Description
UPlift Black is a BIPOC and 2SLGBTQI+-led non-profit organization focused on social justice and inclusion. Based in Simcoe County, Ontario, they work with community partners to uplift the wellbeing of BIPOC and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, while also educating nationally on combating anti-Black racism and discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation in Canada.
Working predominantly with Analog Collage, artist, photographer, poet and curator Sheresha Mcintyre has been able to express her take on many themes in each of her art disciplines. Themes such as fantasy presented in colourful conceptual abstract forms. Mcintyre takes influences from plants, nature, culture and her own imagination to show how they mimic our “reality”.
In (2020) Mcintyre was Awarded the #RisingYouth Community Service grant presented to her by TakingITGloabal in Toronto. She was able to curate her own art exhibit called Loose Ends which was held at The Art Gallery of Ontario (The AGO) located in Toronto. Her exhibit featured both her artwork and the art work of other local Toronto visual artists.
Mcintyre aims to create an experience of oneness between her art and those that observe her work. This is in the hope that her art will inspire her observers to tap into the brightest, most exciting parts of themselves.
