THE DEPANNEUR: A Catchup on CommUNITY, Cuisine, Culture and a Cookbook!

What an honour to be in The Fold and close out the CommUNITY Catchup series with Len Senater, Owner + Founder of Toronto's The Depanneur, and Photographer, Food Stylist and Chef, Ksenija Hotic, who has been involved with The Dep for 7 years. Len and Ksenija joined me for the final convo of 2020 to discuss bringing people together through food, how small businesses can be a mode of activism, food security and support systems, and how compassion, empathy and dialogue really make for a great recipe.

MAKE ROOM: A CommUNITY Catchup on foundation-raising for the arts

On April 27, Trevor Twells, Founder of Toronto-based non-profit, Make Room, joined Ola for a #CommUNITYCatchup to discuss his incredible organization breaking barriers to support emerging artists and how he has pivoted his physical gallery space practice to a digital space through a fundraiser exhibition called the #SupportCollection.

SABRE: A CommUNITY Catchup about choosing love over fear, and sharing this through song.

On April 14, Ola's dear pal, Toronto-via-San Diego artist and creatrix, Sabre, joined the CommUNITY Catchup on Instagram Live. They discussed the approach of choosing love over fear 24/7, how this acts as a foundation in her work, a recent online collab for IsoLab, created by award-winning producer, Rainer, and sharing insight with other artists on how they can share their art and explore opportunities to build and create with others in a meaningful way.