DareArts Foundation Inc. for Children
3042 Concession 3 Adjala, RR1 Hockley Valley, Palgrave, ON, Canada L0N 1P0
Telephone: 905-729-0097 or 1-888-540-arts FAX: 905-729-0037
Email: contactus@darearts.com
Canadian Charitable number: 88691 7764 RR0002
OUR MISSION
DareArts which stands for Discipline, Action, and Responsibility in Education was founded to help Canadian children find positive alternatives to negative influences in their communities though a five-year arts education program that complements Canadian elementary schools. We strive to empower all children to achieve their potential by using the arts to motivate a lifelong pursuit of personal excellence.
HISTORY
DareArts Foundation was founded in Canada by Marilyn Field, Past President of Esprit Orchestra, recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, and a teacher with the Toronto District School Board. As a teacher, she discovered that any student's character could be developed through the application of the arts in daily life. DareArts' method challenges students to attain high standards, knowledge and self-discipline. Her vision is to reach thousands of young Canadians with a lifelong motivation for excellence in their own lives ... and fill our galleries and concert halls.
MARKET
Professionals and parents are calling for a renewed focus on discipline and learning. At a time when juvenile social problems have increased, school budget cuts have resulted in decreased arts education. DareArts Foundation helps fill this gap through an innovative five year course of study to complement the school system from grades four through eight - the formative years. DareArts addresses fundamental values, personal strength and responsible behavior within its arts program.
OUR DareArts PROGRAMS
All-the-Arts Program
The five year course spans the 11th
to the 21st centuries. Two students per grade are chosen by their schools as
children who could benefit from different learning opportunities. These delegates
attend daily, downtown sessions over ten weeks. Here they encounter challenging
activities as they interact with world cultures of one century: its music, dance,
drama, architecture, visual art, literature, fashion, food and society. Teachers
include professionals in each discipline. With high expectations, the 'delegates'
are trained to report what they've learned back to their own classmates. DareArts
then helps them 'dare' their friends and families to attend local arts events
and venues. THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT: DareArts 'delegates' reporting to their classes
multiplies the effectiveness of the program 20-30 fold. As the DareArts Delegates
of each year and their classes move up to the next year's program, another set
of youngsters enter the stream. Thus, the number of students, classes and schools
involved increases yearly in ever widening circles.
Teen Leadership Program
Values Education: Human Spirit Collection
International 'Children for Peace' Project
Music Lessons for Inner City Kids: Herman Smith Music Trust
PARTNER PROGRAMS
Little Fingers Music: CD Compilation
Music Roots
FUNDING
All funding is from private individuals and corporations. If you would like to support DareArts Foundation, please click here.
HONOURARY PATRONS
The Honourable James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Senator Landon Pearson, Special Advisor on Children's Right to the UN
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Robert Bissett, Sandra Bussin, Stanley Elkind, Marilyn Field - Founder & President, Elisabeth Kriegler, Richard Patina - Chairman, J.C.Pennie - Vice Chairman, Julian Sale - Vice President, Paula Smith, Monika Jensen Stevenson, Dorothy Shoichet, Jim Westcott - Treasurer
OUR CHAMPION MENTORS
Edward Asner, Richard Bradshaw, Ken
Danby, Maureen Forrester, Gene Hackman, Ben Heppner, Eric Jackman, Karen Kain,
Ed Mirvish, Richard Monette, Charles Pachter, Dora de Pedery-Hunt, Marshall
Pynoski, Mark Raynes Roberts, R. Murray Schafer, Roy Henry Vickers, W.J. Withrow,
Jeannette Zingg
DareArts
Foundation Inc. for Children
3042 Concession 3 Adjala, RR1 Hockley Valley, Palgrave, ON, Canada L0N 1P0
Telephone: 905-729-0097 or 1-888-540-arts FAX: 905-729-0037
Email: contactus@darearts.com
Canadian Charitable number: 88691 7764 RR0002
OUR MISSION
DareArts which stands for Discipline, Action, and Responsibility in Education was founded to help Canadian children find positive alternatives to negative influences in their communities though a five-year arts education program that complements Canadian elementary schools. We strive to empower all children to achieve their potential by using the arts to motivate a lifelong pursuit of personal excellence.
HISTORY
DareArts Foundation was founded in Canada by Marilyn Field, Past President of Esprit Orchestra, recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, and a teacher with the Toronto District School Board. As a teacher, she discovered that any student's character could be developed through the application of the arts in daily life. DareArts' method challenges students to attain high standards, knowledge and self-discipline. Her vision is to reach thousands of young Canadians with a lifelong motivation for excellence in their own lives ... and fill our galleries and concert halls.
MARKET
Professionals and parents are calling for a renewed focus on discipline and learning. At a time when juvenile social problems have increased, school budget cuts have resulted in decreased arts education. DareArts Foundation helps fill this gap through an innovative five year course of study to complement the school system from grades four through eight - the formative years. DareArts addresses fundamental values, personal strength and responsible behavior within its arts program.
OUR DareArts PROGRAMS
All-the-Arts Program
The five
year course spans the 11th to the 21st centuries. Two students per grade are
chosen by their schools as children who could benefit from different learning
opportunities. These delegates attend daily, downtown sessions over ten weeks.
Here they encounter challenging activities as they interact with world cultures
of one century: its music, dance, drama, architecture, visual art, literature,
fashion, food and society. Teachers include professionals in each discipline.
With high expectations, the 'delegates' are trained to report what they've learned
back to their own classmates. DareArts then helps them 'dare' their friends
and families to attend local arts events and venues. THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT:
DareArts 'delegates' reporting to their classes multiplies the effectiveness
of the program 20-30 fold. As the DareArts Delegates of each year and their
classes move up to the next year's program, another set of youngsters enter
the stream. Thus, the number of students, classes and schools involved increases
yearly in ever widening circles.
Teen Leadership Program
Values Education:
Human Spirit Collection
International 'Children for Peace' Project
Music Lessons for Inner City Kids: Herman Smith Music Trust
PARTNER PROGRAMS
Little Fingers
Music: CD Compilation
Music Roots
FUNDING
All funding is from private individuals and corporations. If you would like to support DareArts Foundation, please click here.
HONOURARY PATRONS
The Honourable James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Senator Landon Pearson, Special Advisor on Children's Right to the UN
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Robert Bissett, Sandra Bussin, Stanley Elkind, Marilyn Field - Founder & President, Elisabeth Kriegler, Richard Patina - Chairman, J.C.Pennie - Vice Chairman, Julian Sale - Vice President, Paula Smith, Monika Jensen Stevenson, Dorothy Shoichet, Jim Westcott - Treasurer
OUR CHAMPION MENTORS
Edward Asner,
Richard Bradshaw, Ken Danby, Maureen Forrester, Gene Hackman, Ben Heppner, Eric
Jackman, Karen Kain, Ed Mirvish, Richard Monette, Charles Pachter, Dora de Pedery-Hunt,
Marshall Pynoski, Mark Raynes Roberts, R. Murray Schafer, Roy Henry Vickers,
W.J. Withrow, Jeannette Zingg