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Director/ Owner @melanie.billark
Toronto based artist building inclusive, safe spaces to explore authentic creativity!
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We had the special privilege of working with Two-Spirit Anishinaabe-Ojibwe artist and designer Morgan Kagesheongai (@waskwane_designs).

Students from @sunnybrook_school learned about the teachings of animals and their cultural significance, collaborating directly with Morgan to design, paint, and create these stunning schoolhouse signs for the outdoor fence. We are beyond grateful for Morgan's knowledge, expertise, and guidance throughout this project.

Miigwech, we can't wait to see these installed! #communityart by @studioarts_to

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It's that time of year!

My fall and winter books are now open!

Have a special project in mind for your school, community centre or workplace? Let's work together and help make that dream a reality!

I specilaize in customizable programming for people of all ages and abilities.

DM me to inquire or fill out my school and group request form in my bio to start the conversion!

Can't wait to be creative with you this season!
#customartprograms #torontoartist #supportyourlocalartist by @studioarts_to

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Recap of the last week of summer camp with @keystone_toronto , tiny worlds!

We made everything from tiny stuffies to tiny clay worlds, recyclable scenes, mini galaxy's and mini books!

What a great creative group to finish off the summer!

Back to school here we come!

For community art projects, in class projects, lunch programs and afterschool and birthday parties send us a DM to book for fall!

Thanks to all the families that joined our summer camps this year, it was a wonderful season filled with creativity!

#summercamp #finale #fallbookingopen by @studioarts_to

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Reshared from• @elizabethfrytoronto ☀️It was so great to bring our EFry Toronto team together from across our various offices for a day of fun, sun and community.🐝

The day started off with a collaborative artist-led activity with @studioarts_to We are so excited to display these 3 collaborative pieces in our offices as a reminder of the time together and the community we are building 🧡

And of course the day wouldn't be complete without some competitive games, a beach scavenger hunt, great food and lots of laughter.

The opportunity to connect with our team, get creative together and enjoy eachother's company was a summer day well spent!

Biggest shout out to our wonderful facilitator @kathrynboydfinearts 🎨

#ElizabethFryToronto #EFryToronto #StaffAppreciation #EndOfSummerBBQ by @studioarts_to

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That's a wrap on Studio Arts T.O. Summer camp programming: Design Lab! I can't belive how fast this summer season flew by! We designed everything from keychains, stuffy, paper dolls to real wearable clothes, future cities, slime, pinch pots, and dioramas!

What a lovely creative summer!! Thanks for all the kids and teens that came to create with me this year!

Next week you can find me @keystone_toronto for one final camp program, all is welcome DM me for the registration link.

Stay tuned or join our mailing list (link in bio) for upcoming programming like after school art and PA days. If your a school, organization or group that want to book classes, programming and special projects with me send me a DM or visit school and group request link in my bio, we'd love to work with you!

Happy last days of summer, and all the best to back to school!

#kidsart #artteacher #torontoart by @studioarts_to

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2 months ago

Recap of last weeks mural camp!! made everything from giant independent murals to larger collaborative, ones to fli minis! From exploring fabrics, canvas, paper, prints and collage!

So impressed with all of the amazing work these kids made!

Biggest should put to Sall who helped us the last two weeks!! Also to @emilymayrose for inspiring these young artists with her racoon murals all over the city!

Looking forward to what will be created this week in our design lab!

#kidsart #artteacher #torontocamp by @studioarts_to

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Thank you to @melanie.billark of @studioarts_to for kicking off our summer with a wonderful week of art camp! It merged Soft Worlds and Earth Makers into a uniquely immersive blend of textiles and nature inspired art making. We’re looking forward to our final week of art camp on August 31st, that will explore miniatures and sculpture making at Tiny Worlds - visit our website for more info and to sign up! #summercamp #artsprogramming #visualarts #textiles #ecoart taken in Keystone School - Toronto by @studioarts_to

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About last weeks Layered Worlds: Mixed
Media camp!!

These artists created so much work in such an array of colour, techniques and mediums!

So excited to see what will be created in this week's muralist camp!

Only one more week of art camp this year, save your spot for next week by registering through
www.melaniebillark.com/camp or head to the link in my bio!

#kidsart #torontocamps #artteacher by @studioarts_to

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Today, I had the honour of facilitating community art activations with the incredible team at Elizabeth Fry Toronto. @elizabethfrytoronto

It was inspiring to be surrounded by people doing such meaningful work in our community. I left feeling deeply inspired by the work Elizabeth Fry does to support women and non-binary people impacted by or at risk of entering the criminal justice system.

Thank you, Melanie Billark, for the opportunity and for trusting me with your vision. 💛 @melanie.billark

I’m grateful to have been part of this day and hope it’s the beginning of more opportunities to create together.

#elizabethfrytoronto #artforgrief #communityart #creativewellbeing taken in Woodbine Beach Park by @studioarts_to

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Reposted from• @shoksostudio 🥰 Thank you @melanie.billark @studioarts_to for inviting me to be part of her artful summer camp! Such talented young people with creative ideas! We had so much fun creating these ceramic mini pinch pot vase. They get to experience the whole process from forming with clay to glazing their own designs.
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✨ Created: Ceramic Mini Pinch Pot Vase(s)
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🌈 Highly recommend @studioarts_to camps/workshops!
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❣️ Note: not all pieces came out of the kiln as the way they went in the kiln. There is always a risk of uncontrollable outcomes.

Thanks so much for joining us and our creativity!!

#Kidsartcamp #potteryforkids #flowers by @studioarts_to

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About last weeks Paint, Draw, Create camp! The artists had so much fun exploring painting, mixed media, sculpture and printmaking! We were so lucky to have special guest @familypoem in to do a ceramic workshop with us.

We have three more weeks @studioarts_to then the last week I'm running a camp @keystone_toronto where all are welcome to join!

Visit the link in bio to register or DM for any questions and inquires!

#kidsartstudio #teenart #creativecamps taken in The Annex, Toronto, Ontario by @studioarts_to

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Last week's sculpture camp was one for the book's!

We had so much fun creating mini worlds, characters, giant sculptures and miniatures!

Looking forward to what the kids create this week during our mixed media camp!

#kidsart #torontocamps #artteacher by @studioarts_to

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