MicroGrant Success: Anna Silgardo 2022
Anna Silgardo used her ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant to develop a 5-week arts program for newcomer women to discover and express their own narrative.
Anna Silgardo used her ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant to develop a 5-week arts program for newcomer women to discover and express their own narrative.
Healthing.ca feature: MAC advocates for the arts as a solution to better mental health.
Mississauga New feature: Masquerade ball in Mississauga on Dec. 1. The event will take place at Le Treport Wedding and Convention Centre.
Mississauga New feature: Dr. Colin Saldanha has been named as this year’s winner of the Mississauga Art Council’s Arts for Mental Health Award, which will be presented at the Mississauga Art Council’s (MAC) gala fundraiser, the MACsqerade Ball, on Dec. 1.
Feature Article in Peel Weekly News on the success of the Arts for Mental Health Conference, MAC’s ArtsCare initiative, and the Arts for Mental Health Award.
Feature Article in The Courier Press Dan White’s experience attending the Arts for Mental Health Conference and how arts and creativity are powerful tools in improving mental health.
Feature Article in Mississauga News on MAC’s Arts for Health initiatives, as well as the stories of art as health care for Christine Long and Angela Chao.
MAC and MC brought together health practitioners, academics, artists, politicians, and leaders in the arts sector at the first Arts for Mental Health Conference in Canada on October 6, 2021.
MAC interviewed by CBC Radio One’s Gill Deacon on the radio program Here and Now – October 8, 2021.
MC and MAC announce the successful completion of our virtual Datathon. The 95 resources collected will inform the content for the Arts for Mental Health Conference.