Open Studio Show & Share: Creative Systems + Digital Tools
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | 6:30–8:30PM
FREE as part of Open Studio Programming, register here
Join Farida & Alycia for a Show & Share: Creative Systems + Digital Tools on June 24, 2026 from 6:30-8:30PM at InterAccess. While there are an abundance of digital tools and platforms available for creative people, it can be difficult to know which might be useful for our practices and approaches. The event will begin with a show & tell of various tools and then move into a collective brainstorm and reflection session.
There are two ways to participate in the event: 1) either as a presenter in the show & tell, or 2) as a workshop participant. If you would like to present in the show & tell and share with the group how you use a specific creative tool or system (i.e. are.na, Figma, Freeform, Milanote, Miro, Notion), please sign up at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ShowTell2406. Please note, the focus of this workshop is not on generative AI tools.
In the second half of the event, we will collectively discuss the current tools we use, brainstorm our ‘ideal future’ creative tools, and share how these tools support (or could better support) our creative process.
At the end of the brainstorm, we will also celebrate our collectively designed creative systems with cake!
This event is open to artists, makers, and creative people from all mediums, disciplines and career stages.
About the Organizers
Based between Cairo, Toronto, and Abu Dhabi, Farida Rady is a researcher, artist, and writer currently pursuing a PhD in urban planning at the University of Toronto. Farida explores questions of urban governance, housing justice, migrations, memory, and the poetics of place. Through various research/creation practices, including counter-mapping, alternative photography, and legal analyses, Farida prioritizes embodied and sited pedagogy and collaborative learning processes. Find Farida on a long walk, or swimming in the nearest body of water.
Alycia Shanika, MScPl (she/they) is an urban-cultural planner, artist-designer-researcher, and impact producer whose work investigates how urban and cultural life is shaped, governed, and sustained in cities. She builds projects that bridge storytelling and design with systems change, advancing pathways for more affordable, accessible, and community-led infrastructure. They are the creator-author-publisher of their bestselling publication, Future Diasporas: Culture, Art, Identity, Space and founder of Collective Futures (https://www.collectivefutures.ca/).
Collective Futures (CoFu) is a network of creative change-makers working across urban, cultural, & social practices to co-design purpose-driven community infrastructure. We mobilize our community to design more equitable, resilient, & responsive systems for our communities, cultures, & generations after us.
Accessibility Information: We are located on the second floor of the building, which is accessible by two flights of stairs or an elevator. The front entrance has an automatic push door and is accessible by ramp or a short flight of stairs. Inside, all InterAccess facilities are on the same level, including a single-user accessible washroom.
Questions? If you have any questions about the event or require additional support, please contact us at education@interaccess.org.