DEAF SPECTRUM
DYNAMIC. DIVERSE. DEAF.
AWARDS
2017: First Place Winner, ArtWorksTO Youth Pitch Contest 2017, Toronto, ON
2016: Outstanding Achievements in Social and Health Services, LGBT Youthline, Toronto, ON
FESTIVALS
2020: Director, “The Two Natashas” Sound Off Festival, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton, AB.
2018: Actor, The 39th Rhubarb Festival, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, ON.
2018: Actor, Sound Off Festival, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton, AB.
2016: Panelist, “Deaf Writers,” Naked Heart Literacy Festival, Toronto, ON
EXHIBITIONS
2018: “Deaf, what?” Tangled Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015: “The Clouded Mind,” Crip Interiors, Toronto, ON
THEATRE & PERFORMANCE
2020: Deaf Performance Night, Bricks & Glitter, Toronto, ON.
2020: Creative ASL Theatre Sessions, Deaf Spectrum/InsideOut Theatre, Canada
2020: The Two Natashas: Livestream, Deaf Spectrum, Toronto, ON
2020: The Two Natashas: Our Life in Guyana, Sound Off Festival, Edmonton, AB.
2020: ASL Cabaret Toronto, Toronto Poetry Slams, Toronto, ON.
2019: Queer Storytime in ASL, Naked Heart Festival, Toronto, ON.
2019: Deaf Performance Night, Bricks and Glitter, Toronto, ON.
2019: ASL Cabaret Toronto, Voices of Today Festival, Toronto, ON.
2019: Dragging ASL to Pride, Buddies In Bad Times, Toronto, ON
2018: Performer, Gems & Minerals, Diane Borsato, Toronto, ON
2018: “Deaf That!”, Rhubarb Festival, Toronto, ON.
2018: “Deaf That!”, Sound Off Festival, Edmonton, AB.
2017: Drift Seeds, Red Dress Productions, Toronto, ON
SHORT FILMS
2020: Creator, “Deaf, what? Digital Originals,” Docuseries, Canada.
2018: Creator, “Deaf, what?” Documentary, Toronto, ON.
2017: Creator, “My Local Government,” City of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
PROJECTS
2020-2021: Deaf Interiors, Deaf Arts Series, Creative User Projects and Tangled Art + Disability, Canada.
2017: “Deaf, what?” photograph exhibition and documentary, Tangled Art + Disability
WORKSHOPS
2020: Creating Sign Language Magic, Sound Off Festival, Edmonton, AB
2019: Creating Sign Language Magic, SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto, ON
2018: Deaf Jam Poetry, Paperhouse Studios & XYZines, Scarborough, ON
2018: Safer Spaces for LGBTQ* Youth, Little Hands Big Message Conference, Niagara Falls, ON
2017: Deaf Inclusion in Theatres, The Study, Ottawa, ON
2017: Inclusive Deaf Theatre, Reclaiming Our Bodies and Minds Conference, Toronto, ON
PANELS & CONFERENCES
2019: The Good Host, InsideOut Theatre, Calgary, AB
2018: Awakening Deaf Theatre in Canada, Seeing Voices Montreal, Montreal, QC
2017: Republic of Inclusion, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
2017: The Study, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
GRANTS
2021: Recipient — Canada Council of the Arts, “The Two Natashas,” Digital Originals
2020: Recipient — Canada Council of the Arts, “Creative ASL Theatre Sessions” (in Partnership with InsideOut Theatre)
2020: Recipient — Canada Council of the Arts, “Toronto ASL Cabaret.” (in Partnership with ASL Cabaret)
2019: Recipient — Community One Foundation (in partnership with Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf), “Dragging ASL to the Community.”
2018: Recipient – Community One Foundation (in partnership with Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf), “Dragging ASL to Pride Revival.”
2018: Recipient – ArtWorksTO, Community Crisis Response Program
2017: Recipient – ArtWorksTO, My Local Government
2017: Recipient – Community One Foundation (in partnership with Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf), “Healthier Selves, Healthier Relationships, Healthier Communities”
2016: Recipient – Ontario Arts Council, Art & Materials Support for Deaf Artists and Artists with Disabilities