MT Space
16 William St W N2L 1J3 Waterloo, ON, Canada

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Maria Ibarra! @feru200016... Maria Ibarra is a Latin American artist, based in Canada. Explorer of the different aspects of the visual arts and her expressions. Writer, painter, sculptor, but above all; a passionate lover of a medium that everyone at any time in our lives once used: plasticine. She has made more than 30 individual and collective exhibitions, where she always leaves her soul, and where adults and children are identified. She has been a tireless art teacher, spreading the importance of art and its benefits. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Megha Nileshkumar Patel! @meghu511... Megha Nileshkumar Patel is a passionate theatre and dance artist residing in Kitchener, Ontario. She is a master graduate in engineering from University of Waterloo. She has performed various forms of arts i.e., one-act, skit, mime, mono-act. She has done a few short films. She is specialised in Indian folk dances. She is the certified performer for Indian classical named Bharatnatyam from Shree Lalit-kala Academy as well. Currently, Megha is the member of the Ras-in-motion, a Gujarati folk dance club in Toronto. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Bekare Okech Agid! @bekareokech... Bekare Okech is a 21-year-old black university student living in Kitchener-Waterloo for almost 10 years now. She is originally from Ethiopia but grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya. In high school, Bekare helped newer students feel more welcome to their new school by guiding and mentoring them in the ESL program. She also encouraged them to participate in arts activities provided by the MT Space, which was created for new comer students to share their personal life experiences and performing to an audience by the end. Bekare is looking forward to working again with the MT Space to come up with a new project. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Rufus John! @rufusjohnmusic... Rufus John is an award winning youth mentor, Child & Youth Worker and chart topping Artist. His music has a funky, fresh sound layered over a slick fusion of Soul & R&B with undertones of hip hop, jazz and gospel. His music is the vehicle he chooses to use to tell his story of heartache, addiction, love, pain, family and everything in between. Whether on stage performing for the masses or giving back through his musically inspired youth mentorship program, his overall vision is to be a beacon of light for those coming up. It has become exciting to see when his enthusiasts are able to understand their story through his soulful truths, ultimately inspiring those around him. Needless to say, anyone who spends the time listening to his art, will inevitably fall in love with Rufus John. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Introducing Shantell Powell! @shanmonster... Shantell is a storyteller and has been all her life. She tells her stories through oral tradition, written media, illustration, and prop creation. Perhaps because of her unusual childhood, she has always been drawn to outsider narratives and the concept of othering. Growing up on the land gives her a strong respect for conservation and for the interplay between humans and nature. Her art reflects these interests. As an Inuk raised far removed from her cultural heritage, she decolonizes herself by immersing her approach in the world of Inuit folklore. She is the author, illustrator, and photographer for a picture book on Inuit folklore exploring themes of strong women, gender-bending, and transformation. This piece, Skinfolk, was recently published in Feminist Studies. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Kate Kamo McHugh! @kate.k.mch... Kate Kamo McHugh is an artist and educator residing in Kitchener, Ontario. She is a graduate from Eastwood C.I.'s arts package program and holds a BFA from Ryerson University in Theatre Performance Dance. Professionally, Kate has performed as a warrior princess for Disney Cruise Lines, worked as a dancer, choreographer, and actor in Argentina, traveled throughout South America with a children’s theatre troupe, and taught dance to students in Bulgaria. Currently, Kate is part of the Dear Mother Community Project with Green Light Arts and a member of a Bulgarian folk dance club in Kitchener. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up on our Arts Exchange: Mina Akida! @minaakida... Mina Akida (b.1993) is a Turkmen-Canadian architectural designer, artist and researcher based in Canada. Her interests are at the intersections of phenomenological experience, the architectural imagination, and Islamic mysticism. Mina is a research Master of Architecture from McGill University, where she studied in the History and Theory program with philosopher Alberto Perez-Gomez. Her research was conducted within the framework of phenomenological knowing - discovery through conscious experience. Her work conceptualizes the act of measure, particularly the way in which the human body was conceived of to be the reference point for the act of making. Her research thesis The Mosque Reformation in which the main article titled Traversing The Barzakh: An Exploration of the Metaphysical Notions of the Islamic Ritual Prayer and its Phenomenological Manifestations was the recipient of the Institut Route De La Soie Creative Arts Grant in 2017. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up on our Arts Exchange: Melika Hashemi! @melihashemi ... Melika Hashemi is an Artist-Researcher and Curriculum Designer based in Kitchener, ON. She uses art as a device to find ways to renew intersectionality and learner empowerment through the curriculum beyond screens and institutional walls. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Next up in our Arts Exchange: Introducing Angela Onuora! Angela is a TV, Radio, and Film Writer, Producer and Director, On-Air Radio Personality, Concept Developer. She is a creative/broadcast media jack-of-all-trades; she is also an engaging motivational speaker. ... Since she moved from Nigeria, and subsequent to her arrival in Canada in 2014, Angela has founded This Naija Girl Studios - a multi-media company that highlights and celebrates the merging of cultures in Canada. Angela’s biggest passion is Creative Writing, and she is drawn to topics that celebrate all women, and tell stories fueled by their diverse experiences and from their perspectives. #MTSpace #MultiCulturalTheatre #MultiCulturalSpaces #MTSpaceArtsExchange #ArtsKW #KWArts #WRAwesome #KWAwesome #ErasingTheMargins #AllForArts

Welcome to the Community Champion Credits Album for #LoveInTheTimeOfCovid. Here you'll find the featured organizations, artists and community leaders participat...ing in the compilation titled Love In The Time Of Covid. Feel free to read through and learn about these great organizations in the region! @ExploreWaterlooRegion See more