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SUMMARY:🖼️ EVERYDAY
DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\nUsing bright palettes and clean shapes\, Cristy captures ordinary moments with a mix of playfulness and honesty. Her illustrations celebrate the charm of the ordinary and the beauty in things often overlooked — a reminder that simplicity can be full of character\, and that the everyday can be surprisingly funny. \n \nAbout the Artist\nCristy Q is a Toronto-based illustrator who finds humour in the everyday. Her work transforms simple subjects — people\, food\, hands\, and the small objects that fill daily life — into bold\, colourful scenes that feel both familiar and a little absurd.
URL:https://www.raid.world/event/%f0%9f%96%bc%ef%b8%8f-everyday/
LOCATION:RAID Gallery & Cafe\, 1720 Queen Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M68 1B3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:💬 Inside Vivisect
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with Vivi Partridge and Mollie Cronin \n\n\n\nJoin us on May 29th for the launch of Vivisect\, by Vivi Partridge\, published by Inservice Comics—a raw and rambunctious diary comic about a big breakup\, making your first graphic novel\, therapy\, mental health\, and befriending characters from manga\, by the author of Quiet Crossings (Conundrum Press). \n\n\n\nVivi will guide us through their artistic process in conversation with Mollie Cronin\, author and artist of Future Me is Fat (Conundrum Press). \n\n\n\nWe’ll have drinks\, snacks (of course)\, and music. The event starts at 7 PM. After the conversation\, there will be a Q&A\, followed by time to mingle and celebrate yet another release from one of the most distinctive emerging voices in Canadian comics. \n\n\n\nEVENT details\n\n\n\nThis is a ticketed event\, with tickets available through Eventbrite. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30 PM.Extra snacks and drinks will be available for purchase on site. \n\n\n\nThe ticket includes one copy of Vivisect. The author will be signing books at the event. \n\n\n\nDrinks provided by Barebones Bartending.
URL:https://www.raid.world/event/inside-vivisect/
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SUMMARY:🖼️ Riding West with Zafron in My Blood
DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\nBorn in the aftermath of Iran’s Women\, Life\, Freedom movement\, this series imagines a post-apocalyptic Iran in which women have finally broken free. Yet their liberation comes at a cost: their skin stripped away\, their faces erased\, leaving behind haunting silhouettes that embody both survival and defiance. Around them\, animals roam unshackled\, moving alongside the women in a shared rhythm of resistance\, dance\, and renewal. \nAt the heart of the work is sorority: no woman is left behind. Together they rise\, bound by resilience\, courage\, and an unyielding longing for a better future. The series exists as both elegy and celebration — a tribute to Iranian womanhood\, endurance\, and the enduring force of sisterhood. \nRendered in oil on large-scale canvas\, the works evoke power\, presence\, and emotional intensity. As an Iranian woman\, I have long been inspired by the profound solidarity of women in Iran: how they stand together\, fight together\, and imagine freedom together. This series is dedicated to that strength — to women who remain unbroken\, who reclaim their freedom\, and who dance toward a new world. \nAbout the Artist\nSarvi Ghadim is an artist raised in Montréal but forever shaped by Tehran\, carrying with her the beauty\, contradictions\, and resilience of Iran. Her work is deeply informed by the solidarity she witnessed among Iranian women — women who\, even under oppression\, protected one another and fought side by side with extraordinary strength. Refusing to reduce their stories to suffering alone\, Ghadim instead celebrates their brilliance\, defiance\, and unwavering resilience. \nLAUNCH EVENT\nJoin us on June 6\, 2026\, at RAID Gallery for the opening of Riding West with Zafron in My Blood. This is a ticketed event\, with tickets available through Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.raid.world/event/riding-west-with-zafron-in-my-blood/
LOCATION:RAID Gallery & Cafe\, 1720 Queen Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M68 1B3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:🚀 Riding West with Zafron in My Blood: Exhibit Launch
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION LAUNCH\nJoin us on June 6\, 2026\, at RAID Gallery for the opening of Riding West with Zafron in My Blood\, a powerful new exhibition by Sarvi Ghadim. \nSpend the evening immersed in Ghadim’s evocative large-scale works and meet the artist in person as we celebrate the launch of this striking new body of work. \nThis is a ticketed event\, with tickets available through Eventbrite. \nAbout the Exhibition\nBorn in the aftermath of Iran’s Women\, Life\, Freedom movement\, this series imagines a post-apocalyptic Iran in which women have finally broken free. Yet their liberation comes at a cost: their skin stripped away\, their faces erased\, leaving behind haunting silhouettes that embody both survival and defiance. Around them\, animals roam unshackled\, moving alongside the women in a shared rhythm of resistance\, dance\, and renewal. \nAt the heart of the work is sorority: no woman is left behind. Together they rise\, bound by resilience\, courage\, and an unyielding longing for a better future. The series exists as both elegy and celebration — a tribute to Iranian womanhood\, endurance\, and the enduring force of sisterhood. \nRendered in oil on large-scale canvas\, the works evoke power\, presence\, and emotional intensity. As an Iranian woman\, I have long been inspired by the profound solidarity of women in Iran: how they stand together\, fight together\, and imagine freedom together. This series is dedicated to that strength — to women who remain unbroken\, who reclaim their freedom\, and who dance toward a new world..
URL:https://www.raid.world/event/%f0%9f%9a%80-riding-west-with-zafron-in-my-blood-exhibit-launch/
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