ArtsCan Circle is proud to present Faces of the North a song and music video written, composed and performed by Indigenous youth in Attawapiskat, Ontario. Attawapiskat is a community of many different people, with many different experiences.
The video give a snapshot of life in the north and hopefully encourages
REZ 67: MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE
ArtsCan Circle Music Video: “REZ 67” a collaboration with students from Peetabeck Academy School in Fort Albany
ArtsCan Circle is proud to present REZ 67 a song and music video written, composed and performed by Indigenous youth in Fort Albany, Ontario. The song title comes from the government designation assigned to Fort
ArtsCan Circle partners with Bethel Community Services Foundation to facilitate US donations
ArtsCan Circle is proud to announce our partnership with Bethel Community Services Foundation (BCSF) in Alaska! Bethel Community Services Foundation works to develop, grow, continue and enhance community-based programs and services in Alaska and afar, and now they are supporting ArtsCan Circle!
ArtsCan Circle Founder, Mike Stevens similar outreach work
Mob Bounce brings their hip hop/EDM sounds to Fort Albany
During the week of April 8 – 12, ArtsCan Circle returns to Fort Albany to Peetabeck School with Mob Bounce! Mob Bounce bring their “hip hop & sacred space” workshops connecting contemporary music to culture in an all-encompassing creative exploration. Get ready for an exciting week ahead!
To us, Gjoa Haven is ‘Joy Haven’ – “the kids are brilliant” Mike Stevens
During the week of February 25 – March 1 ArtsCan Circle sent singer-songwriter Cindy Paul (Natuashish, Pikangikun) and Jessamyn Flynn (Attawapiskat) to Gjoa Haven for music and art workshops at Qiqirtaq Jr High School. in the words of our founder, Mike Stevens “I call Gjoa Haven, ‘Joy Haven’ because it’s
artscanU Attawapiskat gear has landed in Attawapiskat!
ArtsCan Circle were awarded a TD MusiCounts instruments grant and it’s all coming together really soon.
We successfully secured three Apple MacBook Pro computers with a production education suite, six 88-weighted keyboards, six acoustic guitars with cases with microphones, stands and headphones! We have a three exceptional artist facilitators doing
Feeling proud of Pikangikum
Our recent creative workshops were so rewarding with many engaged students actively involved, opening up and sharing their thoughts and feelings. We held creative workshops in visual arts, songwriting, singing, composing and engineering. Check out our facebook for the visual art floor cloth and stay tuned for the song that
ArtscanU Attawapiskat – a successful recipient of the 2018 TD MusiCounts Community Music program
ArtsCan Circle is a successful recipient of a TD MusiCounts Community Music program grant for our ArtscanU Attawapiskat project. ArtscanU Attawapiskat will bring instruments and MacBook laptops equipped with recording software to this community which is showing a strong & growing awareness and ability for playing and recording piano
Singing our way back to Natuashish
ArtsCan Circle announces our long-awaited return to Natuashish! From October 14 – 21 ArtsCan will take singer-songwriters Ryan Ainsworth, Cindy Paul & Randy Brethour to work with students at the Mushuau Innu Natuashish School in creative song and sound workshops.
Read More on the artists here…Natuashish OCT 2018 -Workshop Blog
ArtsCan Circle celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day and we have a team of artist facilitators in Pikangikum First Nations community working with students from Eenchokay Birchstick School and Project Journey on creative arts workshops to celebrate the day and month-long celebrations by sharing artistic skills.
Unfortunately Waawaate Fobister (our Indigenous Grass