Thread that Tangles but doesn’t Knot Kite Flying Event

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Join artist Yasmeen Nematt Alla on a journey of creation and reflection. On the final weekend of the Festival, in an open performance in Toronto, Egyptian-Canadian Yasmeen Nematt Alla will invite the public to come together in a one-time kite flying event. Through this community event, in which red kites may fail or soar, Nematt Alla will ask: “What does it mean to be a kite that never takes flight? What does it mean to materialize a kite that will never fly, despite an undeniable abundance of wanting, of reaching, of hoping?"

Guided by Yasmeen, participants are also invited to participate in optional drop-in workshops where they will receive the various components needed to piece together and design a kite that speaks uniquely to them.

Yasmeen Nematt Alla is an Egyptian immigrant and settler living in Tkaronto, Turtle Island. She has a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo and is an MFA candidate and a Gilbert Fellow at Cranbrook Academy of Arts. She has most recently exhibited at the Bronx River Art Centre in Bronx NY, Heaven Gallery in Chicago IL, and Xpace Cultural Centre in Toronto ON. She has previously been an artist resident at Haystack, Banff Art Centre, ACRE, STEPs Public Art, UKAI Projects, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, and HXOUSE Creative Think Tank. As an artist worker, she supports art organizations in creating accessible and anti-racist modes of communications in their day-to-day operations.

Thread that Tangles but doesn’t Knot Kite Flying Event by Yasmeen Nematt Alla is commissioned as part of Ontario Culture Days' Creatives in Residence series and presented in partnership with East End Arts, Toronto Public Library and 401 Richmond.

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Ontario Culture Days

The Ontario Culture Days Festival is an annual celebration of arts, culture and heritage taking place each fall across the province. Each year, we work with organizers of all disciplines to produce this province-wide festival. Organizers host programs throughout Ontario and invite the public to participate for free.

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