Born and raised in Nanjing, China, Jingshu is a writer, artist, and museum professional based in Toronto. Jingshu’s writing focuses on the intersectionality of identities; common themes include food, migration, immigration, language, and queerness. Storytelling Sessions combine modes of conventional interpretation with artist-led, narrative, and embodied responses to the artworks and artist projects.
Image credit: Jingshu Yao. Photography: Shirley Yue.
Program
Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle
Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity! Schedule: 12:30pm: Meet inside Pamila Matharu’s installation, tere naal _ with you (2024), where Jingshu and Siki will start their tour of the exhibition, highlighting a selection of artworks and artists to inspire the following writing […]
October 6, 2024, October 13, 2024, October 20, 2024, October 27, 2024, November 3, 2024, November 10, 2024, November 17, 2024, November 24, 2024
12:30pm – 2:30pm
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Storytelling at 32 Lisgar
At our third Biennial, local multidisciplinary artists have been commissioned as Storytellers to develop participatory sessions informed by their personal insights and experiences of the city and will lead visitors through the exhibition artists’ installations, research, and perspectives. They will offer both booked and drop-in walks and conversations to intergenerational audiences regularly throughout the duration […]
November 30, 2024, December 1, 2024
10:00am – 6:00pm
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Storytelling for Newcomers with Jingshu Yao
2024 TBA Storyteller Jingshu Yao and emerging historian returns to offer special storytelling sessions for ESL Learners in English. These arts-based Storytelling workshops invite newcomers in Toronto to engage in artmaking and conversations about immigration, sensory memories, and community building. Each of the 3 workshops will centre one sensory element.. The sensory and art-based pedagogy […]
November 14, 2026, November 21, 2026, November 28, 2026
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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