Artist Studio Talks with Repaint History is an ongoing series focused on highlighting the practice of many female artists from across the globe. 

*** This is a FREE event and will be hosted via Zoom. Access to the event will be shared to all the registrants prior to the event***

On August 5th at 3.30pm EST (1.30pm MST) we tune in with Simone Elizabeth Saunders, the emerging visual artist who focuses on rug-tufting to create large, colourful portraits and has recently been featured in various platforms and publications such as designmilk, CBC Arts, Washington Textile Museum and many more. Simone was most recently amongst Instagram's featured artist. 

Artist Studio Talks with Repaint History is an ongoing series focused on highlighting the practice of many female artists from across the globe.

Every week Repaint History will tune in with an artist at their studio to chat with them about their career, inspirations, success and failures and what is inspiring them during the current state of the world. These conversations are meant to be kept engaging and casual for participants with a Q&A session at the end of each talk. Each session will be a total of 45 minutes.

*** This is a FREE event and will be hosted via Zoom. Access to the event will be shared to all the registrants prior to the event***

This week we tune in with Jesse Mockrin, the inspiring figurative artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and in 2019 was acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art. Mockrin's work has been extensively covered in various publications such as the The New York Times and Vogue to name a few.

Artist Studio Talks with Repaint History is an ongoing series focused on highlighting the practice of many female artists from across the globe.

Every week Repaint History will tune in with an artist at their studio to chat with them about their career, inspirations, success and failures and what is inspiring them during the current state of the world. These conversations are meant to be kept engaging and casual for participants with a Q&A session at the end of each talk. Each session will be a total of 45 minutes.

*** This is a FREE event and will be hosted via Zoom. Access to the event will be shared to all the registrants prior to the event***

This week we tune in with Jamilla Okubo, the interdisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has appeared in various publications such as the O, Oprah Magazine and has had many collaborations with well known brands such as Dior.

Artist Studio Talks with Repaint History is an ongoing series focused on highlighting the practice of many female artists from across the globe.

Every week Repaint History will tune in with an artist at their studio to chat with them about their career, inspirations, success and failures and what is inspiring them during the current state of the world. These conversations are meant to be kept engaging and casual for participants with a Q&A session at the end of each talk. Each session will be a total of 45 minutes.

*** This is a FREE event and will be hosted via Zoom. Access to the event will be shared to all the registrants prior to the event***

This week with tune in with Jamea Richmond-Edwards, an inspiring artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the Rubell Family collection and California African American Museum.

About the Artist: Jamea Richmond-Edwards was born and raised in Detroit, MI. She graduated with a Bachelors of Art degree from Jackson State University in 2004 where she studied painting and drawing. She went on to earn a MFA in Painting from Howard University in 2012. Jamea has exhibited her artwork nationally and internationally including the Rubell Family Collection and California African American Museum. She currently resides in Maryland with her husband and their three sons. 

Every week Repaint History will tune in with an artist at their studio to chat with them about their career, inspirations, success and failures and what is inspiring them during the current state of the world. 

*** This is a FREE event and will be hosted via Zoom. Access to the event will be shared to all the registrants prior to the event***

This week we tune in with Anna Valdez  an inspiring artist whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States

About the Artist:

Born in 1985 in Sacramento, California, Anna Valdez’s interest in cultural formation and collective consciousness began in her hometown. Exposed from a young age to a uniquely Californian cultural milieu,her proclivity for collecting and crafting a poignant and meaningful visual vocabulary took root during time spent sharing in the traditions and environments of people within her community. Her fascination with the ways in which cultural identities intersect lead her to pursue a career in anthropology.

It was on an archeological dig in Ireland that Valdez first discovered her skill for art making. Valdez was encouraged to keep a sketchbook of the site, creating scale drawings and maps. Visually reinterpreting these “abandoned sites” allowed Valdez to explore the connection between anthropological and artistic methods of cataloguing and record-keeping. 

Today, working across painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, and digital media, Valdez examines the relationship between material and cultural identity. Valdez incorporates articles found in domestic spaces such as plants, textiles, vessels and keepsakes into her work as a method of story telling.  Her colorful work invites  the viewer to consider objects as emblematic of personal and collective experience, shifting between still life and portraiture. 

Anna Valdez received her MFA in painting from Boston University in 2013. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States. Valdez’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, New American Paintings, and Booooooom.com. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, Masur Museum of Art, the Danforth Museum, The Richard Heller Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, Hashimoto Contemporary and the Eleanor Harwood Gallery in San Francisco, The Nancy Margolis Gallery in NYC, and Dianna Witte Gallery in Toronto Canada. 

Every week Repaint History will tune in with an artist at their studio to chat with them about their career, inspirations, success and failures and what is inspiring them during the current state of the world. 

*** This is a FREE event and will be hosted via Zoom. Access to the event will be shared to all the registrants prior to the event***

This week we tune in with Delita Martin, an inspiring artist whose incredible work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

About the Artist:

Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas, She received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and a MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formally a member of the Fine Arts faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Martin currently works as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press.

Working from Oral traditions, vintage and family photographs as a source of inspiration;Martin’s work explores the power of the narrative impulse. Her process of layering various printmaking, drawing, sewing, collaging, and painting techniques allow her to create portraits that fuse the real and the fantastic. In her work she combines signs and symbols to create a visual language. By fusing this visual language with oral storytelling she offers other identities and other narratives for women of colour. Martin’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Most recently Martin’s work was included in the State of the Arts: Discovering American Art Now. An exhibition that included 101 artists from around the United States. She was also included in International Review of African American Art as one16 African American artists to watch who are gaining national and international attention in 2015. More information about the artist can be found at www.blackboxpressstudio.com

Join us in March as Repaint History takes over Yorkville Village's The Fix, and discover the untold stories of incredible female artists. Programming highlights include a special evening of inspired conversation with Art Toronto Director, Mia Nielson, as we celebrate Women’s History Month on Wednesday, March 11th

DRAKE 150 + Repaint History

Sunday, March 8th from 3:00pm-4:30pm

(Toronto) 

Herstory is Art History: Know Her Name.
We can all name Monet or Picasso but can you name more than one trailblazing female-identifying artist from the past? Pegah Kargar, Tatum Dooley + Shelley Adler, join forces for a lively panel discussion about gender equality in the art world both past and present, while also debunking myths.curator Tatum Dooley, artist Shelley Adler, and Repaint History CEO and founder Pegah Kargar. This dynamic group, moderated by Jessica Tan will be discussing gender equality in the art world both past and present, while also debunking myths.

Elle AyoubZadeh and Pegah Kargar are part of a new generation of entrepreneurs. They lead with purpose and have that mission permiate every aspect of their fashion brand.

Join the host of FashionTalks, Donna Bishop, with special guests, Elle AyoubZadeh founder of Zvelle Footwear and Pegah Kargar founder of clothing brand Repaint History for a candid conversation about their entrepreneurial journey. Following the conversation there will be time for questions from the audience.

This talk is sure to inspire as these driven women share personal stories of success, as well as the challenges, from the trenches of fashion start-ups.