Free Movie! Handmade Nation

@ 10 Carden, this Wednesday June 8
7:00 - 10:00pm Movie and Discussion - FREE!

We hope you can join us for a free screening of Faith Levine's documentary Handmade Nation, about the rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design. Join in a free-flowing discussion about how the community as a whole can find ways to increase the visibility of the arts in Guelph. In addition, we are seeking suggestions on what 10 Carden can offer to further highlight the creative arts within our own organization. Presented in collaboration with the Ontario Crafts Council.

Connecting high-school youth to local and sustainable food systems

@10 Carden June 9th: 5:30 - 8:30 pm
with Shelene Douglas, 10 Carden co-op student

Shelene Douglas is connecting high-school youth to local food groups, activists, and others interested in sustainable food systems. Everyone is welcome to join us to share insights and tools for engaging youth in the process of rebuilding the very way we view our relationship to food and health.

Guelph visits Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts and Hamilton Art Crawl

Friday June 10 - 6:30pm till late
Bus trip leaving from 404 York Rd (Studio 404) @ 6:30
Carpoolers leaving from 10 Carden @ 5:30pm

The Guelph Arts Platform cordially invites you to attend an exciting bus tour to The Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts in Hamilton Ont. The tour will also include the now world famous James Street Art Crawl with over 80 galleries , shops and restaurant / cafe's to discover join us for a fun trip and see first hand how we can apply the same ideas to build a thriving Arts Community in Guelph. Cost includes round trip, light refreshments, prizes, and on-route entertainment!

Platform members $10.00 | nonmembers $12.00 There are 6-7 seats left on the bus trip, email info@studio404.ca about the bus trip. Or email info@10carden.ca and we can connect you with either the bus trip or our usual carpool options.

Social Financing Options for Not-for-Profits and Small Businesses

@ 10 Carden Monday, June 13 5:30 - 7:30 pm

We’re bringing a representative from the Meridian to discuss social financing options for not-for-profits and small businesses. Come with your questions, and learn how Meridian can help get you started, launch a new project, or support you in your business or organization. If you have an idea for a social enterprise or are interested in learning more about social financing in general, come to this event to learn about upcoming workshops in September around this topic. Registration free but required: www.10carden.ca.

DINE & SHOP on Carden Street.

Did you know that Carden Street is home to over 20 unique retail and dining businesses?

We're encouraging everyone to make an extra effort to come out to eat and shop on Carden Street. The remainder of the construction of the street is still in progress and the unexpected and lengthy delays have been particularly hard on Carden Street businesses. There's lots of great shopping and amazing dining on our lovely street, including Hempire, a 10 Carden member. Learn more about these amazing businesses at downtownguelph.com.

10 Carden at Multicultural Festival

June 11-12th 11:00am - 7:00 pm
Originally established in 1978, the Guelph and District Multicultural Festival brings together cultural food vendors, musicians, crafts vendors, and ethnic performers from around the world. The festival is an inspiring journey into the diverse culinary, musical, and artistic traditions that different cultural groups bring to our great City.

10 Carden will have a table at the event all day Saturday and Sunday to showcase our community-building initiatives as well as the collaborative work done by our member organizations. All 10 Carden member organizations are invited to collaborate with us on bringing our message to the community! If you'd like us to share your organization’s work at the festival, please contact us to arrange a time to table at info@10carden.ca.

10 Carden at Hillside

Saturday and Sunday workshops! July 22 - 24 - We are thrilled to announce that we will be doing a workshop at Hillside Festival on music and social change. We invite everyone to join us for a 1-hour quest through the festival grounds to connect, share, collaborate, and seek inspiration on uniting our deep love of art and music with our passion for social change and justice.

10 Carden begins a new collaboration with Katimavik

10 Carden is embarking on an interesting collaboration with Katimavik, and we need your help. Katimavik engages youth in volunteer service and fosters sustainable communities through challenging national youth service programs.

The Guelph Katimavik team is arriving soon, and their first mission will be to set up their home in Guelph. They are moving into a vacant house and need EVERYTHING. If you have anything that you could donate to help get these young enthusiastic team set up, we would really appreciate it. They need gently loved; couches, chairs, tables, lamps, sheets, blankets, towels, dishes, kitchen supplies, bookshelves, dressers, desks, and anything else you might be willing to part with that could turn our house into a home. Items can be dropped to 10 Carden between 9:00 - 5:00pm Monday through Friday. If you have large items to donate, email guelph@katimavik.org to connect.

We will post more information on the Katimavik team and initiatives with 10 Carden Members in Guelph in the next ebulletin.