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Sick Muse Art Projects
Sick Muse Art Projects' is a community based arts organization co-founded by Colombian writer Paola Gomez and Visual Artist Alex Usquiano. This non-for-profit organization is located in  Toronto, Ontario Canada. [1 ]'

Sick Muse Art Projects operates under the principles of inclusion and social justice.[1] Their projects are free of cost for participants and they are founded by Toronto Arts Council and [|Ontario Arts Council.] The organization uses  arts as a tool to promote conversations aiming to eliminate any form of discrimination.[1]

Sick Muse Art Projects has been fundamental in the work with new comers and Refugees in Toronto, in particular in working with kids; through their program "our World of A Thousand Colours" where they offer art workshops to kids living in shelters and refugee houses in Toronto.[1] [2]

Sick Muse Art Projects provides arts and social justice education in three ways:[1 ]


 * Community Arts: Developing art based projects for vulnerable populations, including new immigrants, refugees and families who have experience violence.
 * Activism and Public Education: Promoting Social Justice and achieving equality and inclusion for all members of society. Sick Muse uses art as a way to explore and to engage communities in conversations of social justice.
 * Support for emerging and new comer artists living in Toronto: The organization offers supports emerging artists from equity seeking groups to showcase their work and to access granting opportunities and profesional development. [1 ]