The immediate benefits of Making Art Making Change’s projects are creative contagion, playfulness, building trust, discovery, serendipity and interconnectedness.
MAMC goes in without assumptions, meeting participants where they are, harnessing the collective energy to imagine new possibilities, new perceptions and new communities.
Artworks Created
Projects & Workshops
Participating Communities
1700+
Participants
— Trudy Michielson, participant of Making Voice: Women’s Creative Narratives, 2018
— El Anatsui, Artist, speaking about Walls & Barriers, 2010
— Francine Hailman, participant of With Thread as Ink, I Tell You My Story, 2020
— Francisco Alvarez, Artistic Director at ICC, speaking about Walls & Barriers, 2010
— Yousef, participant of Finding Home: Personal Journeys & Visual Narratives, 2018
— Kevin Andrachuk, teacher at Greenwood Seconday School, speaking abouy Finding Home: Personal Journeys & Visual Narratives, 2018
— Jovanna Scorsone, Education and Public Engagement Manager at Aga Khan Museum, speaking about about Finding Home: Personal Journeys & Visual Narratives, 2018
— William Thorsell, Director at Royal Ontario Museum, speaking about Walls & Barriers, 2010
— Josh Heuman, Curator of Education and Public Programs, The Power Plant, speaking about Stories Are Our Compass, 2016
— Amanda Hailman, Community Health Worker, Flemingdon Health Centre, speaking about Making Voice: Women's Creative Narratives, 2018
— Edith Baguinho, on Making Voice: Women's Creative Narratives, 2018
Making Faces: A Programme at Community Place Hub
Weston Road, and Mt. Denis, Toronto, 2023
Art Culture & Cuisine
with Community Members from TNO, 2023
Encounters With New Mothers
PQWCHC Roncesvalles Satellite Site, 2023
Encounters. People Who Identify As Female
PQWCHC Central Site, 2023
Encounters With Seniors
Progress Place and Dixon Hall (Virtual Classes), 2023
Site of Encounters: A Conversation Amongst Caregivers
Baycrest@Home (Virtual), 2023
Encounters With Seniors
The Centre For Spanish Speaking Peoples (Jane Street), 2023
Encounters With LGBTQ+
The Centre For Spanish Speaking Peoples (Carlton Street), 2023
Site of Encounters
A Collaboration With SREMI, 2022
Contemporary Connections Pt.1
Art Making With Seniors Part 1, 2021
Contemporary Connections Pt.2
Art Making with Seniors Part 2, 2021
Artists In Their Kitchen
In The Time of Covid, 2020
Contemporary Connections Pt.3
Art Making with Seniors Part 3, 2021
With Thread As Ink
with the Textile Museum of Canada, 2020
Making Art Making Change is a non-profit charity committed to giving voice to social issues within communities through the use of visual arts, mixed media and story telling.
Our experienced artist educators are committed to creating a safe and fun space where participants can explore artistic expression while developing self awareness, collaboration skills and original creative thinking. Our focus is to facilitate dialogue and collaboration, thereby strengthening community bonds and reducing isolation.
Charitable Number 770955870 RR0001
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Phone Us
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505 - 150 Balmoral Avenue
Toronto, ON
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