We are so thankful to the Ontario Trillium Foundation Grow Grant that helped us grow this community program over 3 years! Our goal with this program is the enrich the lives of our community participants through arts-based learning opportunities and compelling artistic experiences. The 3-year grant allowed the Elora Centre for the Arts the opportunity to build on our proven model of our original program and increase the offered number of classes per week each year.
The expanded program was slated to launch in March of 2020, just before Covid-19 hit. We rescheduled the launch date and it rolled out the week of September 29th, with a slightly reimagined approach to best suit the needs of our participants. So, for year 1 we decided we needed to shift our thinking to deliver the program despite restrictions – we took the program “on the road” and ran it out of one of our partner’s day-facilities in Guelph. We loaded up art project materials, art instructors and assistants twice a week to delivery the program at the Live & Learn Guelph location. The program moved “virtual” for several months but we we so happy to return BACK to in-person workshops and sessions at the Elora Centre for the Arts!
Phase 1 of the program expansion included an ECFTA-lead art project followed by a movement & mindfulness session twice a week. In the Fall of 2021 we expanded the program to 3 workshops a week, and in the Fall of 2022, the program expanded again to 4 in-person workshops per week!
The Ontario Trillium Foundation investment in this project had a major impact in the way we can support positive change in our community to make it healthier and more vibrant!
Our Outreach Programs – How we serve community! Watch the video here. Meet the Artists of Supportive Arts! Watch the video here. REPORTS & PROGRAM EVALUATIONSTo view our mid-year evaluation report for this program, please click here.
To view our programming notes and weekly overview for YEAR ONE please click here.
To view our third-party evaluation report for Year 1 of this program, please click here.
To view our program review, YEAR TWO – March 2022 please click here.
To view our program evaluation report, YEAR TWO – January 2022 please click here.
To view our program evaluation report, YEAR THREE – June 2023 please click here.
