Join artist, educator, and TBA 2022 Storyteller Melly Davidson for listening and learning activities in High Park.

Occurring simultaneously with Tanya Lukin Linklater’s open rehearsal program entitled With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds. (We are held), this program introduces Tanya’s new TBA-commissioned Mobile Arts Curriculum (MAC) learning resource, which explores High Park’s Black Oak Savannah. Participants will be led through prompts and activities drawn from Tanya’s MAC tool, which focuses on close looking, sensory and embodied learning, and attunement with nature to learn about Indigenous knowledge systems and stewardship of the land.

Note:

  • This program is drop-in between 1:00 and 4:00pm. Registration is not required.
  • MAC Tools will be available on site.

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Interested in more programming in High Park?

From Thursday, September 19 to Sunday, September 22 (1:00 to 4:00pm, daily), Tanya Lukin Linklater and dancers will be conducting a series of drop-in performance-based open rehearsals in and around the Coach House at Colborne Lodge in High Park. We welcome visitors to sit and watch these rehearsals, and observe the processes that Tanya and dancers work through while in High Park. For information about this multi-day Program, please visit the What’s On page or “Related Programming” below.

Image credit: Melly Davidson leading a Storytelling Session. Photo courtesy of TBA.

Date

September 21, September 22

Time

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Colborne Lodge and the Coach House are wheelchair accessible. Please note that parts of High Park are not and may present mobility challenges.

Part of this program takes place outdoors and is thus subject to environmental factors like sun exposure and brightness.

Part of this program takes place outdoors and is thus subject to environmental factors that produce loud and/or complex sounds.

Part of this program takes place outdoors and is thus subject to environmental factors like strong and/or notable smells.

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A photograph of Melly Davidson standing on a stage. She is wearing a black and red baseball cap, a black t-shirt, and a white frilled skirt with black boots. She has long curly hair. She is holding and looking at a piece of paper, a microphone in front of her. In the background are amps, a drum set, and a guitar. A light blue light washes over the image.

Artist Bio

Melly Davidson

Melissa (Melly) Davidson is a poet, educator, and multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto, and a 2022 TBA Storyteller. Her work can be found in Arc Poetry Magazine, Metatron Press, Pigeon Pages, and Silverfish Magazine. Melly facilitates poetry based arts programming with local organizations for queer youth. They’re interested in distorting the relationships between what is considered silly vs serious, and profane vs sacred. Melly’s current process is informed by collaging, screen recording, “pocket trash” collecting, and big time collaboration.

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Related Programs

Two dancers, lisa nevada (left) and Emily Law (right), are on the floor, crouched in the middle of a movement. lisa has one knee on the floor, her body is tilted, and hands are open reaching towards the sky. Her head is tilted upwards similarly. Emily also has her head tilted upwards, with her body leaning sideways with her hand propping her body up for support. They are both wearing black clothing, joggers and hoodies. They are outside in a wooded green area, underneath a wooden gazebo.
21
Sep

With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds. (We are held)

Your Timing is Perfect: Moments and Movements of Inquiry  |  Performance

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

High Park - Colborne Lodge Coach House
11 Colborne Lodge Dr, Toronto, ON

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21
Sep

Storytelling at 32 Lisgar

Storytelling  |  Family Friendly, Storytelling, Talk, Walk, Workshop

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

32 Lisgar St and Park
32 Lisgar St, Toronto, ON M6J 0C7

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