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YOU’RE INVITED! Join us for the Zoom Opening Reception of the 20th Anniversary of Being Scene! THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 7 PM FREE PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT: bit.ly/BS21opening* Workman Arts’ annual Being Scene exhibition is back for its 20th anniversary! Going digital for the first time, Being Scene 2021 will be offered virtually and includes three exhibitions in one: a guest-curated exhibition of 11 commissioned artworks titled To Speak Without Speaking, and a juried exhibition of 60 artists, a retrospective exhibition honouring the 20th anniversary of Being Scene. Please join us on March 4 at 7 PM for the Zoom opening reception, which includes a discussion with Executive Artistic Director Kelly Straughan, Workman Arts founder, Lisa Brown and To Speak Without Speaking guest curator Jacqueline Kok. Being Scene 2021 exhibition will be available to view online as of March 4 at BEINGSCENE.WORKMANARTS.COM *Only one registration needed per houshold/device #workmanarts #beingscene2021 #virtualartexhibition #speakwithoutspeaking #madartists (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxR5-Mg9Gs/?igshid=1l01k6ope5csm

Numb is my journey to describe the feeling most Black, Indigenous and Brown people experience while trying to find their humanity in the midst of a global traumatic experience. The devastation of losing loved ones to this virus was the equalizer in regards to humanity's losses though it still couldn't humanize the grief, loss, tears and misery that was being felt by Black, Indigenous and Brown people even as they lost loved ones to COVID. Our racialized bodies within the worldwide lens were the low-hanging fruit for white privilege challenged by the feelings of anger, resentment and rage due to the inconvenience of the pandemic, quarantines and the safeguards. Our bodies were collateral damage for the fragility of white rage which had nowhere to hide under the ever-present eye of social media. So this feeling of numbness slowly seeped in along with capitalist organizations and society doing the perfunctory proof that they are not racist in ads and in social media campaigns. Numb, we stitch ourselves back together holding on to mere threads of ourselves while we navigate anti-black and systemic racism in the time of COVID. #Numb #speakwithoutspeaking #workmanarts #beingscene2021 #virtualartexhibition #Alexithymia #apanakitemitayom #shopapanaki #apanakitemitayom #madartist #trinidadianartist #canadianartist #artistoninstagram (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLiGVNVA02m/?igshid=mgp8vuoytrmg

Still have to finish off Numb and gluing the felt background to the embroidery pieces. Hopefully, I will get this piece done and finish off the fabric work and put on the hardware. #Numb #speakwithoutspeaking #artinprogress #workmanarts #beingscene2021 #virtualartexhibition #Alexithymia #apanakitemitayom #shopapanaki #madartist #trinidadianartist #canadianartist #artistoninstagram (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLalJo-AOVd/?igshid=aydsgw69dbiq

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In all seriousness though yes yes yes I am definitely taking you up on that offer haha

like a shortbread crust thing, then cream cheese stuff, then fruit in/on jello. aka heaven

I want Hinajosa as a teacher I think but I dont want to take the ap test hahahaha

But I think it might be because I was looking at a mirror that was not flattering because I switched to another one and everything was much better