About this Episode
Interview with Venus Fest founder Aerin Fogel who talks about the online festival hosted this year by Sook-Yin Lee, the Mentorship Program applications available Monday September 21st (program begins week of October 5th), the conference, town halls including Is Change Happening? focused on the push for inclusive representation. Lineup includes Lido Pimienta, Ansley Simpson, Wild Black, and Ceréna Sierra as well as videos, artist interviews, panels, a town hall, and mentorship sessions. Visual videos are curated by Dainesha Nugent-Palache, Caroline Monnet, Jamiyla Lowe, Lido Pimienta, Mohammad Rezaei, Monica Berger, queer anishinaabe artist Natalie King, Vanessa Rieger, video editing by Brittany Farhat, and graphic design and visual concept by Misbah Ahmed. Venus Fest staff have received safer space training with the Dandelion Initiative, which is a organization that focuses on Gender-Based Violence Prevention, Response, Education, policy development, survivor support, workshops to better support our community. https://www.dandelioninitiative.ca/ Venus Fest is sponsored by Factor, Ontario Creates, SOCAN, Music Ontario, and The Ontario Arts Council as well as partnered with POP Montreal. Collage with photos of BBES, Aerin Fogel, Natalie King, and Jordan B. Wright created by Tania Willems Videos will premiere via YouTube and Facebook livestream October 1st, 8PM EST: Lido Pimienta, Hand Habits, Ansley Simpson October 2nd, 8PM EST: U.S. Girls, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Wild Black, Ceréna Sierra Aerin Fogel photo by @threecrownsbranding Progress Flag by John Tlamacki Boston Globe Cover Art Design by Tania Willems