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Happy World Intern Day! Arts Etobicoke is excited to introduce our amazing new summer interns. Please welcome Digital Arts Program and Outreach Coordinator Ima Darling, Public Art Education and Tour Coordinator Lauren Kozicki, and Outdoor Program and Community Engagement Coordinator Yusra Mukhtar.

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Arts Etobicoke is excited to be partnering with @soundstreams to present Townhall: Indigenous Voices, a compelling musical experience that you can enjoy right from your own home! Join us virtually on Thursday, July 29 at 6:30pm for an evening of Indigenous music followed by an engaging conversation with the artists. The music is created by Métis composer Ian Cusson who has written songs both poignant and provocative. He has curated this program of contemporary Indigenous songs, performed by Métis mezzo-soprano Rebecca Cuddy.

Join us after the screening at 7:30pm for a lively discussion with Ian, Rebecca, and local Etobicoke artist Philip Cote. They will be joined by Soundstreams Founding Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney as they discuss what role the arts play in uncovering and highlighting the Indigenous experience in Canada. Register at www.soundstreams.ca

Encounters: Indigenous Voices and Town Hall: Indigenous Voices are supported by @td_canada #tdreadycommitment

📷Townhall speakers (clockwise from top left): Ian Cusson, Rebecca Cuddy, Lawrence Cherney, Philip Cote.

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Don’t miss our final Augmented Reality in the Village of Islington food tour, this Saturday. Join us on Saturday, July 24th from 12:00 - 5:00 pm, where the first 75 visitors will receive a FREE snack from @mai.bistro when they show a screenshot of themselves experiencing one of the AR activations. Enjoy your choice of Vegetarian Spring Roll, Grilled Steak, Crispy Taco, or Tres Leches Cake. Explore the Village, experience the new art and enjoy some delicious food.

This is your last chance to grab some free treats in the Village. But don’t worry, we will be back every Saturday in August with Guided Mural Tours of all the Augmented Reality murals. Visit artsetobicoke.com/events to reserve your spot!

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August 18 is #BadPoetryDay and to celebrate- we want to write you a poem!

Arts Etobicoke is running a summer fundraiser where you can help support accessible arts opportunities in your community and get a customized poem. Full disclosure: none of our staff are poets, but we will all try very hard!

Anyone who donates $20 or more between July 12 - August 18 will receive a custom poem written by an Arts Etobicoke staff member. Your donation helps Arts Etobicoke create accessible arts-based learning opportunities and high-quality arts and cultural experiences to foster a vibrant arts community in Etobicoke. Visit the link in bio to make a donation today!

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Thank you to everyone who came out last Saturday for the (physically distanced) launch of our Augmented Reality in the Village of Islington project! We will be back again tomorrow for another day of great art and delicious treats.

Join us Saturday July 17 from 12-5pm, where the first 75 visitors will receive a FREE macaron or eclair from @europeanpatisserie when they show a screenshot of one of the AR activations. You can also post an image or screenshot of yourself experiencing the art with the hashtag #DiscoverAE to be entered into a draw to win a gift basket filled with goodies from the Village of Islington! Contest runs until September 30. Visit the link in bio to find out more.

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August 18 is #BadPoetryDay and to celebrate- we want to write you a poem!

Arts Etobicoke is running a summer fundraiser where you can help support accessible arts opportunities in your community and get a customized poem. Full disclosure: none of our staff are poets, but we will all try very hard!

Anyone who donates $20 or more between July 12 - August 18 will receive a custom poem written by an Arts Etobicoke staff member. Visit the link in bio to make a donation today!

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Check out the beautiful new window installation by @philipcote_indigenous_artist at our Storefront Gallery! Philip Cote is one of the lead artists on our Augmented Reality in the Village of Islington project launching this weekend. Stop by our gallery and then go explore the new Augmented Reality activations in the Village of Islington.

To celebrate the launch, we have partnered with local restaurants to offer visitors FREE treats when you experience the new AR mural activations. This Saturday, July 10th from 12:00 - 5:00 pm, the first 75 visitors will receive a FREE gelato from @empiremarketcafe when they show a screenshot of themselves experiencing one of the AR activations. Explore the Village, experience the new art and enjoy some delicious food! Visit the link in bio to find out more.

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We are excited to launch our Augmented Reality in the Village of Islington project this weekend, Saturday July 10! Over the past year and a half we have been working with artists, community members and technology experts to create a unique Augmented Reality (AR) experience for our community. The artists have created captivating moments that complement the current historical murals in the Village of Islington.

To celebrate the launch, we have partnered with local restaurants to offer visitors FREE treats when you experience the new AR mural activations. This Saturday, July 10th from 12:00 - 5:00 pm, the first 75 visitors will receive a FREE gelato from @empiremarketcafe when they show a screenshot of themselves experiencing one of the AR activations. Visit the link in bio to find out more.

Our Storefront Gallery will also be open this weekend with staff on site to answer any questions, or loan you a device to use to experience the murals. Please stop by and say hello. We have missed you!

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Today at 1:00 pm, join Arts Etobicoke Program and Gallery Manager Akshata Naik and Communications and Development Coordinator Ian Dodds (that’s me!) for Hit Refresh: At-home & Online Programming 2.0. In this webinar presented by @culturedays, we will be sharing strategies on adapting arts programming for online and at-home audiences.

Planning at-home and online programs and events can seem daunting when your budget is modest, your audience is remote or rural, and your technical know-how is limited. However, shifting your programming can create fresh and exciting possibilities! Akshata and Ian will provide some tips and tricks for adapting existing programs on a limited budget and developing innovative new ways to offer meaningful arts and culture experiences. To register visit the link in bio.

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Happy Friday- don't miss the final episode in our Digital #PRIDE series today at 3:00pm! You can see the amazing @myers.cass give a stellar performance! Hosted by the incredible, unstoppable, megahost @tanyaneumeyer

Cassandra Myers (they/she) is a queer, trans, crip, mad, South Asian-Italian poet, performer, educator, and social worker from Toronto, Ontario. A Masters of Social Work Candidate at York University, Cassandra is also a crisis intervention counsellor and youth worker, specializing in care for sexual violence survivors and the BIPOC LGBTQ2SIA+ community. Cassandra has performed poetry across the United States and Canada. A Pink Door Fellow, her work can be found in Overheard, The Shortline Review, UncommonYOU, and elsewhere.

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Happy Friday- don't miss our Digital #PRIDE series today at 3:00pm. You can see the incredible Jennifer Alicia (they/she) give a stellar performance! Hosted by the incredible, unstoppable, megahost @tanyaneumeyer

Jennifer Alicia is a queer, mixed Mi’kmaw/Settler (German, Irish, Scottish) multi-disciplinary artist originally from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk (Bay Of Islands, Newfoundland), now residing in Toronto. She is a two-time national poetry slam champion and member of Seeds & Stardust Poetry Collective. Jennifer Alicia's debut chapbook titled Mixed Emotions was recently released by Moon Jelly House. She is currently working on a play titled Restor(y)ing Identity.

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Happy Friday! Check out today’s episode of our new #PRIDE Digital Performance Series. Join us on Instagram Live this afternoon at 3pm for an interactive performance with @sir_cbd , hosted by @tanyaneumeyer.

Mr. Chocolate Baby Daddy is a one sugar, no cream, black drag king! This fat cocoa infant guardian has been featured in the Krafty Queers’ Drag Musical, Pride TO, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and so much more. Baby Daddy has dreams bigger than his belly and hopefully a career longer than this bio.

To view the performance, follow @artsetobicoke on Instagram and tune in today at 3:00 pm. Just find the Arts Etobicoke account (@artsetobicoke) and then click on the AE icon in the top left corner, it will have a purple/pink circle around it and the word “Live.” Enjoy!

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Staff Directory

Wendy Rading, Executive Director:
wendy@artsetobicoke.com, 647.809.8731

Kshama Patel, Operations Manager:
kshama@artsetobicoke.com, 647.459.6342

Heather Ervin, Development & Communications Manager:
heather@artsetobicoke.com, 647.807.8731

Akshata Naik, Program & Gallery Manager:
akshata@artsetobicoke.com, 647.819.8731

John Del Rosario, Special Projects Manager:
john@artsetobicoke.com, 647.806.8731

Ian Dodds, Communications & Development Coordinator:
ian@artsetobicoke.com, 647.913.8731

Magdiel Espinal, Community Research Coordinator: magdiel@artsetobicoke.com, 416.622.8731

Sair Raut, Community Outreach Coordinator:
sair@artsetobicoke.com, 647.507.8731

Front of Arts Etobicoke's Storefront Gallery with brightly coloured artist window installation — The Storefront Gallery at Arts Etobicoke
4893a Dundas Street West, Etobicoke, ON, M9A 1B2

Arts Etobicoke staff from left to right: Wendy Rading, Kshama Patel, Heather Ervin, Akshata Naik, John Del Rosario, Ian Dodds, Magdiel Espinal, Sair Raut
Photos by Lisa Murzin

Board of Directors

Collette Murray

Dominique Sanguinetti – Board Chair

Elizabeth Malak

Ina Anthony

Julia Rim Shepard

Kathryn Asaro

Khalilah Brooks

Krista Parker

Marilyn Cade – Treasurer

Mark Zadorozny

Michelle Gauci – Vice Chair

Michelle Marchetti

Moira Ness

Roseta Aleksov

Veronica Bila – Assistant Treasurer

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