Making Room celebrates Home in a project in conjunction with Toronto Public Health

Between February and April of this year, we had the opportunity to carry out a project with Toronto Public Health, we ended up calling “It’s Home”. In October 2016, TPH released their report “Housing and Health: Unlocking Opportunity” and we were awarded a contract to further develop these themes to a wider audience. Around this …

Making Room, making our way to new projects…

We’re back! Well, a little bit. After some truly incredible travels, experiments, side projects and well deserved rest, the Making Room team is back at PARC on Fridays from 2pm-4pm in the Drop-In, asking questions about what makes a home. Please join us! With eyes towards the summer, there will be more workshops coming this …

A short update, and greetings from Nepal!

As you may have gathered, Making Room’s artistic team is currently on a short break from producing workshops and celebrations in Parkdale, while we take some time to focus on artistic and organizational development. As part of this exciting time, our Artistic Director Michael Burt is in Nepal for two months alongside Leah Houston from …

The Biggest Table: Hosting, from here

by Jonathan Valelly photos by Liam Coo Dunn Parkette was already buzzing shortly after 5pm that day, though our appointed meeting time was 6. The Making Room Choir rehearsed attentively in the shade of Greenest City garden in the little park’s corner, and voices both familiar and new joined in the song under the direction …

Join us for the Biggest Table

The Biggest Table: A Harvest Celebration presented by Making Room Community Arts and Greenest City Sept 24th, 2016 Meet at 6pm at Dunn Ave Parkette Making Room and Greenest City are excited to invite you to The Biggest Table, a community celebration of friends and neighbours, friends and neighbours, and of course, fantastic food and …

A summer update!

Moving forward from our Connecting Currents celebration in the Spring, we made the decision to shift gears, start fresh, and begin developing some exciting new projects with both old friends and new partners. Every Wednesday afternoon, concurrent with Greenest City’s “Good Foods Market”, we’ve had the pleasure of working with Parkdale’s residents at a little …

Connecting Currents, Celebrating 45 Years of PCLS

In the spring of this year, we were asked to do something we never had done before. After getting to know some of the folks at Parkdale Community Legal Services through projects like the Parkdale Community Economic Development project, PCLS invited us to use our expertise and passion for celebrations to imagine a special, community-led …

Celebrating the launch of Tyde Cambridge’s website

Please join us to honour our dear friend Tyde who is launching her website – showcasing her talents as a performer and artist. We’ve been working for months to make a site that would honour Tyde’s diverse and prolific career including her support for Making Room. The event will take place on Monday, April 25th …

Join us for the Making Room AGM!

Join Making Room and our Board of Directors for our Annual General Meeting this April 3, 2016 at 3:30pm at the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (1499 Queen St W) in the Healing Room upstairs. Like many AGMs, we will be going over general board business, but this is also an opportunity for all Making Room …

Thanks, Jess!

Many people are a part of Making Room Community Arts. Whether you’ve visited us at a workshop, joined us for a parade or celebration, contributed to a project or simply seen us around, we count you as a part of Making Room’s community. There are also some people who take a pivotal role in shaping …