In February 2022, Grounds for Goodness took up residence at the Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB) in Mississauga to share our growing body of work in a two-week online and in-person activation.
In person events included a visual arts and multi-media exhibition, drop-in art-making and story-sharing, pop-up workshops, music and dance rehearsals and presentatation of new performance works.
The online program featured daily stories, virtual tours, short film screenings, glimpses of performances, conversations and more. The activities are suitable for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
This landmark Grounds for Goodness event showcased new musical works by composers Christina Volpini, Arie Verheul van de Ven and Robert Fleitz, in collaboration with Continuum Contemporary Music, and a community-engaged dance piece with Kashe Dance.
Musicians: Carol Fujino (violin), Carolyn Blackwell (viola), Paul Widner (cello), Matti Pulkki (accordion), Ryan Scott (percussion)
Jar Lifters: Diego Israel, Monica Olivera, Catherine Moeller, Rakefet Arieli, Deval Soni, Liza Konovalov, Ahmed Hegazy, Abir AbouelSadaat, Melanie Fernandez Alvares, Zohar Segal-Jaeger, Miriam Hawkins, Tijana Spasic
Live Painters: Alex Videla-Moeller, Shlomit Segal, Charlie Doewich, Tamyka Bullen, Amaya Sennett
Sound Box design and building: Adrienne Marcus Raja, Steafan Hannigan, Gary Attwood, Monish Ghosh, Navin Ramator, Catherine Moeller
Gather Round Singers
Director: Shifra Cooper
Manager: Ahmed Hegazy
Associate Artists and Facilitators: Natalie Fasheh, Tijana Spasic, Sharada Eswar, Sam Rowlandson-O'Hara, Animikiikwe Couchie, Catherine Moeller, Rakefet Arieli, Karis Jones-Pard, Tasmeen Syed, Hodan Ibrahim, Risa de Rege, Lisette Cogdell
ASL Interpreters: Latasha Lennox, Emma Dehez, Eboni Ricketts
Choir members: Sally Wellen, Bettina Harrison, Shelley La Hay, Summera Khan, Joyce Sweet, Harshi Hemachandra, Bernadette Shuman, Marlene Sheehan Carey, Sandra Kanagasabai, Daphne Morgan, Herold van de Ven, Jon Field, Lorna Brown, Daphne Morgan, Ralitsa Rodriguez, Alma Lilia Yañez Gutierrez, Margaret Bojin, Margaret Oldfield, Claudette Davy, Yan Deng, Khal Baksh, Nahilah Dib, Ann Lapenna, Margie Sumadh, Hrnakshi Joashi, Qun Wu