Arts & Equity Series | Courage Labs & Community Arts Jams

This spring 2017 will bring together all past themes to explore intersectionality, transformative justice and organizational equity in creative, participatory and art-based ways, led by an incredible line up of established artists, activists and facilitators.

 Courage Lab: Arts & Equity Workshop Series, hosted by SKETCH and Neighbourhood Arts Network.

Entering its 3rd year, Courage Labs have convened diverse artists, educators, organizers and activists to courageously investigate, share, experiment and explore ideas, concepts and tools based in arts equity, reconciliation and anti-oppression frameworks.

Courage Lab 1: Intersectionality and our Collective Practices

• March 9, 2017 | 6-9pm
• Location: SKETCH Studios, 180 Shaw Street, Artscape Youngplace, SKETCH project studio on the lower level
• Guest Artist: Melannie Moneceros
• Facilitator: Naty Tremblay and Ella Cooper
• To register click here

 Guest Artist Bio | Melannie Monoceros is a poet and artist exploring polysensory production through text/ile and performance. They live and work on the traditional land of the Haudenosaunee, Petun, Anishinabe, Mississaugas of New Credit, and Huron Wendat peoples commonly known as Toronto, ON. They have read and performed at the Mayworks Festival Toronto, ON (2015) and at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Toronto, ON (2016). They have been a guest lecturer at Concordia University, Ontario College of Art and Design, and Ryerson University. melannie’s writing has appeared in Make/Shift magazine and When Language Runs Dry. Their first solo exhibition, Point of Origin received critical acclaim at the Tangled Art Gallery, Toronto, ON in 2016. Currently melannie is working on a series titled                  “a n c e s t o r a d i o”.