Mayworks - Festival of Working People and the Arts

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CLICK HERE FOR THE
2010 FESTIVAL CALENDAR

2009 Artists

Festival Poster

MAYWORKS FOR HIRE!

Cultural Events Programming
Contact: Stephen Seaborn, Special Events Coordinator
E: specialevents [at] mayworks.ca 
T: 647-267-0458 or 416-599-9096 

We were pleased and delighted with the coordination provided by Mayworks Festival at our July 4th rally and concert staged in a clover field across from a proposed dumpsite in Simcoe County, ON. Our partnership with CUPE Ontario and Mayworks Festival was pivotal in building awareness to victory in halting the site and saving Canada’s most pristine groundwater deposits! The participation of Mayworks was extremely helpful.
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians

CUPE has asked Mayworks to coordinate the cultural program at our last two national conventions, as well as at our national women's bargaining conference.  It's been a great experience in every way. Mayworks brings solid expertise, experience and professionalism to this important component of our collective experience as workers. And CUPE staff and members have totally appreciated the wonderful music, poetry and art that has come to us from working with Mayworks.
Cathy Remus, CUPE Education Officer

[The CAW was] really excited to have Mayworks coordinate and support our CAW Youth Conference. Our coordinator put together a ‘Poetry Slam’ event which included a number of young artists. We felt confident that Mayworks would create a program that was socially relevant, entertaining and engaging - judging by the tremendous feedback that we received from our membership – Mayworks delivered!
Robin Fairchild, CAW National Representative


Art strengthens unions!  Let Mayworks bring cultural services to your union, general meeting, training schools, conventions and other events.  Mayworks is more than a festival; we promote the interests of cultural and other workers year-round and can help you do the same.

We bring 25 years of arts events production, organizing cultural productions for union conventions, meetings and conferences. We have also worked with non-profit community organizations.

Our unionized (CUPE 1281) staff is highly qualified and experienced and we program artists and events that are aligned with principles of workplace justice, social unionism and equity. Mayworks is a non-profit organization. 

Mayworks provides consulting services supporting arts programming of all sizes from single performance to multi-artist and multi-day events, including:

Please contact us to discuss your event.


EXAMPLES OF PAST PROJECTS

The following are some examples of what we have done and the unions, organizations and communities we’ve worked with over the past few years.

CUPE National Conventions 1999, 2007, 2009
Developed, coordinated and implemented all aspects of the 6-day, multi-event, multi-artist cultural program for CUPE’s national convention, involving over a dozen events and over 30 artists each year.

View the 2009 program here.

CUPE National Women’s Conference 2009
Developed, coordinated and implemented all aspects of a cabaret of women performers, as well as two spoken word artists-in-residence for the duration of the conference.

Download the program here.

Save Our Water 2009 Rally & Concert at Simcoe Dump Site 41
Curated a concert and rally with First Nations, Metis and Franco-Ontarien performers in partnership with five Beausoleil First Nation women and the Council of Canadians.

CLC Convention Women’s Forum 2008
Booked, scheduled, coordinated and implemented 3 acts for the Women’s Forum.

PSAC Women’s Conference 2007
Recommended and booked one musical act as part of the proceedings of the women’s conference.

CAW Youth Conference 2007
Developed, booked and coordinated a poetry slam night with five spoken word performers as part of the conference at the Family Education Centre in Port Elgin and provided instructions and information for the implementation of the slam to the conference organizers.

CAW Youth Conference 2007

Contact: Stephen Seaborn, specialevents [at] mayworks.ca  or at 647-267-0458 or 416-599-9096