Unlocking Access

🗝️ Key Moments from 2025

Arts access year round.

In 2025, our programs made an impact, thanks to donors and community partners. Take a look at our timeline of outreach and celebrate arts access, year round.

Timelapse of Keeper of the Hundred Languages exhibition at Supercrawl

January

ArtsMatter Workshop

100 Early Childhood Educators Accessed
the Winter Symposium in partnership with Affliated Services for Children and Youth engaging ECEs with rolled paper and tape and showcasing our new ArtsMatter Every Day toolkit for Youth Leaders.

Februrary

Arts For All Community Outreach

50 Community Members Accessed

a community quilt making event for "Black Voices at the Market" that continued the outreach collaboration with Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre and Hamilton Farmer's Market.

March

Kinderfest Engages Artists

30 Artist Educators Accessed

a workshop and presentation of Bois/Wood with Puzzle Théâtre (Montreal, QC) highlighting the art of puppetry and childhood expression.

April

ArtWorks Highlights Youth Artists

3 Emerging Artists Accessed

a feature in a National Youth Week social media campaign that highlighted their practice and journey as arts workers.

May

Kinderfest for All!

450 Children and Families Accessed

8 theatre presentations for young minds at the HCA Black Box Theatre.

June

Artasia Connects
Artists to Community

55 Neighbourhoods Accessed

community arts programming delivered with 16 Artist Educators over 5 weeks.

July

Artists in Neighbourhoods
First Exhibition

50 Community Stakeholders Accessed

the unveiling of the inaugural Artists in Neighbourhoods Exhibition at the Red Hill Family Centre featuring Artist and Community Collaboration artworks from 10 participating neighbourhood sites.

August

MusicSparks
Launches in Parks

100 Children in Licensed Home Child Care Accessed

music programming in 4 Parks with children, home visitors and licensed home child care operators, together with Today's Family.

September

Artasia Exhibition at Supercrawl

1000s of Community Members Accessed
an engaging and immersive exhibition with augmented reality activations entitled Keeper of the Hundred Languages at Supercrawl, informed by the programming and stories of the children in community.

October

Artists in Neighbourhoods
Engages Artists

20 Artist Educators Accessed

professional learning to begin the second year of Artists in Neighbourhoods with the City of Hamilton, growing neighbourhood access to 20 sites.

November

Kinderfest Presenters Collaborate

110 Children, Educators, and Caregivers Accessed

a Where the Wild Things Are interactive performance by Carousel Players to a sold out preschool audience co-presented by Arts For All, Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, and HCA Dance + Theatre.

December

Resonance Choir Spreads
Holiday Cheer

21 Children and Youth Accessed

music programming and performances with the Resonance Choir at the Ron Joyce Children's Health Centre celebrating 9 years of spreading the joy of music.

Community Partnerships

Across all of Arts For All programs, community partnerships are at the very heart of the story. The 2025 year was an amazing year for connecting with partners, new and existing. We’d like to acknowledge and thank each partner for their collaboration and support expanding arts access.

Contact arts@artsforall.co to learn how to access arts in your neighbourhood.

Arts For All ASAP AiN Artasia ArtWorks Resonance Choir Kinderfest

http://www.arts.on.ca/home

https://www.hamilton.ca/

https://www.ysan.ca/

https://www.harrc.ca/

https://www.hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca/

https://www.todaysfamily.ca/

https://jamesvillebennetto.ca/

https://www.ymcahbb.ca/

https://www.bgchh.com/

https://www.hwcccc.ca/

https://stmatthewshouse.ca/

https://www.umbrellafamily.com/

https://wesley.ca/

https://www.ywcahamilton.org/

https://earlyonpr.ca/

https://ward2hamilton.ca/

https://www.jlfoundation.ca/

https://www.cschn.ca/

https://niwasa.ca/

https://www.hgchildcare.com/

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/service-canada.html

https://www.canada.ca/

EDSC

https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca

https://hamiltondisabledchildren.ca/

https://incitefoundation.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/healthsciencesmusical/

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage.html

https://canadacouncil.ca/

https://carouselplayers.com/

https://tellingtales.org/

https://weefestival.ca/

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