BSAMCanada

[lovegreg.eth 👩🏾‍🚀 @lovegreg]

“In this reclaiming, we can begin to build and invest in the continent too, which in turn invests in ourselves and decolonizes this idea of what blackness is. We get to define it for ourselves now.”
@queenkukoyi Afrofuturist Digital Artist + Exec. Director @BsamCanada

[Nia Centre for the Arts @NiaCentre]

Are you a Black artist who wants to find community, opportunities and build your skillset? Join Left of Centre, our artistic development program.

https://t.co/AZVVC6vPe6

[Nia Centre for the Arts @NiaCentre]

We're hiring! If you are someone who wants to work with us to open Canada's first professional centre for Black Arts, see the job calls by clicking the link in our bio.

#We'reHiring #WorkatNiaCentre

[Nia Centre for the Arts @NiaCentre]

We are building Canada's first professional centre for Black arts. We want to know what you want from this space. Take our survey to share your thoughts with us.

https://t.co/LzsFo0v3pK

[Nia Centre for the Arts @NiaCentre]

Wise words from Dr. Angela Davis to carry you through the weekend. ⭐ #weekendmotivation

[Heritage Toronto @heritagetoronto]

#WorldBookDay: It's storyteller Dr. Rita Cox from our Unveiling Heroes of the Block exhibit w/ @BsamCanada. Head of the Parkdale library for 20+ yrs, Cox increased its Black & Caribbean heritage resources. 📷 “The Enchanting Griot" by Gerda Boateng. More: https://t.co/HOOSoVdNuc

[Nia Centre for the Arts @NiaCentre]

Are you a youth interested in photography? We have a free, 9 week intensive program where you will be introduced to technical skills and Black aesthetics.

Apply here: https://t.co/7BykL9I7YN

[Nia Centre for the Arts @NiaCentre]

JOB OPPORTUNITY 📢

The Toronto Public Library’s Summer 2022 Writer in Residence program is open. The residency is focused on YA Fiction. Application deadline is April 18th.

Compensation: $8,000

https://t.co/y2jyO8M0yM

[id8Downsview @id8Downsview]

Curated by @bsamcanada’s @queenkukoyi and @findinnico with @spatialesk, IMAGInuity revolutionizes the creations of Black inventors of the past to imagine the relics 1000 years in the future. See it at 70 Canuck in #DownsviewPark until May. @Culture_TO image photo: Amirah Star

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

We learned of a cool opportunity to work with an author on the design of a book cover. DM us if interested!

#blackspeculativeartmovement #torontoartists

[STEPS Public Art @STEPSPublicArt]

STEPS has partnered w/ @Town_of_Aurora for the Aurora Public Art Forum on Mar 31, 2022! It's going to be a great time with @BsamCanada and other leaders across sectors to guide the development of Aurora's Public Art Policy and Master Plan: https://t.co/YqIZGUcEDL

[Mediaplanet Canada @MediaplanetCA]

Leaders across multiple industries and sectors highlight continued efforts that support Black success during #BlackHistoryMonth. Read the article here: https://t.co/SPOrk1Qcdv

Featuring @BsamCanada, @AB_MentalHealth, @TRPnow, and more.

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

So excited to be sharing space with @YungYemi @AshleyJaneLewis and @NonfungibleQ !

-@queenkukoyi

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

Join me in my Space! https://t.co/QeS6VGNsBR

[Heritage Toronto @heritagetoronto]

📣 Launched today: Our Unveiling Heroes of the Block exhibit on Black Canadians that shaped our city for 250+ yrs, accompanies @BsamCanada's art project that reimagines each community leader as a superhero. 📷 "The Teacher and Protector" by Autumn Beals, portrait of Ekua Walcott

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

On Feb. 26 join our friends: @HarbourfrontTO and @EsieMensah for TESSEL: A Community Conversation (part of #Kuumba) to continue the dialogue and ask ourselves what has changed since June 1, 2020. Have we seen the change we desire to see?

https://t.co/9i6wwdl1ku

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

@VIBEArtsTO ✨✨✨

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

@mabellearts @keepgrowingq ✨✨✨✨

[Parc Downsview Park @ParCKDownsview]

BSAM IMAGInuity is now live at #ArtworxTO. This interactive exhibition examines past objects created by Black Canadian & Afrodiasporic inventors, and places them in dialogue with what they could possibly be 1,000 years in the future. Come check it out at the Hub!

[BSAMCanada @BsamCanada]

@EtobHistory @NonfungibleQ This is going to be great!