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Hart House Hip Hop Education Celebrates Year 5! In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th Anniversary, we're taking our program to new heights, pushing boundaries and empowering students, alumni and community members like never before!
Ready to embark on an incredible journey of self-discovery, creativity and community building? Discover the power of Hip Hop and unleash your creative potential with Year 5 of our ongoing Hip Hop Education Program at Hart House. Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Hip Hop culture and discover its transformative impact.
Register and pull up! Whether you're an aspiring artist, a dedicated enthusiast or simply curious about Hip Hop culture and education, this program offers a unique and immersive experience that will leave you inspired and empowered. Peace!
About the program:
The Hart House Hip Hop Education Program is a one-of-a-kind initiative designed to provide a platform for students, artists, dancers, musicians and enthusiasts to explore Hip Hop as an art form and a tool for personal and social development. With an emphasis on education, self-expression and community engagement, our program goes beyond the surface to delve into the rich history, cultural significance and creative potential of Hip Hop.
- Marco Adamovic
Program Coordinator
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Schedule
Fall 2023
We do it for the Culture – a Hip-Hop @ 50 Event Series. Yes, Hip Hop is 50! August 11, 1973 is widely considered the birthday of Hip Hop. In honour of this milestone, we’re shedding light on the past, present and future of Hip Hop in Canada. In the Fall Term, 2023, we invite you to join us for keynote speeches, hands-on workshops, film screenings and a guest list that reads like a ‘who’s who’ of Canadian Hip-Hop.
Learn more and register / signup here.
Year-long events
Unleash your inner creativity and join our Producers' Circle and Lyricists' Lounge. If you’re a beatmaker, emcee, producer, artist or anywhere in between, you want to attend these bi-weekly meetups that focus on building community skills, performance, and developing and exercising creative and artistic muscles.
Learn more about Producers’ Circle and Lyricists' Lounge.
We do it for the Culture: A Hip Hop at 50 Event Series
Mark your calendars and be a part of this extraordinary event series celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop – where culture, knowledge, and creativity unite!
Lyricists’ Lounge
In partnership with Toronto2.0, and Never Quantize, these low-key sessions are intended for anyone interested in exploring the craft and the art of Hip Hop.
Producers’ Circle
This drop-in, co-curricular initiative seeks to support Hart House's Hip Hop Education program by bringing together beatmakers producers and music creators.
Winter 2024
It’s Bigger than Hip Hop: Origins and Realities.
Following the success and positive student feedback from last year’s six-week short course, we’re offering our Hip Hop Culture Certificate again, which acts as an introduction to Hip Hop culture, and offers an overview of the five elements, while also considering the culture’s historical and modern-era context(s).
Hart House Hip Hop Education Community Connector and PhD candidate, Marcus Singleton (aka iomos marad) joins us for Year 5 as a guest curator, showcasing compelling recent research and profiling thought leaders in the field of Education and Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy. We’re honored to continue to work with him and invite you to join his talks whenever you can.
Marcus Singleton
Community Connector, Hip Hop Education
We Do It For The Culture
We do it for the Culture: A Hip Hop at 50 Event Series
Mark your calendars and be a part of this extraordinary event series celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop – where culture, knowledge, and creativity unite!
The First 50: Toronto’s Hip Hop Architects
This exhibition features 50 of the most influential figures of the Toronto Hip Hop scene between the years 1980-2000.
Upcoming Events
- Sep 22 – Jan 4, 2024
The First 50: Toronto's Hip Hop Architects
This exhibition features 50 of the most influential figures of the Toronto Hip Hop scene between the years 1980-2000.
- Wed, Oct 4, 2023
Producers' Circle
This drop-in, co-curricular initiative seeks to support Hart House's Hip Hop Education program by bringing together beatmakers producers and music creators.
- Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Ableton Push Playground at ARTSIDEOUT 2023
Join for a drop-in music lab where you can explore sampling, beat-making, and songwriting!
- Fri, Oct 6, 2023
We do it for the Culture: A Hip Hop at 50 Event Series
Mark your calendars and be a part of this extraordinary event series celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop – where culture, knowledge, and creativity unite!
- Fri, Oct 6, 2023
“Know The Ledge”: Hip Hop Education, Pedagogy, & Professional Development
This professional development day explores the role of Hip-Hop education, pedagogy and curriculum building at all levels of schooling.
- Fri, Oct 13, 2023
Lyricists' Lounge
In partnership with Toronto2.0, and Never Quantize, these low-key sessions are intended for anyone interested in exploring the craft and the art of Hip Hop.
- Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Book Launch: The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies
Join us for a conversation about the groundbreaking Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies.
Past Events
- Fri, Sep 22, 2023
Citizen Kane’s Spade: Toronto’s OG B-Boy
Don't miss this rare opportunity to be part of a transformative discussion and immerse yourself in the wisdom of one of Hip-Hop's greatest.
- Fri, Sep 22, 2023
We do it for the Culture: A Hip Hop at 50 Event Series
Mark your calendars and be a part of this extraordinary event series celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop – where culture, knowledge, and creativity unite!
- Fri, Sep 15, 2023
Lyricists' Lounge
In partnership with Toronto2.0, and Never Quantize, these low-key sessions are intended for anyone interested in exploring the craft and the art of Hip Hop.
- Wed, Sep 6, 2023
Producers' Circle
This drop-in, co-curricular initiative seeks to support Hart House's Hip Hop Education program by bringing together beatmakers producers and music creators.
Hip Hop Education Year 4
Hip hop education and artistic expression. It's not just about music. It's beats, rhymes, life and learning.
Hip Hop Education Year 3
Hip hop education and artistic expression. It's not just about music. It's beats, rhymes, life and learning.
Hip Hop Education Year 2
Hip hop education and artistic expression. It's not just about music. It's beats, rhymes, life and learning.
Hip Hop Education Year 1
Hip hop education and artistic expression. It's not just about music. It's beats, rhymes, life and learning.