WORKMAN ARTS PROJECT OF ONTARIO
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Mission Statement
Workman Arts is a multidisciplinary arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction issues through creation and presentation. We support artists living with mental health and addiction issues through peer-to-peer arts education, public presentations and partnerships with the broader arts community.
About This Cause
Workman Arts is an arts and mental health organization known internationally for its artistic collaborations, presentations, knowledge exchange, best practices and research on the impact of the arts on the quality of life of people living with mental illness and addiction. Our vision is empowering artists with lived experience while challenging and advancing perspectives on mental health. We empower artists with mental health and/or addiction experiences through art training programs and professional presentation opportunities. Workman Arts is the longest-running multidisciplinary arts and mental health organizations in Canada and in the world. Founded in 1987 by Lisa Brown, a former psychiatric nurse at the CAMH, and guided by the principle that the create process is integral to the quest for personal and artistic development, Workman Arts has grown over the years from a theatre company of eight member artists to a multidisciplinary arts organization with over 350 member artists. Located in the arts district in west-end Toronto, Workman Arts manages a 220-seat theatre, visual and media arts studios and training facilities. Its programs, approach and artistic productions have earned it national and international acclaim. An active Board of Directors with representation from the arts, finance and health care sectors support the staff of ten. Workman Arts has a close, long-standing partnership with CAMH, Canada’s leading mental health and addictions research and clinical facility. Since inception, Workman Arts has created award-wining performances/exhibitions. These include annual exhibitions in the visual arts Being Scene and Mindset held in leading Toronto arts venues, the production and publication of literary works, over 30 original theatre productions including the Dora award-winning Edward the Crazy Man and Third Eye Looming, the creation of the internationally renowned Madness and Arts World Festival and the first and longest-running mental health film festival in the world, Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, which expanded to a multi-disciplinary film, performance and visual art festival in 2018.