Regeneration & Reclaiming Joy: Fire
About this Event
Supported by the U of T Scarborough Year of Poetry, the Doris McCarthy Gallery has invited Sheniz Janmohamed to respond to Cartographies of Longing as Poet-in-Residence. Drawing on her creative practice as a writer, artist, educator, and certified Forest Bathing Guide, Janmohamed has developed a series exploring the works of the exhibiting artists through guided prompts and reflections, poetry writing, and nature reconnection activities.
In this final session, participants are invited to drop in to the gallery throughout the day to engage with a creative clinic and indoor forest bathing experience. Participants will choose their own nature and social prescriptions, and explore themes of regeneration present in the gallery. Sheniz Janmohamed will be present from 11 am - 1 pm for conversation and to provide further guidance. Through this session, participants will be encouraged to reignite that inner fire that allows them to create, rest and reclaim.
Free, open to the public. Drop-in, no registration required. Light refreshments will be served.
The Doris McCarthy Gallery is wheelchair accessible and there are resting areas throughout the exhibition. If you have accommodation needs, please let us know through the registration form or contact [email protected].
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
This program is presented in conjunction with Cartographies of Longing (September 15 – December 5, 2026). The exhibition brings together artists whose practices draw upon family histories, oral traditions, and archival fragments to map intergenerational relationships to land. Throughout the exhibition, past and present unfold simultaneously, shaped by migration, colonialism, environmental transformation, and the enduring legacies of displacement. Rather than presenting land as a fixed geography, the exhibition approaches it as a living archive, continually formed through memory, storytelling, movement, and lived experience.
Cartographies of Longing is presented by the Doris McCarthy Gallery and supported by the Toronto Arts Council; Canada Council for the Arts; Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto; and the Year of Poetry at University of Toronto Scarborough.
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Photo courtesy of Sheniz Janmohamed.
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