NDG ARTS & CULTURE TABLE
The mission of the Arts and Culture Table is to support, promote, and celebrate arts and culture in NDG. We do this by supporting our members’ projects and initiatives through collaboration, facilitation, training, grant writing, letters of support, and coordination of arts and culture projects throughout the community.
Since its creation in 2015, the Table has successfully mobilized dozens of organizations, groups, and active residents, obtained funding for projects within the community, and organized its own arts and culture projects in NDG.
MANDATE
The Table has the mandate to promote the arts and celebrate the cultures of NDG. The Table actively supports members with their projects and plays an essential role in helping develop and strengthen partnerships between organisations and resident-led initiatives with different levels of government and other key funders. The Table also works to create opportunities for artists of all levels in NDG.
Partners:
- Notre-Dame-des-Arts,
- PAAL,
- NDG Art Hive,
- St-Raymond Community Centre,
- Art Hop ,
- Porchfest NDG,
- Maison de la culture NDG,
- NDG Electronik,
- Walkley Community Centre,
- CDAH Concordia,
- Native immigrant,
- Local artists
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS
Writing Café
The NDG Arts & Culture Table Writing Café is a monthly event held on the first Monday of each month. This café offers a supportive space for artists and writers to work on their projects and receive feedback from peers. The group is divided into two: those who prefer to work individually while being motivated by the presence of others, and those who wish to share their projects and gain feedback in a collaborative setting. Typically, between 8 and 12 participants attend each café, consisting of residents who are creative or academic writers and artists, ranging from hobbyists to professionals. The feedback from participants has been overwhelmingly positive, with many requesting an increase in frequency.
Current Projects and Collaborations
Past Projects and Collaborations
Kidlink to Music NDG
Opera in the Park
NDG Arts Week
Mural: Flourishing Farm painted by Boris Biberdžić
Sherbrooke Forest Arts Hive
and others such as...
- Piste CyclArt
- No Damn Good
Serenades from the Porches of NDG
Hip Hip You Don't Stop
MEMBERS
The Table is composed of more than 25 members including residents, neighbourhood groups, and organizations who work in a variety of different areas related to arts and culture.
Our current members include:
- Art Hop
- Arts Walk
- Arts Week
- BoomService
- The Cheap Art Collective
- Espace Knox
- Montreal West-End Operatic Society
- NDG Art Hive
- NDG Atelier d’histoire
- NDG Off the Wall
- Porchfest
- Prevention CDN NDG
- Productions Alma Viva
- Rep NDG 375
- Sherbrooke Forest Art Hive
- St-Raymond’s Action Group
- This Really Happened
- Walkley Center
FUNDERS
- Fondation du Grand Montréal
- Table 0-5 Ans Cavendish
- TD Bank
- City of Montreal Programme Art Murale
- Cultural Mediation Ville de Montreal
- Arondissement Cote des Neiges Notre Dame de Grace
- La Ruche J’achete NDG
- BIZ NDG
- Caisse Desjardins
- MTL 375
HISTORY
In the summer of 2015, the Council reached out to many of the stakeholders in the artistic and cultural domains, and together they created the Arts and Culture Table. The creation of the Table was an inclusive process, stemming from the tremendous volume of actions that were happening in the neighborhood The Table is made up of both organisations and residents. Uniquely, the Table has a particularly large number of residents and informal groups on the Table, reflecting the wide range of artistically-minded people in NDG. The Table has a simple mandate: to promote the arts and celebrate the cultures of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. To date the Council has supported the members of the table through collaboration, facilitation, training, brainstorming, as well as grant writing and providing letters of support.