Fashion

Four women smile together in a brightly lit gallery space with large windows looking out onto snow-covered branches. Behind them is a piece of artwork with a night sky and star motifs.

MicroGrant Success: Shawish Market, Spring 2025

July 2, 2026June 30, 2026
Fashion, MicroGrant Winners, MicroGrants, Visual Arts

Amanda Bernard used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to transform Shawish Market (an online Indigenous Marketplace) into an in-person workshop & market experience.

MicroGrant Success: Thipashini Bala, Fall 2023

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
Dance, Design, Digital, Fashion, Film, Literary, MicroGrant Winners, MicroGrants, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts

Thipashini Bala used her Community Activation MicroGrant to produce Let’s Talk Art, creative arts and networking event for South Asian women artists.

MicroGrant Success: Lorraine Brown, Fall 2024

January 9, 2025January 7, 2025
Dance, Fashion, MicroGrant Winners, MicroGrants, Theatre

Lorraine Brown used her Fall 2024 Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce a Vintage Fashion Show for Malton’s Senior Citizens Group at their annual Christmas luncheon.

MicroGrant Success: Lorraine Brown, Spring 2024

July 24, 2024August 21, 2024
Fashion, MicroGrant Winners, MicroGrants

Lorraine Brown used her 2024 Matchmaker MicroGrant for the Canada Day Multicultural Fashion Show held at Westwood Square in Malton.