About

This Light of Mine is a creative storytelling project, created by seniors from the Belmont House for Toronto's Nuit Blanche public art festival on Saturday, Oct 4th 2014 from 7pm to 7am. The project objective is to showcase seniors ability for creative arts and storytelling to challenge the perception of aging. The project will show value, talent, and ability of seniors on an international platform.

This Light of Mine will features different arts media of over 50 pieces submitted by Belmont House residents, along with short biographies and artist statements/descriptions. The creative pieces include: vintage photographs, poetry, creative writing and visual art, as well as a video/sound portion for verbal storytelling, song, and dance. Diverse and captivating stories and cultural expressions from Toronto, England, Romania, Australia and beyond.

About Belmont House

Belmont House is a charitable, non-profit, Christian home for seniors offering long term care and retirement living. For more than 150 years, we have provided quality care to our residents and assisted living for our tenants,  in a safe and stimulating home environment. We are the "Seniors' Home of Choice" – helping our residents maintain their independence, choice, dignity and privacy.

Situated in one of the last remaining green spaces in the heart of downtown Toronto, Belmont House provides a wide range of recreational activities, therapeutic programs and health care services for those living here and members or our community.
(from www.belmonthouse.com)

About Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

At its core, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is a 12-hour event with a mandate to make contemporary art accessible to large audiences, while inspiring dialogue and engaging the public to examine its significance and impact on public space. Nuit Blanche encourages celebration and community engagement. From sunset to sunrise city spaces and neighbourhoods are transformed into temporary exhibitions. Cultural institutions, from museums to galleries to artist run centres, open their doors and offer free access to contemporary art. The everyday is suspended as the city's landscape is changed to welcome a variety of artistic experiences.

Toronto's Scotiabank Nuit Blanche has wholeheartedly embraced these principals, and has become a cultural phenomenon the likes of which the city has never seen.
(from www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca)