The arts have often been overlooked, or seen as trivial, yet they play such an important role in our life. Whether you want to explore it as a career (and there are lots of careers in the arts), are looking for a way to express yourself, or see it as a way to help relieve stress, don’t overlook the arts.
Why do you create?
Creative Writing
The Hamilton Public Library offers online writing inspiration. All you need is a library card.
Power of the Pen Creative Writing Contest Youth between the ages of 12-18 can submit poetry or short fiction for a chance to win prizes.
Writers-in-Residence is a mentoring program for aspiring writers. The 2023-24 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence is Jaclyn Desforges.
Jaclyn is the author of Danger Flower and Why Are You So Quiet? She is the winner of the 2022 Hamilton Literary Award for Poetry, 2022 City of Hamilton Creator Award, 2020 Hamilton Emerging Artist Award for Writing, two 2019 Short Works Prizes and the 2018 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia’s School of Creative Writing and lives in Hamilton with her partner and daughter. You can book a one-on-one session here.
Jaclyn also hosts a writing circle, a hands-on workshop involving creative activities, writing prompts, and optional sharing. The next writing circle on October 19 is full, but you can join the waitlist here.
Music
Art
- Creative Insight Pottery
- Dundas Valley School of Art
- The Art Gallery of Hamilton
- Art Gallery of Burlington
- Hamilton Arts Council
