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.

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A Digital Campaign Powered By PATTISON Outdoor: Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

Since the first week of August 2024, a 15-second cut of the short film I directed and produced on my new solo Project T-Dot art exhibit at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has frequently been streaming, sometimes every minute, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, at hundreds of locations throughout the Greater Toronto Area, including but not limited to all Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) stations, and most of the highrise elevators in the Greater Toronto Area, thanks to a recent partnership I formed with the good people at PATTISON Outdoor Advertising.

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A Short Film On Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

My new solo Project T-Dot art exhibit at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, based on my 18-year-old documentary project on Toronto’s hip-hop culture, community, and history, has been open to the general public for approximately four months in the airport terminal’s atrium. I am honoured to share a short film on the exhibit that many skilled people contributed to.

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Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport On Citytv's Breakfast Television

When I first began learning about the art and science of photography and how to shoot and develop film using SLR cameras, first through the Toronto School of Art as a twelve-year-old among adults and soon after as a teenage visual arts major through the once highly competitive Claude Watson Arts Program at Earl Haig Secondary School, I was satisfied with sharing my work with my classmates, a handful of close friends, and my parents.

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The Media Event For Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, I woke up at approximately 6:00 AM EST to prepare for the media event on behalf of my new solo Project T-Dot art exhibit at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which showcases my 18-year-old documentary project on Toronto’s hip-hop culture, community, and history.

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Introducing Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

I am honoured and grateful to announce that Nieuport Aviation presents my second solo Project T-Dot art exhibit at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Proudly sponsored by Sony Music Entertainment Canada and part of the CONTACT Photography Festival’s 2024 programming, it is located past the airport’s underground tunnel, specifically in its terminal atrium.

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Hip-Hop Culture’s 50th Anniversary On CBC Radio's Metro Morning

Last Friday, August 11, 2023, was the 50th anniversary of hip-hop culture. I had the good fortune of being interviewed on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning about the momentous occasion, the impact of hip-hop culture on a global scale, Toronto’s hip-hop culture, Project T-Dot, which is my documentary project on Toronto’s hip-hop culture, community, and history, and other related topics. 

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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.

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