Artists
Resources
the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre
WAHC's vision is a Canadian society that recognizes, remembers and values the experiences and continued contribution of all workers, their unions, organizations and communities to the quality of life we enjoy.
Identify, unite, support, promote and facilitate artists and artistic activity throughout Muskoka.
Actions of Absence (Art Strike)
Arts Hamilton creatively bridges the Arts and the Hamilton Community
Established in 1971 as one of the first multi-disciplinary artitist run centres.
A great way to learn what's going on in the art scene in Hamilton. Anyone can add an event, or sign up for the email registry.
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An incorporated non-profit organization which encourages local artists to show their work by offering public space.
Founded in 2003 by Cheryl Edwards, Black Crafters Guild is a free nonprofit resource.
Bread and Roses: Cultural Project
Bread and Roses is the not-for-profit cultural arm of New Yorks Health and Human Service union, 1199/SEIU.
The Canadian Labour Congress brings together Canada's national and international unions, the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 130 district labour councils
(CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists
Community Arts Ontario is an arts service organization that currently represents a network of more than 180 art agencies, institutions, and municipalities across Ontario and close to 40 individual artists and public supporters.
The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre
Mission: to develop and support a vibrant, sustainable community where people (members, non-members and staff) love to be and visit frequently
An arts and culture magazine
Growinggap.ca is an initiative of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Inequality Project, a national prject to increase public awareness about the alarming spread of income and wealth inequality in Canada.
An intriguing and unique look at the individual people that make up the Hamilton community.
Immigrant Culture and Art Association
ICAA is a nonprofit organization which joins efforts and expertise with others to provide services and programs in communities to introduce, promote and preserve the cultural and artistic expressions, experiences and abilities of immigrants to enrich Canadian society.
International Institute of Social History
It is one of the world's largest documentary and research institutions in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular.
Labour Education and Labour Art: the Hidden Potential of Knowing for the Left Hand
A unique look at why labour and the arts should be mixed in order to better motivate current and future labour activists by Peter H. Sawchuk
Labour and Working Class History Association
An organization of scholars teachers, students, labour educators and activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labour and working class history through research, writing and organizing.
An article provided by This Magazine talking about why labour day should be more about the people
Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
To encourage and support the intellectual and creative development of women in the visual arts by providing an ongoing forum for education and critical dialogue
Mercer Union - A Centre For Contemporary Art is an artist-run centre dedicated to the existance of contemporary art.
Dance Theatre located in Stouffville Ontario
Rabble features some of the best progressive writers in Canada
Shaking It Up: Labour and the Arts
A resource guide for how and why to mix labour and the arts created by Morna Ballantyne.
Forty years and still going strong, This Magazine is one of Canada’s longest-publishing alternative journals.
Toronto and York Region Labour Council
A central labour body that combines the strength of hundreds of local unions.
A co-operative of Canadian Political Cartoonists
This symposium brings together presentations of scholars, activists, and performers in a variety of genres.