ICASC: FUTURES/forward
In 2020, I was selected as a mentee in the International Centre of Art for Social Change’s FUTURES/forward mentorship program.
I spent six months refining my skills as a community-engaged practitioner through the guidance of my mentor, Flick Harrison.
In the beginning of the program, I spent hours watching recorded workshops, learning numerous methodologies, observing facilitation approaches, and exploring the many aspects of ASC work. In conjunction with our monthly zoom gatherings, with the many esteemed and incredibly inspiring artists across Canada, I could not have asked for a better way to further explore this field and build upon my own foundations as a facilitator.
During this residency, I wrote three different programs, designed for three different demographics, tackling three different approaches to environmental stewardship (while trying to find three organizations to collaborate with). I found a partnering environmental organization, the Surfrider Foundation, to work with and I was able to start facilitating the first sessions of my Interconnected Program, in collaboration with the Alternatives Gallery and Studio, a collective who supports artists with developmental disabilities located in East Van (pictured below).
This mentorship was supported by grant funding from: BC Arts Council, Judith Marcuse Projects, the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and Community Foundations of Canada.
