RoR: Truth x 2
Kathy Moscou
Kathy Moscou is a mixed media visual storyteller and Associate Professor at OCAD University, Toronto whose lived experience informs her art, focus on Black cultural aesthetics, research and design for social justice. Her art is representational and uses visual storytelling to explore issues of identity, communicate empowerment, celebrate the Black family, and give homage to elders as knowledge keepers. Recent interactive installations have engaged the public to contribute to the hidden Black history of St John’s Ward – Toronto, Ontario and envision a just and equitable future by “Planting seeds of Change” Her work has been exhibited at the Onsite Gallery-Toronto, Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Royal Ontario Museum, M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle, Bellevue Art Museum, Wheat City Nuit Blanche, La Yareta Gallery, Chile and featured in Toronto, Nuit Blanche.
Julia Rose Sutherland
Julia Rose Sutherland is a storyteller, interdisciplinary artist, educator and Assistant Professor at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada. She is of Mi’kmaq (Metepenagiag Nation) and settler descent. Her art practice encompasses various mediums, including photography, sculpture, textiles and performance. Sutherland received her MFA degree from the University at Buffalo in 2019 and her BFA in Craft and New Media from Alberta University of the Arts in 2013. Her works have been showcased internationally recently. She has had exhibitions at the Bemis Center of Contemporary Art, the Mackenzie Art Gallery, the K Art Gallery, the WAAP Gallery, and the 59 Rivoli Gallery in Paris, France. She’s been recognized with several awards, including the Canada Council for the Arts Creating Knowing Sharing award and the AFA Indigenous Individual Project grant.
Sara Rashighi
Sara Rashighi is the RoR Project Research Assistant, she is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher with a deep passion for collaborating on meaningful projects that enhance community engagement, promote social change, and improve holistic well-being. As a medal-winning graduate of the Master’s in Design for Health program at OCAD University, she integrates therapeutic, user-centered principles with creative design solutions. Sara's involvement in this project is not just a professional alignment but a personal journey of understanding narratives and creating participatory experiences that deeply resonate with individuals and communities.