NExT: The Future of Art Exhibition 5.0 is a celebration of the works by artists participating in VIBE Arts’ 2023-2024 Black Youth Mentorship Program. Short for network and explore together, NExT was built on the vision to build, connect, and strengthen networks of Black artists throughout the GTA and to increase the visibility of Black youth artists in public Canadian exhibitions. This program supports the truth that Black perspectives are essential in shaping the future of the arts.
NExT artists participated in a nine-month mentorship program that included one-on-one mentorship sessions with a roster of professional artists and creatives, attended professional development workshops and networking opportunities, and received funding to create new work that is now being exhibited to the public.
Learn more: https://www.tolive.com/Event-Details-Page/reference/NExT:-The-Future-of-Art-Exhibition-5
March 14: Opening at 6:30-9:30
March 20: Artist Talk 3:30-5:30
Participating Artists:Yazmin Afrooz , Hannah Cohen, Ashlynn Doljac, Pixel Heller, Kia Medlock, Vanna Nguyen, Madelyn Schutz, Julia von Wistinghausen
Immerse yourself in a house of many voices, where the obscure, distorted, and modernized adaptations of collective experience converge. Each artist takes a contemporary vision on life’s oddities, exploring the diverse terrains of melancholic longing, to joyful discovery.
Defined Oddities is a collection of eclectic moments, which intricately weave and speak to the nature of our shared humanness.
Learn more: https://gallery1313.org/13628/ocadu-defined-oddities-march-14-22/
Yonge-Dundas Square and the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce Abby Adjekum, Dose Omoruna, Pixel Heller and Uzoma Ekpunobi as the recipients of the Black History Month Digital Exhibition Career Launcher!
This exhibition opportunity invited 4 artists from the OCAD U community to exhibit their work on our five (5) digital screens for the duration of Black History Month in February 2024, responding to the theme of Celebration and their representation of Black culture.
Learn more: https://www.ydsquare.ca/bhm2024
