Art Gallery of Guelph

Alyssa Fearon is a cultural producer, arts manager and independent curator. Raised in Scarborough, Ontario, Alyssa actively seeks new ways of organizing artistic projects within communities that have not traditionally been sanctioned as places of creativity and innovation. She has organized a range of projects, from large-scale performances by international artists to community-based youth artist residency program.

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The Black Artists Union is a collective that assists in the movement and exhibition of artists and creators of the African diaspora. Their aim is to represent the ideas and work of contemporary Black creators. BAU is a platform to help develop skills for navigating and engaging in art spaces. This interview features BAU members Sidné Barnes, Destiny Grimm, Yanick Hunter and Aaron Jones in conversation with Andrew Hunter (AGG Senior Curator) in Parkdale and at their recent exhibition You Done Taken My Blues and Gone at Ignite Gallery (Kensington Market, Toronto).

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High School senior Shellicka Anglin talks about her remarkable paintings based on Black hairstyles, their meaning and symbolism. She speaks candidly of her experience at a predominantly white highschool in Toronto, her family, her Jamaican roots, and her plans for the future.

Shellicka Anglin is currently a student at the Etobicoke School for the Arts.

Highschool senior Noah Brown talks about his art, process, and plans for the future. He speaks honestly of his experiences as a Black student at a predominantly white arts highschool in Toronto, the anti-black racism, and violence he has faced in the city and the barriers facing young Black males.

Noah Brown is currently a student at the Etobicoke School for the Arts.