The informal gathering of people working in the arts and culture sector
Created and hosted by Heather L. Kelly and Menon Dwarka, monthly Global Arts & Culture Sector Meetup gatherings and the related Facebook group are for arts workers, artists, and culture professionals to meet informally, get to know each other, share ideas and information, discuss plans and priorities, ask input, discuss common issues, find and share resources, and spark partnerships and collaboration.
Formed in early 2017, the group was originally called the Toronto Cultural Leaders Forum. The name was updated and scope was expanded in summer of 2020.
The gatherings take place on the first Tuesday of each month, 5pm-7pm Eastern Time, always drop in, hosted on Zoom (until we can safely gather in person again).
Thanks to our guest speaker sponsor Adam Malcolm – IG Wealth Management, our spring 2022 meetups feature a culture professional who speaks for approximately 20 minutes, followed by a short interactive discussion.
The rest of the meetup is in 15 minute breakout room convos where you have a chance to meet and talk with different arts professionals each time, with main group gatherings between the breakout room sessions and for the last few minutes of the meetup.
February 2022Guest Speaker: Nina Lee Aquino, incoming Artistic Director of the National Arts Centre English Theatre.
March 2022 Guest Speaker: Parul Pandya, anti-oppression, decolonization, equity and inclusion educator, consultant, and the founder of Community Impact Consulting.
April 2022 Guest Speaker: Adrian Cho, founder of syncspace.live, a new platform that enables across-the-internet performance, rehearsal, and teaching in real time.
