Otherworld: DesignTO Youth Showcase presents an evening of shared imagination through art and design, exploring the world not only as it is, but as it could be. The Otherworld showcase also marks the culmination of a six-week youth program exploring how art and design can be used as tools for conscious change. Inspired by the writings of James Baldwin and Lola Olufemi, the program invited 60 youth to question the systems that shape our realities and to imagine alternative futures rooted in care, collaboration and possibility.

Over the course of the program, youth examined the evolving roles of artists and designers today and how we serve as connectors working across disciplines to shape more intentional and equitable worlds. Guided by guest speakers and mentors, they developed personal and collective responses to the question: What kind of world do you want to live in, and how can you begin to build it now? This showcase brings these ideas to life through a range of presentations. 

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