Introducing the Antyx’ Winter Cycle: Create, Connect, and Reflect!
We have begun our new Winter Cycle at The Central Library and Genesis Centre! In Weeks 1and 2 we get to know one another through fun ice-breaker games and mini art activities. We made some chilly penguin art, talked about how we stay warm in the winter, and how we couldhelp those around us who […]
Cultural Fusion: Celebrating Diversity – Program update
Our Cultural Fusion program launched in November, offering teenagers aged 12 to 18 an opportunity to explore and celebrate cultural diversity through art. This 6-week journey kicked off with a focus on understanding personal cultural identity and fostering connections through creative expression. Week 1: Cultural Identity Exploration In the opening session, participants explored their cultural […]
The Salvation Army Mural Project: Painting Hope, Service, & Dignity!🎨
We are excited to update you all on our newest community initiative: a vibrant mural in theSalvation Army Community Resource Centre that embodies the core values of hope, service,and dignity! 🖌️ A Vision Comes to LifeOver the past few weeks, Antyx has come together to transform an empty wall into a beacon ofoptimism and unity. […]
Discovering the other: The portrait
Taking a portrait is a common practice; it is simply taking the camera, framing it well, putting thesubject in the center of the image, asking them to look the lens and shooting. It takes no more thana minute. There are portraits everywhere. However, if we dig a little deeper, we see that the portraitis an […]
Antyx and Cornerstone Youth Center
In November, we started a program at the CORNERSTONE YOUTH CENTER. We worked on the first step of the relationship between the viewer and the viewed world. Using movable cardboard frames, the kids started to walk around the space, looking for elements that they found interesting and important in some way to them. There is […]
Join Us for 2024 Antyx’s Annual General Meeting (AGM)
We’re excited to invite you to Antyx’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024, at 3:00 PM. This is a great opportunity to hear about what we’ve accomplished this year, learn about our future plans, and connect with Antyx staff and the new management team. Event Details How to Join To get the […]
The Film Lab in November
In November The Film Lab will be at the Genesis Center on Mondays from 4:30 to 7:30 am. In a six-week program we will approach the world of filmmaking. Camera and editing will be done on cellphones with which we explore personal ways of audiovisual storytelling. With Practices in framing, camera movement, distance and position […]
Making films: Learning to film is learning to see
This fall, the Film Lab at Antyx will focus on the ability to adopt a way of seeing that is intimately related to our being. Through practical exercises, youth will explore how to see through the camera.Practices in framing, movement, distance, colour, light, and storytelling will help connect self-awareness, personal initiative, and autonomy. This 10-week […]
Exploring Identity through Mixed-Media: October and November Update
Our Mixed-Media program at the Antyx Community Hub continued to empower teenagers aged 12 to 18to explore their personal identities through art, developing essential social and emotional skills. In October, participants delved deeper into their identities through various creative exercises. Onehighlight was the creation of three-dimensional identity objects using air-dry clay, representing facets oftheir identities […]
Mural project at The Salvation Army
Antyx is pleased to announce the location for our brand new Mural Project! Taking place everyWednesday from 4:30 to 7:30 pm, Youth will have a chance to brainstorm, sketch, and paint alarge community mural that represents the values and vision of Salvation Army’s CommunityResource Centre. Murals are community centerpieces that bring people together, as artists […]