Artist in Residence

Jasmine Vanstone (she/her) is a Jamaican-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, community arts facilitator, and arts administrator based in North York. In her artistic practice, Jasmine experiments primarily in collage, public art, murals, mixed media art, and paper crafts to share visual reflections of identity, wellness, and the natural environment. A graduate of York University, she earned a BFA with Honours in Visual Art and a Certificate in Cultural and Artistic Practice for Environmental and Social Justice. Jasmine then earned an Arts Management Diploma from Centennial College and began to flourish as an arts administrator and support outreach and community-centered programming at Art Starts, TO Live, and North York Arts.

With the support of mentorship, Jasmine’s work has been featured at Nuit Blanche, Gallery 44, Meridian Arts Centre, Finch TTC Station, North York Centre, Pearson Airport, id8 Downsview The Perimeter Project, and more in collaboration with STEPS, StreetARToronto, JAYU, North York Arts and VIBE Arts. When Jasmine isn’t creating art, she is teaching art to all ages across the City of Toronto and in the GTA.

In 2022, Jasmine was awarded the JAYU Arts For Human Rights iAM Award recognizing her passions in social justice and the arts. Jasmine continues her development through opportunities that align with her mission of inspiring, empowering, and amplifying marginalized voices through community engagement and arts education.

2019 - Cindy Scaife, A Puzzling Habitat 

The 2019 Artist in Residence was muralist and arts educator Cindy Scaife. Cindy created a sculpture series called A Puzzling Habitat, which focused on the power of art to generate awareness of threatened species in our local community. Families were able to create their own craft version of these sculptures through various workshops. In total, there were 6 family workshops and over 500 people interacted with the sculptures.

The 2018 Artist in Residence was blacksmith Aimie Bothelo. Aimie created a temporary installation called Bookaleidoscope.  The interactive sculpture was located at the Richmond Hill Central Library Garden and allowed the community the chance to view the world in different patterns and colours.  Two workshops were also offered where families were invited to create their own craft kaleidoscope.  

The 2017 Artists in Residence were The Karma Project, Hasheel Lodhia and Robert Halley. They presented six performances of Intercollective, an interactive experience where music and movement came together, to honour the diverse fabric of Canada and the residents of Richmond Hill.