Arts recipients
Amount awarded |
How funds will be used |
$1000 |
Wild Plum Arts Residency (WPAR), which provides LGBTQIA2S artists with access to resources. |
$1000 |
Analog Animation Studio, a six-week drop-in program providing a welcoming space for participants of all skill levels. |
$500 |
Six-week singing and ukelele music program for the Guelph CHC shower program. |
$1000 |
A2A: Collaborative Printmaking Project, a free 3-month program for local artists with developmental and intellectual disabilities. |
$1000 |
Inaugural Somali Community Culture Day in Guelph, an event celebrating traditions, arts, music, and poetry. |
$1000 |
Empowering Newcomer Women: Healing through Art workshops will space for newcomer women to share their settlement stories through art. |
$1000 |
Author readings in Guelph as part of the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival children’s program. |
$800 |
Access to space and supplies through the Guelph Absolute Beginners Djembe Drum Circle. |
$1000 |
Free outdoor circus performances featuring aerial silks, trapeze, and acrobatics. |
$1000 |
Performances and celebrations through the annual Guelph and District Multicultural Festival. |
$1000 |
Two-day Broken Film Festival (BFF) to showcase experimental and alternative filmmaking in Guelph. |
$950 |
Two-week public experiment that explores the intersection of gallery installation and audience interaction, through sound art. |
$900 |
Building community connection through the Creativity through Art Making series for Arab women and children. |
$850 |
Public art exhibition that explores memory and perceptions of the past. |
Neighbourhood recipients
Amount awarded |
How funds will be used |
$750 |
Gatherings for the Ghanaian Group of Guelph. |
$500 |
A drag fundraiser event and a make-up school for new participants. |
$750 |
PD day Camps for families in the Onward Willow neighbourhood. |
$500 |
Gatherings for the Brant Ave Tenants Association. |
$500 |
Workshops, book swap and networking event for Black women and women of colour. |
$500 |
Representation of the Indigenous Council at Multicultural fairs and events. |
$750 |
Mindfulness mentoring for youth through events and new group. |