Programs

Seniors Arts & Music Series (SAMS) – Fall 2024 & Winter 2025

The Seniors Arts & Music Series (SAMS) is a circuit of free in-person entertainment for older adults to participate in stimulating and varied arts classes and musical performances, presented to residents of long-term care and retirement homes in Mississauga.

Funded by the Government of Ontario, presented by Mississauga Arts Council, and organized by Entertainment Unlimited.

“Thank you and MAC again so very much for arranging the workshop – it was such a treat for my clients, and it was so beautiful to see their enthusiasm (and pride in their work!)… It means so very much to me to be able to provide my clients with such impactful experiences, and we so greatly appreciate your support in this! The SAMS project is truly wonderful.“

– Hospice Mississauga

Magic Monday x ArtsCare with Visual Arts Mississauga – Fall 2024

Visual Arts Mississauga, in partnership with Mississauga Arts Council presents Magic Monday x ArtsCare – a series of wellness-based arts workshops from different disciplines.

Oct 28 – 7-9 PM – Words Are Tools with Susan Ksiezopolski

Nov 4 – 7-9 PM – Inner Selfie with Carla Gonzalez-Casanova

Nov 11 – 7-9 PM – Illustrated Journal with Belynda Wilson Thomas

Nov 18 – 7-9 PM – Movement with Colleen Snell

Nov 25 – 7-9 PM – drumIN Workshop with Sam Liu

Dec 2 – 7-9 PM – Mindful Painting with Karlene Bland

Now I See Me, Now I Don’t – March 2023

Now I See Me, Now I Don’t was a 5-week ArtsCare Program developed and facilitated by Anna Silgardo (Artists in Momentum). Hosted by Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services, the workshops used visual art, creative writing, theatre, and movement to help newcomer women look beyond the reflective surface of the mirror to build their stories.
Now I See Me, Now I Don’t was funded through Mississauga Arts Council’s ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant.

Wellness Art Workshop Series – March 2023

Alethia Caraccioli, a program facilitator at Visual Arts Mississauga (VAM) developed two 6-week ArtsCare programs, one for adults that ran at VAM and one for youth in collaboration with The Dam. These programs created connections within the group and a safe place for people to share and create freely. Approaching art-making from the lens of care and wellness allowed the process to be more accessible to all individuals regardless of prior experience in art-making. 100 % of Adult Participants found the wellness workshops beneficial to their mental health and well-being and would participate again.

Visual Arts Mississauga’s Wellness Art Workshop Series, led by Alethia Caraccioli was funded through Mississauga Arts Council’s ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant.

Pocket Art – August 2022

Created and facilitated by Netta Ussyshkin, Pocket Art was a 5-week Arts for Mental Health program. This program took participants through mindfulness exercises and each week featured a different art form – from photography to creative writing to visual art. The program also supported local artists, providing them with paid work opportunities.
Pocket Art was funded through Mississauga Arts Council’s ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant and generously hosted at Lakeview Discovery Centre in Mississauga.