PUBLIC EVENTS
BEING SCENE 2021 OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 7 PM
FREE
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT:
bit.ly/BS21opening*
Join us on March 4 at 7 PM for the Zoom opening reception, which includes a discussion with Executive Artistic Director Kelly Straughan, Workman Arts founder, Lisa Brown and To Speak Without Speaking guest curator Jacqueline Kok.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - TO SPEAK WITHOUT SPEAKING CURATOR & ARTISTS
ON DEMAND MARCH 4-28, 2021
Online

Mental Health Check-In for Artists and Arts Workers: Adjusting to the New Normal
Monday, March 8, 6-7 PM
Online
This is a free, peer-support check-in, led by Workman Artist Lisa Anita Wegner.

Mental Health Check-In for Queer & Trans Artists & Arts Workers
Tuesday, March 9, 3-4 PM
Online
This is a free, peer-support check-in, led by Workman Arts member Vanden Boomen.

Mental Health Check-In For Artists & Arts Workers: Helping Yourself While Helping Others
Friday, March 12, 3-4 PM
Online
This is a free, peer-support check-in, lead by Workman Artist Amanda Lederle.

PANEL DISCUSSION - MOVING FORWARD: 2020-2030 PUBLIC ART STRATEGY
Monday, March 15, 4-6 PM
Online
This panel focuses on the 10-year Public Art Strategy for the city of Toronto.

Mental Health Check-In for Black Artists & Art Workers
Tuesday, March 16, 6-7 PM
Online
This is a free, peer-support check-in, led by Carine Diverlus.

PANEL DISCUSSION - SUPPORTING ARTISTS BY CLOSING THE MARGINS
Thursday, March 18, 2-4 PM
Online
The panel will address how art-based organizations and funding bodies currently support MAD, QTBIPOC and Deaf artists, and identifies areas in which more support is needed.

WORKSHOP - GRANT WRITING: FROM IDEATION TO IMPLEMENTATION
Tuesday, March 23, 3-5 PM
Online
In this interactive workshop, participants will be guided through the fundamentals of preparing a grant application to support their artistic/creative practices.

WORKSHOP - NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS & FEES FOR ARTISTS
Wednesday, March 24, 1-3 PM
Online
This workshop provides participants with foundational knowledge and practices when entering formal legal agreements and negotiations involving their artworks and services as artists.

68 - CLAUDE WITTMANN ARTIST ACTIVATION
Thursday, March 25, 2 PM
Online
This live action by To Speak Without Speaking artist claude wittmann will include an online discussion (via Zoom) of a series of requests to the City of Toronto shaped from claude’s own housing crisis and research through a survey of Toronto-based artists.

WORKSHOP - HOW TO WRITE & SPEAK ABOUT YOUR WORK
Friday, March 26, 1-3 PM
Online
In this interactive workshop, participants will be supported in further articulating their artistic/creative practices within written and verbal communication for public presentation and exhibition purposes.

BEING SCENE 2021 CLOSING - THE BRUISERS AT BEING SCENE: THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
Sunday, March 28, 7-8 PM
Online
Workman Arts’ popular Bruised Years Choir offer their unique take on one dozen pieces of fine art from the 20th Anniversary Being Scene exhibition. Through music, of course!
