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Building Your Artistic Voice With Bilal Baig

 

This is a workshop geared towards emerging artists who have questions about how to enter the next chapters of their careers with a clear sense of artistry, and how to develop different streams of income and opportunity to support the art-making process. In this workshop, Bilal will share their ideas and strategies on: deepening connection to artistic self, navigating relationships with decision-makers and producers, and getting the most out of mentorship. Participants will analyze an effective artist statement and will also be given space to ask Bilal questions in a Q&A period.   
This free workshop has been created for queer and trans BIPOC artists living in North York and Toronto. If you identify outside of these intersections and would like to attend, send us an email to be placed on a waitlist and we’ll let you know if spots become available.
 
Attendance Policy
Please let us know well in advance of a session if you have to cancel your participation. If you are a no-show, your spot will be opened to the waitlist and you forfeit your ability to pre-register for available slots next season (Winter 2025).
Please note that registration does not confirm attendance in the program. You will receive an email if you were selected to participate OR placed on the waitlist.
Stiching the Sacred

Date: Saturday, November 2nd

Time: 1-3pm, Virtual 

Where: Zoom

Price: Free

Due to overwhelming demand, registrations are now closed.  Thank you to all who have registered. Sign up to our newsletter to be first to know about upcoming programming!

Program Lead: Bilal Baig

BILAL BAIG (they/she) is a writer and actor for stage and screen, as well as a workshop developer and facilitator for art-focused non-profits. Baig’s published works include their first play, Acha Bacha, and an anthology of monologues they co-edited for queer/trans actors titled This Is Beyond. Baig was a co-creator, executive producer and lead in their Peabody Award-winning series, Sort Of. Baig received the Canadian Screen Award for comedy writing and performance, as well as a Gotham Award nomination for performance in a new series. Baig has facilitated creative writing and playwriting programs for trans artists, BIPOC artists, and trans youth including: Trans Gemmes (2019-2020), Paprika Festival’s Playwrights Unit (2019-2023), Being Me (2023—), and Dialogue Dolls (2023—).

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