Todd Lester  

Centrepiece Speaker

Confederation Centre of the Arts, Studio One

Friday, September 22, 2017 - 11:30am-12:30pm

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Todd Lester with sign language interpreter. Photo: Will Baker.

Todd Lester with sign language interpreter. Photo: Will Baker.

Todd Lester is an artist, writer, and cultural producer.  He lives and works in São Paulo, where he is developing Lanchonete.org — a project focused on daily life in the city center — with a group of fellow artists and city dwellers.  He has worked in leadership, advocacy, and strategic planning roles at Global Arts Corps, Reporters sans frontiers, and Astraea Lesbian Justice Foundation. He founded freeDimensional, a network that helps artists in danger by providing safe haven in participating artist residencies.  Todd is a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute where he directs the Arts-Policy Nexus; a co-curator of the Arts & Society Team of Cities for People in Canada; and serves as a board member for arts, rights and literary organizations in India, Mexico, Brazil, and the US.