Welcome To This Place:
Toronto
Since 2016, MABELLEarts has been inviting neighbours—including many newcomers and refugees newly settled in the area—to Broadacres Park, a park located in Toronto's West Mall neighbourhood. Through July and August, MABELLEartists and Community Leaders welcomed Etobcioke residents and local partners including the Arab Community Centre of Toronto and North York Community House to create art, cook together over an open fire, and artfully explore Broadacres Park. On August 25th, artists, musicians, First Nations knowledge keepers and community members of all ages and backgrounds transformed the Broadacres Park into a bustling night market, and welcomed over 200 guests and artists from across the country.
Artistic Team
Leah Houston, Artistic Director
Shifra Cooper, Assistant Artistic Director
Karen Kew, Managing Director
Rozeta Aleksov, Leadership Coordinator
Christen Kong, Project Coordinator
Featured Artists
Waleed Abdulhamid • Melanie Fernandez-Alvares • Aria Evans • Faten Toubasi • Marianne Alas • Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone • Hussein Janmohamed • Alejandra Nunez • Jamee Valin • Julia Tribe • The Gather Round Singers with Daev Clysdale • Juliet Palmer • Lieke van der Voort
MABELLEarts Summer Team
Azka Choudhary • Sonya Zhang • Ikram Gedi • Omar Jibril • Nuha Johar • Osama Jibril • Farah Jibril • Nada Johar • Ava Macanowicz • Tenzin Noryagal • Tasmeen Syed • Tauhid Syed • Michael Burtt • Kyoung Kim • Rakefet Arieli • Fadwa Ghanem and the Mabelle Cooking Circle
Volunteers
Pat Austin • Johann Fisch • Madina Cure • Chaz Guerrero Bartlett • George Habib • Muna Hagi Ali • William Jackson • Perminder Kaur Mehta • Nour Nasr Sarada • George Nejmah • Bernadette Shuman • Aragson Ahmed & over 1000 community members from Etobicoke!
Community Partners
Arab Community Centre of Toronto • Rexdale Community Health Centre • North York Community House • City of Toronto Homelessness Initiatives and Prevention Services • Jumblies Theatre • Making Room Community Arts • Community Partners
Funders
Canadian Heritage • Ontario Trillium Foundation • Toronto Arts Council • Toronto Arts Foundation/Arts in the Parks • Ontario Arts Council • Canada Council for the Arts • The Propeller Project (Toronto Pearson) • The W. Garfield Weston Foundation • Service Canada • Cultural Human Resources Council • Theatre Ontario
