Voice of Purpose is seeking team members to contribute to the process of developing and delivering new projects in 2024 across Canada and the US that will provide professional development training for community engaged artists, and strategic change management support for arts leaders of colour.  This opportunity is open to applicants who are Canadian and […]

Voice of Purpose is seeking team members to contribute to the process of developing and delivering new projects in 2024 across Canada and the US that will provide professional development training for community engaged artists, and strategic change management support for arts leaders of colour.  This opportunity is open to applicants who are Canadian and […]

VOP is in the process of developing and delivering new projects in 2024 across Canada and the US that will provide professional development training for community engaged artists, and strategic change management support for arts leaders of colour. We are an organization with a mission anchored in co-liberation and transformation. Operations Manager This role’s primary […]

Voice of Purpose is seeking team members to contribute to the process of developing and delivering new projects in 2024 across Canada and the US that will provide professional development training for community engaged artists, and strategic change management support for arts leaders of colour.  This opportunity is open to applicants who are Canadian and […]

Voice of Purpose is entering 2024 with exciting new projects in the community arts space spanning Canada and the US. We are seeking team members to contribute to the development and delivery of these projects that will provide professional development training for community-engaged artists and strategic change management support for arts leaders of colour.  We […]

The Creative Lab was a 3-day Arts Enrichment and Personal Development program created and delivered for high school students. Everyone who participated identified as artists in the mediums of poetry, visual art, or dance, and wished to make meaningful contributions within and outside of the program. The Creative Lab took place at York University, in […]

  Rebirth is a professional development training program for artist-educators and arts administrators. It was geared towards those working in the community arts sector, and going through a period of transition and transformation in their lives and/or work.  We supported our participants to ground in their sense of purpose and explore ways that this can […]

  On the Horizon is a spoken word poetry program that was at the center of Voice of Purpose’s work with youth in schools and in communities for many years. It is a prime example of the power of our Purpose Rooted Arts Education pedagogy, which lives at the heart of all of our work […]

    Our 3rd Catalyst Voices gathering, held April 2022, allowed us the opportunity and invitation to peer inwards, and consider the concept of defining, integrating and embodying the transformative energy of being a catalyst.  At Voice of Purpose, we encourage our many communities to be ignitors of transformation – Able to recognize the sparks […]

Also known as the enchanting Cindy Nero, Xitlali Celesté (formerly known as Sebastian Olayo) is a nonbinary queer Mexican-American drag performer, writer and teaching artist, living and loving in Chicago, Illinois. Xitlali is impassioned and empowered by exploring themes of politics, gender fluidity and accessibility through her  art.  Xitlali gets right to the root: “The […]