July 13 | Chai & Write: Summer Joys with Sheniz Janmohamed
Sunday, July 13, 2025
2 PM
Free | Registration required
About the Program
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields…Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.” ― Mary Oliver
Join local arts educator and poet Sheniz Janmohamed for a summer edition of Chai & Write, inspired by the Varley’s 2025 Summer Exhibitions. This reflective workshop invites participants to explore the season’s warmth through creative prompts and poetic expression.
Bring your favourite notebook and pen. Dress for the weather. No writing experience required.
Event Highlights
- Enjoy a guided tour of the Varley’s latest summer exhibitions
- Write list poems inspired by summer memories
- Take a colour walk through Toogood Pond to create your own nature art.
About Sheniz Janmohamed
Sheniz Janmohamed was born and raised in Tkaronto with ancestral ties to Kenya and India. A poet, nature artist and arts educator, she regularly visits schools and community organizations to teach and perform. Her nature art has been featured across Turtle Island, including the National Arts Centre and the Art Gallery of Mississauga. She has performed her work in venues across the world and has three poetry collections Bleeding Light (2010), Firesmoke (2014) and Reminders on the Path (2021).
A recipient of the Lois Birkenshaw-Fleming Creative Teaching Scholarship, Sheniz holds an Artist Educator Mentor certificate from the Royal Conservatory. She’s facilitated poetry walks and outdoor workshops at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, the University of Toronto and the Art Gallery of Mississauga. In 2022, she served as the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus and Artist-in-Residence at the Stone & Sky Festival (Pelee Island). She is currently working on her fourth book, a collection of essays about her late grandmother’s garden in Kenya.
