Real Love is a photographic exhibition that explores the relationship between artist and muse through the intersections of identity and landscape. Using Toronto as a backdrop, photographer Janice Reid focuses on the juxtaposition of female blackness and the urban environment.
Read More“As an artist, I would like to be an inspiration. Not all artists have a story. Therefore not all paintings have a story. But as someone who has lived to tell the tale, I want people to know that the experiences you’d label as baggage can turn into something beautiful and an extension of who you are.”
Read More“Music has been my passion since I was 8 years old. I've always been in love with singing and performing live. The last 3 years of my life have been, magical, to say the least. After constantly feeling down about my place in society, being a young woman of colour, I've never felt that I can truly be an artist - and that there was always something that would get in the way of my success.”
Read MoreI use my illustrations to capture the human form in every way possible and to highlight what society normally keeps hidden. The theme between each of my pieces is comfortability and strength within your own body. I use vibrate colors to illustrate being bold and present in a situation where someone would normally feel a sense of vulnerability.
Read MoreI knew I had to take advantage of my time and document all that I could, because I was experiencing a part of my culture that I didn’t have access to. I had been to the Philippines before when I was a lot younger, but only now, at the age of 25, did I truly understand the importance of my ethnicity in regards to my identity.
Read MoreDance gives us the possibility to deify our bodies and their capabilities. Through film, our only limits are what we can imagine.
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