Programming : Whippersnapper

Exhibitions

Will You Listen?: Latinx Voices in Tkaronto

Samay Arcentales Cajas

Nov. 13th to Dec. 10th, 2017

CLOSING EVENT: Dec. 8th
Artist in gallery from 5 - 7 pm on the following dates
Nov. 16 - 19
Nov. 23 - 26
Nov. 30 - Dec. 3

Exhibit viewable from sidewalk after sundown.

Will You Listen?: Latinx Voices in Tkaronto is a collection of stories brought together by Samay Arcentales Cajas which explore how women and non-binary Latinx people experience public spaces.

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Living Legacies: Two-Spirit Stories

Titiesg Wîcinímintôwak Bluejays Dancing Together Collective

October 7 - 27, 2017

Living Legacies: Two-Spirit Stories, seasons one and two, are Arts workshops centering the stories of Two-Spirit communities in Tkaronto.

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Accent

Shellie Zhang

Exhibition Dates: September 4 - 24, 2017
Guided Tasting Tour: September 24 12:45 - 4 PM
Closing Reception: September 24 @ 4:30PM

Combining a history of product marketing alongside archival materials from the Toronto Star, Shellie Zhang chronicles MSG from its early embracement within Canada and the Western world to its present day antagonization as a case study of the nuanced and racialized undertones within the everyday.

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Special Projects

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Matriarchs, Muffins & Art Forms

Terri Monture and M. Carmen Lane

October 15, 2017 @ 2 - 4pm

A dialogue between Terri Monture and M. Carmen Lane around themes of Onkwehonwe governance, matriarchy, two-spirit leadership and how these relate to ceremony, art making and life (which are sometimes all the same thing at the same time).

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somehow i found you: Black Archival Practices Workshop

Maandeeq Mohamed

DEC 2, 2017 @ 2 - 5 at the CLGA

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST for a two-day workshop on black queer and trans archival practices facilitated by Maandeeq Mohamed at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

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FACE VALUE: A Conversation on the Aesthetics of Believability

Alok Vaid-Menon
Barak adé Soleil
Fallon Simard

September 30th, 2017 @ 3PM
Art Gallery of Ontario as part of the Creative Time Summit

Aesthetics play a large role in how we make decisions about what is believable and what isn’t. Being believed has political and material benefits. Join Alok Vaid-Menon, Fallon Simard and Barak adé Soleil in conversation as they explore some of the ways power is bestowed, upheld and named through aesthetic legibility.

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Process Practices

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PEERS PROJECTS

Samay Arcentales Cajas
Maandeeq Mohamed
Louis Esmé Cruz
Shellie Zhang
Sanjit Dhillon
Amy Wong
Shehara W

January 14 - Dec 31, 2017

The final phase of the PEERS program- PEERS PROJECTS will work with 6 teams of past PEERS to support the creation of programming, research and community engagement!

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PEERS

Trudy Erin Elmore
Oreka James
Samay Arcentales Cajas
Leaf Jerlefia
Fiona Clark
Renelyn Quinicot Javier
Savannah Lavallee
Erin Howley
Shehara W

Our third round of PEERS featuring: Trudy Erin Elmore, Oreka James, Samay Arcentales Cajas, Leaf Jerlefia, Fiona Clark, Renelyn Quinicot Javier, Savannah Lavallee, Erin Howley, and Shehara Wickramarachchi

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PEERS

Brian Joe
Maandeeq Mohamed
Zinnia Naqvi
Rekha Ramachandran
Sean Sandusky

Facilitated by Joshua Vettivelu

Whippersnapper’s PEERS is a 3-month peer mentorship program for 5 emerging artists, curators, arts organizers and/or other cultural producers. Program includes honoraria and access to Whippersnapper’s resources for the months of February to May.

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