Sauga Arts HUB

Across Latitudes - Art Gallery of Mississauga
2026-02-24 | Art Gallery of Mississauga, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 2G6, Canada
Join Art Gallery of Mississauga for their latest exhibition, Across Latitudes curated by Shannon Anderson.

On from July 20 – September 29, 2024

Across Latitudes examines the intricate realities of moving between cultures and across generations in the process of forging identities and locating our place in the world. The distinct art practices of Soheila Esfahani, Heidi McKenzie, and Zinnia Naqvi all draw from experiences of diaspora to explore the complex terrain of cultural migration and commodification.
This exhibition highlights the artifice of sites and objects that are intended to represent national identity—images in postcards, gift shop trinkets—and how they simplify and misrepresent the realities of lived experience. The works shown here consider the uncomfortable impact of such commodities on the process of shaping personal identity and aim to unravel the stereotypes they perpetuate. By holding these objects up for examination, and by integrating a diverse range of culturally significant markers of personal identity, such as traditional motifs, family and archival photographs, and mementos from childhood, these three artists engage in creative acts of revisiting, reworking, and reclaiming to offer new interpretations and meanings.
The artists in this exhibition inscribe, in different ways, their experiences of belonging amid the construct of what it means to be Canadian. Turning to their uniquely individual paths of migration—with diasporic roots in Iran, the Caribbean, and Pakistan—their works counter the limitations of myth-making and foreground the multi-dimensionality of intercultural experience.

Beading Workshop - Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters
2026-02-24 02:50 (America/Toronto) | Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, 84 South Service Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L5G 2R9
Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters invites you to a beading workshop with Cree-Metis artist Marissa Magneson. Create a bead-trimmed felt Orange Shirt brooch in support of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Wear your brooch to show your support or gift it to someone special. No beading experience necessary. The difficulty level is easy to moderate. The fee is only $20 and includes all materials. Space is limited.
When: Wednesday August 28 2024
Location: Unitarian Congregation Mississauga – 84 South Service Rd, Mississauga
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Skill Level: Easy to Moderate
Link to Register: https://form.jotform.com/242245579893269

Amphitheatre Unplugged with host Andrea Josic
2026-02-24 02:50 | Mississauga Celebration Square – Amphitheatre Stage, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON, L5B 3C1, Canada
Light up your summer nights with Amphitheatre Unplugged Open Mic!

Experience this series of free open mics every Wednesday night in August from 8-9:30 PM at the Celebration Square Amphitheatre. Don’t miss performances from local singers, musicians, dancers, spoken word artists, poets, comedians and more!

Our August 28 host is Andrea Josic, award-winning poet, writer, and performer and the fifth Poet Laureate of Mississauga (2024-2026). She is on the Transitional Artist Roster at VIBE Arts and the Poet Roster at Poesy Entertainment & Studio. Andrea has competed in poetry slams for nearly 10 years, winning the 2020 Toronto Poetry Slam and co-winning the 2019 Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam. Her work, focusing on themes of girlhood, gender, sexuality, mental health, disability, and diaspora, has been published in various outlets. Andrea aims to foster joy, healing, and belonging in their work. Don’t miss our last open mic night of the season!

Presented by Mississauga Arts Council in partnership with Mississauga Celebration Square.

Learn more mississaugaartscouncil.com/amphitheatre
