Arts and Culture Curator
Designing and producing arts and culture projects guided by community building, social integration, cultural celebration and self development. Stewarding an Arts Exchange experience between Kenya and Canada to connect my creative worlds.
2026 Projects
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Join us for a premier arts and culture policy round table on May 29 at Jamii Hub, The Esplanade - Toronto.
This round table is an invitation for artists, arts workers, leaders of creative institutions to understand why policy matters just as art-making and why we should be active participants.
It will have panel conversations, focus group discussions and peer engagement.
The creative sector runs on your shoulders and your voice needs to be driving the governance of this sector.
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A relaxed creative experience where you work on handmade crafts using provided materials. Whether you are a pro at handmade crafts or have never tried crafting, this community event is open to you. Past activities were mini-journals and decorative wall frames.
The sessions are accompanied with story sharing guided by a particular theme. We’ve shared stories on “But you are still here” and “Have you met you?” themes.
This event uses creativity and community for enhancement of mental health and personal well-being, relationship building and giving adults a pause in the buzz of life.
Gratitude to JAYU for hosting the first and second edition that gave 21 people a chance to craft.
Let’s bring this social to your community, event, organization, party, get-together. Contact here.
Craft Social - Mini Journals photos by Hassan Ng’eno.
2025 Projects
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Co-curated with Chealsea Laria, this afternoon of storytelling brought together Afrikan immigrants to share their journeys, empower each other, make community. Keynote stories, communal story sharing, crafting and journalling centred the experience. Made possible by in-kind venue support by White Board Collective, and presented as part of Culture Days (annual arts and culture celebration across Canada)
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Designed a month-long presentation of daily art workshops curated under the theme of being grounded.
Led by mostly Afrikan, Black and immigrant artists, these workshops added cultural and social integration to the Esplanade community.
Curated for Jamii Esplanade as part of their community arts hub activation series.
Artists on project:Tap Dance by Elise McGrenera
Creative Writing by Damilola Olajire
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo book discussion by Glodeane Brown
Sewing by Anita Boey
Visual arts therapy by Seema Anwar
Crochet by Abi Akinlade & Nyokabi Muchuku
Southern Africa traditional celebration singing by Brian S. Moyo
Saturday open house with performances by R&B singer-songwriter Kajé, pianist Saksham Singh, and violinist Albert Amponsah
2024 Projects
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Facilitated beading and crafting in line with the theme of Roots, bring cross-cultural audiences to use beading in conversation about self, finding meaning and placemaking. Presented as one of the community arts activations alongside music, dance, storytelling.
Curated by artist Ashima Limitless, presented at Scaborough Museum. -
Led weekly creative writing workshops inspired by Afrikan storytelling elements and culture. We used riddles, proverbs, mini-stories, rythmatic signs and story emphasis to share personal stories and build a practice of writing for expression.
Stories were presented at a final community open house alongside music, dance and celebration.
Delivered under the theme “Motherland” in honour of Afrikan arts and culture.
Curated by Waleed and produced by Jamii Esplanade
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Craft workshops during a newcomer arts festival produced by Andrea Emberly and Nadeen Abu Shaban as part of postgraduate research projects.
Presented in 2022 at Artscape Daniels Spectrum and 2024 at York University.
2023-2019 Projects
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Wrote the script of this theatrical shadow puppetry performance of a young girl seeking home in the streets of the Esplanade. It united historical stories and modern day experience of this vibrant Toronto neighbourhood.
The final show was also merged with music and dance, presented in the park to 400 community audiences!
Produced by Jamii Esplanade
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Story reporting to capture this vibrant annual children’s festival that includes performing acts, music, dance, stilt walking, theatrical shows and crafts.
Read the full article here
Produced by Jamii Esplanade
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Crafts facilitator and social media content manager of this community choir for Syrian and other refugee/ newcomer children.
Worked on summer camps, after-school programs, community gatherings to engage both children and their families through art activities.
Produced by CultureLink Settlement Services.