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Wouldn’t our neighbourhoods be better if we just had more trees? That’s the question the Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF), in partnership with the City of Toronto, want residents to ask themselves when they see its new public art campaign, Imagine a Greener Toronto. “We’re basically reaching out to Torontonians and asking them to imagine a greener Toronto,” said Janet McKay, the executive director of LEAF. She said the concept behind the art that people will be seeing is to catch their attention with “something that seems different, or out of place.” “It’s meant to draw the eye and at the same time get them to think, ‘Yeah there could be more trees in the city...wouldn’t it be amazing if more trees were popping up?’” she said. The campaign, which launched Oct. 3, will run for next two weeks with various tree-inspired public art popping up around the city, including at TTC stations, McKay said. The campaign’s first public art installation is on the wall of the Parkdale Community Centre, 75
Parkdale musician screens music video at arts fest hiLARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com
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A public art campaign that will feature various tree-inspired public art popping up around the city includes the one on the wall of the Parkdale Community Centre, 75 Lansdowne Ave. The image is of a tree’s shadow created with chalk and created by a Toronto-based artist, who McKay said wished to remain anonymous.
Lansdowne Ave. The image is of a tree’s shadow created with chalk and created by a Toronto-based artist, who McKay said wished to remain anonymous. “The wall on the community
centre in Parkdale was a perfect spot and we were really happy with the way it turned out,” she said. “It’s a wonderful neighbourhood, it’s a neighbourhood
where we’ve done quite a bit of work. Obviously we’d like to do more engaging with residents there and green their neighbourhood.” >>>CAMPAIGN, page 11
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The 16th annual ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival kicked off yesterday and Parkdale musician Diem Lafortune will be screening the world premiere of her new music video Where Are All the Children? “The song is about the loss of innocence and the brutality that’s done to children all around the world,” said Lafortune, who also goes by the stage name of Mama D. Without giving too much away, Lafortune said the video follows the plight of children from here in North America to the Middle East. The ImagineNATIVE festival, which runs to Oct. 18, is the world’s largest Indigenous festival showcasing innovation in film, video, audio and digital media. Works from all across Canada and the world are showcased at this festival to reflect the diversity of the world’s Indigenous nations and highlighting the excellence of Native art and culture in contemporary media. Lafortune’s video will pre>>>LOCAL, page 11