School Program
Since its inception, the core of MASC’s work is to offer arts
education in schools. It is our firmly held belief that arts and
cultural opportunities provide students with a different
perspective and offer a set of new tools to respond creatively to
challenges set before them. This sets the stage for children to
embrace the rich diversity of our communities and enhances their
understanding and appreciation of different art forms.
What
Programs
Seniors Program
MASC has been offering high-quality arts and cultural
programming to seniors’ venues for 9 years.
MASC is very pleased to continue to support programming in rural
areas with subsidy funding we offer through the City of Ottawa
Rural Initiatives funding. However, due to the loss of our long-
term Anonymous Donor, there were significantly fewer subsidies
available. Since more than 65% of our Seniors program bookings
require subsidies, the number of bookings diminished in 2018-19.
It is our intent to replace our Anonymous Donor funding and
continue to grow our Seniors Program in 2019-20.
In 2018-19, the MASC Seniors Program offered at 19 seniors’
venues across the city, to 1641 seniors. In all, MASC professional
artists presented 29 performances, led 11 workshops and engaged
seniors through in-depth projects through eight residencies.
Mural created by, Claudia Salguero
and students from York Street PS, Ottawa.
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