Art-practice Spaces

Creative space is important for creating art and sharing stories for healing. It is my passion and dream to one day open up spaces for people who have survived traumas and require space, time and compassion to heal. Below are a few of the spaces I have created/taken part in. I hope to, one day, have an art space (studio/gallery) where the community can visit and create art, sip on tea, read a book, and feel safe from judgment. Art is healing when words are not available. Hugs. ~ Gloria

 

 

 

The Centre for Women and TransPeople ... York University 2012

(Facilitated art-making workshops)

 

Home art space with friends ... 2014

(My door is always open to do art, to help others heal)

York University's FES CrossRoads Gallery ... Open House 2016
(Facilitated event open to staff, students and community members)

 

401 Richmond Street ... studio 2016

(My safe place ... I remember the journey ... healing)

 

Black Lives Matter TENT CITY ... 2016
(Assisted in transforming public space ... 40 College St ... into art space - activism)

 

occupy INAC ... 2016

(Participated in transforming 25 St. Clair E. into public art space - activism)

Black Lives Matter - Toronto

Photo credit: http://www.jalanimorgan.com/index

In solardarity with #occupyINACToronto

#Attawapiskat youth suicides must stop.

Artist-in-Residence 2016

My upcoming #Art exhibition features images and installations that symbolize institutionalization, forced medication, domestic abuse, sexual abuse and the stigmas that come with depression.

The amazing and talented Marcus Ware will be curating my “Mad Room” exhibition at 401 Richmond with Tangled Art & Disability. The exhibition will run from September to December, 2016.

#Political #BlackWomanArtist #BoldColoursShapes

AGO July – September, 2016

Each of you embodied an ancestor in the not so distant past of Toronto’s Black history. ~ Jashoba Jordan

This image, along with others, will be on display at the AGO July – September, in response to the paintings by Group of Seven painter, Lawren Harris, during the Idea of the North exhibition. Here is more information: http://www.ago.net/the-idea-of-north-the-paintings-of-lawre….
Jashoba Jordan website: aniquejjordan.com

Hugs from me to you ... keep smiling.

I'm working on some new pieces for an upcoming three-month exhibition commencing in September, 2016. #Excited ... Will keep you posted.

Take care of your loved ones and yourself. ~ Gloria

Age Ain't Nothing But A Number

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

What have I been up to? Well, let's just say that I have not permitted age (almost 60) to stop me from doing what I love.

Since my last post, I have successfully completed phase I of my master's degree and am currently working on phase II. As well, I have been given a clean bill of health from the specialist and look forward to conquering more health demons. To top that off, I am now divorced and I did it on my own with a lot of patience and online research. And as you can see below, I have just received the 2016 Artist in Residence and my first one-woman show is scheduled for April, 2016 (I shall keep you posted).

Yes, I've been very busy and I continue advocating on behalf of the homeless and the mental ill because their voices are not heard and they are not seen ... "Invisible".  I am determined to remove the stigma about mental health so that people can get the help they need without shame or fear.

Before I let you go, I would also like to add that upon graduating with an art certificate from university, prior to commencing my masters, I was awarded the York University Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award and received a scholarship to continue my education in 2015-2016.

The bottom line here is to not give up on your dreams and do what makes you happy. For me, that is my art and I am honoured to have been chosen to showcase my work. ~ Gloria

2016 Sharon Wolfe Artist in Residence