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  CANADIAN CARIBBEAN PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBITION Beyond The Carnival Before The Carnival At Station Gallery   “Beyond the Carnival 5” is the latest exhibition of photographs of the Canadian Caribbean Photographic Arts Collective (CCPAC) and is now on at the Station Gallery in Whitby. The show of photographs by seven well known Toronto photographs opened early this month and runs until July 2nd.  This show, the groups fifth, features the work of Jenny Baboolal (pictured above),   Anthony Berot, Ian Grant, Horace Thorne, Peter  Faure, Gilbert Medina and David Lewis.  There are more than 60 photographs hanging in the gallery which is located in the Iroquois Park Sports Centre at 1450 Henry Street in Whitby. CCPAC was founded in 2017 by Anthony Berot and Ian Grant. Its objectives include exhibiting the photographic works of the collective and creating a legacy that highlights the excellent work of Canadian Caribbean photographers.Their work has been exhibited in Museums, Galleries and special

Art Show Opened Sunday - See It At City Hall

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Canada’s best Caribbean Canadian Photographers To Be Featured in City Hall Exhibition By Stephen Weir A new Toronto City Hall photography show isn’t part of this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival, but, the photographers who belong to the Canadian Caribbean Photography Arts Collective (CCPAC) couldn’t have a picked a better time or place to show revellers their award winning carnival inspired work. The free week-long exhibition,  Beyond the Carnival – A Photography Exhibition Edition 2  – will be hanging when the Toronto Caribbean Carnival has its very public noon-hour July 9 th  launch on Nathan Phillips Square, right outside of their exhibition!   The show will hang in the foyer of the Queen Street City Hall from July 7 to July 14. The artists will be available throughout the one-week run of the exhibition to talk about their work.    Last summer the group had a show at the Scarborough Town Hall as part of the annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival – this year the expo is complete

Carnival photographer Ian Grant part of downtown Toronto Group Show

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Amira Al Amary stands in the middle of her  Danforth Street galle Art of Black History Month extended March  By Stephen Weir Although the books on Toronto’s 2018 Black History Month closed yesterday, a Danforth Avenue art gallery will continue to celebrate for a few more days.  The Black History Month Visual Arts Exhibition will remain on the walls of the Areej Gallery until March 3 rd . The small, street level gallery is showing and selling photographs and paintings by six artists from Africa, Canada and the Caribbean.     All of the works on display explore different aspects of the Black experience from Ethiopia  to Canada to Grenada.   Grenadian carnival scenes by Ian Grant   You can’t miss the Carnival pictures taken by Grenadian Canadian photographer Ian Grant.   The framed pictures dominate one whole wall at the Areej Gallery. The dramatic pictures were taken in Grenada at the annual August Spicemas street festival.   Grant’s pictures are from both sides o