Join us for the Gathering Divergence Multi-Arts Festival & Conference Winter 2024: Supporting IBPOC Creatives in the Arts through Professional Development Workshops are on FEBRUARY 15, 1-4pm online via Zoom.
We are excited to support the PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT of artists / arts organizations in the sector. We are offering our upcoming workshops based on the response to our survey. The selected topics are: Social Media Marketing and Sourcing Grants.
Tickets are $5-$12. Otter closed captioning will be provided.
Meet our facilitators:
Social Media workshop:
Alleah Erica Clarke is a Business Strategist and Development Coach who founded AJ Cultured, a rapidly growing organisation that provides a wide range of services for small business owners. She is a business developer that holds a portfolio of companies including Culturnique, a full-service and digital design firm, and Alcreance, a bookkeeping and accounting firm. Having been a solopreneur herself, she understands the responsibilities and struggles of solopreneurs that strive to see their visions through. AJ Cultured and its sister companies allow Alleah Erica to guide solopreneurs to where they want to be, help propel their organisations to higher heights and newer sights, hold businesses accountable for their growth, and ultimately influence change. Alleah intends to create a powerhouse of small business development assets and organisations, becoming a facilitator and agent of change in business, culture, art, and community.
Brand: www.alleahericaclarke.com
Companies:
www.ajcultured.com
www.culturnique.com | @culturnique on all Social Media
www.alcreance.com | @alcreance on all Social Media
Sourcing Grants workshop:
Nicole “Nico” Taylor (she/her) is a performance and digital artist, curator, and scholar with a Master of Arts from Concordia University. She is also the co-founder and co-lead of Oddside Arts, a not-for-profit cultural arts organization that merges art, technology and wellness. Through her work at Oddside Arts, she has contributed to the creation and curation of exhibitions, public art projects, STEAM programming for youth, and cultural events centering Afro Diasporic communities.
Learn more by visiting: Website: www.oddsidearts.ca
Instagram: www.instagram.com/oddsidearts
CPAMO is supported by the Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Arts Presentation Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, English Testing Canada, Barrett and Welsh, Sun Life and LeSage Arts Management.
Jessica Singh is social development professional with 15+ years of experience in arts and community engagement. She is an Oxford graduate with excellent evidence-based research and documentation skills. She has been writing grants for artists and arts and culture organizations and has raised $2 million+ single handedly through government grants at municipal, provincial, and federal level. She was recently on the grant review committee for Canada Council for the Arts. Jessica is the Founder and Director of Logic Lane Consulting Inc. She currently serves on the board of North York Arts and Council of Agencies Serving South Asians and has had the opportunity to work with organizations like the World Bank, Plan UK, Credit Suisse, GIZ, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, US Department of State, Centre for Social Innovation, TedX Toronto and Plan International Canada.
Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) 
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