{"id":8354,"date":"2020-05-28T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pegcitycarcoop.ca\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2023-05-01T21:11:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:11:32","slug":"peg-city-pals-art-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegcitycarcoop.ca\/peg-city-pals-art-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Peg City Partners: Art City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meet our friends at Art City, a community art studio dedicated to providing people of all ages with innovative and professional art programming, free of charge! We are grateful to help these folks deliver their programs across the city. Read on if you like fun. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I am talking with Josh Ruth, the Managing Director at Art City<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Art City is a\u00a0<\/strong>community art studio dedicated to providing people of all ages with innovative and professional art programming, free of charge. You may recognize the iconic multi-wheeled bicycle on top of their West Broadway location.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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What you may not know is that Art City delivers programming to 16 different communities across Winnipeg. Not too long ago, this posed a significant problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You see, due to a funny bit of physics, the Art City van can only be in one location at a time. With more and more requests pouring in from communities across the city, Art City and their dedicated group of staff and volunteers needed another set of wheels. This is where Peg City Car Co-op enters the picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh: “<\/strong>Early on, we realized that our one Art City van would not be enough to serve all the communities asking for our services. We were seriously considering buying a second vehicle. That’s when we decided to go with the Car Co-op.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Member on our Non-Profit+ plan, Art City has access to our entire fleet of vehicles located throughout the city. Now they are providing thousands of participants every year with affordable access to high-quality art programming! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Big Changes, Bigger imaginations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Like most organizations, the last few months have totally changed the way Art City delivered its programs. Reduced staff and social distancing restrictions meant that in-person programs were off the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh “<\/strong>One of the things we have maintained for a semblance of normalcy has been our monthly programming calendar. We have many participants who really follow that calendar in anticipation. We are fortunate that many of our staff have continued to volunteer their time by helping plan activities to make up the calendar.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out some of the great ideas posted through their Instagram: <\/p>\n\n\n