EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

Building on the Festival’s commitment to accessibility, Luminato’s Education & Outreach Programs offer multidisciplinary arts experiences for students, teachers, youth, and families. For more information, please visit Luminato.com/education.

ARTisTs-in-Residence Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie

Innovative and highly acclaimed contemporary dance company Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) has been working closely with the Regent Park community, engaging students, teachers, youth, and families through dance and creative movement workshops, studio drop-in sessions, open rehearsals, and specialty classes to create a collaborative and site-specific performance piece. (For more details about the performance, see page 23.)

Wish come True Festival by FriendsWithyou

Through workshops led by local artist collectives, students will explore the concept of art and play using FriendsWithYou’s Wish Come True Festival public art installation as inspiration for creative discovery.

LuMinATo in THe scHooLs

Luminato is proud to partner with selected schools and specialty programs in underserved communities and neighbourhoods, offering students from grades K to 12 experiential workshops, artist-in-the-school visits, presentations, and discussions. These programs are designed to encourage interactive participation and meaningful engagement with Festival programming and themes while providing enrichment and connections to the classroom curriculum.

The Africa Trilogy

Using the diverse narratives of Volcano Theatre’s The Africa Trilogy (see page 28) as a framework to explore Western perceptions of Africa, students and teachers will participate in art, music, and drama workshops. Selected members of The Africa Trilogy’s creative team, as well as African musicians, will lead in-school performances, workshops, and discussions, sharing the particular style, creative process, and cultural significance of their work.

a toronto alphabet

In partnership with Small Print Building on the Festival’s programming theme of East/West perceptions, students in grades 4 and 5 will explore their neighbourhood through writing and photography workshops inspired by the new children’s book, City Alphabet by Joanne Schwartz and Matt Beam. The students’ images and written work will be published in a children’s book that will be distributed to selected schools across the city of Toronto. During the Festival, authors from the Luminato Literary Program, including Roddy Doyle, founder of the youth writing centre Fighting Words Dublin, will visit these participating students for a creative exchange and discussion.

Luminato wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s generous support of the Festival’s Education and Outreach programs. Additional support:

Produced in partnership with the Playwrights Guild of Canada and [murmur] High school students from the Pathways to Education program in Regent Park will work with a professional playwright to write, recite, and record a play about their neighbourhood. The recording will be part of a site-specific sign installation in Regent Park where the public can call in and listen to the plays on their cell phones. The plays will also be posted online at luminato.com and uthinkers.ca, as well as published in an anthology. This exciting project bridges youth culture with new play development, empowering young people to have a direct artistic impact in their community.

artheart

In partnership with ArtHeart Community Art Centre, youth participants will create their own interpretations of FriendsWithYou-inspired objects, exploring the intersection of art and play. Adult participants will also have the opportunity to meet the FriendsWithYou visual arts collective to discuss their creative process as well as their joyful and experiential approach to art.

magicana: My Magic Hands

In partnership with Big Brothers & Big Sisters Toronto, Bloorview Kids Rehab and Learning Enrichment Foundation, Magicana will conduct a magic program for children ages eight to fourteen. For eight weeks, a professional magician will teach students the secrets of great magic and how to perform them. The program culminates with “A Big Show”, a performance recital for students to showcase their magic to invited guests alongside special guest and master magician, Bob Sheets.

youth illumination – Pop divas

High school students from Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre will program and produce a Youth Illumination program (see page 48) – a panel discussion with leading music writers/critics and musicians exploring the Pop diva phenomenon. Leading up to the Festival, these students will participate in specialty workshops focused on the art of music writing with professional music writers/critics. The students’ written work will then be showcased in a special diva issue of Catch Da Flava magazine and on luminato.com.

seneca College Viral Video Collaboration

Marketing and communications students from Seneca College will pitch Luminato-themed video concepts for the opportunity to be recognized as part of the Luminato 2010 marketing campaign. The winning team will produce their video with the support and mentorship of the Luminato marketing team and Endeavour Marketing.

LuMinATo AT THe ToRonTo PubLic LibRARY FriendsWithyou Family program

Families can participate in hands-on workshops at library branches across the city and create characters inspired by the Wish Come True Festival public art installations. Parliament Branch Tuesday, June 15 – 10:00 AM Flemingdon Park Branch Wednesday, June 16 – 2:00 PM Bloor Gladstone Branch Friday, June 18 – 2:00 PM Morningside Branch Saturday, June 19 – 10:00 AM In this interactive discussion and drama workshop for adults, members of The Africa Trilogy creative team invite you to learn about the development of this ground-breaking production, and to explore its themes through games and drama tactics.

Malvern Branch Friday, June 18 – 12:00 PM

Registration is required; maximum 25 participants. For more information, visit luminato.com/education.

Writing east/West toronto – youth program

Youth from selected Toronto Public Library Youth Advisory Groups will participate in a writing workshop with selected authors from the East/West in Canadian Fiction literary program (see page 34) and explore personal connections to their neighbourhoods through their unique voices and East/West perspectives. Written selections will be published on luminato.com.

LuMinATo FAMiLY AcTiviTY Guide

The Luminato Family Activity Guide is designed to give families opportunities to extend their Luminato experience with behind-thescenes information, talking points, and activities to more fully engage with Luminato performances, events, and celebrations. This valuable resource also highlights all of Luminato’s family-friendly performances and events throughout the 10 days of the Festival. Available at Toronto Public Library branches, Luminato sites, info desks, and online at luminato.com at the end of May. For more information, please contact education@luminato.com.