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Residents and clients at St. Stephen’s Community House in Kensington Market can now enjoy the benefits of an undulating blue wave, which will keep them cool and dry. The community hub, which offers youth, seniors, settlement, employment, housing and a host of other services, has long served the community’s most vulnerable residents. While the building’s interior serves a multitude of purposes, the exterior was sorely underutilized. “We want to have amenities for people outside – benches for seating, flowers – but the sun’s a bit unforgiving,” said St. Stephen’s Community House executive director Bill Sinclair. “At one of our meetings, one of our service users said we needed an umbrella or an awning out >>>ST. STEPHEN’S, page 2

Regent Park artwork features local faces JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The road into Regent Park is now a little more welcoming with the addition of a series of

portraits of those who call the neighbourhood home. Artist Dan Bergeron created the portrait series, dubbed Faces of Regent Park, installing them in the new park across

from Daniels Spectrum late last week. The large laminate glass pieces features mixed-media portraits of a dozen Regent Park residents, highlighting the community’s diversity.

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St. Stephen’s residents and clients are driving force behind design >>>from page 1 there so the space could be used.” With support from a private donor and the City of Toronto, the centre was able to install a new canopy, dubbed the Blue Wave. While local architecture firm Sustainable.TO was commissioned to implement the concept, St. Stephen’s residents and clients were the driving force behind the canopy’s design.

“We went to Sustainable. TO because they’re famous for involving people in their designs,” Sinclair said. What ensued was an eightweek mentorship program in which St. Stephen’s clients used physical and digital models to test out different options and visions before settling on the Blue Wave concept. The new canopy is a large, wavy blue piece of fabric which offers shade

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just outside the building’s front entrance on Augusta Avenue. “We needed a shade structure out there because the sun is strong,” said St. Stephen’s Community House resident

Reginald Hamilton. “Now we have a place where we can sit down, relax and stay cool.” Hamilton said the creative process was truly collaborative, with participants each offering their own takes on what they would like to see. “There were a lot of ideas, and in the end we combined the best parts of all our ideas into the Blue Wave,” he said. Savannah Lavallee, who

uses St. Stephen’s’ youth services, said the ability to work with both physical and digital models made the entire process immersive and fun while catering to different skill sets. “Some people liked the 3D (digital) models, but I’m not good with computers so I worked best with the physical models.” Councillor Joe Cressy, who attended the Blue Wave’s offi-

cial unveiling ceremony on May 14 said the feature will serve as a great addition. “St. Stephen’s has a great street space, but it’s too hot during the day,” he said. “This will better serve the community and it really animates and brings new life to the street here.” For more information on St. Stephen’s Community House and the programs it offers, visit www.sschto.ca

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CIRCUS FESTIVAL A visit to the circus: Left, Mother Goose shares a moment with Emma Rosenfarb during the International Circus Festival at the Harbourfront Centre on Sunday. Below, Carissa Foster gets her face painted. Right top, Zero Gravity Circus’ crystal ball juggler Lacey Williams performs. Right bottom, Melody Dang, right, gets framed along with Lu the clown. Far right, comic juggler Darren Bedford, right, gets Zayn Somani, 3, into the act. Photos/PETER C. MCCUSKER

Groove & Graffiti allows students to express themselves JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Central Technical School students have a new mural at the school’s Borden Street exit thanks to a special partnership with the TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The festival runs an outreach program dubbed Groove & Graffiti, which teaches students to translate the creative world of music into visual art. Toronto graffiti artists Mediah and Elicser led a two-day workshop with Central Tech’s Graffiti Club, the culmination of which was a 10-foot-by-40-foot mural just inside the school’s Borden Street doors. While the students were given free reign with their design, they were given some guidance when it came to themes. “We were asked to paint

something that applies to a problem we see in our school,” said Grade 10 Central Tech student Zachary Shillolo. “We all noticed that there are a lot of people walking around with their heads down, not looking at the world around them.” The design shows a trio of youngsters distracted by their phones or otherwise looking downward. They are painted in grey, while the background around them is a cornucopia of colour. For some of the students, the program served as a crash course in graffiti art. “I personally didn’t know much about graffiti, but I learned how to do lettering, characters and fill,” Shillolo said. “The hardest parts for me have been doing all the tight lines and trying to get the shading right. Luckily, we’re using spray paint, so if something doesn’t come out

just right, we can always do it again.” The Graffiti Club is run by a former Central Tech student who goes by the name Luvs 1. He said the art form allows students to expand their skill set. “There are a lot of basic elements that go into it, but it really shows students how to express themselves artistically through the lens of hip hop,” he said. He noted the club aims to highlight graffiti as something beyond the illegal tagging that gives the entire art form a bad rap. “I definitely don’t encourage anything illegal,” he said. “It’s about encouraging students to explore art.” Graffiti artist Elicser has been doing outreach to students for 11 years, and noted Toronto’s graffiti culture has grown immensely in that time.

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Central Technical School Grade 10 student Zachary Shillolo helps create a mural at the school last Thursday.

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ists turn many buildings and walls in Toronto into personal canvases. “When it was just tagging, mothers wouldn’t allow their kids to get into this, but then

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they see Banksy getting $1.6 million for one of his pieces and suddenly it’s good for little Petey to get into this,” he said. Elicser noted the growing acceptance of graffiti art is a double-edged sword. While he laments the fact it has become commercialized in many cases, with many corporations co-opting the art form in a bid to appeal to younger, more urban audience, he knows graffiti artists will adapt. “Graffiti started as a way to bomb the system,” he said. “Now we go inside the system and bomb it.” Groove & Graffiti is part of the TD Jazz Festival’s programming. The festival runs from June 18 to 29, with some 350 concerts taking place at 40 locations.

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Gardiner debate must address costs The debate over the future of the Gardiner Expressway could turn out to be a very interesting discussion about the future of Toronto. It is odd that it should be: after all, we’re just talking about 1.7 kilometres or so of concrete, and the bit of roadway that is currently suffocating underneath. Toronto is so much more than the connection of two highways, and really, whether the city spends $900 million to rebuild the thing on a new configuration or about $400 million to rip it all down doesn’t make for a hill of beans in Scarborough or Etobicoke or North York. It is not a big part of the city. But it has become a big part of the debate about the city all the same, and when Toronto politicians start to talk about it… it gets emotional. Indeed, it got so emotional last week that when Toronto’s public works and infrastructure committee was faced with making a

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Dozen residents are featured in artwork >>>from page 1 at a launch event for both the panels in Regent Park and an associated art project in Daniels Spectrum. “Usually, when you see large portraits in public – on billboards, for instance – it has to do with advertising and not the regular people you see in the community every day.” For subject Jacob Sukhra, 11, having his face out there in Regent Park has been a fun experience. Less than a day after the installation went up, he heard from friends, classmates and family members who saw his picture in the park. “I like getting compliments and it’s cool to know my face will be there forever,” he said. “It’s a really nice project and it was fun to do.” Faces of Regent Park highlights 12 residents, which Bergeron photographed before applying patterns and textures to their faces. Those colourful patterns bring an added vibrancy to the works. Graffiti tags that

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Bergeron spotted in Regent Park have also been incorporated into the panels. “These people are like the gatekeepers to the neighbourhood, and the tags are from Regent Park as well,” the artist said. “Markmaking like (tagging) gives a sense of energy here. It’s all about the people living, working and moving around the space.” Bergeron said capturing the essence of a neighbourhood as diverse as Regent Park posed a challenge. He had many subjects volunteer to be part of the project and had to pick and choose which to profile. “I wanted it to be diverse, but I didn’t want to go with an exact breakdown,” he said. “I didn’t want to say ‘I want to pick this one, but I already have someone from

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this background.’” In the end, he went with gut instinct while also making a point of including a wide cross-section of cultures and ages. Fellow subject Ines Garcia was so touched when she saw her portrait, which features the names of her children, that she burst out crying. “I’m so happy with it and I think it’s a really unique way to look at the people in Regent Park,” she said. “People who walk by who know (the subjects) will feel closer to the neighbourhood.” In addition to the six large double-sided panels in Regent Park, distressed wood panels featuring Bergeron’s Faces of Regent Park will be on display in Daniels Spectrum at 585 Dundas St. E. until June 24 as part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival.

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Trek for Teens Day supports homeless youth Special fun fair set for Saturday JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Hundreds of teens from across the Greater Toronto Area are getting set to take part in an Amazing Racestyle challenge through the streets of downtown Toronto to raise awareness for homeless youth. The event, hosted by the Trek for Teens Foundation, will see teams of youth take on a variety of challenges in the city. It will start and end at Nathan Phillips Square, which will be home to a special fun fair. Trek for Teens was founded by University of Toronto grad Michael Bazzocchi, who wanted to give teens a chance to make a difference in the city while pursuing their passions. “It’s essentially a not-forprofit that raises funds and awareness for homeless youth

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The joust is one of many events taking place during Trek for Teens at Nathan Phillips Square.

by encouraging young people to use their talents in things like music, fashion, athletics and dance,” he said. For the race portion of Trek for Teens Day, participants will be given a “passport” they will have to get stamped at various locations throughout the downtown core. To earn stamps, they will have to complete specifics tasks. “At one place, they might have to go through a labyrinth, at another they have

to build a makeshift shelter, or do a song and dance,” Bazzocchi said. Participants will be asked to collect pledges in order to participate, with funds raised going toward charitable organizations such as Covenant House, Horizons for Youth, and Youth Without Shelter. Since its inception in 2007, the organization has brought in some $25,000 for those groups. While the race is geared

toward teens aged 13 to 19, the fair at Nathan Phillips Square will provide challenges for younger kids in the 12-to14-year-old age bracket. The fair will also feature bouncy castles, karaoke, jousting platforms, food vendors, information booths and more. The event will culminate in a concert featuring local talent in front of City Hall. “We have eight different youth bands who have won preliminary competitions for a chance to perform on the stage,” Bazzocchi said. “It’s the best of the best of Toronto’s youth talent.” T h i s y e a r’s e v e n t i s expected to bring out some 300 youth, and Bazzocchi hopes it becomes the biggest and most successful Trek for Teens Day to date. Trek for Teens Day 2015 will take place at Nathan Phillips Square from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 23.

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Sikh Day Awareness: Top photo, Ajaypal Singh, left, ties a turban for Luca D’Amato while Max Singh, left, plays a nagara during Sikh Awareness Day events at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday. Photos/WILLIAM MEIJER

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