Carmen Ocampo Velázquez (She/They) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, and psychologist originally from Colombia. Her experience centres on healing, identity, and social change through collaborative engaged art. Drawing on a clinical psychology background spanning over 30 years, she catalyzes creative processes that foster individual and communitarian resilience and empowerment. Carmen holds a Master’s in Environmental Studies and is the founder of Matiz Project, a transdisciplinary collective harnessing the transformative power of art to deconstruct social narratives and reclaim collective voices. Currently, she serves as an Art & Wellbeing Facilitator and Board Member at Lakeshore Arts (LSA).
REGISTERED – Write by the Water 2026
September 30 @ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Back in its eighth year, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) creative youths and adults, ages 18+, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.
This year, we once again welcome writer, language enthusiast and arts-educator, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator.
Each in-person session, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page.
Who is this program for:
BIPOC Creative Writers: authors, playwrights, poets, rappers, singers and writers of any other medium, ages 18+.
Location:
Lakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park.
Program Cost: Free!
This program will be capped at 15 participants.
If you require more information or help with this registration, please contact Revital Weiss, Programs Manager, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca