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/HCV Design
HIV Criminalization Advocacy

Artworks

Encampment Wreath

The encampment wreath takes the many items left over from encampment evictions- parts of people’s lives, relationships, identities, that are cast adrift by their displacement, forming them into a new whole. Led by artist Oliver Roberts and community leader Mike Robotham, this wreath was mounted to face Toronto City Hall, visible from its tower.