Youth Adaptive Arts

Youth Adaptive Arts is an inclusive program that aims to foster access to the performing arts for young people with functional limitations, or with social maladjustments or learning difficulties.

The program is intended for young people aged between 7 and 18 year old with functional limitations, or with specific needs (physical disabilities, visual impairment, intellectual disabilities, mental health issues, autism, Tourette’s syndrome, etc.).

Youth Adaptive Arts celebrates young people's artistic expression through encounters and creation with professional artists. These cultural experiences take the form of tailor-made artistic workshops, favoring a humanistic, co-creative approach.

Current Projects

The program offers cultural mediation projects based on various disciplines, such as music, theatre, singing, and dance.

Each project includes:

• Six 1-hour workshops in the chosen discipline, led by professional artist-mediators trained to interact with people with functional limitations;
• A public performance, scheduled at the end of the last workshop of the series, allowing participants to present the collective creation they have built up over the weeks.

Workshop dates

Tuesdays: February 6, February 13, February 20, February 27, March 12 and March 19* (from 10:00 am to 11:00 am)
Tuesdays: February 6, February 13, February 20, February 27, March 12 and March 19* (from 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm)
Wednesdays: February 7, February 14, February 21, February 28, March 13 and March 20* (from 10:00 am to 11:00 am)
Wednesdays: February 7, February 14, February 21, February 28, March 13 and March 20* (from 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm)
Thursdays: February 8, February 15, February 22, February 29, March 14 mars and March 21* (from 10:00 am to 11:00 am)
Thursdays: February 8, February 15, February 22, February 29, March 14 mars and March 21* (from 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm)

Registration

All projects are free of charge.

To register, please contact the community team at artadapte@placedesarts.com or by telephone at 514 285-4275.

Registration period: June to September 2023

The Adaptive Arts Program is made possible through the financial support of the Fondation de la Place des Arts and its partners, the Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.