The Humble Leaf as Cushion and Vessel
As part of Ishtar’s International Network of Feral Gardens. The Humble Leaf as Cushion and Vessel Recipes Artists Basil AlZeri and Nahla Tabbaa of Orraisse (قريص) invite you to a culinary conversation and making...
SAVAC Community Picnic 2024
Saturday, June 8, 2024 1:00-4:00PMChristie Pits Park, Toronto We’re inviting the SAVAC community to commune with the sun, eat some snacks, play some badminton, and be together. SAVAC is committed to creating spaces that...
DOORS OPEN TORONTO
The Commons @ 401 Curation: to be here is to be affectedCurated by Kelly Lui and Kaitlynn Tomaselli42 Mins All Ages May 25, 2024Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, The Commons @ 4014th floor, 401 Richmond Street West10:00...
TRANS-PAKISTAN ZINDABAD (LONG LIVE TRANS-PAKISTAN)
Co-presentation with Mayworks Festival Register for zoom event 11 May 2024 12:00 – 2:00PM EST A Zoom performance and panel discussion exploring South Asian subaltern imaginaries—garden sculptures and folktales attached to them—that look within...
Ishtar’s International Network of Feral Gardens
An ancient Mesopotamian tale tells us about how fertility goddess Ishtar’s passing into the underworld rendered the earth fruitless. Hearing the pleas of barren lands, the gods agreed to split Ishtar’s time between the...
Postcards for liberation
Artists from Toronto and around the world have designed postcards in solidarity with Palestinian liberation! We’ve shared the print file below. Feel free to print as many as you like and share far and...
Hindutva: Hollowing Out
With the rise of right wing Hindu Nationalism (also known as Hindutva)in India and Canada, there has been a marked increase in intimidation, censorship, and hate acts aimed at Canadian artists who are seen...
Noni Kaur
SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) and the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities (CSACH) are pleased to welcome Noni Kaur as the winter 2024 artist-in-residence at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). Over...
Forbidden Images: art and resistance under occupation
Recorded on February 24, 2024 What role can art play in contexts of war, apartheid, and settler colonialism? What makes expressions of resistance and solidarity so powerful as to be heavily censored? For decades,...
