Celebrating Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, beginning at 5:30 PM EST, a private celebration of my new solo Project T-Dot art exhibit at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport took place in the airport terminal’s atrium, which was remarkable considering that flights were arriving and departing at the airport during the event.
Art Bash! 2023
On Thursday, September 28, 2023, I attended the Art Gallery of Ontario's (AGO) annual fundraiser, Art Bash!, for the first time.
ComplexCon 2023
Last week, beginning on Saturday, November 18, 2023, I attended ComplexCon for the first time in Long Beach, California, specifically at the Long Beach Convention Centre.
World Mental Health Day Festival 2023
Last week, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, I attended the second annual World Mental Health Day Festival in New York City, specifically at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, through an American mental health non-profit organization I have collaborated with for the last three years, Project Healthy Minds.
Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2023
On Saturday, August 5, 2023, I attended and documented the largest street festival in North America, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s Grande Parade, which many Torontonians and others worldwide often call the Caribana parade.
Socality And Canon Creator Lab’s Sail Into Summer: A Toronto Creative Experience 2023
During the evening of Friday, June 30, 2023, I attended Socality and Canon Creator Lab’s second Sail Into Summer event.
Ashanti At TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2023
On Sunday, June 25, 2023, after missing her performance at Nelly’s first Hot In Herre festival in Toronto despite covering it, I had the good fortune of documenting Ashanti’s performance at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, otherwise known as Toronto's International Jazz Festival, thanks to the Toronto Downtown Jazz Society, a Canadian registered charity, and TD.
The First Hot In Herre Festival
On Saturday, June 24, 2023, in collaboration with the good people at Festivals of Vaughn, I documented the first Hot In Herre festival, which took place at Toronto’s spacious Downsview Park.
Canadian Music Week 2023
During the winter of 2008, after documenting an event at the El Mocambo in Toronto for Project T-Dot, my documentary project on Toronto’s hip-hop culture, community, and history, my longtime friend and colleague Neil Donaldson, also known as Logikal Ethix, recommended that I apply to cover Canadian Music Week to meet potential colleagues and clients in some of the industries that I wanted to be established in, and to document American and Canadian hip-hop culture (and other musical cultures).
Feeling To Healing: A Creator’s Journey To Better Mental Health
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, I was part of a fantastic panel entitled Feeling To Healing: A Creator’s Journey To Better Mental Health, produced by the Henry’s Foundation in partnership with CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, which took place at Henry’s new location at 185 Church Street in Toronto.
The First Indigenous Hip-Hop Symposium
On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, I had the honour of speaking as part of a panel for the first Indigenous Hip-Hop Symposium, an event at and via the Art Gallery of Ontario, thanks to my thoughtful and innovative AGO colleagues Audrey Hudson, Richard & Elizabeth Currie, Chief, Education & Programming, and Charlotte Big Canoe, Program Curator, Indigenous Projects.
Socality And Canon Creator Lab’s Toronto Creative Experience At OBJX Studio
On Sunday, January 22, 2023, I attended the last half of Socality And Canon Creator Lab’s Toronto Creative Experience at OBJX Studio via Canon Canada to support my colleagues and clients, to interact with and learn from the fantastic community that Socality has created, and to practice my photojournalistic skills.