Arts Organizations in Guelph

                  

                   Arts Organizations in Guelph, Ontario, Canada

        The goals of the Guelph Arts Council are to:

• Raising awareness and participation in the arts in Guelph
• Increase the visibility of the Arts Council
• Provide opportunities for the creative community to further their trade
•  Develop engagement, partnership,and creative collaboration
• Increase  the Art Council`s membership

Guelph awards and Grants
Guelph arts council offers an award(s) that will initiate, or expand opportunities for children  to get experience or become engaged in the arts. 

Artists can get differents grants from  the Council. Such as:
Project Grants to Visual Artists                Grant Amount   $20,000
Long-Term Grants to Visual Artists         GA $80,000   Deadlines 1 Sept
Grants to Artists and Curators                 GA $20.000  Deadlines 1 Mar

  Art on the Street
Guelph Arts Council and the Downtown Guelph Business Association continue to jointly host Art on the street.
 

Cultural Tours  :       Guelph Arts Council has offered an amazing annual overseas spring arts and cultural tour for members and friends.(France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Austria, Hungary and Romania).                                                                                            Wall of Art The Guelph Civic Museum and the City of Guelph are pleased to introduce the "Wall of Art" exhibition series.                                                                          Workshops Guelph Arts Council hosts and partners  on a variety of events,programs and workshops  to help champion arts and culture in our community.                                                                                         1-The Artist Membership is only $30 for a year.You will receive all of the benefits of General Membership, plus you can: 2-Publish your news, events, workshops, exhibitions. 3-Receive discounts on your conferences, workshops, seminars and other programs.    Create one Artiste Member profile page on your GAC website with a link to your own website. 4-Be eligible to enter submissions to Guelph Arts Council sponsored exhibition. 5-Receive 10% discount on advertisements placed in GAC publications. You can go to this site and get the forms for membership: http://guelpharts.ca/index.php?option=com_osmembership&view=plan&catid=1&id=1&Itemid=178

     My name is Vijaya. I am from India. I lived in USA for 2 years.I have been in Canada since August 2012.

I'm Azza

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How to sort Garbage and Recycling in Guelph?

I came here in 2011, and have lived in University of Guelph Family Housing.
In my place, we have big garbage can like below picture.




Our residents don't keep in Guelph garbage and recycling rules.
Most of people who live in apartment or condominium don,t know how to sort garbage and recycling materials. We can throw up unlimited garbage in the can and if we don't sort garbage and recycling materials,there are no problem. Garbage rule is too loose in Canada. However, we must protect natural environment for next generation. Therefore I would like to introduce about how to sort garbage and recycling system in Guelph. 

Guelph residents who live in house or townhouse participate in three stream curbside collection program - green for organics, blue for recyclables and grey for landfill. Collection day is different according to address.





Green (organics)

Food items (scraps, peels, bones, shells)
Tea bags, coffee grounds and filters
Paper towels and tissues
Household plants
Pet waste and litter (no plastic bags, except those labelled with the certified compostable logo)

Blue (recyclables)

Aluminum
Boxboard and cardboard (flattened)
Glass (all colours)
Newsprint and paper
Plastic bottles and containers (all numbers)
Polycoat/Tetra Pak (milk cartons/juice boxes)
Shredded paper (in a separate blue bag)
Steel cans
Containers must be empty

Grey (garbage)

Items that are:
NOT compostable
NOT recyclable
NOT hazardous
Now including:
Diapers and hygiene products
Styrofoam
Coffee cups
For more information

Solid Waste Resources
519-767-0598
TTY: 519-826-9771
waste@guelph.ca

If you want to know about details and collection schedules of your address, click blow link.

http://guelph.ca/living/garbage-and-recycling/curbside-collection

All garbages or recycling materials are not collected by truck. Some ones are requied special your efforts.The Bulky Item Collection Program offers pick up of large household items at the curb, year-round, for a fee.

Household hazardous waste(batteries, paint, oil, etc) is accept at Waste Resource Innovation Center in Guelph, but you have to bring all wastes to this center. Details are http://guelph.ca/living/garbage-and-recycling/public-drop-off/.

I visited this centre in the morning. First, I gathered Hazardous wastes at home.

<Detergent plastic bin>

<Expired medicine and insect spray>

<Used batteris>

<Used bulb>

After than, I went to this centre. I entered into Gate2.

I just dropped off all things on the cart. That's it,  so simple.It took 7 minutes to this center from my home.

by Seoyoung

Food Bank, Present and Absent

Hi, my name is Guillermo. When I came to Canada with my wife and my two sons a year ago, I never can imagine what  generous people live in Canada. But when we went at the Food Bank in Guelph, we begin to understand this new culture because there is nothing like Food Bank in our native country. Food Bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulties purchasing enough food to avoid hunger. However for  operating in this organization, it needs people who have great potential volunteering, also needs people to donate products. This is the reason that Food Bank is present in Canada and absent in my country El Salvador.

My name is Indra

Hi, I am Indra from Bhutan.I lived in Toronto for three years and at present I have been lived in Guelph since September 2014.

Chinese Lunar New Year and Animal Zobiac

The Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival, is the most important holiday for ethnic Chinese people all around the world. The Chinese calendar and dates are traditionally based on changes of the moon, not the sun. On the basis of this traditional lunar calendar, the New Year starts at the beginning of this lunar (moon) calendar, and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. The year of 2015 starts from Feb. 19, 2015 (the Lunar New Year / Spring Festival of China) and lasts to Feb. 7, 2016.The Chinese lunar calendar assigns an animal symbol to each year in every 12-year cycle.2015 is  the Year of the 羊(the Chinese word sounds like the word young) according to Chinese zodiac. The zodiac animal of this Chinese lunar new year has caused much confusion in the English world, as its translation results in at least two candidates: sheep or goat. I have never thought about that question before. I don’t think I have to tell them apart. For me, I bought a sheep toy for my daughter and a toy goat for my son.

Firework to celebrate the New Year 2015https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqLC3zbrPic

Shang Hai New Year’s Eve 5D lights show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN3hQjwgd9I  

How many kisses would you give when saying "Hi" ?

How would you greet a person who is from different culture?

When we see each other, when we say hello, What should we do? With a wave? A hug? Or, how many kisses are we going to do? Every country has different ways and it always makes me confused...
There are various people from different countries in Guelph so that we usually come across the situation like this. 

Maz Jobrani, who is an Iranian-American comedian, talks about his experiences of his "encounter" in the Middle east in the video below.

This video tells you how different greetings are and might suggest you how to get over it in safety.

After watching this video, you must be an expert on greetings and can enjoy your life in Guelph where various people live in.
For interactive transcript please see this.