ArtHeart Information

ArtHeart Community Art Centre provides free-of-charge, a year-round supportive art studio environment, ample creative materials, education, caring volunteers and a wide variety of art activities, innovative programs and projects and marketing opportunities. Additional benefits include an atmosphere wherein mentorship and positive role-modeling happens. High quality creative programming, consistent and sensitive feedback and support, collaborative and insightful program monitoring and evaluation are also provided. Here, participants can express their own creativity, develop educational and life-skills, find mental stimulation and put their hands and imaginations to work. Through this process, people are empowered to make some improvement to their quality of life and achieve greater participation in their community. By working with the personal assets and resources that our participants bring to ArtHeart, we have created an integrated, diverse and dynamic forum for community development and growth. In a creative and artistic environment, we work with issues of poverty, violence, substance abuse, social isolation, unemployment, school drop-out, poor health and self-esteem. ArtHeart also provides meals and refreshments, a warm space, supportive programs and resources including access to telephone, computers, washrooms, books and arts supplies. Our participants range in age from children through to seniors. Many of them live below the poverty line. Our adult participants often face issues concerning unemployment, intellectual or physical disability, mental health, homelessness, substance abuse, social isolation, discrimination, and newcomer challenges. Participants come from a variety of cultures, religions and backgrounds from around the world. The Regent Park community consists of many immigrants, the origins of which are continually changing, thus requiring ArtHeart to continuously evolve to meet the needs of this community.