·         This workshop will focus on practical strategies on how to see a project through. From developing a mission/vision, organizing your thoughts and finding out about and writing the grant, to the simple things like “don’t over commit!”. SWB will offer insight into templates, which provide structure and actionable execution of ideas, along with advice and experience based knowledge from the entrepreneurs of Big it up Clothing.

·         This introductory workshop includes basic tips for successful proposal writing and as well as an overview of the basic elements of a grant proposal. Participants will receive a list of youth arts funders as well as learn techniques for building relationships with prospective funders and putting together a compelling proposal. This workshop will be useful both for those with no or limited experience of grant writing.

·         This workshop will discuss how government policy gets made, and include a discussion on how community initiatives can get involved in policy development and advocate for policy change.

·         This workshop will discuss the use of hip hop in social programming for youth. Members of Stolen from Africa will discuss their movement, which promotes cultural and historical awareness through education, fashion, music and the arts. A participant from the Remix project will provide his perspective as a young person involved in a Toronto based youth program based on hip hop. 

 

 

 

Concurrent Sessions 2:45 to 3:45:

·         Youth arts education practitioners talking about how we can get young people not just expressing themselves through art but also getting them P-A-I-D to do what they love; Funder's and policy workers figuring out how to fund and systematically support entrepreneurship in the arts, and; young people telling there stories about successful arts-entrepreneurship programs. All of this in one hour, what else are you looking for? THIS IS NOT A PANEL DISCUSSION (please plan on participating in a dialogue).

·         This workshop will provide a way for young people of varying levels of education and diverse backgrounds to find work and internship opportunities in the cultural sector. Opportunities and challenges will be presented in an upfront manner along with the resources available to successfully navigate various streams of Canada’s cultural industries. Young people who are working in the cultural industries will speak to and answer questions about their own career paths.

·         What are the key challenges all youth led organizations face in the arts sector?: training/resources, access to funding/funders, a network to learn from, collaborative opportunities, support and mentorship… the list goes on and is often the cause of many potentially great organizations never starting or ending too early. This discussion will be a meeting of policy makers, funders and young artists to address how we can respond to these issues in order to provide youth led organizations the support they need in order to have real impact within their communities and create systemic and lasting change.