A new pilot project!
It's called ART PALS and it's FUN!
Art for Aid has launched a pilot program in an effort to help build communication bridges between youth in remote Canada and local students using art as the connector.
We are working in collaboration with the Carleton Place Public Library and the Perth and District Public Library to launch a pilot program called "Art Pals". The program will be run from September to May annually, but you can send us your art message anytime!
The concept is simple: local youth visit the library's Art Pals station, or download the template from our website to create your artwork and/or message. Youth in Indigenous community schools are creating on their templates as well. All the art is turned in to Art for Aid and we do the exchange.
While these 2 libraries are part of the pilot, anyone can play! Download the template, contact us for our mailing address and we'll include your messages in our art supply shipments!
We encourage Educators and students to research these communities. Learn about their history, language, schools and geography to help you connect to who they are and where they live. Information is the key to positive change and education is the door it opens.
If the program is successful, we will invite schools and libraries everywhere to adopt this program for the youth in their community. Please watch for updates, subscribe to our newsletter or follow on social media.
Art Pals Templates - Instructions
Instructions
Simply download the template and mail your finished drawing to:
Art for Aid 1064 Perth Road, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 0K3
OR drop-off at partcipating libraries.
Steps
Fill out your contact info on one side, and do your artwork on the other.
Hand in to the front desk at your participating library, or place in envelope, address it, add a stamp and mail it.
Libraries Participating
Perth and District Union Public Library
Carleton Place Public Library
Others Welcome Too!
Not part of either library? No problem! Just mail in your artwork yourself.
Perth and District Public Library - Ontario
Download the Art Pals template for Perth, Ontario.
Carleton Place Public Library - Ontario
Download the Art Pals template for Perth, Ontario.
Other Libraries
Download the Art Pals template for general use and mail it to us. We'll include it in our art supply shipments!
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS TO DATE
We currently have three (3) remote community schools registered for the launch of this project. While 2 libraries are part of the pilot, anyone can play! Download the template, contact us for our mailing address and we'll include your messages in our art supply shipments to schools!
- North Caribou Lake School - North Caribou Lake, ON
- Nibinamik Education Centre - Summer Beaver, ON
- Deer Lake First Nation School, Deer Lake, ON
- Marjorie Mills Public School, Longlac, ON
- Our Lady of Fatima Public School, Longlac, ON