Lakeshore Arts

Summer Crafts in the Park

It’s officially summer, and we’re celebrating with outdoor arts activities all summer long! Come...

Summer Crafts in the Park

It’s officially summer, and we’re celebrating with outdoor arts activities all summer long! Come...

Future Frequencies 2026

Future Frequencies is a creative writing & radio broadcasting program for youth ages 14-18. The...

Future Frequencies 2026

Future Frequencies is a creative writing & radio broadcasting program for youth ages 14-18. The...

Donate @ Mimico Arts Jam

Having a great time making art? Consider making a donation to keep the creativity...

Meet the Muralist - Curtia Wright

We’re so excited to announce the upcoming mural at 2372 Lake Shore Blvd. W....

Mimico Arts Jam

Join Lakeshore Arts at the first annual Mimico Arts Jam festival! We’ll be at...

Mimico Arts Jam - June 20th

Join Lakeshore Arts at the first annual Mimico Arts Jam festival! We’ll be at...

Q Summit: Poetry Showcase (@ Tranzac)

Join us for Q Summit Poetry Intensive’s annual showcase on Thursday, April 30th! This...

Paper & Cardboard Arts (@ LSA)

Explore Paper & Cardboard Arts at Lakeshore Arts! Starting on May 2nd, artist facilitator...

Wheels on Parade! (@ Crossroads Theatre)

Pushmakers is excited to collaborate with Lakeshore Arts for Wheels on Parade, supporting wheelchair...

Art Integration (@TCH Islington)

Join Carmen Ocampo for the new series of our Art + Wellbeing program, presented...

Stitch & Hang: Embroidered Wall Art (@ LAMP)

Join Khadija Aziz for her new course Stitch & Hang: Embroidered Wall Art, presented by...

Write by the Water - Poetry & Prose Showcase

Join us for a Poetry & Prose Showcase from our Write by the Water...

Crimson & Craft: Seniors Art Connect - Exhibition Reception

Join us at the opening reception of our upcoming exhibition, featuring the completed works...

Artists in Practice: Training in Community Arts Facilitation (@ LSA)

This six-week program is designed to support emerging artists, arts & culture workers and...

Carmen Ocampo Velázquez (She/They) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, and psychologist originally from Colombia. Her experience centers 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).

Aisha (she/her) is a youth advocate who uses storytelling and art to amplify young people’s voices in civic and community spaces. She is a member of the Canadian Center for Cultural Diplomacy and the King’s Trust Canada Youth Council, where she helps bring youth voices into community conversations and decision-making. She also represented young people in a range of community and leadership forums.

Aisha completed governance and leadership training with Fora Rise on Boards and is joining Lakeshore Arts to contribute to community-based arts initiatives. She is committed to using creative expression to help build more inclusive and connected communities

Akshat Jhaveri (he/him), working in the financial services industry for almost a decade. His ability to connect, communicate and understand the needs of clients is his true passion. Outside the finance world, you might catch him shooting hoops on the basketball court, taking a swim, or hitting the road with a smile while driving his car (blasting music). With a mix of financial smarts and a love for life outside the office, Akshat brings a well-rounded energy to everything he does.

Francis Tomkins (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice includes animation, collage, zine making, and workshop facilitation. They have a BFA in Cross-Disciplinary Arts: Publications from OCAD University and have worked within the arts and accessibility sectors at Tangled Art + Disability, StopGap Foundation and Toronto Queer Film Festival. Their work has been featured by Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS), RestFest Film Festival, and Arts Etobicoke. Francis is passionate about how art can be used to create and sustain connected communities.

Renu Indapurkar (she/her) is a Toronto-based portrait artist whose love for art began in childhood, inspired by her grandfather, a painter and art teacher. Growing up around his practice and teaching, art became an integral part of her everyday life and a natural way for her to express and connect with the world.

She works across mixed media, oil, watercolour, oil paint and coffee painting, and specializes in portrait art. For the past five years, Renu has been running her small business RK Artworks, creating commissioned pieces that celebrate people and personal stories. More recently, she launched Live Wedding Painting, where she paints live at weddings, capturing meaningful moments as they happen.

Twenty-five years ago, Charlotte founded Wuthering Bites, a café on the Lakeshore in Mimico that focused on the arts and community. With a diverse background in teaching, research and advocacy, and a passion for writing and visual art, Charlotte is thrilled to now be working with Lakeshore Arts as they launch exciting new initiatives for our South Etobicoke neighbourhood. She is especially thrilled to have a unique opportunity to focus on engagement and programming for seniors.

Annie Katsura Rollins (she/they) is a community arts worker, researcher, and puppetry artist. Finding a sense of much needed belonging in community theatre as a young person, she pursued understanding this feeling of connectedness through the arts with degrees in performance (BFA), theatre performance, direction, and puppetry (MFA) and finally a study in traditional lineages of folk puppetry in China (PhD). She concurrently tested this understanding through over 20 years of professional work in art education, facilitation, and community building.

Since moving to Toronto in 2017, Annie has worked in the community arts sector and co-founded and co-curates with Concrete Cabaret, Toronto’s only experimental puppet slam. Annie is a professor in the University of Connecticut graduate certificate program in puppetry arts. She believes that having the arts in our everyday lives is no longer a luxury but a necessity.

Sin Tung (Steffi) Ng (she/her) explores the complexities of Asian immigration experiences through curation, writing and photography. Interweaving these three artistic practices, Ng seeks to build site-specific exhibitions, public programs and installations that amplify marginalized voices and make space for joyful encounters across diverse cultures. Her works have been featured at the DesignTO 2025, Xpace Cultural Centre, Unit 270 and the Graduate Gallery.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sin Tung/Steffi is currently based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her recent interests include AI image-making of demolished architectures, long-distance friendships and Japanese city boy fashion.

Revital Weiss is a queer Jewish arts worker who believes in the transformational power of the arts. Revital works with artists to develop socially-minded arts programming for marginalized communities. She also advocates for opportunities for emerging artists, particularly BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+ folks, and incarcerated/formerly incarcerated people. Revital has co-curated and supported arts projects at Neilson Park Creative Centre, the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, FENTSTER Gallery, and King Heritage and Cultural Centre. Revital holds a Master of Museum Studies. In a past life, Revital was an urban planner.

Summer Crafts in the Park

Summer Crafts in the Park

Future Frequencies 2026

Future Frequencies 2026

Donate @ Mimico Arts Jam

Meet the Muralist - Curtia Wright

Mimico Arts Jam

Mimico Arts Jam - June 20th

Q Summit: Poetry Showcase (@ Tranzac)

Paper & Cardboard Arts (@ LSA)

Wheels on Parade! (@ Crossroads Theatre)

Art Integration (@TCH Islington)

Stitch & Hang: Embroidered Wall Art (@ LAMP)

Write by the Water - Poetry & Prose Showcase

Crimson & Craft: Seniors Art Connect - Exhibition Reception

Artists in Practice: Training in Community Arts Facilitation (@ LSA)

Carmen Ocampo

Aisha Sidiqi

Akshat Jhaveri

Karen Kew

Francis Tomkins

Renu Indapurkar

Charlotte Sheasby-Coleman

Kadeem Parchment

Annie Katsura Rollins

Steffi Ng

Revital Weiss

Sherry Pom Foreman