Our Story
We are raising coin for The Producers of Parkdale, a one-year arts education residency presented
by Mammalian Diving Reflex and the Gladstone Hotel.
We need you to support the development of ten teenagers
from Parkdale in arts management and production, through hands-on experience
from the best in the biz. As we train
the teens we are investing in a 15-year goal of handing over Mammalian to the
kids. We have been working with these guys since they were nine and we will
continue to work with them until they are ninety-nine and we are worm food.
Insane? Utopian? Brilliant? All of
the above.
There is no other neighborhood like Parkdale: a mix
of immigrants, their children, artists and businesses dedicated to art and
culture. We want to see what happens when we mobilize everybody to flood human
and financial resources into the neighborhood’s young people and encourage them
to think huge. The kids of Parkdale are being prepped to take on the
culture industries and make the neighborhood a global player in art production. We’ve convinced 100s of adults all
over the world to let kids cut their hair; this should be a piece of cake.
What's in it for you?
We're working in Parkdale to distill principles to apply elsewhere. We're trying to nudge Parkdale into a family-friendly playground, not driven by booze (well, not only booze) but by all-ages activities, spilling onto the streets, driven by young people with a deep commitment to the health of the 'hood. If we take care of the kids, they'll take care of us. What's learned in Parkdale, we can apply elsewhere.
The Producers of Parkdale: creating ideal entertainment for the end of the world until the curtain drops… on life.
What We Need & What You Get
We need anything you can give. ANYTHING. $1, $100, $100,000... we appreciate it all. We do have some perks if you want to give us some serious coin (see the list on the right side):
$50+ Receive
a vintage Mammalian poster- choose between Haircuts by Children, Eat the Street,
Parkdale Public School vs Queen Street West (all designed by the fabulous Cecilia Berkovic) or our special MYSTERY Poster!!!
$100+ Get a second poster if you want, and create a Mammalian-themed wall!
$250+ We'll send you Darren's book, Social Acupuncture, too.
$500+ Receive
an invitation to a musical dinner-theatre extravaganza with The Torontonians
$100,000+ Tour with Mammalian to any city in the world of your choice! We'll even name our youth wing after you.
Contact us about the benefits of anything over $1,000,000!!
Remember, you'll get all the perks of the levels below what you donate - so if you give us $300, we'll send you a tax receipt, two posters and a book!
All donations over $20 (made in Canada) will be given a tax receipt.
