Safety Dance
Physically distanced, for safety, while getting our groove on. Led by dancer and choreographer Arwyn Carpenter.
The original Safety Dance took place in September 2020 as a joyful antidote to Covid times.
The original Safety Dance took place in September 2020 as a joyful antidote to Covid times, with spaces carefully measured to keep participants physically distanced while getting their groove on. It was led by dancer and choreographer Arwyn Carpenter. The event was made possible thanks to a partnership with Macaulay Heritage Park. In September 2021 we brought the event to Toronto’s East Lynn Park thanks to East End Arts. Want to bring Safety Dance to your community? Get in touch!
TORONTO EDITION
Invited by East End Arts in 2021.
ART IN ISOLATION
A lockdown initiative; for our arts community to share their isolation experiences through creating and showing each other their art.
It was April 2020, and Prince Edward County was in its first Covid-19 lockdown. Many of our artist friends told us that despite having plenty of time on their hands, they were having trouble finding the motivation to make art. Thus was born the Art in Isolation project: an invitation to our arts community to share their isolation experiences through creating and showing each other their art, documenting their unique points of view during a month-long challenge.
When the month came to an end, we selected 90 works by 67 artists that tell the story of this month of our lives, from April 22 to May 22, 2020. As a collection, these works are a record of this remarkable period in the history of our community and a testament to our enduring creativity. We held an outdoor exhibition of these works in Picton’s Armoury Square from February 20 to March 31, 2021, as well as publishing a catalogue, which you can purchase in our shop.
- Mehdi Agahi & Krista Dalby, Curators of Art in Isolation
Papercut Self-Portrait in a Pandemic, by Krista Dalby