Gigi Grant


Gigi Grant
is an artist, project leader, and community organizer activating beauty and creation to bring forward social change.


About

Major Projects:

163 Queen East Health Justice Hub

Leading SPRE Development and Community Hub for HIV+ and Displaced Peoples

Unity Kitchen Toronto
Developing a Street Level Resource Center for Houseless Peoples in Downtown Toronto

Church of the Holy Trinity
Renewing the identity and legacy of a 180 year old church dedicated to social justice


Prisoners’ Justice and Support
Building justice, compassion and alternatives to incarceration through community development and arts creation.

Toronto Homeless Memorial

Leading Toronto’s monthly community ritual and advocacy pillar remembering the lives of houseless peoples.

Interventions, installations and Publications:

Festival of Shelter
Unity Recycled Textile Printing

Voices of Women For Peace Service

Disappearing Space Poster
Jane Doe Wheatpaste
Memorial Tiles

175 Anniversary Book and Collages
Service Bulletins

Encampment Wreath

Ascension Poem and Photos
An Anarchist Response to HIV/HC
V Design
HIV Criminalization Advocacy


Artworks








175 Anniversary Service

Working through 60 years of archival material, this body of work delves into the expansive community life and social justice movements in Downtown Toronto. Through community ritual, publications and largescale collages of the community at Holy Trinity celebrates their depth of spirituality, humanity and hard won social change for their 175th anniversary.