Connecting the next generation of arts and culture lovers
Creative Current is a year-round programme of intimate performances in unusual places, designed for the culturally curious. Creative Current will deliver the same wonder and excitement Toronto audiences expect and enjoy every June during the Luminato festival. These unique experiences will be informal opportunities for connection and conversation, immersive performance, and other activities designed to surprise and delight.
COVID postponed our plans. We got creative.
Welcome to Creative Current: Junction Triangle.
Originally planned to be an in-person, three-act bicycle experience on September 19, 2020, the rising numbers of COVID-19 meant Creative Current: Junction Triangle was postponed.
But as the world changes, we adapt. One week later, Creative Current: Junction Triangle was filmed without an audience. Spaces became stages as R. Flex, Sydanie, and Naishi Wang & Jane-Alison McKinney four of the city’s most talented rising artists, performed in the back alleys and hidden parking lots of the neighbourhood.
Creative Current: Junction Triangle premiered on Bramble.
Open Captioned | ASL Host
November 26, 2020
Artery’s new platform, Bramble is an immersive digi-party that invites you to watch three different performance cuts of the film while text- and video-chatting with the artists and others around you using a unique avatar. Think: the avatar chat rooms of Y2K meets Chat Roulette.
Upon entering the platform, you will be given instructions on how to navigate through each room and how to interact with others. You will walk the virtual red carpet with your unique avatar and then enter into a main space where you will be video greeted by two live Hosts. You can chat and ask them questions by speaking on video, using ASL, or text. You can then similarly chat with others in the space before entering one of three theatres to watch the films.
Each short film features open-captioning.
ASL host available to answer questions.
Co-presented by Artery.
Creative Current: Junction Triangle
POSTPONED
Luminato’s first Creative Current event was scheduled for Saturday, September 19, but due to the increase in Toronto's COVID-19 cases, the event has been postponed. We will still be working with the incredible artists we planned to showcase during this weekend to create a new surprise for audience's this fall.
In a partnership between Luminato and Artery, a community and platform designed to bring people together for intimate cultural experiences, this was a sold-out event that was to take audiences, on bicycles, to hidden public spaces in the Junction Triangle neighbourhood where participants would discover some of the city’s hottest artists.
Those who did not or could not ride a bicycle, were provided with an Access Guide describing each location, its access points and time of performance.
Creative Current Committee
A team of Creative Current members have stepped up to build the experience.
Jason Maghanoy,
Head of Business Development, St. Joseph Media
Co-Chair
Jason Maghanoy is a graduate of McGill University and the National Theatre School of Canada’s Playwriting Program. Currently, he is the Head of Business Development at St. Joseph Media with a focus on digital innovation, revenue strategy and premium membership. Prior to St. Joseph Media, he was the Director of Revenue at NOW Magazine, Senior Development Officer, Corporate Partnerships at Canadian Stage, the Manager, Community Investment at Toronto Arts Foundation, and a Sponsorship & Advertising Coordinator at TIFF.
Jason Maghanoy is a graduate of McGill University and the National Theatre School of Canada’s Playwriting Program. Currently, he is the Head of Business Development at St. Joseph Media with a focus on digital innovation, revenue strategy and premium membership. Prior to St. Joseph Media, he was the Director of Revenue at NOW Magazine, Senior Development Officer, Corporate Partnerships at Canadian Stage, the Manager, Community Investment at Toronto Arts Foundation, and a Sponsorship & Advertising Coordinator at TIFF.
In addition to his work in corporate partnership development and community engagement, Jason is considered one of the brightest emerging leaders in the City of Toronto. He is a Mentor at Ryerson's Social Ventures Zone, as well as a member of the Work In Culture Inclusive Leadership Advisory Committee and Board of Directors. Jason is also a member of Luminato's Board of Directors, a member of the Advisory Council for the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation, as well as a member of the TELUS Community Board.
Jason is also a playwright. He has been the playwright-in-residence at Theatre Passe Muraille and Young People's Theatre, a member of the Banff Playwrights Retreat, a former member of the Tarragon Playwrights Unit, a Finalist for the Soulpepper Academy, a Finalist for the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwriting Fellowship at Juilliard, and a Finalist for the 2017 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards. Currently, he is the playwright-in-residence at theatrefront and was a member of the Playwrights Retreat at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
Deanne Moser,
Principal Consultant, Deanne Moser
Co-Chair
A dynamic, seasoned professional with 13 years of communications experience, Deanne specializes in the strategic development and execution of high-profile, high-impact integrated communications campaigns – leveraging paid, earned and owned assets – to drive business results. She has driven communications strategy with the world’s leading marketers including Procter & Gamble and several of their top global brands. Deanne has been applauded by her clients for her strategic and creative thinking.
She has a proven track record of delivering stellar campaign results (consumer awareness/engagement/sales)that tie back to business needs and objectives.Her range of experience includes management of direct-to-consumer public relations campaigns in the consumer packaged goods industry, travel, consumer technology, fashion, mommy marketing, pharmaceuticals, art and music as well as social/cause marketing.
Deanne is an enthusiastic entrepreneur in the visual arts sector, lending her communication expertise to over 100 painters, photographers, sculpturists, and musicians across Canada. She consults for Soho House Toronto, The Drake Hotel and the Museum of Contemporary Arts, further combining her passion of fine art and inclusivity of community. Deanne serves on the young patron committee for the Museum of Contemporary Arts, on the Massive committee for the Art Gallery of Ontario, and as an advisor on the Power Plant Young Artists program.
Committee
Krystal Abotossaway,
Senior Diversity Inclusion Sourcing Partner, TD Bank
Dina Awad,
Senior Associate, Dentons
Amy Burstyn Fritz,
President & Co-Founder, Burstyn Inc.
Alex Derry,
Manager of the Future of Canada Centre, Deloitte
Salimah Y. Ebrahim,
Co-Founder, Artery
Craig Follett,
Co-Founder of Universe
Gave Lindo,
Executive Director of OTT Programming at CBC
Adam Meghji,
Co-Founder of Peggy.com
Melody Mansubi,
Management 88GLAM & Events, HXOUSE
Emmanuel Obayemi,
Independent Creative Director
Lili Pach,
Grants Officer, The Law Foundation of Ontario
Jamie Jia Shen,
Co-Founder and CEO, IMAGIC
Renée van der Avoird,
Assistant Curator, Canadian Art, AGO
Stefan Williamson,
Made to Measure Specialist, Prada