I am an arts educator with VIBE Arts, an organization that delivers arts programming to children & youth in under-resourced communities across the Greater Toronto Area. My community arts practice brings me into contact with people of a wide variety of ages, skill levels, and backgrounds, and gives me the opportunity to create art programming that meets the specific needs and interests of those communities. Through VIBE I have taught illustration programs, comic arts, mural painting, and more.
The Big Draw Festival
Storybook Illustration at the Toronto Public Library
Collaborative mural painting at the Taste of Teesdale festival
Playground mural at Roselands Public School
Playground mural at Roselands Public School
Digital Illustration program at Humber River Hospital
VIBE Arts mural painting program
VIBE Arts mural painting program
Guided Virtual Drawing session with VIBE Arts
Select Community Arts programming:
Digital Illustration - VIBE Arts and Humber River Hospital - May-June 2021
Six workshops facilitated over zoom for the youth at Humber River's inpatient program. Participants were taught how to Procreate to create digital illustrations and basic animation.
VIBE Bloom - VIBE Arts - May 2020, July 2020, August 2021
Weekly virtual workshop providing families with the opportunity to create art at home with simple and easily accessible art supplies.
#VoiceUp Comic Arts - VIBE Arts and Art Starts - March-April 2021
A series of 8 virtual workshops exploring the fundamentals of illustration and comics. The culminating project was the creation of a short, one page comic on the topic of mental health, resiliency, and/or self-esteem.
Storybook Illustration - VIBE Arts and Evelyn Gregory Public Library - January 2020
A program introducing participants to various visual art techniques used in storybook illustration, incuding painting, collage, drawing, and more.
VoiceUp Comic Arts - VIBE Arts and Art Starts - March-April 2021
A series of 8 virtual workshops exploring the fundamentals of illustration and comics. The culminating project was the creation of a short, one page comic on the topic of mental health, resiliency, and/or self-esteem.
Storybook Illustration - VIBE Arts and Evelyn Gregory Public Library - January 2020
A program introducing participants to various visual art techniques used in storybook illustration, incuding painting, collage, drawing, and more.
Taste of Teesdale - VIBE Arts - August 2019
A drop-in, collaborative mural painting project on canvas fabric for the Taste of Teesdale festival at Teesdale Place, in Toronto.
Roselands PS Playground Murals - VIBE Arts - May 2019
Assisted in the creation of seven large scale murals painted in the yard at Roselands Public School. Murals were designed to be interactive and encourage both learning and play. Murals were designed and created with the assistance of grade 4 and grade 6 students.