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The Gathering Divergence
Multi-Arts Festival & Conference Spring 2024

June 4, 2024: Online
June 6-7, 2024: Nia Centre for the Arts & Online

The Gathering Divergence Interdisciplinary Festival & Conference (GDMAF/C) is a festival and conference with a specific focus on Indigenous, racialized, deaf, disabled and mad, women and other historically – marginalized arts communities. Held over 3 days, GDMAF/C features performances, literary readings, visual arts exhibition, panels, workshops and creative investigations from diverse practices.Held at Nia Centre for the Arts – Toronto’s newest multidisciplinary Arts centre.

Geared towards meaningful conversations, professional development, sharing strategies, it encourages divergence across arts practices and collaboration. This year’s theme for The Gathering Divergence Multi-Arts Festival & Conference SPRING 2024 | Visioning Canada’s IBPOC Artistic Transformation: Navigating Beyond Precarity Towards Stability.

Registration:
General Admission: $15 | Accessibility Pricing: $5
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View the schedule here: https://tinyurl.com/schedule-s24

For more information: Program Day 1 | Program Day 2 | Program Day 3 | Exhibition Booklet 

Featured Panels and Workshops

June 4 (Online) for more details  click here:
– Understanding Ontario Not-For Profit Act and IBPOC Organizations 
– Outreach for Grassroots Arts Organisers: Finding Resourceful Ways to Reach Participants
– Addressing and Visioning Beyond Precarity for the Arts

June 6 (Nia Centre for the Arts & Online)
– Impact of Technology on the Practice of the Arts
– Building Partnerships and Strategizing Desired Outcomes
– Art at the Heart: Sharing Strategies for an Equitable New Normal

June 7 (Nia Centre for the Arts & Online):
– CPAMO Operating An Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Arts Service Organization
– Exploring Activism and Advocacy: Why is it important in the Arts?

Plus performances! 

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CPAMO is supported by the Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario,  Canadian Arts Presentation Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, English Testing Canada, Barrett and Welsh, Sun Life and LeSage Arts Management.