Bi+ Arts Festival Activity Book

BI+ ARTS FESTIVAL

AC T I V I T Y

BO OK COLOURING, GAMES, BRAIN TE ASERS OH MY!

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COLOURING BY ALYSSA PISCIOTTO 10 PUZZLE FUN 18 ALL ABOUT ME 20 POETRY WRITING PROMPTS 22 SOLUTIONS (NO PEEKING!) 26 WHO WE ARE

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DE A R F RIE N D S, We hope you enjoy this activity book: a space for kids and kids-at-heart to play and celebrate between the binaries. Enjoy colouring, spot the difference, crosswords, and other fun games!

You're invited to our bi+ slumber party. Please consider checking out the artists who have graciously volunteered their time and skills in compiling this book. Happy Bi+ Visibility Day! Love & Glitter, Your friends at the Bi+ Arts Festival The Bi+ Arts Festival is an annual celebration of bisexual / bi+ visibility, culture and history.

We seek to connect bi+ audiences and artists/authors, to challenge bi-erasure and biphobia in the arts, and to create safe spaces for learning, imagination, and creative expression.

Our featured artists embrace many different non-monosexual identities, including bisexual, biromantic, pansexual, panromantic, m-spec, omnisexual, ace/bi, polysexual, fluid, 2Spirit and queer (and others). All are welcome as audience members.

Your donations go directly to support our artists and can be made at http://www.biartsfestival.com/donate/

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ME, MY FRIEN DS & CHOS EN FAMI LY!

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POETRY WRITING PROMPTS HOW TO WRITE BLACK OUT POETRY Starting with a selection of pre-written text go through and select words to create your story/poem. Once your words have been selected black out the remaining words so that only your chosen words are left visible.

HOW TO WRITE DADA CHANCE POETRY Taking an existing block of text cut out each word individually and place them in a bowl.

Shuffle the bowl and start drawing words at random, assemble the words into nonsensical poems.

HOW TO WRITE MODERN CHANCE POETRY Starting with a prompt word or phrase, use the predictive text on your phone to start writing a poem. Hitting the centre word suggestion each time to add the next line of your poem. Feel free to lightly edit your work to help flow while reading.

HOW TO WRITE A 10 WORD POEM Using a prompt word or phrase write a poem with only 10 words.

WRITING PROMPTS First kiss Dancing Self-expression Acceptance Embrace Love Heartache/heartbreak Winter/spring/summer/fall Discovery Self-love.

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WHO W E ARE Catherine Jones is a Toronto-based photographer and collage artist. In addition to collage, she makes short animated films about bisexuality, surviving trauma, and chronic illness. She is devoted to building bi+ community through the arts.

Notable projects include a collection of wearable art for “Mad Couture” at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2012) and FAT Arts & Fashion Week (2013), and a retelling of The Red Shoes for “Beneath the Surface,” a virtual exhibit for TTC commuters. She has exhibited in Toronto, Hungary, Ireland and New York City.

Instagram: @pricklycactuscollage @biartsfestival Website: etsy.com/pricklycactuscollage

Alyssa Pisciotto is a queer artist living in Toronto but is originally from LaSalle Ontario. She is a painter and textile artist who also enjoys making zines and printmaking. Her favourite subject matter involves around kitsch, camp and nostalgia. Her favourite foods are pizza with mushrooms and vermicelli with spring rolls.

Instagram: @that_glitter_chick_ @queer_zine_archive_ Website: www.alyssaPisciotto.com

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Sheila Penton (She/her) is the pansexual owner of Online-EA, an Executive Assistant services company based in Mississauga. She thrives on adding joy to the lives of small business owners by taking the worry of administrative matters off of their mind. When she's not at her desk you’ll find her dancing her way to the nearest pizza shop.

Instagram: @sheila.penton @dancewithsheila Website: www.online-ea.com

Jay is a queer and whimsical unicorn who uses his imagination to stir up creative things. He creates children’s books and is a training expressive arts therapist. Jay believes that art, social justice, and healing are connected, which he cultivates in his art workshops and community support work.

Insta: @jaybryanart FB: /jaybryanart Web: jaybryan.art

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