Meet the Jurors of our 37th Annual Juried Exhibition, ‘Chrysalis’
Scarborough Arts is back with our 37th Annual Juried Exhibition: Chrysalis. Scarborough artists showed up with a beautiful array of artworks spanning visual arts, photography, and writing that will be juried by Esmond Lee and Yolanda T. Marshall.
Yolanda T. Marshall
Yolanda T. Marshall is a Guyanese-born Canadian author. In 2015, after becoming a mom, Yolanda was inspired to write her first children’s book, Keman’s First Carnival.
Yolanda is also the author of, A Piece of Black Cake for Santa, Sweet Sorrel Stand, C is for Carnival and one of CBC’s best Canadian picture books of 2020 - My Soca Birthday Party: with Jollof Rice and Steel Pans.
Esmond Lee
Esmond Lee is an artist, researcher, and architect based in Scarborough. Lee explores long-term, intergenerational experiences of migration in peripheral and in-between spaces. He holds a Master of Architecture and is pursuing a Doctorate in Critical Human Geography. Drawing from these backgrounds, Lee examines identity, belonging, and nuanced cultural and political borders in the built environment. His recent works include two public art installations for Nuit Blanche Toronto in Scarborough and one at Malvern Town Centre for CONTACT Photography Festival. Lee has given talks and led workshops for organizations that include Neighbourhood Arts Network, Hong Fook Mental Health Association, Scarborough Arts, Scarborough Youth United, DesignTO, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. His upcoming projects include two photobooks, Below the City, recognized by the Burtynsky Grant, and another at the Woodside Square Library as the TPL Artist-in-Residence. Lee’s works are in the permanent collection of CAMH and UTSC’s Doris McCarthy Gallery.
This project is in partnership with The City of Toronto, Ontario Arts Council, and Delta Downsview.