Tamil Archive Project, 2023 Finalist
Tamil Archive Project (TAP) is a collective that prioritizes the participation and experiences of communities in the Greater Toronto Area with histories of marginalization. TAP came together in 2016 to document, provide and animate different forms of care which exist in racialized cultures. The collective emerged out of a need for makeshift forms of belonging in diasporic spaces by reconfiguring contemporary art practices as part of communal care.
Tamil Archive Project told us more about their work and how it feels to be recognized as a 2023 finalist. Read more below.
Describe the work of your organization, and why this work is important.
We practise communal care by bringing community together through art, events, archives, tech and accessible knowledge.
Tell us what it means to be recognized as a Toronto Arts Foundation Award finalist.
We are honoured to be recognized for the work we are doing in the community and proud to be among finalists who are doing the work alongside us. This collective emerged out of a lack of spaces where you felt seen, belonged, and could bring all parts of yourself. Thank you for supporting such spaces for present and future communities.