WEDNESDAYS: 6:45 – 8:15 PM
July 30
August 6, 13, 20, 27 
at Social Art Studio Space, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto

with Dianah Smith

This workshop is part of the Won Lee Community Arts Hub’s 2025 Summer Programs — a pilot series for Deaf and disabled, 2SLGBTQ+, and BIPOC artists.

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP:

In a world where Black people are often bracing against multiple forms of violence, do you long for a space to rest, restore and write? In this workshop series participants will co-create a community to hold, uplift and nourish each other using storytelling as a focal point. 

All are welcome. You do not have to be a writer to participate in this workshop. Sharing your writing will be encouraged but always optional.

Please confirm access needs, including ASL-English interpretation, by contacting Karen at kaugustine@accessarts.ca.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

Dianah Smith (she/her) is a Jamaican-born, Ottawa-raised writer, teacher and arts educator based in Toronto. A winner of the 2023 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize celebrating the Best of Canada’s New Black Writers, she has been published by University of Alberta Press, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, and the Centre for Policy Alternatives.

The founder of ‘A’ is for Orange, a reading series/incubator for queer emerging writers of Caribbean descent, she says writing is a way to grieve/retrieve the past, make sense of the present, and leave a legacy for the future. 

Links:

• Instagram: @dianahsmithwrites

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