MASC Newsletter Winter 2019-20 English 2019 Newsletter in single pages | Page 9

New MASC
English
Program
Artists
Guided by our mandate of artistic
excellence and creative process, and
focusing on principles of equity,
diversity, and inclusion, the MASC
English Program in schools has a
roster of 58 artists.
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At MASC, we strive to have a
balanced representation of
professional artists from different
disciplines and diverse backgrounds.
Introducing, Brad Lafortune and
Propeller Dance (dance); Créations
in Vivo (drama); Jacqui Du Toit
(literary arts); Mauricio Ruiz (media
arts); Kellylee Evans (music) and
Emily Rose Michaud (visual arts).
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In the 2018-2019 season, we offered
186 performances, 1,015 workshops, and
43 residencies. These had a positive impact
on the lives of 53,409 students, participating
artists, and teachers. Also, thanks to our
funders, we were able to assist schools serving
high need communities, allocating
55 subsidies representing $22,250.00 in
subsidy dollars.
Last year we established several innovative
programs in schools settings that will continue
in 2019/2020. In partnership with the Ottawa
Carleton District School Board and Youth
Ottawa, we co-developed Storytelling Through
the Arts (SttARTS). In its second year, Grade 7
& 8 students from a selected number of
schools will explore how to tell their own story,
guided by MASC storyteller artist Jacqui Du
Toit. They will also discover how to promote
and organize an art event, guided by artistic
mentor Jamaal Jackson
Rogers of Youth Ottawa.
We are pleased to
continue our partnership
with Chamberfest through
Listen-Up. This community-
based arts creation project
will invite participating
students to explore a
subject through words,
visual arts, movement,
and music. During the
Fall of 2019 and Spring
of 2020, MASC artists
Jamaal Jackson Rogers
and Claudia Salguero
will facilitate art
workshops in poetry
and visual arts to explore the theme of
communication.
Both projects, SttARTS and Listen Up! will
culminate in final showcases where the
students will have the oppurtunity to exhibit
and perform their works and new skills
developed during the two programs.
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