Upcoming: Community Crisscross:
Community Crisscross is our monthly online meetup space for Creative Connector members, co-hosted by Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston of ReDefine Arts.
These sessions are a chance to spend time with other D/deaf and Disabled artists and creatives in a relaxed, informal setting. Some members come to connect with others, share what they’re working on, exchange resources, or simply listen in and be part of the space.
Each session may include:
- Open conversation and connection with other members
- Opportunities to share resources, ideas, or questions
- Space to talk about your creative practice—what’s going well and what’s challenging
- Optional, low-pressure collaborative activities
Meetups run for 90 minutes, followed by an optional 30-minute casual hangout for those who want to stay a bit longer.
There’s no preparation needed—join in whatever way feels comfortable to you.
📅 Upcoming sessions: New 2026 dates and times will be shared here soon. Become a member to get email updates.
About ReDefine Arts
ReDefine Arts (established in 2005 as Red Dress Productions) creates and presents interdisciplinary and community grounded performance, installations and public artworks that advance disability justice, collaborative processes, and artistic innovation.
Alongside its collaborators, community members and partners, ReDefine Arts is re-defining what it means to be an artist. ReDefine Arts views the artist as a creator and visionary, and also: co-creator, listener, connector of ideas, guide, and choreographer. While there is space for this definition to grow in tandem with our work, core to this understanding is that the artist’s role is to facilitate community-centred practices that remain accountable to the artistry, the stories, and the people telling them.
Anna Camilleri
Founding Artistic Co-Director
Anna Camilleri works across diverse media including sculpture, installation, literature and theatre. A producer and public artist, her practice is activated through collaboration and mentorship. Anna has presented and exhibited at galleries and festivals such as Festival of Live Digital Art, Liminal: The Interdisciplinary Critical Femininities Conference, STEPS Public Art, National Queer Arts Festival, White Water Gallery, LIVE: Biennial of Performance Art (Grunt Gallery), National Library Archives. Her book works have been recognized by the LAMBDA Literary Foundation, the Association of Independent Publishers, and the American Library of Congress. Anna is also an Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency alum, a 2023-2024 Toronto Arts Council/Toronto Metropolitan University Leaders Lab fellow and a part-time professor for Centennial College Theatre Arts and Performance.
Tristan R. Whiston
Founding Artistic Co-Director
Tristan is a director, dramaturge, and community artist. He has written and directed five audio documentaries for CBC, including Middle C, which won the 2007 Premios Ondas Award for International Radio. He has directed Gender Play, trace, and recently, was dramaturge on the dance-theatre production Dancing With the Universe by Vivian Chong and Kathleen Rea that premiered at the Harbourfront Centre’s CoMotion: International Festival of Disability Arts. Tristan’s film pINCO Triangle was honoured with three 2018 Queer North Awards, including Best Canadian Film.
