✨ @oddsidearts Paid Opportunity for Emerging Muralists ✨
SCALE: Mural Mentorship Program
Application Link in Bio
Are you an emerging muralist ready to take your practice to the next level?
Join lead muralist @jacquiecomrie for a paid mentorship opportunity supporting 8 emerging artists through the creation of a large-scale public mural in Mabelle Park. This program is rooted in community, joy, and connectivity where mentees will be taken through a mural accelerator program that provides background knowledge and experience of what it takes to become a professional muralist.
This program centers women/femme artists who also have the intersections of one or more of the following: Black, Indigenous, POC, 2SLGBTQIA+, disabled and/or neurodivergent, with priority for those connected to the Mabelle community.
🌿 What you’ll gain:
- Hands-on mural production experience
- Mentorship from professional muralists
- Industry certifications (Working at Heights + lift training)
- Portfolio documentation + real public art credit
- A $1,000 honorarium
📍 Location: Mabelle Park (38 Mabelle Ave, Etobicoke)
🗓️ Program Dates: June – July 2026
🎨 Includes workshops, certification + 5 mural production days
🗓️ Application Deadline: May 18, 2026 @11 :59PM
Step into public art by building your skills and leaving your mark at Mabelle Park.
This project is supported by the City of Toronto’s StreetARToronto program (@start_streetartoronto ) in partnership with @mabellearts@artstartsto and @muralroutes
#torontoartists #publicart #muralopportunity #emergingartists #callforartists
Pride is around the corner!
And while there will be mainstream celebration, we at Oddside Arts want to honour the Black, queer, and trans ancestors who made this month possible.
Join us for a special Pride edition of Shifting Soil!
Through guided prompts and collaborative art-making, we’ll explore what queer liberation means to all of us. You’d also be treated to an amazing performance by the wonderful and immensely talented @sebastianurmom 💜!
Bring your friends, good energy, and excitement to connect with other folx in community.
✨ Event Details ✨
📅 Saturday, June 13th, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Toronto, ON (exact location shared upon registration confirmation)
🎟 Limited to 30 participants
🗓 Registration closes June 11th
Please note: This rendition of Shifting Soil is specifically for BIPOC, queer, trans, and non-binary community members aged 18+. Other workshop iterations will take place throughout the year.
Link to register in bio!
The #OddsideArts team had an incredible time at SistahFest yesterday!!
Thank you @studiom.1672 for hosting such an incredible event, and we’re so proud of @byyanaminah for curating an amazing exhibition!
“What We Carry” will be on display at Studio M until May 2nd. Make sure you pop by and check it out!
#torontoarts #littlejamaica
✨“What We Carry” will be open for viewing until May 2nd ✨
Presented by @oddsidearts
Curated @byyanaminah
Featuring artwork by @rachelkikulwe & @ellasprecision
🗓️ April 25th
📍Studio M (1672 Eglinton West)
⏰ 6pm-11pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY & Artwork will be for sale
🔗Link in bio to purchase artwork
#blackarttoronto #springhassprung #littlejamaica #blackdiaspora #emergingartist
Join us this SistahFest @studiom.1672 for the opening of pop-up commercial exhibit “What We Carry”. SistahFest is a powerful night celebrating women in creativity, culture, and community 💜
As our cityscapes and seasons rapidly shift, we hold a deep sense of grief for what has been left behind and awe for the renewal still to come. The community knows this all too well. Little Jamaica feels it in its bones. It is within this duality we understand the weight of both what we gain and what we have lost. It’s springtime again. Transformation is palpable and multiple truths can exist at once. In this exhibit, we tend to the beauty within it all.
✨“What We Carry” will be open until May 2nd ✨
Presented by @oddsidearts
Curated @byyanaminah
Featuring artwork by @rachelkikulwe & @ellasprecision
🗓️ April 25th
📍Studio M (1672 Eglinton West)
⏰ 6pm-11pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY & Artwork will be for sale
🔗Link in bio to purchase artwork
#blackarttoronto #springhassprung #littlejamaica #blackdiaspora
Join us for a powerful night celebrating women in creativity, culture, and community 💜
📍 Studio M (1672 Eglinton Ave W)
🗓 April 25
⏰ 6:00 PM
🎟 FREE ENTRY
🎬 Film Screenings
To Sheba With Love & Up On Eglinton
By @montaguemasani
🖼 Gallery Exhibition: “What We Carry”
Curated by @yanaminah
Presented by @oddsidearts
🎶 Live Performances By:
@tiannathompson_@lady.fancy.face@jannettscottgarvey@xenturysam@divamagic45@constantjuliet
🌟 Launching the Jade Faith Music Grant by @jadefaith1 — supporting the next generation of women in music
Come through for an evening of art, music, film, and empowerment. This is more than an event… it’s a celebration of us. 💫
#Sistahfest #TorontoEvents #WomenInTheArts #FreeEventsToronto #SupportWomenArtists
@findinnico@allirolle and @queenkukoyi are still sitting with how powerful the @verseandvisualexpressions showcase was ✨
To witness participants bring poetry and visual collage together in such a moving way… It was honestly incredible. Huge love to @articulately_jasmine and @shellymgrace for creating such a meaningful space for artists to grow and share.
We’re especially proud to see folks we adore, step into their brilliance on that stage. We are ever inspired by @oddsidearts collaborators like @eloyatheocean@sagal.duale and @jevonicarus who we got to watch transform the stage.
We are so grateful to be in community with all of you 💫
#VerseAndVision #OddsideArts #CommunityArt #BlackCreatives #ArtAndPoetry
✨ Meet the Artists of MEND ✨
These are just a few of the 6 incredible people who will be exhibiting at the Community Showcase!
Join us as this incredible cohort shares works reflecting on healing and joy in an event made by and for community.
The showcase is an amazing opportunity for community leaders and local organizations to show support for queer and trans artists in the GTA!
See more details below:
📍 TMU Student Learning Centre
📅 Saturday, March 14, 2026
⏰ 1PM – 4PM
Please note, this event will be filmed for a mini-documentary. Guests who prefer not to be filmed can opt out using stickers provided at the event.
We’re excited to see our community show up and show out!
RSVP via the link in bio!
#torontoart #torontoartists
✨ Celebrating Sade’s First Solo Exhibition ✨
Over the past four years, Sade has been developing a deeply personal thesis project dedicated to building a relationship with their late grandmother Margaret Nagaur as an ancestor.
This exhibition marks Sade’s first solo show and we’re so proud!
📍 Ada Slaight Gallery
2nd floor (past Ignite Gallery)
100 McCaul St, Toronto
🗓 March 25–30
🎉 Opening Celebration: March 26 | 6–9 PM
🗣 Artist Talk: 7 PM
Sade will be in the gallery daily from 1–5 PM, so come by, experience the work, and connect with the artist.
Come celebrate this beautiful moment with us!
#OddsideArts #OCADU #ThesisExhibition #TorontoArt #FirstSoloExhibition
@apanakitemitayo and I popped into the @textilemuseumofcanada and honestly it was a whole vibe. Pattern on pattern on pattern and my brain was doing happy little dances the entire time. There is something about standing close to textiles and noticing all the tiny details, the colours, the textures, and the stories that sit quietly inside them. I kept finding little moments that made me pause and just appreciate the care and imagination behind the work.
It was also really nice sharing the experience with someone who enjoys getting curious about these things as much as I do. Good company, beautiful textiles, and lots of little sparks of inspiration along the way. 🧵✨
#TextileMuseum #TextileArt #PatternsEverywhere #ArtistInspiration #CreativeDay MuseumVisit ArtAndCulture TextureAndPattern TorontoArts ArtistLife
