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HUB Highlights – February 2022

Artist Spotlights – February 2022

Radhika Baskar
Veena Artist
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February 7, 2022

Denise Leslie
Jazz Vocalist
deniselesliesings.com
February 14, 2022

Marlon Porter
Photographer/Filmmaker
marlonporter.com
February 22, 2022

Shellene Wright
Illustrator
shellenewright.com
February 28, 2022

Video Interviews

Radhika Baskar

Join us as we sit down with veena artist (the veena is an acoustic and chordophone instrument from India), musician, composer, performer, and educator from Mississauga, Radhika Baskar. She shares with us more information about the veena instrument, its importance to Carnatic music, how long it took for her to learn the veena, the roots she has in Mississauga, and what collaborations she has planned for the future.

Denise Leslie

Join us as we chat with Jazz Vocalist from Mississauga, Denise Leslie as a part of our HUB Highlights – Artist Spotlight Interview Series. She shares with us about her passion for jazz music starting at a young age and her connection to it, advice for starting a musical career later in life, the process for her latest album One Fine Morning, navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and her return to live performances and exciting projects she has planned for the future.

Marlon Porter

Marlon Porter, filmmaker and photographer from Mississauga recently sat down with us as a part of our HUB Highlights Artist Spotlight Interview Series. Join us as we learn more about where his inspiration comes from, his passion for nature photography and videography, why he uses photography and videography as his source of mediums, and what the future holds for his upcoming work. Including more information about a new film of his that revolves around capturing a family of deer.

Shellene Wright

Shellene Wright, illustrator, recently sat down with us as a part of our HUB Highlights Artist Spotlight Interview Series. Watch now as we learn more about how her linguistic degree helped her work as an illustrator, advice for staying true to yourself and how she found inspiration from her personal experiences, why youth, children and adventurous adults are her main subjects, and what it was like working with American Girl, Harper Collins, and Penguin Random House. She also shares with us more information about an upcoming mural at Peel Children’s Aid Society she is working on as a part of MAC’s Murals with MAC program.

Highlights from HUB Highlights – February 2022

StyleWorthy Studio Grant Opening

Styleworthy Studio is having a grand opening on Sunday, February 13th from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, ribbon cutting at 1:00 PM! Founded by Jennifer Rabanillo, Styleworthy Studio is a self-love studio in Streetsville that supports mental health and wellness using the arts. It is a safe space for individuals to evolve with self-care, a wellness shop featuring goods from local makers, and provides wellness experiences. It will also feature workshops in music, writing, and visual arts curated by local artist, Angela Chao, Creative Programmer, and LOTS more. 
Click here to learn more.

TD Culture Lab – Grant Writing Success: Tips & Tricks

Grant Deadlines might be looming, but writing your next application doesn’t have to be stressful! Join Rohit Mehta from DoGood Fundraising at MAC’s Grant Writing Success: Tips & Tricks TD Culture Lab Webinar. Rohit will provide tips and tricks for your next grant application to stand above the crowd. Taking place Tuesday, February 22 at 7 PM over Zoom.
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AGM presents Let’s Talk Black History with Nadine Williams

Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) invites you to join Curator and Artist Nadine Williams for an in-person Curator’s Talk February 27th, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at AGM. Nadine will discuss her current project on display at the gallery that seeks to bring awareness to the UN’s International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) through her Art Installation project “The Fabric of Our Being” as well as the International Decade for Indigenous Languages with her BHM Poster A M Dis – This is me (affirming identity). This body of work is the fusion of textile art and poetry.
Click here to learn more and register.

HUB Highlights Archive – February 2022

February 3, 2022 (Calls/Opportunities) – CLICK HERE to read

February 7, 2022 – CLICK HERE to read

February 14, 2022 – CLICK HERE to read

February 17, 2022 (Calls/Opportunities) – CLICK HERE to read

February 22, 2022 – CLICK HERE to read

February 28, 2022 – CLICK HERE to read

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