Desire Lines, noun. unplanned paths that are formed over time as alternatives to the main route.
Desire Lines is VIBE Arts’ multi-year Arts Educator Mentorship Program. Each year, a cohort of equity-seeking, youth artists receive employment and mentorship opportunities to lead and curate their own hands-on art experiences for children and youth. Starting in 2021, Desire Lines will support the professional growth in the careers of female BIPOC artists through Desire Lines: Women’s Work.
Desire Lines is made possible by the support of the RBC Foundation and Pattison Outdoor Advertising.
Desire Lines: Women’s Work
With the disproportionate effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and the BIPOC population, VIBE identified an urgent need to support and platform BIPOC women artists. Desire Lines: Women’s Work was born, deliberate and specifically designed, to provide young female artists the opportunity to grow their careers in the arts through networking, mentorship, professional development and exhibition opportunities.
See their work in TTC stations across Toronto throughout January and February 2022. Click here to see a map.
Desire Lines II
Meet the eight talent artists who make up the second Desire Lines cohort! While they haven’t got meet in person, they spent 2020 virtually connecting with their mentors. These talented artists had their work showcased at TTC stations across Toronto from January to February 2021.
Get to know Desire Lines Cohort II on our IGTV!
About Desire Lines
Desire Lines is a two-year program presented by VIBE Arts & made possible by the RBC Foundation and Pattison Outdoor Advertising.
Each year, a cohort of equity-seeking, youth artists receive employment and mentorship opportunities to lead and curate their own hands-on art experiences for children and youth.
Each artist is then provided with the resources to create their own original 4’x6′ artworks. These works go on to be publicly exhibited in subway stations across Toronto.
As well as providing mentorship opportunities, helping plan artist programs and overseeing every step of the Desire Lines Program, VIBE hosts an annual celebratory exhibition to share the artists’ achievements and showcase their work.
For more information or to find out how you can get involved in Desire Lines, contact info@vibearts.ca.
Photos of the 2019 Desire Lines Exhibition Event, November 21st, 2019. Photographer Anthony Gebrehiwot, XVXY Photo.
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