Threshold

03/30/2025

Christina is thrilled to be speaking at C2UExpo 2025, "Partners in Place", the biennial international conference dedicated to Community Based Research. May 12 - 15, 2025

"Imagining New Ways to Grow: A Co-Created Interactive Card Deck to Support Values-Centered Growth in Community Initiatives" is happening on May 14. We will talk about our collaborative process, discuss values-centred growth, demonstrate an interactive card deck we developed, and reflect on the broader implications of values-centred practices and research.

Our interdisciplinary team of social design, municipal, and academic partners have been collaboratively exploring what it means to scale a community-based grief and loss initiative in a major urban centre.

C2UExpo 2025 aims to show how community-campus partnerships are addressing global and local societal problems, and features interactive workshops, panels, symposia, field trips, and networking events.

Register now at: https://www.c2uexpo2025.ca/register
Learn more about our May 14 workshop at: https://whova.com/embedded/session/npb6ESKLUyjrz3USKjeGBxddijSAtTBcpX8PfhMtB1Y%3D/4468486/?widget=primary

We invite those interested in participating in the C2UExpo to apply for a subsidy program dedicated to strengthening access to the conference for people who are:

07/08/2023

I'm at Whyte Ave Art Walk this weekend, today and tomorrow from 10am to 5pm.

You can find me in McIntyre Park at 104 St and 83 Ave, along the east edge. I'm in a nice shady spot under a tree.

Come by and say hello!

06/30/2022

Our principal designer, Christina Ignacio-Deines, will be at the Whyte Avenue Art Walk next weekend. Come find her on 83 Ave, on the perimeter of McIntyre Park!

Imagine a 4 km walk through the hearts and minds of artists. Cultural explorers are invited to see art-making in action on the streets of Old Strathcona during the legendary Whyte Avenue Art Walk.

10/22/2021

Commissioned for Knowsy Festival, "The Iridescence of People | The Gem of Alberta Avenue" will be exhibited this weekend only at Pe Metawe Games, located at 11804 94 St.

Knowsy Festival is the culmination of the Auricle Project, with City of Edmonton and InWithForward, which sent Local Listeners (including our founder Christina) out into the community to gather stories about wellbeing and what it means to live and work in Alberta Avenue. Stories heard ranged from sidewalk encounters to profound spiritual reflections on loss and joy.

The festival is taking place mainly outdoors at Pe Metawe Games, Qi Creative Inc., The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse, and Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, all located within a block from 94 St and 118 Avenue. An indoor portion, led by the team who designed the project and event, is happening at Pe Metawe, with games and activites to help people understand the stories on display and make their own connections.

From Christina's artist statement:

"For many of us, what we fear most is our own power: are we being or doing enough; are we loving or being loved. Yet throughout this summer, something I deeply value — the simple, attentive presence of another human being — was reciprocated to me over and over, from strangers, people I only had cause to know through local listening, in the midst of a global pandemic that has forced us all 6’ apart. To be fully present with another is to hold and be held. Even in our darkest moments, and though we may not always know it, we are loved and beautiful."

Thank you to Stephen Pilby and Leo Pan at Lighttools for their laser cutting expertise, Klyment Tan for technical advice and lighting, and Brenna Deines and Aaron Ignacio-Deines and Riven for production assistance. Thank you to Daniel Plamondon and the staff at Pe Metawe Games for their generosity and helpfulness. Special thanks also to Aurora Abril Ignacio for keeping the home fires burning.

09/17/2021

Our founder, Christina Ignacio-Deines, is featured in this online exhibition!

https://www.healthcareexcellence.ca/.../heart-of-healthcare/

Patients for Patient Safety Canada is hosting this online exhibition honouring World Patient Safety Day, September 17, 2021, on this year’s theme of “Safe maternal and newborn care”.

"HeART of Healthcare: Safe and Respectful Maternal and Newborn Care", includes works with themes in various media including: paintings, fibre art, poetry, stories, sculpture, dance, and music. Screen shots of the premiere virtual exhibition are included.

The link takes you to the landing page for a guided tour, or you can opt to wander through. If you'd like to see art by a specific artist, click the 3 line menu button at the top right to access a dropdown menu with a list of works. Christina's work is listed towards the bottom.

Christina is honoured to be showing alongside fellow Edmonton artist Kasie Campbell. Thank you to curator Tyler Sherard for putting together this exhibition.

Recognizing the unique power of art, the HeART of HealthCARE virtual art gallery aims to bring awareness about patient safety, explore the impact of preventable harm, and inspire healing and action.