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🔔 Applications for our Mentorship Program close tomorrow, Friday October 23rd at 11:59PM EDT. 🔔

Check program eligibility, timeline and full details via the link in our bio!

Contact us for any questions 😊

Proudly funded by @artreachtoronto @torontoartscouncil and supported by @creative.encounters.project @museartsto

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✨ CALL FOR ARTISTS! ✨

Are you a newcomer, immigrant, or refugee artist, ages 19-29, living in Toronto?*

Roots & Stories Arts Mentorship is a 7-month program bringing together slow-paced art-making, experimentation, storytelling, and mentorship to support emerging artists in exploring their creative practice and developing professional skills.

Six (6) artists will have the opportunity to:

🎨 Participate in 10 in-person group sessions
📌 Receive 1-on-1 mentorship from an artist mentor
⭐️ Develop a creative project and take part in a public showcase
✨ Receive an honorarium for their creative project

📅 November 2026 - May 2027
📍 Downtown Toronto

Applications are now open!

🔗 Check the link in our bio or scan the QR code to review eligibility and program details.

If you have questions or need support accessing the application DM us or email rootsandstories.art@gmail.com

*For this program, Toronto includes the City of Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, and Scarborough.

Proudly funded and supported by @artreachtoronto @torontoartscouncil @museartsto @creative.encounters.project

📸 : Slide 3 @ericespinosaa Slide 4: @lupsc

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So grateful for these past colourFULL months 💖

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A space to slow down, experiment, create, and develop your creative practice. ✨

Roots & Stories Arts Mentorship is a program for newcomer, immigrant, and refugee youth artists in Toronto.

Open call coming soon.

Proudly funded by @artreachtoronto
@torontoartscouncil

Supported by @creative.encounters.project

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One year after the fire we still need your help! 🧡🚨

As some of you might know, our Studio at 1849 Danforth Ave. got on fire almost year ago, but we decided to keep going and keep creating art fearlessly even against all odds. 🎨💪🏼

After one year we still need your help!

Sadly we temporarily closed our Danforth location. Since opening our temporary location at 2229 Kingston Rd. Unit A, we have been incredibly grateful for the warm welcome we have received from the Scarborough community.

From neighbours stopping to introduce themselves, to families discovering Fresh Paint Studio + Café for the first time.

But we still need your help! 🧡

Because we started in this new location with a new reality, getting the community to know us and trust us.

If you know us and have great memories with us creating art together come to say hi and book a paint night, if you don’t know us explore our creative offerings and book a session, you will have a blast 100% guaranteed!

After one year this is worth every struggle we have faced, from uncertainty to 0 bookings on a weekend, because we believe in this project.

We still need you!

Indoor season is coming and it is time to book your next fall or winter favourite activity, and start creating art fearlessly! 🎨🍂

We would love to see you in the Studio!

Book online at freshpaintstudio.ca or click the link in bio.

@freshpaintto
#todotoronto #paintnight #smallbusinessowner #smallbusiness #scarborough

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“Please forgive me for not knowing how to react to your affection sometimes.”

2026/06

#BerlinKinoFilm

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@thesteban is a Mexican-Canadian artist based in Scarborough whose work explores the Gothic, drawing from spiritual and folkloric traditions to delve into the darker, often unseen parts of ourselves.

Through painting, writing, and filmmaking, Esteban uses his work to bring these hidden experiences into the light, creating space for deeper understanding, connection, and healing.

His practice also extends beyond his own work. Esteban is passionate about community storytelling and mentorship, supporting youth as they explore their own creativity and healing journeys.

We’re excited to screen Esteban’s film Hemorrhage at CinéQ during Block 2 on Sunday, Aug 23rd at @jayucanada

🎟️ Grab your tickets through the link in our bio!

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Our Screening Schedule is here! Calling all He’s, She’s, They’s, and everyone in between! Cinefilm would like to present our amazing, diverse and wonderful list of shorts we’ll be screening at CineQ on Aug 23rd.

We have a wide genre selection ranging from drama, comedy, romance all the way through to horror and the occult. Take a look and figure out which block piques your interest, grab some friends, grab your tickets and come experience these amazing stories with us!

#cinefilm #cineq #radrcanada

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Some found footage from the8fest 2023 #ᴛʙᴛ

01. General festival footage - spot yourself!!
02. Snippet of The8fest 2023 Trailer by Lina Wu
03. Snippet of John Porter’s live performance
screening of “The List of Pandemic Dehumidifier”
04. A Retrospective of Small Gauge Films
by Wrik Mead 
05. In conversation with Wrik Mead -
Why analogue film is so sexy
06. In conversation with Wrik Mead -
Queer storytelling

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'Hemorrhage' (2025)
Dir. @thesteban Esteban Powell
DOP. Evdokiya Mazhurina

This is a clip from such a cool dark drama I edited last year! The clip features music from the very talented Andre Roz @eziraudio
Follow Studio Chamelens @chamelens to find out where you can see the full film...

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夜遊記 | Remembrance of Night Whispers (2026)

“I begin to hear voices, and I can’t concentrate.”

Director: LU
Editor+Colourist: YI SHI
Sound Designer: POPPI FELLA PELLEGRINO
Producer: ESTEBAN POWELL
Archival Consultant: EYAN WEISS
Location Guide: SASHA FATSEVYCH

with LUVLEEN HUNJAN

Posters & Graphics: @postyism

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“夜遊記 | 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴”

Director | Lucien Leung
With Luvleen Hunjan
Editor & Colourist | Yi Shi
Sound Designer | Poppi Fella Pellegrino
Producer | Esteban Powell
Archival Consultant | Eyan Weiss
Digital Scan | Mark Loeser
Location Guide | Sasha Fatsevych
Translation Consultant | Leo Shek
Translation Consultant | Nicoll Valbuena
Special Thanks | Gohul Amirthaganesan

[announcing our archival project - in development]

Poster & Graphics: @postyism

#poster #documentaryfilm #archival

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