Event Calendar

Join us for this free drop in parent and child playgroup. Great for families with children under 5. No registration required.

Grants don’t have to be a mystery! Join us for our next ART/Work PD Session: The Future of Arts Funding with Jinting Zhao, founder of SHE-Q Audio!

📅Monday, February 9
📍6:30PM | Meeting Room, Casa
FREE to attend!

This professional development session provides a practical overview of the Canadian arts funding landscape and the major types of grants available to artists and arts workers. Participants will learn effective strategies for building strong applications, common pitfalls to avoid, and how grant juries assess and prioritize submissions. Using real grant application examples, the session will demonstrate successful approaches to project descriptions, budgets and support materials while addressing participant questions in real time. The session also explores the emerging use of AI in grant writing, outlining potential benefits, limitations and ethical considerations to help participants use these tools thoughtfully and effectively.

Jinting Shao is a multidisciplinary artist and arts professional based in Canada. Her practice spans artistic creation, project management, and arts administration, with a strong focus on supporting artists through funding research, grant writing, and peer assessment processes. Jinting has worked across a range of artist-run, nonprofit, and institutional contexts, gaining in-depth knowledge of how public arts funding operates from both the applicant and jury perspectives. She regularly mentors artists and arts workers on developing sustainable projects and navigating complex funding systems, bringing a practical, clear-eyed, and ethically grounded approach to her work.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgPkzs60CzTMB-la6xzhmcgXrDQ7Iz2QYLGC4Db3ingclUbA/viewform

Join us for a free drop in parent/caregiver and child play group for children up to age 8. No registration required.

Join us for this free drop in parent/caregiver and child playgroup. Great for families with children under 5. No registration required.

Stitch, fold, paste, and paint your afternoon away at Crafternoon in the Gallery! We’ll have everything you need to dive into origami, collage, watercolour, and fibre arts—or feel free to bring along your own project. No experience needed—just come ready to create, relax, connect, and enjoy a free tea.

Join us for this free drop in parent and child playgroup. Great for families with children under 5. No registration required.

Join us for this free drop in parent and child playgroup. Great for families with children under 5. No registration required.

What can you do with a paper roll tube?  How can we use this Lego block?  As children use self-expression, creativity and design they will be introduced to concepts in construction including gravity, patterns, cause and effect, stability, balance, and shape.  STEM activities will be provided along with all kinds of building materials. This free drop in program is open to parents with children 2-8 years

Reel Talk is a creative conversation space that brings artists together to share their stories, explore ideas, and connect through art and lived experience. This event celebrates creativity, expression, and dialogue, offering a platform for meaningful conversations and community connection during Black History Month and we are looking for artists interested in displaying their works. Click the link to learn more and get involved.

Reel Talk is a creative conversation space where artists share stories, ideas, and lived experiences. This event celebrates expression, dialogue, and community during Black History Month. Check the flyer for more details.