Call For Artists: tdsbCREATES Artist Roster – 2024-2025
tdsbCREATES celebrates student voice and creativity through the arts while honouring the unique and powerful exchanges that take place between professional artists, teachers, and students in TDSB schools across the city. tdsbCREATES is presented by the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Arts Council with support from Prologue Performing Arts. Each year, students are encouraged to explore the festival theme through artistic creation in one or more of the arts.
More information about tdsbCREATES can be found on the tdsbCREATES website.
A roster of artists supports the following tdsbCREATES initiatives:
- Residency Program (grades 1-8)
- Mentorship Program (grades 7-12)
1. Residency Program:
- Timeframe: October 2024 – January 2025
- Working with students in grades 1-8
- Structure: Each residency is five full days working in two classrooms (120 minutes of instructional time with each class per day)
- Residency Launch: Artists will participate in a mandatory pre-planning and professional learning day with teachers in advance of the residency
Residency Remuneration:
- Residency Launch Day = $365.00
- Planning Day (completed by artist after residency launch) = $365.00
- 5 residency days in school = $1,825.00
TOTAL = $2,555.00
2. Mentorship Program:
- Timeframe: February – April 2025
- Working with students in grades 7-12
- Structure: Each mentorship school will receive between 6 – 7.5 hours of mentorship depending on school needs and number of participants. There may be opportunities for artists to mentor at multiple schools
Mentorship brings artists to TDSB classrooms to work with teachers and students in grades 7-12 throughout the creative process as students are developing their original work. Mentors are not facilitating workshops but rather are there to support students and collaborate with teachers. The role of the mentor artist is to provide feedback on work and ask guiding questions, help students clarify their message and connection to the theme, assist students with the development of specific techniques or skills, as well as help students realize their artistic goals.
Mentorship Remuneration:
Grade 7-8 mentorship:
1 hour planning with teacher
1 hour personal planning
7.5 hours in class (5 sessions x 1.5 hours)
TOTAL: 9.5 hours = $693.50
Grade 9-12 mentorship:
1 hour planning with teacher
1 hour personal planning
6 hours in class (4 sessions x 1.5 hours)
TOTAL: 8 hours = $584
To learn more about the requirements, artist eligibility, and the application process, CLICK HERE