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Each year, Arts Milton works with the community to present a collaborative creation to Miltonians.

We thought you would like to see the overall progression of this year’s Arts Milton Community Project 2021 for Milton Culture Days – Upcycled Painted Pallet Benches!

From bare pallets to primed pieces to perfectly painted benches – it was a fun project!

Artists:
Sneha Mahajan
Aparna Rangnekar
Zunaira Mufti
Allycia Uccello
Omar Hopkinson

Sponsors:

Main sponsor: Southside Paint & Wallpaper – Benjamin Moore

Additional Sponsors:

Town of Milton
Home Depot Milton
Home Hardware

Arts Milton is kicking off another year of Milton Culture Days. The 2021 event runs for four weeks – from September 24 to October 24. Despite the challenges all local businesses continue to face during this time, Arts Milton has received an immense amount of support for our month-long event! Thank-you to all of the partners and sponsors below.

 

This year’s Friendship Project has moved from in-person activities to virtual workshops on Zoom. Still, families are showing up excitedly for each program, from art classes and ancestry workshops to baking and music lessons.

Below are some of the workshops we have enjoyed so far with Chef Sai Chelliah, Authors Diksha Pal Narayan and Ken Flynn, Snapology Halton, Artist Aparna Rangnekar, House of Chords and CRASH Rhythm.

As part of our mission to connect the greater Milton community with artists of all genres in the spirit of providing cultural enrichment, Arts Milton coordinates “The Friendship Project”. Arts Milton’s MCF funded Friendship Project connects Newcomers with Community Hosts within Milton. Together they participate in free arts and culture activities over a period of four-five months.  The program encourages community engagement, creates connections, develops tolerance and reduces isolation.

On February 28, 2021 new Friendship project participants gathered on Zoom for a Meet and Greet event including icebreakers and drama games with Calowis Entertainment. Over the next three months participating families will enjoy numerous arts and culture activities including local nature workshops with Conservation Halton, a culinary class with Open Appetite, art classes and music lessons with House of Chords, Rick Imus Music Studio and CRASH Rhythm.

As Arts Milton launches the Fourth Annual Friendship Project, we invite you to enjoy memories from past years!

Friendship Project Album 2020
Friendship Project Album 2019
Friendship Project Album 2018

As we move into 2021, Arts Milton begins to plan the fourth (!) installment of The Friendship Project. Due to Covid-19, this year’s activities will take place online through Zoom based workshops. This year’s activities will take place from February to June 2021 and will include a variety of music, dance, art, craft, STEM, culinary, philosophy and heritage classes!

We are still accepting newcomer families until February 9, 2021. Visit our Friendship Project page for more information, and find the application here.

Arts Milton has partnered up with The Green Eatery this year to make Milton Culture Days delicious! The local vegan restaurant will be catering the Friday, Sept 27 Launch Event at the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton. There you’ll find fresh fruit and veggies, in addition to Green Eatery classics like brownie bites and hemp balls.

The Green Eatery will also be on site throughout the weekend to offer snacks and refreshments for sale to Milton Culture Days attendees.

Thank-you to The Green Eatery family for your support of this event!

For the second year in a row, Sapphire Dental Centre Milton has jumped on board to sponsor Milton Culture Days hosted by Arts Milton.

The husband and wife team behind Sapphire Dental (located at the intersection of Steeles and Ontario Streets in Milton) are a gentle, professional couple who put patients first. All ages are welcome at Sapphire and the team there takes extra special care with those who have dental phobias.

We can’t thank Sapphire Dental enough for their generous continued support of Milton’s largest arts and culture festival!

 

 

Today we want to thank Printd in downtown Milton for their very generous printing of the 2019 Milton Culture Days Activity Sheets. These activity lists are an integral part of the Culture Days event in Milton. With so many programs and presentations happening in one building (we’re up to 80 activities this year!), it can be overwhelming for visitors to know what’s happening in which spaces.

When attendees arrive they are handed a beautiful colour copy sheet which concisely lists exactly what is happening that morning of afternoon. Easy peasy, and so much fun!

See below for the 2019 sheets and plan your weekend now!

 

For the second year in a row, Once Upon A Child Milton is showing their community support through sponsorship of Milton Culture Days. With OUAC’s financial donation Arts Milton is able to reach a larger demographic of families.

At Once Upon A Child you can sell items and turn your gently used children’s clothes, shoes, and toys into cash. You can also shop for clothing and more. You’ll find a huge selection of gently used kid’s clothes, toys, and baby gear at up to 70% off retail prices.

A big thank-you to Ian and Colleen at Once Upon A Child Milton!