Webinar

The first session in the Québec Relations webinar series will take place on June 11th at 2 PM and will provide an overview of all the most useful COVID-19 resources for artists. From the latest CERB guidelines for individuals to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and other vital resources for organizations, we will walk you through all the main forms of government support available to see you through this difficult period.

A Worldwide, Virtual Adventure in Story and Song

This summer, students around the world can learn all about opera with the Metropolitan Opera’s Global Summer Camp. Each week, campers will discover a new opera through hands-on activities and other fun learning prompts, watch the opera, and share their work with a global community of young opera fans.

This eight-week program is available to all students, completely free of charge.

The Met’s Global Summer Camp will be hosted online. Platforms include Google Classroom and Zoom.

As Teaching Artists, we are constantly flexing our creativity muscles to adapt and change our craft to reach our students in these current and challenging times. To help you grow your practice, OrKidstra presents the Teaching Artist Professional Development Online Series, a FREE monthly workshop series where special guests from across Canada’s El Sistema inspired programs will share their expertise, passion and tools for engaging students in this new digital format.

Au nom de Son Excellence la très honorable Julie Payette, gouverneure générale du Canada, nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à suivre une discussion virtuelle entre la gouverneure générale et Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Directeur arti

On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, we are pleased to invite you to join us for a virtual conversation between the Governor General and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Artistic Director and

Thursday 28 May 2020
1:00 – 2:00 UTC 

This webinar will showcase the work of the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts and how the institution utilized dance to transform education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. Speakers, Anna CY Chan and Stella Lau will share their experiences and transferable lessons to inform other arts education and dance programmes.

Speakers:

• Anna CY Chan, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
• Stella Lau, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, Hong Kong

Thursday 28 May 2020
13:30 – 14:30 UTC

This session will introduce Act 1 of Pretzel Theatre. We are a temporally fluid global youth theatre company. Our aim is to connect young people across the globe to engage with each other through drama. This session highlights the use of digital technology and skilled facilitators in bringing together young creative artists from different cultural, social, economic, national and linguistic backgrounds to create performance.
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Wednesday 27 May 2020
13:00 – 14:00 UTC

Why is arts education more important now than ever before in achieving sustainable development?  In this webinar we will discuss why and how arts education can contribute to realizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and why partnerships are vital in achieving this objective.  

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Speakers:

• Patrick Kabanda, Author, USA/Uganda
• Tricia Tunstall, Author, USA 

Sunday 24 May 2020
14:00 – 15:00 UTC 

This webinar will provide an introduction to International Arts Education Week, sharing the history and activities for the 2020 Celebration. Join Teresa Eca representing the World Alliance for Arts Education and Jeff M. Poulin representing Creative Generation to learn how to celebrate arts education through this global event.

Speakers:

• Teresa Eca, Associação de Professores de Expressão e Comunicação Visual- APECV, Portugal
• Jeff M. Poulin, Creative Generation, USA

International webinar addressing "Arts education in humanitarian aid” 
Saturday 23 May 2020 from 16:00h to 17:30h  CEST