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
During the 2017-18 school year, 84,300 students participated
in 301 performances and 1029 workshops. Additionally,
44 residencies were offered providing a deeper experience with a
professional artist for projects spanning more than three days.
Seniors Program
The MASC Seniors program has been offering high-quality arts
and cultural programming to seniors’ venues for 8 years.
In 2017-18 MASC’s roster of professional artists offered hands-on
workshops and performances at 53 seniors’ venues across the city,
to 4418 seniors. In all, MASC artists presented 56 performances,
led 43 workshops and engaged seniors in five residency projects.
Like our school program, MASC was in the fortunate position to be
able to provide subsidies to venues serving seniors. In 2017-18 we
allocated $14,182 in subsidies to 46 venues offering rich artistic
programming to over 2600 seniors. As with the school programs,
these activities would not have taken place without the subsidies
MASC is able to offer.
Art au travail
Art au travail offered subsidies for
professional arts activities
for businesses located in
the Outaouais region. This
project was offered in
partnership with Culture
Outaouais. 13 organizations
worked with 10 artists on a variety
of exciting art projects that acted as
team-building exercises and have
brought wonderful art pieces into
restaurants, store fronts and meeting
rooms.
The media took notice of this unique
initiative and many of the projects were
highlighted on Radio-Canada, Info 007, La
Petite Nation, Le Droit, Bulletin d’Aylmer, and
Télé-Québec (La Fabrique culturelle,
Vitrines sur la rue Eddy).
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