LATEST INFORMATION March 30, 2020 Dear H’art Participants, Families, Caregivers and Supporters, As you know, the Government of Ontario issued an order that all non-essential businesses close and remain closed until at least April 14, 2020. Due to this order, we will remain closed past our original projected date of April 6th and will continue to monitor COVID-19 developments as they happen.…
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Like you, H’art Centre is closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 pandemic and related directives. To support community efforts, we have suspended all rehearsals at this time and postponed the performances of SMALL THINGS (scheduled for April 17 & 18) to later this year. Thank you for your continued support at this time. We will supply you with the new schedule…
Grant from the Ontario’s Seniors Community Grant Program Supports Project Beginning this month, seniors who are Deaf will be involved in a new theatre production thanks to a $24,726 grant from the Government of Ontario’s Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility Seniors Community Grant Program. This is part of H’art Centre’s commitment to creating inclusive arts for all abilities. “This investment through the…
After 2018’s successful first appearance at the Isabel Bader Human Rights Festival with the 20th anniversary play A Gift From Martadella, H’art Centre is proud to announce it will return to the Festival in 2020 with a new production, Small Things. The production will mark another first for H’art Centre, a story told primarily through dance and documentary. “This unique work marries…
H’art Centre can now develop our capacity to market the MixAbilities Inclusive Arts Training program to a wider group of users thanks to a grant from the Ontario Arts Council’s Market Development Project. The Ontario Arts Council’s Market Development Project supports Ontario artists, arts professionals, ad hoc groups/collectives and arts organizations to promote their artwork to…
H’art Centre will be closed on Friday, April 19th and Monday, April 22nd for the Easter weekend. Thank you!
The short film we produced on the life and work of artist Zena Bernstein for our recent Able Artist event hit the big screen at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival on Saturday, March 2nd before a sold out crowd as part of Local Shorts, a collection of seven short films. What an honour to be…
We are pleased to announce that a short film we produced with Spot On Media for our recent Able Artist event, EXHIBITION: Zena Bernstein will be included in the 2019 Kingston Canadian Film Festival in the category “Local Shorts: NEW VOICES”. The film takes a close look at the work and life of local artist and renowned…
On December 13, representatives from H’art Centre, Rotary Club of Kingston and Empire Life gathered at Fairmount Home to celebrate the “Go Wireless” pilot project with Fairmount Home’s leaders, recreation staff and residents. Five Smart TV monitors, multiple headsets and a creative resource guide were made availableto Fairmount Home’s recreation staff and are now a…
On Sunday December 9th, at the finale performance of “The Wishing Tree”, H’art Centre announced Olivia Breton, a third-year Child and Youth Care student from St. Lawrence College, is the 2018 recipient of the Brook Catherine Doseger Endowment Fund Award. The Brook Catherine Doseger Endowment Fund is a permanent fund initiated by Catherine and…