Exhibition manager for I am land that feels, curated by Maya Wilson-Sanchez. October 27, 2021 - February 22, 2022
Union Station, ArtworxTO's South Hub. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
I am land was a three-part exhibition series that explored the role of the artist as a chronicler. The first chapter, opened in the midst of the pandemic in October 2021, offered a public space for mourning. Proposing art-making as a method for working through grief, and examines how collective conversations about loss in public space can lead to healing.
Exhibition manager for I am land that remembers, curated by Maya Wilson-Sanchez. March 2 - May 29, 2022
Exhibition manager for I am land that speaks, curated by Maya Wilson-Sanchez. March 2 - May 29, 2022
I am land that speaks was the final chapter of the I am land exhibition series. Engaging with storytelling practices specific to a certain place, the artworks in this show highlighted history-making as a site-specific exercise.
Exhibition details: The Collapsing of a Model (2019) by Carolina Caycedo. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
Part of I am land that feels.
Qaspeq Project II (2018) by Amber Webb. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
Part of I am land that feels.
El Duelo (2021) by the Dia de Los Muertos Collective. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
Part of I am land that feels.
Mas' at 94 Chestnut (2016) by Anique Jordan. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
Part of I am land that feels.
SEEKING (at Union Station) (2021) by Florence Yee. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
Part of I am land that feels.
Untitled by Nour Bishouty. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Part of I am land that remembers.
Vestige by Tania Willard. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Part of I am land that remembers.
non-monuments programme: Stories Edition by MADEYOULOOK. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Part of I am land that remembers.
Installations by Ivan Argote and Miles Rufelds. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Sarhua paintings by Venuca Evanán Vivanco. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Façades by Shellie Zhang. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Video works by Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Ration Market Special by Alvin Luong. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Part of I am land that speaks.
Installations by Chris Mendoza and Waard Ward. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Overture by Lisa Myers. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
The future is shrouded in mist by Eric Gallardo. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Artists, curator, production team and Mayor Tory at the I am land that feels exhibition launch. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
One of the exhibition's programs: a Day of the Dead Ceremony at Union Station. Video by the Dia de Los Muertos Collective.
Exhibition manager for Locating Space for Self Care in Urban Centres, curated by Emma Steen. Septtember 22 - December 31, 2021.
Collision Gallery, ArtworxTO's Collision Gallery Hub. Photo by Garcia Creative.
Inspired by Black and Indigenous curators and thinkers who view care as radical community-based practice, artists Susan Blight and Laura Grier considered how self-care informs their practice and is used as a tool of resistance. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
Ɂįdzǝ́Ɂenį (2021) by Laura Grier. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Kǝdǝdzǝ́hehtsį (2021) by Laura Grier. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Detail of Kǝdǝdzǝ́hehtsį (2021) Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
We presented the mokulito blocks Laura used to print the Ɂįdzǝ́Ɂenį series. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Laura also provided a video of their process work, which ran on a loop in the gallery. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Detail of A Battlefield Medicinal Herb Living Green Under the Snow (2021). The planter contains a recipe for yarrow tea, written in Anishinaabemowin. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Artists, curator and production team at the Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.exhibition opening. Photo credit: Garcia Creative.
I produced this video, documenting a conversation between curator Emma Steen and artists Susan Blight and Laura Grier.
On November 27th 2021, Anishinaabe creative and dancer Cody Berry Ottertail danced the Ajijaak constellation at ArtworxTO’s Pop Up Hub at Collision Gallery, as part of Susan Blight's installation A Battlefield Medicinal Herb Living Green Under the Snow.
“Ajijaak” is translated into English as Sandhill Crane, and this formation of stars is known in Western astrology as the Cygnus Constellation. Cody’s dance traces the shape of this constellation, and their gestures towards Anishinaabe futurity provide a map to help us understand the nature of healing, care and community.
Lacey Hill performed this intimate set at ArtworxTO's Pop Up Hub at Collision Gallery, as part of the exhibition Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Hill is Oneida/Mohawk of Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation, Wolf Clan. She is a singer/songwriter and inspirational speaker.
AM//PM is a local concert series that prioritizes Indigenous, PoC, Non-binary, and female lead arts and music projects in Toronto and Mississauga. This show was curated by Emily Granvile and Adam Moffatt.
New Tradition Music performed this intimate set at ArtworxTO's Pop Up Hub at Collision Gallery, as part of the exhibition Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Ruben “Beny” Esguerra is a JUNO nominated multi-instrumentalist/producer, spoken-word poet, arts educator and community worker.
AM//PM is a local concert series that prioritizes Indigenous, PoC, Non-binary, and female lead arts and music projects in Toronto and Mississauga. This show was curated by Emily Granvile and Adam Moffatt.
Plant printmaking workshop with Laura Grier.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Plant printmaking workshop with Laura Grier.
From Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.
Exhibition manager for Carnival Portal, curated by Dwayne Dixon. June 22, 2022 - Sept. 4, 2022.
Yorkdale Shopping Centre, ArtworxTO's Yorkdale Pop Up Hub. Photo by Garcia Creative.
From its oppressive origins to its infectious expression of love and unity, this exhibition explored Caribbean Carnival culture and its ancestral journey through the lens of future generations.
The Roots Collection by SugaCayne. Photo by Garcia Creative.
Part of Carnival Portal
Carnival Portal, curated by Dwayne Dixon. Photo by Garcia Creative.
Part of Carnival Portal
Portal by Vince Fraser. Photo by Garcia Creative.
Part of Carnival Portal
Know Your Caribbean by Fiona Compton. Photo by Garcia Creative.
Part of Carnival Portal
Carnival Portal opened with a fashion show of carnival costumes in the middle of Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Photo by Garcia Creative.
Artist Jenny Baboolal providing an artist talk.
Visitors interact with Vince Fraser's augmented reality works.
I also produced three editions of an educational zine, Listen. Learn. Act., which invited the public to take a deep dive into the conceptual underpinnings of projects and programs at ArtworxTO hub exhibitions. The zine was available as a digital download and as a free physical takeaway, available at all of the ArtworxTO hubs.