Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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November 30th: Community Information and Design Workshop
Time and Date: Saturday, November 30th, 12PM – 2pm
Location: Windsor Public Library John Muir Branch (363 Mill St, Windsor, ON)
This FREE drop-in program is open to youth, teens and families from Sandwich Town and Windsor West.
Did you know there are over 100 empty properties in Sandwich Town, including vacant homes, an old high school, a large student residence, a condemned apartment building, and even the old city jail?
These spaces could provide hundreds of new homes for people in Windsor, yet they’re just sitting unused. With Canada facing a housing shortage, it’s hard to understand why this situation continues.
We invite you to join us for a community meeting where you can learn more about these empty properties and share your ideas for solutions. Special guest John Elliot, a community organizer and former city council member, will talk about his years of work on this issue. Many of these properties have been stuck in legal battles between the City of Windsor and the Ambassador Bridge Company. Fabio Costante, the current city council member for Sandwich, will give an update on where things stand today. We’ll also introduce the idea of a Community Land Trust, a way to make sure these properties are developed in a way that benefits the whole community.
About the Facilitator: Marc Ngui
Marc Ngui is a Sandwich based multi-disciplinary artist/designer/world builder. He was trained as an architect before venturing into the world of DIY comics, zines and self-publishing.
As a cartoonist, diagrammatician and illustrator, he has published two graphic novels and contributed to many non-fiction book projects (some of which have won awards.) His professional creative practice spans many disciplines, including illustration (for newspapers, magazines and websites), storyboarding, animation, web design, and film and video production (including scenic painting, video editing and art direction).
He has worked as a video journalist for the CBC and a comics journalist for the Toronto Star. His painting, drawing and installation work as a contemporary artist has been exhibited across Canada and internationally. His current practice aspires to help direct our collective creative potential towards generating a more equitable and Gaia friendly future.
Funding for the initiative has been provided by Gordie Howe International Bridge Community Benefits Plan.
