Arts recipients
| Amount awarded | How funds will be used |
|---|---|
| $800 | The project focuses on weaving as a multifaceted practice, connecting to traditions, culture, and nature with a goal to share learning with students at an outdoor school and offer community workshops. |
| $1,000 | This project focuses on building community connection and cultural expression through a series of free embroidery workshops in Guelph, culminating in collaborative art restoration and a public exhibition, while highlighting the significance of textile art. |
| $850 | The “Quick and Easy Choir” project proposes two inclusive, no-experience-required workshops where community members can learn basic vocal techniques and harmonize popular songs in a casual setting, with funds covering equipment, resources, music arrangement, and workshop leadership. |
| $1,000 | The project uses dance and movement to challenge perceptions of gender, foster personal growth, and create transformative storytelling while paying dancers fair rates for their participation. |
| $900 | This project works to transform vandalism by collaborating with local residents to design and paint mini murals that convey messages of hope and community love. |
| $900 | This project supports a zine-making workshop specifically for trans men, nonbinary, and transmasculine individuals, aiming to create a safe space for artistic expression and community building while covering facilitation fees, materials, venue costs, and participant support. |
| $850 | This project will create five large-scale paintings for an exhibition exploring themes of war and human conflict, with plans for both physical and virtual displays to engage and educate the public. |
| $1,000 | This project will host a March Break Camp called Girls Rock Camp Guelph for 25 gender diverse youth aged 8-14, offering instrument lessons, band formation, and songwriting, culminating in a public performance, while fostering a supportive community and nurturing the next generation of local musicians. |
| $1,000 | “Heart to Heart” proposes an intimate, improvisational dance and music performance event in a small Guelph venue, featuring local artists and vendors, aimed at creating an accessible, immersive experience that unifies the community through movement and artistic expression. |
| $1,000 | This project will introduce a range of art workshops showcasing local cultural art forms to the Multicultural Festival. |
| $850 | This project will create a new experimental performance open mic in Guelph, providing a low-pressure, intimate space for all performers to showcase and test their work and will cover venue costs, equipment, licensing, marketing, and artist fees. |
| $850 | This project explores emotional responses to climate change through movement and sound, culminating in a dance party, with the aim of building community resilience and trust through site-specific improvisations and shared experiences. |
| $1,000 | This project will support the art and film program at Shelldale Family Gateway for children in grades 4-6 through purchasing essential supplies like paints, canvases, tripods, and props to support creative learning experiences. |
Neighbourhood recipients
| Amount awarded | How funds will be used |
|---|---|
| $500 | This project will offer support to unhoused people in Guelph through offering nutritional food and supplies. |
| $1,000 | This project will support the Wyndham House’s Peer Support Program monthly support group and recreational activities for youth who have achieved sobriety, providing opportunities to build relationships, reduce isolation, and maintain recovery through peer-led meetings and community engagement. |
| $500 | This community art project invites participants to create potato print cards with messages of appreciation and kindness that can be used as random acts of kindness for neighbours and friends. |
| $1,000 | The “Stardust” event aims to create an inclusive, accessible dance space for 2SLGBTQIA+ high school students in Guelph, featuring performances and activities. |
| $750 | This project will support excursions, meet-ups and workshops for a multi-school Muslim Students groups. |
| $1,000 | The project aims to organize a second “Queer Art Crawl” event in Downtown Guelph, expanding on the success of the first event by including performances, musicians, and photography, all while promoting inclusivity and supporting the 2SLGBTQ+ community. |
| $1,000 | This project will support multi-cultural art through dance performances that represent diverse cultures in a neighbourhood setting. |
| $1,000 | This project will deliver cooking lessons for community members to build capacity for preparing healthy, culturally relevant meals and preserving food, while fostering social engagement and linking garden activities with community kitchen resources. |
| $1,000 | The project aims to organize a Queer Ball in Guelph, celebrating LGBTQ2IA+ culture through themed categories, performances, and competitions, with grant funds covering venue rental, refreshments, supplies, and artist fees to create an inclusive and vibrant community event. |
| $1,000 | This project will develop, present, and share a series of knowledge sharing/teaching workshops that promotes indigenous ways of knowing and being. |
| $500 | This project aims to run a three-part workshop series to empower people with lived experience of poverty to become community advocates and builders, covering costs for promotion, venue rental, food, guest speaker honoraria, and printed materials. |
| $500 | The project will support the Beyond the Book author event at the Children’s Reading Room and will include three local children’s authors to read their stories aloud to families in attendance. |
| $500 | The project will support the Yukon Gold Folk Club music series featuring monthly concerts, school workshops, and community engagement, with a focus on underrepresented voices in Canadian Folk music. |
| $500 | This project will offer mailbox spaces that are accessible to unhoused people. |
| $1,000 | The project aims to enhance and expand inclusive LGBTQ+ community events, including themed meetups by using funds for decorations, refreshments, activities, and promotional materials to create welcoming spaces and attract new members. |
| $500 | The is funding will support the Guelph Chinese Canadian Culture Group to offset annual rental expenses to continue to provide various events and club activities, including cultural celebrations and wellness-focused groups. |