2023

Panel Speaker – Artist Q&A for QueeriAHcity, Rose Theatre Brampton, ON
Discussed creating original animation for QueeriAHcity, and the realities of making work as an experienced queer artist of colour returning to Brampton’s growing queer community after 15+ years of Toronto-based arts survival.

2022

Panel Speaker – Creating Art-Related Income, Toronto Public Library, ON (Virtual)
Spoke on generating art-related income as an independent artist with a decade-long practice; navigating the shift from independent maker to gallery-represented artist then returning to independent practice by choice.
Presented as part of Su-Ying Lee’s TPL Artist in Residence program.

Panel Speaker – Artist Market Q&A, Brampton Arts Organization (Virtual)
Consulted with BAO around planning and jury considerations for the Brampton Artist Market 2022.

Panel Speaker – Artist Q&A for Ghosts Don’t Have Passports, SummerWorks, Toronto
Discussed the process of making original animation for Ghosts and performing live intuitive drawing during the production.

2021

Guest Speaker – Meditation & Intuitive Artmaking Workshop, STEPS Initiative & BAO Brampton, ON
Spoke about the role of mindfulness within creative labour and institutional arts work; facilitated a grounding meditation for STEPS’ internal wellness team.

Participating Speaker – Brampton Performing Arts Focus Group, Bespoke Collective, Brampton, ON
Invited contributor to early planning conversations for the Rose Theatre’s 5-year cultural vision. Shared insights on Brampton’s evolving visual landscape alongside 8–12 other local artists.

Guest Speaker – 2SLGBTQ+ Artist Residency, BAO Brampton, ON
Presented on professional arts practice and sustaining a creative career as a queer artist of colour.

Artist Spotlight – It Gets Better Canada
Interviewed about navigating LGBTQ+ community, internal process, and sociopolitical contexts as an independent artist living with mental health challenges and systemic barriers.

2018

Panel Speaker – ZIPE Artist Salon, Paperhouse Collective, Toronto Art Book Fair, Toronto, ON
Discussed cultural productivity, sustainability, and expanding the margins of a self-directed practice as an artist of colour working in Toronto.

Panel Speaker – Creating Care, Project x40c, Toronto, ON
Spoke on community-building, care work, and tattooing as a relational practice within inner-city arts contexts.

2017

Panel Speaker – Growing Room: Room Magazine’s 40th Anniversary Festival, Vancouver, BC
Discussed artistic process, sociopolitical realities, and queer femme experience in Canada, alongside reflections on creating Room Magazine’s 40th Anniversary cover.

2016

Panel Speaker – Edition Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
Spoke on self-publishing and collaborative practice alongside Jesjit Gil, Jenny Gitman, Merray Gerges; curated by Nasrin Himada.

Panel Speaker / Book Launch & Signing – Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
Discussed new work and process for the monograph SPRAWLING HEART, published by 2DCloud (Minneapolis), distributed by Consortium Press.

2015

Workshop Series Co-Presenter – MAEBELLEarts at Jumblies Theatre, Toronto, ON
Shared findings on co-leading TPK Walking Maps (Thorncliffe Park), an 8-week youth community outreach project in collaboration with artist Annie Wong.

2014

Interview – TVO, MARGIN OF ERAS at CUE Art Projects, Toronto, ON
Discussed independent artmaking, embodiment, and the sociopolitical climate for artists of colour during Toronto’s Rob Ford election era.