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.
Arts for Mental Health
Healthing: Art therapy offers an alternative to medication for depression and anxiety
Healthing.ca feature: MAC advocates for the arts as a solution to better mental health.
Mississauga News: Masquerade ball in Mississauga on Dec. 1
Mississauga New feature: Masquerade ball in Mississauga on Dec. 1. The event will take place at Le Treport Wedding and Convention Centre.
Mississauga News: Mississauga doctor winner of Mississauga Arts Council’s mental health award
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.
Peel Weekly News: Mental health conference provides hope for “ArtsCare”
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.
The Courier Press: Arts and creativity are powerful tools in improving mental health
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.
Front Page Feature – Mississauga News: Here’s why arts could soon help Peel residents heal
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.
Mississauga Arts Council and Mass Culture’s Arts for Mental Health Conference provides hope for ArtsCare
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.
CBC’s Here and Now: Interview with Mike Douglas and Angela Chao, Arts for Mental Health
MAC interviewed by CBC Radio One’s Gill Deacon on the radio program Here and Now – October 8, 2021.
Mass Culture and Mississauga Arts Council’s first virtual Datathon Engages the Arts, Health and Research Communities!
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.