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Bring your performance, workshop or project to schools and districts across the province.
ArtStarts now maintains one directory, the ArtStarts Artist Directory.
The ArtStarts Artist Directory is a collection of talented performing and teaching artists who offer performances, workshops, and/or classroom residencies for young people in Kindergarten to Grade 12 across British Columbia.
Deadline: October 23, 2023
Are you a practicing professional artist interested in expanding your work in schools? Do you thrive in applying your practice to a classroom environment? Do you want to inspire young people to learn about the world and themselves through the arts?
The ArtStarts Artist Directory provides a list of professional artists from all disciplines who are interested in touring a performance or workshop and/or working on projects with young people in a classroom setting. The directory is a useful resource for educators, arts/community presenters, cultural programmers, etc. interested in engaging artists with this range of experience. It is also a valuable self-promotion tool for artists looking for these types of opportunities
We invite teaching and performing artists from all disciplines to apply to join our ArtStarts Artist Directory for the 2024/25 school year.
Artists on the directory can offer one or a combination of the following:
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Find details on eligibility, criteria, applications & more
Schedule a phone call w/Necole Hines, Manager, Booking & Touring