They long to be included in the kaleidoscope of Canadian society. It said so right in their kaleidoscopes, some 75 of which hung from a canopy of white Christmas lights Saturday night at Monsignor Fraser College’s downtown campus. The exhibit, from a second-chance school that has long been home to some of the city’s most marginalized students, was part of Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s sunset-to-sunrise arts festival that began Saturday evening. “There are perceptions out there that the students who come here are misfits,” said art teacher Donna Sistilli, who helped curate the work. In fact, the school’s own agenda calls the facility a “haven for marginalized students.”Called “Who Are We?” the exhibit gave the answer to its own, said English teacher Rita Sarra-Macchiusi, the exhibit’s other curator.

Source: thestar October 02, 2016 02:34 UTC