Thinking Rock Community Arts
199 Main Street P0R 1L0 Thessalon, ON, Canada

Just in time for the holiday season - Thinking Rock's Gigidoowag Ziibiik / The Rivers Speak album is out and ready for purchase anywhere you can buy music online! https://www.sootoday.com//thinking-rock-announces-release-

Don't forget! Tonight - December 1st from 6:30 to 8:00 pm - is Making Night! . And, Save the Dates! We'll be hosting Making Nights on: December 8th January 19th... February 2nd & 16th March 2nd, 16th & 30th . These gentle, virtual all-ages community-based making spaces are open to everyone! These activities are FREE, and no artistic or craft experience is necessary. . We're planning to meet through the seasons to make together art as part of two community projects - Social Fabric, and AlgomaTrad’s Community Colours. . If you're joining for the first time - welcome! Please bring a handwork project you've got on the go. We'd love to meet you and hear about what you like to make! . Making group members who've received their supply kits in the mail will continue working on the Patchwork of Place, part of Thinking Rock's Social Fabric project. . Join our Zoom sessions with video, from a device. If joining via Zoom, be sure to download the software first, at https://zoom.us Follow the link to our Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84874711955 . For details, to ask questions or to register, contact Miranda Bouchard - [email protected] . . . #community #art #communityarts #making #meeting #sharing #learning #connecting #socialfabric #communitycolours #craftingcommunity #commonthreads #digitalcommons #thinkingrockcommunityarts #algomatrad See more

We had a lovely evening, reflecting and writing at our recent online gathering with poet and potter, Sarah Pinder! . Following an inspiring and generous talk about her work and process, Sarah led our small group of 16 through some grounding collaborative and independent writing exercises to generate poetry together. . We've included a few samples of the images and writing that emerged from the session. Please enjoy! Note: the original words and images included with this post ...are those of the artists and writers credited (with thanks to them for generously sharing samples of their work) and some contain strong language. . Our Social Fabric Online Gatherings will resume in January 2021, following a brief break. We hope you’ll join us for more opportunities to connect creatively and craft community. Watch our Instagram and Facebook pages for details about the schedule, as well as other upcoming events and programming! . #community #art #communityarts #making #meeting #sharing #learning #connecting #socialfabric #craftingcommunity #commonthreads #thinkingrockcommunityarts . . . Poem/artwork/image credits and details (in order of appearance): . Crystal Bossio . Miranda Bouchard . PhebeAnn Wolframe-Smith . Our gathered group, sharing snips of their images and writing See more

Making Night is BACK this Tuesday, November 24th! . We've been enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of these online community-based making spaces. We meet in our Zoom room on Making Nights at 6:30pm, and hold gentle all-ages virtual space for making and conversation until about 8:00pm. . If you're joining for the first time - welcome! Please bring a handwork project you've got on the go. We'd love to meet you and hear about what you like to make!... . Making group members who've received their supply kits in the mail will continue working on the Patchwork of Place, part of Thinking Rock's Social Fabric project. . Everyone is welcome, these activities are FREE, and no artistic or craft experience is necessary. We'll meet through the seasons to make art as part of two community projects - Social Fabric, and AlgomaTrad's Community Colours - including meetings on December 1st and 8th. . Join our Zoom sessions with video, from a device. If joining via Zoom, be sure to download the software first, at https://zoom.us Follow the link to our Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84874711955 . For details, to ask questions or to register, contact Miranda Bouchard - [email protected] . Special thanks to Jess Bouchard for all of her support with our Making Night and making package graphics! . . . #community #art #communityarts #making #meeting #sharing #learning #connecting #socialfabric #communitycolours #craftingcommunity #commonthreads #digitalcommons #thinkingrockcommunityarts #algomatrad

*EDIT: 8 spots left!* . We've thrilled at the excellent response we've received about our upcoming Online Gathering with Sarah Pinder! . Given the current number of registrations, and the focused nature of our activities (which are geared to teens/youth and adults), we'll be capping attendance at 20, and requiring registration in advance.... . Registration will be first come, first served - we've got 12 spots left! Email [email protected] by 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 15th to reserve your spot and receive the Zoom link. . Want to know more about Sarah Pinder? She's the author of Cutting Room (Coach House Books, 2012) and Common Place (Coach House Books, 2017). Her writing has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards, and included in magazines like Geist, Art and Poetry is Dead. Originally from Algoma, she now lives in Toronto. More about her work at www.sarahpinder.com . In the first hour of our gathering, we'll reflect with Sarah on our theme for the evening - Writing Bodies - as she speaks about her work. In the second hour, Sarah will lead us through some grounding collaborative and independent writing exercises to generate poetry together. The practices we’ll use to write together are also broadly applicable to other mediums - as well as your everyday life! All you'll need is something to write on, and something to write with. . We look forward to seeing you on November 17th starting at 6:30pm. For questions or to register, contact Artistic Director Miranda Bouchard at [email protected] . #community #art #communityarts #making #meeting #sharing #learning #connecting #socialfabric #craftingcommunity #commonthreads #thinkingrockcommunityarts #writingbodies #sarahpinder See more

Join us TONIGHT as @thinkingrockca and friends from Vancouver and Toronto, @jumbliestheatre and @vancouvermovingtheatre talk about community arts in the time of COVID! ... Repost from @jumbliestheatre Join us for Jumblies final event for @heartofthecityfestival , in partnership with @vancouvermovingtheatre :... Community Arts in the Time ofCOVID Thursday November 12, 6pm - 7:30pm Online, Registration Available Free, donations appreciated A conversation, moderated byRuth Howard, Artistic Director of Jumblies, reflecting on the challenges of making art with people in these isolating times, and how values and practices of community arts can be upheld in new and surprising ways, including during the virtual residency just undertaken at the DTES Heart of the City Festival. Guest speakers will include: Stephen Lytton, Downtown Eastside resident and artist;Rafia Salam, Youth Mobilizer at MABELLEarts, Toronto;Miranda Bouchard, Artistic Director of Thinking Rock Community Arts in Northern Ontario;Tijana Spasic, Jumblies Artist and Outreach Coordinator and Interim Artistic Director of Arts4All;and possibly others from Vancouver and Toronto. There will be time for questions and responses. For the Zoom link contact:[email protected]@jumbliestheatre.org