Youth Arts Room at the Elora Centre for the Arts
Sponsored by Rotary
Currently, the Youth Arts & Entertainment Council are on vacation for the summer.
Please join in the fall, starting Monday, September 27, 6pm to 7:30pm.
For Summer Room Times & Activities CLICK HERE
DOWNLOAD A SUMMER PROGRAMS BROCHURE HERE (Page two highlights the youth room!)
PAST INFORMATION:
NEXT YOUTH ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, April 12, 6pm to 8pm - New Comers Welcome!
DROP INTO THE "YOUTH ROOM"
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 6:00PM TO 8:30PM, SUNDAYS, 12NOON TO 4PM
Please remember that this room is open to anyone between the ages 12 to 18 years. You don't have to be on the council to participate!
Tu Tu in You - Sewing Off the Edge - in the ECFTA Youth Room
Every Tuesday, 6pm to 8pm
Youth Under 12 require a mature guardian (sibling) or a parent.
Free***
This program encourages sewers, both boys and girls, to celebrate the multi layered qualities they each possess.
It's through the process of stiching and ripping that we truly discover our unique identity, and in turn we hope to inspire others to dress in their own individual style.
Create your own wearable art with recylced clothing, fabrics and paraphernalia!
***We encourage you to bring your own sewing art kit, and a sewing machine - we have many participants and not enough supplies to go around.
Facilitated by Steph Toohill and Room Supervisor Chelsea Campbell
A sewing kit can be purchased at Zellers (Fergus), Lens Mill or Fabricland, both located in Guelph. Let us know if we can pick one up for you!
YOUTH COFFEE HOUSE - UNPLUGGED AT THE CENTRE
Congratulations to all of the youth performers who came out to YAEC's second Coffee House on Friday, January 29, 2010.
A packed house of 100 and over $100 raised for the Youth Council.
Talent 100%.
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A big thank you to Lynn Dowling at Benjamin Moore/Williams Decorating
for meeting with us and helping us choose the right colours for the room.
It looks fabulous! Brianna Hastie of YAEC approached Benjamin Moore with a request and Lynn was able to donate all of the paint for the youth room! We appreciate all of your efforts! THANK YOU!
Benjamin Moore / Williams Decorating are located at:
199 St.Andrew Street West, Fergus, ON. N1M 1N6. Ph: 519-843-5130, Fax:519-843-7239.
Thank you to Brianna Hastie, Dylan Dicicco, Severin Lai, Odessa Dobbie and our adult volunteers, for painting the room! (November 8, '09)
Attention Youth SANTA CLAUS PARADE IN ELORA - Saturday, November 28, 2009
YAEC will meet for the next 3 Mondays at 6pm at the Centre, to put together our float for the upcoming parade.
We are creating a Shadow Puppet Theatre on wheels! Anyone can drop in to help cut out the shadow puppets.
ART IS IN THEIR FUTURE
by Barbara Sgroi
They will remember it as the summer they found their passion – that unforgettable moment when your heart pounds, your knees turn to Jell-o and you know, you just know that your life is about to change.
“It has been such an amazing experience. I had no idea where my life was going or what I wanted to do,” recalls Brianna Hastie, 18, of Elora, one of a handful of students given the opportunity to be part of the Youth Arts and Entertainment Council at the Elora Centre for the Arts, and who are confidently looking forward to a career in the arts.
“I discovered what I was good at and what I loved to do,” says Brianna, a student in her final year at CWDHS with her sights set on studying drama at the University of Toronto.
Thanks to funding support from both local Rotary Clubs, and the guidance of Education Programme Coordinator, Roisin Gormley-Young, the Youth Council provides local students with the opportunity to discover and develop their own creative talents, mentored by professional artists. This summer, the students also helped with events at the Centre and created a permanent studio space where young artists and performers can meet.
“For years, I have wanted to learn and create in my own way, but could never find the right place or atmosphere to do so,” recalls Brianna. “When I was younger, I went to a very sports-oriented school, but the athletic world just wasn’t part of who I was, who I am, or who I want to be. During my month-long co-op, and then as an ECftA camp leader, I was surrounded by optimistic, creative people who had the same artistic interests as I did – it felt like home.”
A sentiment echoed by fellow co-op student Rebekah Young, 17, of Fergus, who admits that although she was always told she was talented, “I didn’t have the slightest clue how to express that talent.”
Until now. During her month-long high school co-op position, Rebekah helped manage the Minarovich Gallery, an experience that taught her about the business of art.
“I had never thought about how you have to sell yourself as an artist,” she explains. “In a way, the co-op was more like an entrepreneurship than an internship.” Rebekah was also involved with the Teen Photography Workshop, assisting pro photographer Sylvia Galbraith teach aspiring photographers how to use Adobe Photoshop.
Now a grade 12 CWDHS student majoring in drama, Rebekah looks back on her summer at the Centre as a time when she “grew socially as an artist and as a person.”
Mark Snetzko also had a “that’s IT!” moment. Although he was already passionate about drama and art when he started his two-month gig as events co-ordinator at ECftA last summer (a paid position through the Ontario Government’s Summer Experience programme), it didn’t take long for the 18-year-old to realize that he had lucked into a life-changing opportunity.
“I learned so much, and had so much fun,” he says with an ear-to-ear grin. “I got paid to do what I loved!” He is now in his first year of drama at the University of Toronto. Working at the Centre as a camp leader, Mark taught drama to families, helped kids with their production of Hamlet, assisted at day camp, and was involved in advertising and organizing for the Centre’s Art in the Yard event.
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Brianna Hastie Instructs at our Family Art Day 2009
CURRENT NEWS AND UPDATES FOR YAEC
NEWS FLASH #1 AN EXCUTIVE ARTS COUNCIL has been created. Stay tuned to find out how we did it, who is now part of the executive and what we have cooking! Very Exciting. If you missed out, please feel free to come to the meetings, which are held every Monday in the Youth Room, 6pm to 8pm. Everyone is welcome!
YAEC MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS:
Fergus Elora News ExpressArticle: CLICK HERE:
YOUTH ARTS ROOM
SPONSORED BY ROTARY
 BEFORE - Stay tuned for "AFTER" pictures!
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 5pm to 9pm. A room dedicated to youth 12 to 18 years, that need a space to work collaboratively or independently on various art related projects, homework and volunteer initiatives. This room is supervsied.
$35 Room Membership MEMBERSHIP IS FREE!!! Call or email for more information. We will be working on special arts evenings, where you can sew and create presents for the holidays!
A Room of our own! July 2nd/2009 By member Brianna Hastie. A lot has happened with our YAEC group. Including our own room located in the centre! This room is open for new members to come and check out, however it will be undergoing some "construction" to make it our own. Here are some things the council has taken a vote on to get things going.Our choosen paint colour will be a lovely, solid, neutral colour to accent the artwork that will be put on display.In terms of set up: There will be a kitchen area set up in the Northwest corner, a common/meeting area set up in the middle of the room,and a supervisors desk set up in the Southeast corner of the room. Also, along the North and East walls there will be folding desks so anyone can work on projects that might need to be finished.There will also be designated walls for each arts disipline. Such as, a wall for music some of our members have written or simply recommend, visual art work members have created and a wall designated to upcoming YAEC and Centre events. All this and much more will be coming at you very fast. So come on out and see what we have done. We would love to have you!
YAEC PICTURES
YAEC member Kelsie at Art in the Yard
Council Member Brianna with AITY member Donna McCaw
Summer Teen Photo Workshop with Sylvia Galbraith 2009
ED VIDEO FILM BOOT CAMP - SUMMER 09
YOUTH PLANET EXTRAVAGANZA - SPRING 09
KAT CRETE PERFORMING AT YOUTH PLANET EXTRAVAGANZA
DRUM CIRCLE
YOUTH ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL
FOR WHO?
Are you between the ages of 13 to 18, and are PASSIONATE about the ARTS?
Do you have time to be a part of a dynamic group, that meets each Monday, 6:30pm to 8pm, here at the Centre? Contact Roisin Gormley-Young: programming@eloracentreforthearts.ca
VOLUNTEERISM: There are many opportunities for youth to volunteer at the Centre.
Although, being a part of this group does not garner volunteer hours. You may proffer your services: 519-846-9698 Lena Nudds: Volunteer Coordinator.
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