
Multi-faceted Toronto artist Tamar Ilana embraces the world—musically, linguistically, and with her flamenco footwork
Ilana sings in 20 to 22 languages, but she says that’s only possible because her ancestors survived intense persecution.

Ilana sings in 20 to 22 languages, but she says that’s only possible because her ancestors survived intense persecution.

Babetido Sadjo plays Marie, a resident of southern France who is haunted by her past in Our Father, the Devil.

Women in Animation Vancouver’s ACE [Animation Career EXCELerator] program aims to address gender inequality.

Playwright, artist, and cultural facilitator Nikki Shaffeeullah maintains that “art should disrupt the status quo.” On her website, she also declares that art should “centre the margins, engage with the ancient, dream of the future, and be for everyone”.

Teh, who is based in Toronto, cowrote three of the five songs on Sammy Jackson’s Juno-winning “With You” EP.

Canadian interdisciplinary artist DZI..AN has an open heart, which has been forged by a very unusual life journey. In an interview in the Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, she reveals that she lived with many different families by the time she turned 18.

One of Vancouver’s most anticipated theatre shows, Fairview, charts new territory by having two directors of different races and genders.

TAIWANfest is exploring historic ties between the East Asian nation and the Netherlands, which Tsao researched for decades.

Jen Yi-Lin will speak at TAIWANfest Toronto and Vancouver TAIWANfest about the National Palace Museum’s incredible collections.

Chen, a Toronto-based artist, has created a self-portrait for a TAIWANfest exhibition called It’s Me and Wǒ.










Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.