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ReDefine Arts and Ottawa Valley Community Arts are seeking volunteers for the Pathways of Resistance Arts Festival coming to Killaloe, Ontario this August 2023.

RDA 2023 Spring Newsletter: Caitlin MacDonald (SASI/CRC) on the topic of rural gender justice and SASI’s work to end gender-based violence in the Ottawa Valley.

New on the Countdown Story website: a resource page dedicated to providing support to survivors and those dedicated to ending gender-based violence.

New on the Countdown Story website: a monument map, visually indicating where all Countdown monuments can be found and visited in Ontario.

New on the Countdown Story website: a section dedicated to project impact. Now featured in that section is our 2020-2021 evaluation report, and the 50 minute KINSHIP podcast episode featuring members of the Countdown team.

ReDefine Arts is proud to partner with Lanark County Interval House to realize the Countdown Smiths Falls mosaic monument.

Exploring the role of arts-based research in collaborative and community-engaged artistic practice.

ReDefine Arts is hiring Community Arts Interns for the Countdown Public Art Project in North Hastings, Ontario.

ReDefine Arts looks forward to presenting DIGITAL STORIES: Building Cultures of Consent, an online showcase of digital art connected to our rural Ontario arts projects which are rooted in action to end gender-based violence through art-making and community-building.

RDA Fall 2022 Newsletter: Anna talks about an intense and rewarding summer working on the Renfrew County Inquest Public Art Response project in the Madawaska Valley.

The Community Corridor of Inclusion and Resilience (CCIR) is moving on to Phase 2: Remembering and Resistance. ReDefine Arts is honoured to be a CCIR project partner, and always so grateful for opportunities to deepen and grow our relationships with local artists and change makers in North Hastings.

We regret to announce that the planned unveiling of the new community-engaged pebble mosaic, set to be unveiled on September 29, 2022, has been postponed to May, 2023 during sexual assault awareness month. Read the full media release and watch a short commemorative video.