, the ones on our heads and the ones in our hearts, as she shares stories and traditions that have …
Recently I asked some youthLEADarts students to write down their hopes, dreams and wishes for the world and youth like themselves in 2024, a new year. They hoped that everything would be good. I asked what they meant and they responded, “By good, I mean that you have the freedom to be whoever you want …
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas Last week, youthLEADarts participants from Hastings Elementary in Vancouver celebrated as their exhibition, “Whale Tales: A Call to Action” opened at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia. The art featured the whale doodles and slogans that …
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Today’s blog post is written by Marilyn Field, founder of youthLEADarts Inc. With the close of Arts Education week, perhaps now is the time for us all to empower our kids by simply setting the stage to let them play. Play, discover, create. No right or wrong answers. Just try. Know that we believe in …
To wrap up International Arts in Education Week, we are pleased to have a contribution by guest blogger and author Simone Pertuiset. Simone’s books are inspired by her own family’s stories: one about France (and travelling to Africa and South America) in the 1800s and one about the early 1900s in England and the trenches of the …