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  • Arts Integration Learning Labs

Capacity Building for Artists

Do you want to inspire curiosity and learning in young people through your creative practice?

Taking place in various regions around BC, Arts Integration Learning Lab is an experiential learning series for artists interested in working with young people and educators in schools.

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  • This is an invaluable and critically needed resource for artists who want to engage in transformative arts-based education. Artist
  • A fun and engaging opportunity for professional artists to understand how they can make a profound contribution to their community by sharing their practice with BC schools. Artist
  • The Arts Integration Learning Lab provides vital opportunities to redefine and re-envision artists as teaching-artists. Artist
  • It fired up my desire to work with schools and provided me with the knowledge I needed to pursue that avenue as a real career opportunity. Artist
  • Learning Lab has been a real turning point for me. I have renewed faith in both the potential of our education system as well as grounding as an artist. Artist
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Learning Lab fall 2022

Every art form, artist, and art practice has a cultural context. How do we ensure that we are doing our best to create culturally safer spaces for the young audiences with whom we are engaging? What kinds of things should we consider when we reflect on the cultural implications of our art? How do we ensure that we are honouring traditions and cultures? How do we ensure that we are not appropriating art forms? These are the discussions and questions we will consider in the special upcoming Fall 2022 Digital Learning Lab: Anti-Oppression.

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Learning Lab spring 2022

Are you looking to develop your practice as an artist? Do you want to learn how you can sustain your artistic practice while building a career in arts education? Join Artstarts for a series of digital workshops. We'll guide you in writing grants, creating an arts-based practice geared towards young audiences, and networking with educators and peers. Applications open February 10, 2022.

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Fall 2021 Digital Learning Lab

The 2021 Fall Digital Learning Lab supports emerging and established artists in expanding their art practice through this five-session workshop. The series also includes a mixer to connect artists and educators interested in collaborating to bring arts-based experiences to the classroom.

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Spring Digital Learning Lab

This year, with a deeper understanding of what it means for an artist to take their work into classrooms under the constraints of today’s climate, we are excited to bring a new learning experience, which combines the success of last year’s workshops with entirely new elements.

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Fall Digital Learning Lab

The Fall Learning Lab will be offered online! ArtStarts is still be disbursing grants for our Artists in the Classroom program this year, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to write a stronger application!

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Digital Learning Lab

Even though in-person classes across BC are suspended, now is still a good time to develop your practice as an artist who aspires to work in education. This iteration of ArtStarts’ popular Learning Lab is all online! ArtStarts will still be disbursing grants for our Artists in the Classroom program this year, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to write a stronger application!

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Learning Lab: Workshop Series

In an effort to make our programming even more accessible, we’re thrilled to be offering the Fall 2019 Learning Lab to artists of all disciplines on a free, by-registration basis!

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Learning Lab: All Disciplines


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Learning Lab: BIPOC Performing Artists Edition


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Learning Lab: Kelowna


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Learning Lab: Emerging Artists


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Learning Lab: Performing Artists


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Learning Lab: Indigenous Artists


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Artist Interviews

Read interviews with artists about their experiences at the Arts Integration Learning Lab:
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Meet the Artists

  • Meet the artists taking part in the Arts Integration Learning Lab: Emerging Artist Edition November 2017-March 2018 in Vancouver
  • Meet the artists taking part in the Arts Integration Learning Lab: Indigenous Edition in October 2017 in Vancouver
  • Meet the artists who participated in events from 2013 to 2016
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Past Events in this Series

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Real Life Stories

Read guest blogs by educators and artists from across BC who share personal experiences of how they are bringing learning alive through the arts. If you have a story to share, please get in touch!

Supporters

BC Arts Council and the Government of British Columbia are committed to ensuring that all British Columbians are able to participate in a healthy arts and cultural community recognized for its excellence. Through this provincial financial support, the arts and cultural community will continue to achieve its creative, social and economic success.