In this issue:

The Neighbourhood Arts Network is Toronto's first network dedicated to supporting art-making in neighbourhoods throughout the city. The Neighbourhood Arts Network will provide support and connect artists, arts organizations and community groups creating art at a local level.

We welcome groups and individuals working in any arts discipline, from any area of the city, whose interests or mandates embrace the idea of community engagement and accessibility of the arts.

Clay & Paper Theatre is a large-scale community-based theatre company that seeks to bring theatre to as large and diverse an audience as possible. To further this goal Clay & Paper launched an innovative new bicycle-based theatre project: Cyclops: Cycling Oriented Puppet Squad, in May 2009. Cyclops is a mobile performance squad that animates and energizes environmental, cycling, art and community events across the GTA and throughout Southern Ontario, bringing theatre and cycling enthusiasm to the unsuspecting public. As we take our unique brand of theatre to the streets, we develop new performance venues, draw attention to urban environmental issues and promote active living. Thanks to funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Cyclops will be enlivening public spaces for the next 2 years!  

If you have a project you'd like to share with the Neighbourhood Arts Network, or have a job posting or call for submission, email frances@torontoarts.org with a detailed description and a picture! 

 Dear friends of the Neighbourhood Arts Network,

Sign up today! Membership is now open!

What Are Membership Benefits?

Members have access to:

• Members-only pages of the website containing information and tools to support your work
• Bulletins alerting you to special events and other news
• First chance to sign up for Network sponsored events and training opportunities
• Special offers from Network sponsors

What Are Member Responsibilities?

Members are required to:

• Create a profile page
• Update their profile on a regular basis; minimum of once per year
• Display a sign or decal identifying membership in the Neighbourhood Arts Network
• Create a link between your website and the Neighbourhood Arts Network website

Job Postings/Calls For Submission

Sketch Working Arts For Street-Involved and Homeless Youth is hiring a Program Coordinator/Youthworker: one-year contract during a paternity leave. Download the job posting here.  Deadline Monday, February 8th, 2010

Junction Arts Festival now accepting creative proposals for the 2010 Junction Arts Festival!  Click here for more information. 

The AMY Project is accepting submissions from young women ages 14-21.  Click here to learn more about this amazing project!