The Insights Discussion Series - TRIUMPHS: A Conversation with Former Child Soldier, Musician, & Refugee Activist Emmanuel Jal
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As a complement to the Mandela exhibition at Meridian Arts Centre (formerly the Toronto Centre for the Arts), The Insights Discussion Series highlights our own human rights issues and the local activists currently fighting for the betterment of us all.
Curated by Timea Wharton-Suri and hosted by Garvia Bailey, the four discussions will be offered FREE to the public with registration.
About Timea Wharton-Suri
Timea Wharton-Suri is an arts and entertainment professional with twenty years' experience directing dance productions, cultural programs, and arts education projects that are accessible to a broad range of communities. She is a programmer and producer of dance, multi-arts and literary events; an arts management consultant; and an advisor to arts organizations. Timea earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance from York University, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Arts and Media Management Graduate Diploma from Schulich School of Business. She performed for several years with dance companies such as Ballet Creole and Ronald Taylor Dance before opening a dance/fitness studio – one of the first that now proliferate in urban centres. In addition to producing three of her own choreographic works, Timea produced four larger-scale entertainment presentations in Toronto and the Caribbean. While working as a programmer and producer at large, she is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Dance Media Group, an Artistic Advisor to Dancemakers Centre for Creation, and a funding advisor to the National Arts Centre's Creation Fund.
About Garvia Bailey
Garvia Bailey is inspired and driven by the power of sharing our stories. Stories are where art meets activism, where the personal embraces the political. For over 20 years her focus as a journalist, interviewer, educator and pundit has been on serving those who seek out beauty, meaning and connection through well-told stories. Most recently, she told the story of jazz and the colourful musicians who inhabit that world as host of Good Morning, Toronto on JazzFM.91 - Jazz and the Arts. Before that, she spent 10 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as an arts journalist/producer and broadcaster. While with the CBC, Garvia served as the host of a variety of radio programs, including Big City Small World and Canada Live, as a columnist for Metro Morning and as a contributor at cbcmusic.ca, CBC Television, and as a producer on the documentary programs Global Village and Outfront.
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