Emerging Artists Creating & ReVisioning New Conditions of Care
Event
Public
Join us for a film screening and panel featuring emerging artists Ashley Beerdat, Nabeela Malik, Edan Maxam, Ehiko Odeh and moderator Alexandra Hong in conversation on how these artists are fostering communities within their creative practices.
115 McCaul St.
Third Floor
5 - 7 p.m.
Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
Free
115 McCaul St.
Third Floor
5 - 7 p.m.
Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
Free
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Emerging Artists Creating & ReVisioning New Conditions of Care
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 12th, 5-7pm
Location: OCADU Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers, 115 McCaul Street, 3rd floor
Join us for a film screening and panel featuring emerging artists Ashley Beerdat, Nabeela Malik, Edan Maxam, Ehiko Odeh and moderator Alexandra Hong in conversation on how these artists are fostering communities within their creative practices. Attendees will have a chance to hear best practices and reflections from artists creating their own “conditions of care” in order to shape welcoming and supportive spaces for their peers.
Speaker Bios
Ashley Beerdat is a painter, muralist and arts educator. Guided by her intuition and synesthetic connection between sound and colour, Ashley relies on material sensation to navigate the pictorial and formal construction of the canvas. Each painting is a conversation with nature and through it she finds nature is an ancient survivor, far more intelligent than human absurdity.
Nabeela Malik is a Toronto based artist specializing in Arabic calligraphy, geometry and metalsmithing. Through the use of light manipulation, architectural elements and language she creates immersive experiences that are layered in meaning and depth through her combination of scientific, historic and religious research.
Edan Maxam is an Afro Indigenous/ Latinx photographer, printmaker and muralist born and raised in T'karonto. Her work discusses themes of identity, family history, oral storytelling, healing and activism. Edan continues to do work in community arts as an art educator who supports BIPOC youth.
Ehiko Odeh is a multidisciplinary artist, arts facilitator, arts educator, memory worker and researcher, rooted in mysticism and play. Through various media including painting, collage and textiles she intertwines themes of African coiffure, sovereignty and wellness.
*Illustration by Ayonti Mahreen Huq
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