In just 3 short months, our team pulled this off a fantastic 1-day exhibit on Saturday, August 24, 2024 where we...
Empowered communities to explore mental health with 7 diverse panels
Featured over 20 pieces of mental health inspired art
Hosted 3 ARTivism Workshops for communities to start taking action
Engaged 16 artists and 20 panelists from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines
Our event organizers explored ways to make the event accessible by undergoing training by Canadian Accessibility Standards (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act). One example of how accessibility was implemented was mindfully accomodating needs for more frequent breaks which may be particularly helpful for people who are neurodivergent. Each panel was 20 minutes and spaced with 5 minute breaks. Not only did this provide individuals with the flexibility to come and go as they please, it also promoted organic conversation and community connections sparked by insights from panels.
At its core, each panel was unfiltered, raw, genuine and most of all, full of empathy. And we were so happy to see how this resonated with the community.
Here are some of the things they shared with us:
I'm honestly so inspired!
Thank you so much for this opportunity to reflect on my experiences
While there were definitely natural challenges that arose throughout the planning process, we are so appreciative for the beautiful opportunity we had to empathize and connect with the community, and celebrate the diversity of human experiences.
Want Universality to come back?
~ Hopefully again next year... maybe 😆
Our immense gratitude goes out to all those who made this event possible:
Panelists: Alanna Sethi (Founder & CEO),Yuyu Kitamura (Netflix Actress & Film Director), Tiffany Yin, Jessica Hulton (The New Normal Hong Kong), Zoe Li (Aeria Studio), Stephanie Ng (Body Banter), Sakshi Vasudev (Bampads!), Carmen Li (Optism), Alice Law (The Special Education Youth Association), Nikki Hunt (Design Intervention),Wincel Capiendo (wordswallowed), Dr. Julia Andre (Open Heart), Aaron Stadlin-Robbie (Talking Mental), Grace Cheng (AgeWhale), Minjin Gu (Pinocchio HKUST), Joanna Jang (ISSIA HK), Michelle Lee, Audrey Tsang
Artists: Lester Dellosa (CICCADA), Zoe Huang, Rani Wong, Mungaba Ng’uni, Amanda Cheung, Sophia Seoh, Juliana Kung, Wusoul, Grace Wang, Doris Lo, Yusuf Mohideen, Ken Gordon
Workshop Hosts: Nicole Chan (Artistic Communications Coordinator), Long Chiu, Jasmin Budhiraja
Volunteers: Alberta, Bowie, James, Michael, Riti.
& Everyone who came to support in-person and online from around the world 💛 ...
If you have any feedback or photos you'd like to share with us, please drop us a message, we can't wait to hear from you!
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