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L-R: Esi Edugyan, Angie Thomas, M. NourbeSe Philiip Compelling characters, confident craftsmanship and de*p meaning: these Nurse looks for in a really good book. And as part of our winter season of programs centring the perspectives and experiences of Black female authors who are making waves on the literary scene. Read the rest of this entry » known as Coco Framboise, realized her braided hair made her stand out from her peers. Years later, she’s celebrating that difference with for artists of colour in Toronto, he leaped at the opportunity to create one. Enter Blank Canvas emerging and marginalized artists. Now, three years later we’ve partnered with Blank Canvas for a six-week program of FREE After Three include everything from grant-writing and financial literacy to photo editing and DJing. exhibition by Canadian-Maroon artist Winsom, captivates your senses. Inside this new two-room exhibition filling the south end of the J.S. incredible large-scale multimedia installations of photography, sculpture, painting and more that explore themes of freedom, resilience, renewal and African spirituality. Read the rest of this entry » Edward Burtynsky. Mushin Market Intersection, Lagos, Nigeria, 2016. Mural, 304.8 × 609.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. © 2018 Edward Burtynsky. Through powerful images of plastic-filled landfills, mas*ive coal impact on the planet. Visitors to the exhibition told us they were inspired to ask: what can I do to help the Earth? Although the there’s a line many visitors hesitate to cross. It’s an invisible line cutting diagonally across the gallery floor, anchored on either end by two low steel sculptures affixed to the floor. Even without eyes, these minimalist silhouettes have an unmistakably canine work by Toronto-born artist John McEwen is on view now on Level 2. Read the rest of this entry » The AGO is the place to be this winter for creative 14–25 year-olds. Starting this month on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, FREE After