Get to know SKETCH Working Arts!

SKETCH Working Arts is an artist studio and event space located in the vibrant Trinity Bellwoods neighborhood. Studios are available for rent for personal artistic production, workshops and private events from 9am-9pm, 7 days a week. Home to a music studio, audio production lab, movement studio, ceramics studio and kiln, an industrial kitchen and two dynamic studio spaces, everyone is welcome to join the SKETCH community in art making at the historic Youngplace building at 180 Shaw St.

SKETCH runs free arts programs for aspiring and emerging creatives 18-35yrs, who are navigating poverty Studios are accessible to mobility devices via a ramp and elevator. 

SKETCH has sliding scale rental fees and offers lower prices for individual artists and higher prices for for-profit organizations. Please see sketch.ca/rent for individual pricing options.

Booking inquiries, tour requests and questions can be sent to spaceshare@sketch.ca

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Rent SKETCH Studios!

Pottery Studio & Kiln

This cozy ceramics studio is fully equipped for professional ceramics workshops, or for an individual or small collective to hand build or throw on the wheel. Stop lugging your ceramics around and benefit from our in-house technician and onsite kiln for your bisque and glaze firing needs.

EQUIPMENT: Large kiln, 3 wheels, extruder, slab roller, various hand tools, boards, glazes, table and stools.

STUDIO SIZE: 480 Sq Ft

KILN SPECS: Shelves are 13 x 26 inches, with 12 shelves in the kiln. Cone 6 firing for glazes and clays. Requests for firings lower than Cone 6 or luster firing are also available. 

CAPACITY: 6

To rent and for more details visit: www.sketch.ca/rent/pottery-studio/

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Music Studio: Rehearsal Space & Control Booth

Available separately for music lessons or brand practice, mixing and mastering, or paired for live recording. Fully soundproofed, the Music Studio is the perfect set-up for music rehearsal, recording music, podcasts and soundbites. Bring your own or enjoy the shared instruments. The Control booth is also available separately for post-production needs.

CONTROL BOOTH EQUIPMENT: Mac computer, fully outfitted prosumer sound board with Apollo, Ableton, and accompanying recording gear.

REHEARSAL SPACE EQUIPMENT: Drum kit, multiple acoustic guitars, electric guitar and bass, Various amps and cords, cajón drum, microphones and talk-back system connected to control booth.

SIZE: 315 Sq Ft

CAPACITY: 8 rehearsal space; 3 control booth

To rent and for more details visit: www.sketch.ca/rent/music-studio/

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Movement Studio

This beautiful studio has large west facing windows providing ethereal natural light throughout the day. The custom springboard floor provides a warm and comfortable surface for all movement activities. Perfect for wellness courses, dance or theater rehearsal, regular group dance classes, or expressive music or movement classes for children.

EQUIPMENT: Speakers, mobile benches, mirror wall, and 2 barres.

SIZE: 900 Sq Ft

CAPACITY: 20 in motion

To rent and for more details visit: www.sketch.ca/rent/movement-studio/

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SKETCH Working Arts is a non-profit community arts organization that runs free arts programs for aspiring and emerging creatives 18-35 years old who are navigating poverty and precarity due to systemic oppression with a focus on those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, Black, Indigenous, and other racialized young people. Through free arts based programs, wrap-around services and access to studio space, young people can experience the transformative power of the arts; build leadership and sustainable livelihood in the arts; and cultivate social and environmental change through the arts.

Stay tuned to find out what courses will be offered in the Fall by visiting sketch.ca or following  @sketchtoronto.

For more details, visit: www.sketch.ca/programs/what-we-offer/

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SKETCH Working Arts, 180 Shaw St

 

Comic Making Workshop + Residency for asian youth - Althea Balmes & Kwentong Bayan

Althea Blames of Akin Lansdowne presents The Comic Making Workshops + Residency program - learn, explore and practice the craft of combining drawing and writing (for Asian youth 16-29).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: DEC 7 2016
9 weeks | Jan-Mar 2017 | no fee | honorarium

The Comic Making Workshops + Residency program is a series of free comic making workshops for self-identified Asian (mixed race, South, East, South East, newcomer, new generation, 1.5, LGBTQI-lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, and or with disability) youth (16-29).

The goal of the project is to financially, culturally, mutually support marginalized Asian youth who are homeless or at risk of being homeless to improve their literacy, creative writing, drawing skills and encourage creative collaboration. Youth will develop strategies to write stories from real-life, design characters, page/layout composition, inking and texting, and put together zine comics. The project is meant to give access to a group of youth interested in building an art community and share a positive space for exploring the complexities and issues around being an Asian in Canada. This project is made possible by the support of Ontario Arts Council