iAM Artist Identity is a program designed to  help you anchor your creative practice with alignment and self-expression led by iAM Mentor Lorraine. Over eight weeks, we’ll uncover the anchors and references that serve as your personal north stars — the influences, values, and inspirations that keep you aligned to yourself.

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This program offers a space to experiment and explore how to manipulate both natural and studio lights to your advantage with iAM Mentor Tishan Baldeo.

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Verse & Vision at JAYU is an 8-week program for Black youth artists to explore collage and poetry as an intuitive, interdisciplinary practice. Working solo, participants dive into creative experimentation, translating ideas between mediums and discovering their personal style. The program concludes with a showcase where participants present one poem and one collage that reflect their journey, offering a glimpse of visual and poetic narratives shaped by curiosity and self-discovery.

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Learn how to turn your ideas into powerful visuals using Photoshop & Illustrator while developing your personal storytelling style led by iAM Mentor Justus Buenaflor.

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Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and funding provided by the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Trillium Foundation for helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and funding provided by the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Trillium Foundation for helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Join us for a workshop with CARFAC Ontario, the association of visual and media artists in Ontario, on understanding your rights as an artist and how you can advocate for yourself and your peers. Led by Flora Shum, CARFAC Ontario’s Artistic Director, we will take a look at professional industry standard practices.

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Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and funding provided by the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Trillium Foundation for helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Wednesday, July 23
6:30pm – 9:30pm
JAYU Studio

Join us for The Art of Mobilization, a workshop for equity-deserving artists, collectives, community organizers, resource mobilizers, and fundraisers working in community-based radical arts and social change initiatives 🌏

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Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

iAM Mural Painting is back in partnership with Black Creek Community Farm

📅 Thursdays, June 19 – August 7
⏰ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 The JAYU Studio & Black Creek Community Farm

This 8-week program offers young artists a space to learn and experience the fundamentals of mural painting led by Wenting Li

What You’ll Learn:
🎨 An understanding of colour theory when working with paint and spray paint
🖼️ The elements of composition for large scale artwork

PLUS:
💸 Receive an honorarium at the end of the program
👩🏽‍🎨 Collaborate with other artists to help create the mural!

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Join us for a community screening of King’s Court presented by SAD Collective and JAYU followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Serville Poblete and participate in a wellness workshop led by Meghan Yuri Young designed to reflect on the themes of the evening.

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King’s Court is a fast-paced look at friendship, family and the journey to manhood in modern society, This National Film Board short film blurs the line between documentary and fiction, immersing viewers in the raw emotions and struggles of two lifelong friends in Toronto’s Bleecker Street neighbourhood—one of Canada’s most diverse and densely populated areas. Through engaging, cinematic storytelling both on and off their favourite basketball court, we root for these inspiring young men in pursuit of identity and acceptance.

AGENDA
6:00pm - Doors Open

6:15pm - Film Screening Begins

6:45pm - Q&A Session with Filmmaker Serville Poblete

7:00pm - Wellness Worksop led by Meghan Yuri Young

About Serville Poblete

Filipino-Canadian filmmaker Serville Poblete lives in Toronto’s Bleecker Street neighbourhood, where he grew up with the two main participants in his new National Film Board short documentary, King’s Court, filmed in the same neighbourhood. His 2019 debut feature, Altar Boy—produced with Mark Bacolcol through New Radio Pictures—is currently streaming on Netflix. His second feature, Lovely, is releasing in 2025. Poblete’s series The Centre was selected for the 2024 TIFF Series Accelerator program and he’s now in post-production for his second short documentary, In the Morning Sun.

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Tita Nina's Community Care Presents:
A community market to uplift our local artists and vendors

Come shop local and celebrate the season with us! Discover handcrafted goods, cool finds, art, food, and more from your favorite local artists/vendors.

Music • Vibes • Snacks • Community
No registration required, drop in!

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Since the word home has existed, so has poetry about leaving it, longing for it and what it means to return. Poetry As A Homeland is a six-week workshop led by @zico_eg that will explore themes in this tradition of poetry on diasporic experiences, where poetry has served as a tool for refuge and survival.

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Looking to refresh your portfolio or LinkedIn profile? Sign up for a free headshot session with iAM Photography Mentor Tishan Baldeo on April 27.

💇🏽‍♀️ Arrive camera-ready with your hair and/or makeup done as you'd like
🎞️ Participants will receive two edited headshots for their use

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Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

This 8-week program offers young artists a space to experiment with photography and explore an array of techniques led by @_joyadeola

What You’ll Learn:
📷 How to navigate a DSLR camera & control exposure
🎨 Framing & composition techniques (rule of thirds, leading lines)
📝 Hands-on experience with creative prompts to bring your ideas to life
📖 How to capture photos that tell meaningful stories

No camera? No worries! We’ll provide one for you. Plus, food is covered at every session.

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Thank you Daniels Corporation for being a proud supporter of JAYU’s iAM Program and helping us provide young artists in the Brampton and Peel Region with the tools and space they need to create and grow 🌱

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Need a space to focus, create, and connect?

JAYU’s Studio is open for artists looking for a free, welcoming environment to work alongside like-minded creatives. Whether you're brainstorming, designing, or collaborating, our coworking space is here to support your artistic journey. Drop in and make it your creative home!

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts helping us create accessible spaces for young artists.

Tita Nina's Community Care presents: Mending Relations - the art of embroidery and a dialogue on repairing relationships with our mamas.

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Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or burnt out as an artist? Join us for a workshop designed to help you reset, reflect, and map out possible futures.

Through collage and journaling led by @pamelaloud we'll explore our ingrained attitudes toward abundance and identify the environments that help us thrive. We'll use personal reflection prompts on lived experiences to help you gain clarity and reframe your practice in a non-judgmental, supportive space with all materials provided.

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