For our 3rd annual art auction, the Ste-Emilie Skillshare would like to recognize the front-line work of the Native Women Shelter of Montréal. Every hour of every day, they support women and families that must constantly deal with the ramifications of an on-going colonization. Until recently, the Shelter offered cultural healing through the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The 2010 federal budget, however, cancelled the funding to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, closing this project and over one-hundred others from coast to coast.

The auction will take place Friday, May 6th.

Net proceeds from the auction go directly to the Shelter. To submit a piece of art or a proposal or for more information, please contact us.

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We have the pleasure to inform you that a new program has been created for artists like you in mind.

A few weeks ago, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ) launched the Fund for Montréal Aboriginal Professional Artists and Writers.

You have until June 21, 2011 to submit your application to the CALQ.

A skilled person will be available to assist you in the process of preparing and writing your application (without any fees charged to you).

For more information about this program and to meet this contact person, come to :

L’Escalier - 552 St-Catherine east

April 7, 2011, from 6 :00 to 8:30 pm

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The ART • CULTURE Committee of the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK welcomes the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec’s new Fonds Montréal pour les artistes et écrivains professionnels autochtones initiative being launched today under the partnership agreement to support the creation, innovation and diversity of professional artistic practices in the Montreal area.

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On June 21, 2010, we lauched a contest to create the logo that will promote the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK, a contest that targets submissions from the Aboriginal artist and culture community in Quebec.

The artist or graphic artist will win a prize of $500.00 offered by the NETWORK.

For more information, clic here.

You have UNTIL AUGUST 13, 2010 to participate at the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK LOGO CONTEST.

Can you please, send this information about the NETWORK logo contest extension to all your contacts and on your web site… and if it’s possible can you please, invite more specifically artists and graphists that you know.

Good luck and may the inspiration be with you!

For any information about the contest, please click here.

The first day of the 20th edition of the Native Presence Festival ended last night. However, this is just the beginning since the festival will take place in many different locales.

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To download the application form, please click here

A competition is launched to create the logo that will promote the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK, a contest that targets submissions from the Aboriginal artist and culture community in Quebec.

In addition to the future notoriety of the logo, the artist or graphic artist will have the chance to win a prize of $500.00 offered by the NETWORK.

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Since 2008, several Aboriginal organizations in the Greater Montreal region, have worked together to develop the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK. The vision of this NETWORK is to improve the quality of life of Aboriginal people who live in the greater Montreal area. To accomplish this, the NETWORK aims to support the organizations working with the local Aboriginal population and to strengthen their activities in order to provide tangible and long lasting improvements. In addition to a Steering Committee, the NETWORK is comprised of six working committees, which collaborate in the process of building the NETWORK: Health; Social Services; Communications; Education, Training and Employability; Youth and ART · CULTURE.

As a founding member, Engrenage Noir / LEVIER has a special seat within the ART · CULTURE Committee. Because the stakes relative to the Aboriginal population of Montreal are great and because of the necessity to actively work towards equity, LEVIER is committed to funding the position of the ART · CULTURE coordinator and sharing the LEVIER working environment with Amélie Girard (coordinator).

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Job Title

Coordinator for the Art, Culture & Heritage (ACH) Working Committee of the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK

Date Posted

February 25, 2010

Start / End Date

March 29, 2010 - March 28, 2011 (with renewal possibilities)

Work Hours

15 hrs a week (flexible)

Location

The Coordinator will work out of the Engrenage Noir / LEVIER office space at 4521 St. Jacques (a few blocks west of the St. Henri METRO station)

Salary

15.00$/hour (net)

Application Deadline

March 8, 2010

Purpose

Reporting to the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy NETWORK’s Art, Culture & Heritage (ACH) Working Committee’s Representative and designated Alternate to the NETWORK’s Steering Committee, the Coordinator will oversee the implementation of the 2010/2011work plan including the development of the ACH Working Committee’s Terms of Reference and 5-year Strategic Plan.

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