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Dreams Collective Art Exhibit
Excited to be part of the Dreams Collective Art Exhibit at the HAPPENING Multicultural Festival!
Join me and fellow artists on May 26 for the Artist Meet-Up & Opening Exhibit — an evening of art, connection, and celebration.
🖼️ Let’s dream out loud together.
📍Register in advance to attend!
Artist Meet-Up & Exhibition Opening
May 26, 2025 | 6–10 PM Tickets
A space to connect with visual artists featured in our Dreams Collective Art Exhibit.
2025 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
Excited to be part of #TOAF64
Find me Exclusively Online at TOAF.ca
Beginning July 11, 2025
Research Art Catalogue
Thrilled to be featured in the "One Cell The World" research-art Catalogue, by Pauline Sameshima and Robin Faye (Eds), and published by FriesenPress, Inc.
Check the link to read more or purchase a copy!
Book Launch
Join us for the launch of “Making Connections in and Through Arts-Based Educational Research” at the Provoking Curriculum Conference on Thursday, March 23, 2023, from 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM EST at the Faculty of Education, Western University, London Ontario.
Hear from the editors and join the discussion either in person or via zoom. Don't miss out on this exciting event!
For more information on Provoking Curriculum, please visit: https://www.icrc.uwo.ca/.../provoking_curriculum_2023.html
Publication
Making Connections in and through Arts-based Educational Research
Editors Hala Mreiwed, Mindy R. Carter, Sara Hashem and Candace H. Blake-Amarante
Chapter 12: Storytelling through Textiles: The Re-birth of a Phoenix Called Damascus. by Maisa Mreiwed
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Springer
Public Art Participation
2022 Traffic Signal Wraps Public Art Project
London Arts Council
Excited to have 3 digital prints of my original artworks “Dream”, “Freedom & Power” and “The Space Between Art and Life,” selected by the London Arts Council for the Traffic Signal Box Art Wrap. If you spot them on traffic light boxes at street light intersections around London, Ontario, share the pics and email me.
A special thank you to Eunju Yi, the London Arts Council Executive Director and Curator, and Jeremy Jeresky, Public Programs and Learning for the amazing work they do for the arts in the city of London.
Group Exhibition
Art à la Carte
Curated by Kevin D'innocenzo
It’s is such an honour to be among 65 Ontario artists, that participated from every corner of the province and got selected in a group exhibition at the Art à la Carte, curated by Kevin D’Innocenzo (Communications and Exhibits Officer), which takes place at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario building. My artwork will be featured there for one year, from August 2022-August 2023. It would be an honour to have you visit the Legislative Assembly for a tour of the building and an opportunity to see the room where my artwork is hung. Please visit the tours section of the website for more details, https://www.ola.org/en/visit-learn/tours
CONFERENCE
Research and Innovation 2022 Conference
Lakehead University
Art Tour: Climate Action in Action! (Part
Event Date: Monday, March 7, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm ESTEvent | Location: Online event
About the Event
Please join us in a virtual gallery walk-through to launch our internationally juried exhibition and featured artists focused on Climate Action in Action!
Host by Dr. Pauline Sameshima is Professor, Canada Research Chair of Arts Integrated Studies and Curator of the LAIR Galleries.
The gallery site is https://galleries.lakeheadu.ca/.
Session 1 Presenters: Maisa Mreiwed , Robin Faye, Bukunmi Oyewole, Sandra Johnstone
VIRTUAL GROUP EXHIBITION
The LAIR Galleries
Lakehead Arts Integrated Research Galleries Lakehead University
Curated by Dr. Pauline Sameshima is Professor, Canada Research Chair of Arts Integrated Studies and Curator of the LAIR Galleries.
The gallery site is https://galleries.lakeheadu.ca/.
Artists: Maisa Mreiwed, Robin Faye, Bukunmi Oyewole, Sandra Johnstone, Tashya Orasi, Alexandra Lalande, Hadis Agha Khan Beigi and R. Michael Fisher
COVER ILLUSTRATION
Art as an Agent for Social Change
Editors Hala Mreiwed, Mindy R. Carter, and Claudia Mitchell
Cover Illustration by Maisa Mreiwed
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Brill | Sense
BOOK LAUNCH
Art As an Agent for Social Change
ARG 3rd International Symposium (virtual edition) is proud to invite you to join the Editors Dr. Hala Mreiwed, Dr. Mindy R. Carter, and Dr. Claudia Mitchell with the Authors and special quest Dr. Patricia Leavy as they celebrate the launch of their new book, Art as an Agent for Social Change.
Friday, October 16th, 2020
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST
Virtual Event
2019 SYMPOSIUM
Critical Creation in Oral History
6th Emerging Scholars Symposium on Oral History, Digital Storytelling, and Creative Practice
Friday, March 22, 2019
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST
LB-1019
Concordia University
WORKSHOP
The Art of Sense
Workshops and performances that explore the five senses in various media
With Artists-in-residence Lou Sheppard, Deborah Maia de Lima, Maria Ezcurra, Lori Beavis, and Maisa Mreiwed.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Art Hive, McGill University
CATALOGUE LAUNCH
Imagining Iceland
Please join us for the finissage and catalog launch for Imagining Iceland
an exhibition of artwork and artifacts from the Iceland Field School
Course initiated and led by Kathleen Vaughan, MFA, PhD
Associated Professor, Art Education, Concordia University
Curated by Emily Keenlyside, MA, Ph.D. & Maisa Mreiwed, MA
Iceland Field School Participants:
Dave LeRue, Dominique Turk, Avy z. Loftus, Maisa Mreiwed, Hannah Grabowecky, Ryth Kesserling, Annick St-Arnaud, Chris Mendoza, Meghan Riley, Luisa Andrade Bassetto, Benjamin Montague, Elise Timm-Bottos and Emily Keenlyside
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
EV Junction • EV2.785
Concordia University
EV Building, 2nd floor, 1515 St. Catherine St. W.,
Montreal, Canada. Metro: Guy
GROUP EXHIBITION
Imagining Iceland
Please join us for the Imagining Iceland finissage
an exhibition of artwork and artifacts from the Iceland Field School
Course initiated and led by Kathleen Vaughan, MFA, PhD
Associated Professor, Art Education, Concordia University
Curated by Emily Keenlyside, MA, Ph.D. & Maisa Mreiwed, MA
Iceland Field School Participants:
Dave LeRue, Dominique Turk, Avy z. Loftus, Maisa Mreiwed, Hannah Grabowecky, Ryth Kesserling, Annick St-Arnaud, Chris Mendoza, Meghan Riley, Luisa Andrade Bassetto, Benjamin Montague, Elise Timm-Bottos and Emily Keenlyside
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Icelandic Textile Center
Iceland, Árbraut 31, Blönduós, Iceland
BLOG
Plant Dyeing: A workshop with Guðrún Bjarnadóttir
By
Maisa Mreiwed
June 24, 2018
BLOG
First Impressions
By
Maisa Mreiwed
June 5, 2018
PUBLIC EVENT
FOFA Gallery brings in Big Ink
Student Artists / Étudiants-artistes: Emmanuel Chieze, Alix Roederer-Morin, Tanita Sawchuk, Florence-Ariel Tremblay, Cariston Fawcett, Nikki Kuentzle, Emily Usher, Theran Seaton
Artist teacher / Artiste enseignante: Bonnie Baxter
Teaching Assistant / Assistante à l'enseignement: Christeen Francis
Graduate Student / Étudiant diplômé: Amery Sanford
Art Educator/ Éducatrice en arts: Maisa Mreiwed
Art Education Curatorial Assistant, FOFA Gallery / Éducation Artistique, Galerie FOFA: Léah Snider
Surface Inc. will take place in the atrium of the Engineering, Computer Science, and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (1515 St. Catherine W.) at the Sir George Williams Campus on Saturday, November 18, 2017, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
GROUP EXHIBITION
The Right to the City @ Atwater Library
Course initiated and led by Kathleen Vaughan, MFA, Ph.D., Associated Professor, Art Education, Concordia University
Artists: Arrien Weeks, Avy Anthy Z., Loftus Bettina Forget, Colleen Leonard, Dominique Turk, Emma Hoch, Gianni Berretta, Naheed Ali, Marie-Pierre Labrie, Maisa Mreiwed, Shabnam Loghman, Thibault Zimmer
April 5 - April 22, 2017
3715 Peel Street | McGill University | 1st floor
Vernissage
Thursday, November 30, 2017, | 5:00 to 7:00 P.M
Exhibition Continues
December 1 to 9, 2017
Monday 10 to 8 | Tuesday 10 to 6 | Wednesday 10 to 8 | Thursday and Friday 10 to 6 | Saturday 10 to 5
Location
Atwater Library | 1200 Atwater Avenue | Westmount, Québec H3Z 1X4 | Metro: Atwater (G)
PUBLIC EVENT
FOFA Gallery brings in Big Ink
Student Artists / Étudiants-artistes: Emmanuel Chieze, Alix Roederer-Morin, Tanita Sawchuk, Florence-Ariel Tremblay, Cariston Fawcett, Nikki Kuentzle, Emily Usher, Theran Seaton
Artist teacher / Artiste enseignante: Bonnie Baxter
Teaching Assistant / Assistante à l'enseignement: Christeen Francis
Graduate Student / Étudiant diplômé: Amery Sanford
Art Educator/ Éducatrice en arts: Maisa Mreiwed
Art Education Curatorial Assistant, FOFA Gallery / Éducation Artistique, Galerie FOFA: Léah Snider
Surface Inc. will take place in the atrium of the Engineering, Computer Science, and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (1515 St. Catherine W.) at the Sir George Williams Campus on Saturday, November 18, 2017, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
GROUP EXHIBITION
The Space Between
Please join us in celebrating a multidisciplinary art gallery showcasing work from artists within the entire education system.
April 5 - April 22, 2017
3715 Peel Street
McGill University
1st floor
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm | Friday from 9:00 am. to 5:00 pm | Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Sunday Closed