Carving out space:
Co-creating session on artists and community

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Activity

Moderated by Creato.

Fernanda Sierra Suarez, Valeria Duarte, Fiorella Martinez and Amelia Lara, the Creato leadership team, will host a space of conversation and collective creativity where participants will reimagine the future of our creative communities in Toronto. The need for more meaningful creative collaboration spaces and community-building opportunities –where people can gather, learn from one another, and develop systems of mutual care and professional growth – is evident, and we need to enable open inclusive and safe spaces where diverse perspectives can participate, discuss and create collectively. The team behind Creato will facilitate this collaborative experience while sharing their story and reflecting on their journey as an independent, volunteer-led organization engaging with Latin American creative communities –particularly youth, emerging and newcomer artists– since 2020.

The activity will run for approximately 90 minutes.

This event is free and open to the public. Please register in advance.

About the moderators

Creato is a network of Latin American creators, artists, arts workers, creative entrepreneurs, designers, and community organizers across Canada looking to connect, share knowledge, and resources, and support Latin creative expression. The team behind Creato organizes community-building events, professional development programs, opportunities, and events for creative entrepreneurs as well as community member spotlight campaigns that support and highlight the diverse expression of this community.

This space will be moderated by the Creato leadership team: Fernanda Sierra Suárez, Valeria Duarte, Amelia Lara, and Fiorella Martinez. 

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of our funders, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Department of Canadian Heritage.

LAMAS has been generously supported by the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration Program (CERC Migration) and the WhereWeStand Project at Toronto Metropolitan University; the George Brown School of Media and Performing Arts; The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University; the Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University; Hemispheric Encounters; Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology, School of the Arts, Media, Performance, and Design at York University; Performance Studies (Canada); OCAD University; Onsite Gallery; the University of Toronto Centre for Culture and Technology; the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Toronto; the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University; and Lokaal.