Lakeshore Arts

The world I want to see
2021-04-22 | Online
If there was one greener thing you would today, what would it be? Our Youth Climate Collective has combined some creative actionable things to make today greener. Watch and share this inspiring video created by 12 to 16 year old climate change advocates challenging each of us to make the Earth a World we want to see.
The youth have produced this video through a series of weekly mentorship workshops co-facilitated by Nick Sweetman, Graham Budgeon, and Eliza Martin. Through the sessions, they were guided in identifying what environmental issues speak to them most and how to address them through art activism. The youth brainstormed and developed together with the storyboard for the video, content, visual representation and where the video is to be shared. In just eight weeks they have acquired the skills of transforming advocacy ideas into actions and taking advantage of the digital space to do so.
LSA is proud to have witnessed this process and wishes all the mentees an impactful journey as creative climate change advocates. Make the Earth happy and greener today in their honour!

This program has been generously supported by Delta Bingo.

Animation PA Day Camp
2021-06-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | ON
We’re offering a virtual PA Day camp on Friday, June 4th, for campers ages 8-12. Campers will dive into the history of animation, learn fundamentals in drawing cartoons and the different styles of animations and comic books. ⁣Facilitated by illustrator and 3D artist BritneyCoates, campers will feel excited and confident to explore the style they like best while continuing to develop their overall drawing ability! ⁣

Animation part 1: History & Technique

Morning 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

In this workshop, students will be introduced to a brief history of animation in North America; a demonstration of basic drawing techniques; and an exploration of different cartoon styles.

Animation part 2: Anime/Mange Style

Afternoon 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

In part two, students will start with an overview of animation in Japan (known as anime), as well as its comic-book counterpart: manga. Afterwards there will be a drawing demo of the anime/manga style, with a talk on how it differs from North American styles. By the end of the day, students will feel excited and confident to explore the style they like best, while continuing to develop their overall drawing ability.

Sketches by Britney Coates⁣

Required Materials List (for participants to prepare in advance of the workshops):

Blank white paper (printer paper is great, so is a sketchbook. Avoid construction paper – the texture is too rough for drawing)Pencils (preferably HB, mechanical pencils are also good, but a regular graphite-surrounded-by-wood pencil is best)Pencil sharpenerPencil crayons (whichever colours you like)Pens (ballpoint pens and felt-tip pens are great, otherwise a fine-line marker)Optional: pad of sticky notes (Post-Its)

Spaces are limited. Register TODAY!

Meet the Facilitator

Britney Cotes

Britney has been an artist since she was a toddler drawing on the walls (much to her mother’s dismay). She grew up playing video games, watching Disney movies and anime, and eventually graduated from two animation schools before beginning her career as a freelance artist, and then as an artist for video games. Britney works as a 3D Generalist at a children’s media production company in Toronto, a wonderful city where she indulges her other great love: food. Brit and her partner run a small design company, Kitchensink Creative, and live together with their little rescue dog, Whisky.

PORTFOLIO: www.kitchensinkcreative.ca

Designing a Transportation Vehicle
2021-06-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom, Canada
Led by: Alejandro Rizzo Nervo & Cecilia Salcedo

Join us for the Designing a Transportation Vehicle workshop. We will create an opportunity to connect design thinking and hands-on making to reconsider how and why we move across the world. Using prompts, we will encourage participants to think imaginatively and out of the box, forgoing any preconceived ideas of how transportation and vehicles can function.

Material kits will be delivered to participants with all the necessary materials for this workshop, including tape, stickers, and construction paper.

Designing a Transportation Vehicle is part of the Transportation quad. This quad invites audiences to consider problems regarding transportation that are linked to national borders, such as mobility and tourism, through reimagining new forms of ethical human movement.

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Creating Your Desired Travel Document
2021-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, Canada
Led by: Ana Luisa Bernárdez & Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti

Creating Your Desired Travel Document will be a hands-on workshop that explores ideas behind travel, immigration laws, and borders and therefore, identity documents like passports, visas, and permits. Participants will then create their own desired travel document. This will be followed by a discussion where we collectively reflect on our creations.

Material kits will be delivered to participants with all the necessary materials for this workshop, including cardstock, construction paper and drawing utensils.

Creating Your Desired Travel Document is part of the Identification quad. This quad is focused around the imposed systems of Identity Documents as tools for surveillance and control. The quad reimagines other ways to identify our inner beings that are not focused on constructs such as our nationality, race or gender.

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Art funding loopholes for non-permanent residents in Canada
2021-07-21 19:00 - 20:30 | ON
Led by: Ana Luisa Bernárdez & Sebastián Rodríguez y Vasti

Securing funding for projects as a non-permanent resident can be tricky due to the eligibility criteria of most granting bodies. In this workshop we will discuss options and loopholes to find ways around these obstacles. There will be a presentation followed by a discussion, and participants are welcome to bring project ideas to brainstorm funding options together.

No materials are needed for this workshop, but participants will need a computer and access to the internet.

Art funding loopholes for non-permanent residents in Canada is part of the Identification quad. This quad is focused around the imposed systems of Identity Documents as tools for surveillance and control. The quad reimagines other ways to identify our inner beings that are not focused on constructs such as our nationality, race or gender.

While workshops are free and open to anyone in Toronto, space is limited and priority will be given to Etobicoke residents, newcomers, immigrants and refugees and people who experience barriers to accessing arts opportunities. All other applicants will be admitted on a first-come basis. Applicants will be notified about admission and receive a Zoom link by 5 days in advance of scheduled workshop dates. Information collected in applications is private and confidential.

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NOW LIVE!Desire(d) Paths participatory virtual exhibition. EXPLORE & PARTICIPATE!

Natural Dyeing
2021-07-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, Canada
Led by: Camila Salcedo & denirée isabel

Discover the magic of the natural world around you! This workshop will teach participants a few different natural dye techniques from dyeing to flower pounding with local plant materials. We will talk about the importance of buying locally, appreciating the lands we are on, and being conscious of our impact on the systems of global trades.

Material kits will be delivered to participants with all the necessary materials for this workshop, including natural dyes, flowers and fabric.

Natural Dyeing is part of the Importation quad. This quad invites audiences to learn about the life cycles of different imported and exported objects in relation to the environment and human labour, through reflecting on their personal impact on consumption.

While workshops are free and open to anyone in Toronto, space is limited and priority will be given to Etobicoke residents, newcomers, immigrants and refugees and people who experience barriers to accessing arts opportunities. All other applicants will be admitted on a first-come basis. Applicants will be notified about admission and receive a Zoom link by 5 days in advance of scheduled workshop dates. Information collected in applications is private and confidential.

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Explore and participate in Desire(d) Paths virtual exhibition

Writing a Letter to your Immigrant Self
2021-08-07 13:00 - 14:30 | ON
Led by: Alejandro Rizzo Nervo & denirée isabel

Using an interactive game-like approach, together we retrace our past selves as we journey back through time in the form of writing. We ask you to reflect on when you immigrated to your current home and the relationships you’ve developed between here and there, now and then while acknowledging the uprooting that occurs when relocating.

Material kits will be delivered to participants with all the necessary materials for this workshop, including origami paper and writing utensils.

Writing a Letter to your Immigrant Self is part of the communications quad. This quad raises concerns around the problems in our world to do with the ways we communicate with one another on an individual, community and institutional level, and also how we communicate with ourselves.

While workshops are free and open to anyone in Toronto, space is limited and priority will be given to Etobicoke residents, newcomers, immigrants and refugees and people who experience barriers to accessing arts opportunities. All other applicants will be admitted on a first-come basis. Applicants will be notified about admission and receive a Zoom link by 5 days in advance of scheduled workshop dates. Information collected in applications is private and confidential.

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EXPLORE AND PARTICIPATE IN DESIRE(D) PATHS VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Creating a Portable Memorial
2021-08-18 19:00 - 20:30 | ON
Led by: Camila Salcedo & Cecilia Salcedo

Creating a Portable Memorial will be a sensory workshop through which we engage the five senses to remember family members far away, or no longer with us. We will build our own sensory memory boxes via a series of activities from creating a digital collage to recreating objects with play dough, so that we can return to them whenever we are missing our loved ones.

Material kits will be delivered to participants with all the necessary materials for this workshop, including wooden boxes and sensory objects.

Creating a Portable Memorial is part of the communications quad. This quad raises concerns around the problems in our world to do with the ways we communicate with one another on an individual, community and institutional level, and also how we communicate with ourselves.

While workshops are free and open to anyone in Toronto, space is limited and priority will be given to Etobicoke residents, newcomers, immigrants and refugees and people who experience barriers to accessing arts opportunities. All other applicants will be admitted on a first-come basis. Applicants will be notified about admission and receive a Zoom link by 5 days in advance of scheduled workshop dates. Information collected in applications is private and confidential.

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EXPLORE AND PARTICIPATE IN DESIRE(D) PATHS VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Pie Auction
2021-10-06 05:00 - 18:00 | ON
LSA’s annual pie auction returns on Wednesday, October 6th as a virtual event, and it is not to be missed for all pie lovers. Bid on a delicious dessert pie or a savoury pie that eats like a meal, all created by residents, art lovers, and pastry chefs of the Etobicoke-Lakeshore community and beyond. Proceeds from the auctioned pies will go towards the amazing community arts programs we deliver to over 10,000 people annually!

Want to join our list of creative pie donors? Fill out this form before September 30th to register your pie!

Come, support the arts – it’s as easy as PIE!

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Wednesday, October 6thTime: 5:00pm Auction StartLocation: via Zoom

RSVP for the Pie Auction

LSA @ Celebrate the Caribbean MRKT
2025-07-12 11:00 - 17:00 | Mimico Square, 2445 lake shore blvd w, Toronto, Ontario, M8V1C5, Canada
Join Lakeshore Arts as we Celebrate the Caribbean with Local MRKT!

We’ll be at Mimico Square on July 12th, joined by artist Chason Yeboah-Brown, who will lead a FREE crochet bracelet activity!

About Chason Yeboah-Brown:

Chason Yeboah-Brown is a Ghanaian-Trinidadian, Toronto based self-taught textile sculptor, full circle doula and community worker. She is well known for her larger- than- life crocheted sculptures (some ranging between eight and fifteen feet tall) which have been exhibited at venues such as the Textile Museum and the Musée des Beaux Arts de Quebec, and at events such as Nuit Blanche Toronto. As a workshop facilitator she uses crochet as a tool for healing, connection and mindfulness. Having over twelve years experience working with youth, families and varying communities Chason’s works stands at the crossroads of art, education and collective healing.

Crochet Activity

Learn all the basics of crochet from start to finish! Create your own unique bracelet or headband with YOUR countries’ flag colour(s). Celebrate your heritage! Show off your work of art as you browse the rest of the MRKT and Celebrate the Caribbean!

DROP-IN - Drumming Class (@ LAMP)
2025-08-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-19 13:00 - 14:00 and 4 more dates | LAMP CHC, 185 Fifth St, etobicoke, Ontario, M8V 2Z5, Canada
Join the FREE Drumming Class at LAMP!

Feel the beat, build confidence, and connect with others through the joy of rhythm. Whether you’re new or experienced, all are welcome!

FREE class, but spots are limited!

Email: JasminD@lampchc.org or Erica@lampchc.org

Call: (416) 252-6471 ext. 308 / 257

REGISTERED - Write by the Water (@ LSA)
2025-09-17 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-09-24 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-01 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-08 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-15 17:30 - 19:30 | Lakeshore Arts, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W, M8V 1C4, Ontario, M8V 1C4, Canada
Write by the Water is an 8-part intensive writing workshop series for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) writers of all kinds, ages 18+, to explore new works or to fine-tune works-in-progress, in a safer and inspirational environment while being mentored by an industry professional. The program aims to explore varied and diverse approaches to historical narratives, considering how we may draw on our own memories to revisit these histories.

Each week participants will gather to strengthen writing skills, and share stories, led by professional writer, language enthusiast and arts-educator Jedidiah Mugarura.

Registration is now closed for this program.

Celebrate Diwali
2025-10-04 12:00 - 17:00 | Mimico Square, 2445 lake shore blvd w, Toronto, Ontario, M8V1C5, Canada
Join us for our 2nd Annual Celebrate Diwali Event on October 4th at Mimico Square! Co-presented with Reverse Karma and Local MRKT.

Join us for this community event and participate in the festivities, shop the local marketplace and find some gems.

All ages ▪︎ Free Activities

DROP-IN - Discover the Magic of Art (@ LAMP)
2025-10-06 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-10-13 13:30 - 15:30 | LAMP CHC, 185 Fifth St, etobicoke, Ontario, M8V 2Z5, Canada
Discover the magic of art with artist Nataliya Sydorenko! No experience needed, just bring your creativity!To register, please email Jasmin at jasmind@lampchc.org or phone 416-252-6471 ext 308.
