My name is Kali Banner and I am the assistant curator for Alyssa Fearon, curator of Nuit Blanche Scarborough 2018. Nuit Blanche is a one-night, large-scale, multidisciplinary arts festival that celebrates creativity throughout Toronto and this is the first year ever that we are extending out to Scarborough! For more information about Nuit Blanche, click here: https://nbto.com/.

We are seeking Scarborough-based participants for an artists' project that will be showcased the night of the festival.
This project is for anyone interested in the arts or who would like to represent their community and area they live in. Participating in this project does not require any specific skill level but, an interest in arts and culture is a plus!

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Artist: Andrew Finlay Stewart (http://wafs.ca/)

Andrew has shown nationally and internationally, including recently the Art Gallery of Ontario's show Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood. He is part of the team that produces the Long Winter series of community-based interdisciplinary art and music festivals, and helped run the year-long Artists' Newsstand project at Chester subway station.

Nuit Blanche Project: 'Wards'

'Wards' is a mapping video project that highlights how the redrawing of the Scarborough wards will affect the everyday lives of its residents. Andrew is asking participants to share a route to a place that is significant to them or their community. The routes represent the unique lived experiences of residents
in Scarborough as they navigate the politically-designed structures drawn over colonized land.

The project is planned to occur sometime in July and will be about 1-3 hours in length. All participants will receive an honorarium, credit as a participant in the Nuit Blanche project, and TTC tokens.

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If you are interested in representing your community and participating in this project, please send me the following information by July 13th, 2018.

Contact info:

(prefered email/phone number)

Home address or closest intersection:

If you will be free for 1-3 hours sometime in July and preferred times:

(mornings/evenings/weekdays/weekends)

Any additional information about yourself you'd like to share with us:

Please feel free to email me if you would like more information about this project. I am also available by phone at 647-326-5254.

Thank you,

Kali Banner