Who’s Here

For over 23 years, b current has produced outside of the box performance pieces, ideas, workshops, and mainstage productions. We splashed onto the scene in 1991, when ahdri zhina mandiela founded the company, and we brought to Toronto the first ever production of a Dub Theatre script, mandiela’s dark diaspora… in dub. The kinetic artistic energy from this fuelled our pioneer work feeding and shaping the future of Canadian performance art through culturally-rooted creation. Since inception, b current has developed scores of internationally celebrated artists and their works, with a focus always on engaging the community and creating space for diverse voices to be heard.

LEAF is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the urban forest and engages citizens in urban forest stewardship through planting, education and training.

The creative home for storytellers, listeners and story-explorers since 1979, Storytelling Toronto is an organization that continues to teach, celebrate, and explore the art and tradition of oral storytelling.

The Children’s Art Studio Inc. is committed to building positive self-awareness, innovative thinking, and the original expression of children. In our studio, we believe in cultivating the intrinsic creativity of every child. We highly regard the importance of providing all children with the opportunities to engage in imaginative art making, beyond the rote manufacturing of reproductions of predictable works of art, and instead, teach students to understand art making.

The Hélène Comay Nursery School fosters every child’s growth and sense of self-esteem through an individualized play-based learning. We believe that play is essential for young children. Play not only leads to meaningful learning but it also enables children to process and make sense of their emotional lives. Director: Soraya Yacoubi

A sustainable food production and education centre run by The Stop Community Food Centre, featuring a greenhouse, compost demonstration centre, sheltered garden, Global Roots Garden, community kitchen, bake oven, education programs, and weekly farmers’ market.

For Rentals: The Stop’s Courtyard & Classroom

The Stop’s open-air Courtyard features an outdoor patio, garden, and wood-burning pizza oven. Inside, the Classroom overlooks a greenhouse. Both spaces are available for rental as a spillover space for events inside the Covered Street Barn or independently.

Contact: Mereb Hagos, mhagos@Artscape.ca

The Stop’s Green Barn is open to the general public on Saturdays between 8AM and 1PM. At other times during the week, closed groups and pre-registered programs are offered. Please contact us for more information. Monthly tours of The Stop’s Green Barn are available by contacting gbtours@thestop.org.

The Stop’s Farmers’ Market features local, sustainable, organic, and artisanal products, as well as farmers, talented chefs, live music, and community information. Be sure to include a visit to The Stop’s Market Café for delicious treats. The market is a popular neighbourhood meeting place, open every Saturday, year-round!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestopcfc

Alma Roussy is a Canadian artist specializing in cartoon and caricature since 1983. As well as caricatures at corporate events, illustration and murals, she illustrates on-site corporate speeches/meetings, draws political cartoons and travels around the world, sketching. She speaks Spanish, French and semi-fluent Indonesian.

“It’s a dog eat dog – dog draw dog world.”

Elizabeth Greisman was born in Toronto, Canada. She works both as a Visual artist, Arts educator and Visual Arts administrator. She is a graduate of York University in Visual Arts and Education, The Laban Centre in London England in Dance Education and Ryerson University in Landscape Design. Elizabeth has participated in international residencies where she has developed collaborations in the fields of dance, poetry, music, theatre, creative writing, science and medicine. She is the Cultural Arts/Visual Arts Coordinator at the Prosserman and Schwartz Reisman Centre JCC’s in Toronto and Vaughan Ontario. Elizabeth administrates and teaches in the former Koffler Centre for the Visual Arts. She has maintained a committed involvement with the visual arts education of the primary, junior, and intermediate level student for over thirty years. Elizabeth has exhibited her work internationally and within Canada, highlighted by a show at the Canadian Embassy in Dublin Ireland.

Elizabeth’s studio practice concentrates on developing her skills as a painter with a focus on the figure in portraiture, dance and on the landscape in Canada and abroad.

Within the residency setting Elizabeth and Dr. Wendy Wobeser worked together to form a fusion of Arts and Sciences and have showcased medical and theoretical definitions.

Most recently, we have formed an international group of artists and scientists in the Nascent Art Science Collective. Melody in music greatly influences my work.

I work best in a team or group, despite the solitary nature of being a visual artist. I will often assume a leadership role in these groups. I am thrilled and delighted to be a Wychwood Barns artist and look forward greatly to making your acquaintance.

www.elizabethgreisman@wordpress.com

www.nascentartscience.org

artistcooperativeofcanada.wordpress.com

EcoSpark is an environmental charity whose mission is to empower communities to take an active role in protecting and sustaining their local environment. We give people the tools for education, monitoring and influencing positive change.

The WBCA creates community-focused events and programming at the Barns to provide an accessible entry point for community members to get involved at the Barns. We are YOUR community association. We’re here to listen to your ideas for how to use the Artscape Wychwood Barns to build a stronger community.

Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada is devoted to connecting people, reflecting culture, and inspiring discovery through the art of Storytelling. It supports the art of oral storytelling through its storytellers and story listeners across Canada and internationally.

Pop Art Portraits, Photoshop, Art Installing, Show Hanging, Mixed Media Wall Art, Photography

No Strings Theatre fosters training to showcase opportunities for youths to emerging professional artists to hone performing arts skills under the guidance of seasoned industry professionals.

OWLware, is a  community based social service agency that develops innovative employment programs for Service Canada, Ontario Disability Supports Program and The City of Toronto, Social Services.

Both Owlware in collaboration with The disAbility Channel (TDC), have piloted a successful skill based re-entry program called “ Digital Ventures” where persons with disabilities are provided with training in digital media and placed in employment positions within the channel.

Our media center provides AODA accessibility workshops, social media campaigns, web redesign for accessibility and pre and post studio production.

Welcome to The Disability Channel, an international leader in the world of disability/ability issues and solutions. Through due diligence and with many years of experience within the television and advocacy world, TDC has found today’s Canadian and global market desperately needs original programming for and/or by persons with disabilities to be included on the TV programming schedule . TDC, with the proper components in place, including disability employment programs courtesy our partner OWLware. We are prepared to become the leading force on both the domestic and international stages for persons with disabilities and the workforce.

TDC leads the way in the world of technology with HD Digital ROKU TV and Regional and National Broadcast platforms like Comcast. Customers will be able to receive the TDC domestically and global via the internet and television with high speed efficiency and many more viewing options available. TDC has a mandate to employ, support and promote persons with disabilities via our content, platform and marketing components, making the network stand out within the television and Healthcare industries

Our goal is to provide a product that is distinct and creates a rewarding customer experience. Beaux Boxes feature innovative artisanal merchandise that is locally sourced and fair trade. We are a “Social Enterprise” that employs disabled individuals who face barriers to employment. We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthens businesses, enriches culture and enables vendors to build great relationships with each other, with our customers and within our communities.