Art Is Power: A bi-weekly column where Che Kothari, renowned photographer & director of Manifesto, asks artists to succinctly define the power of art.

Some people really deserve to make it. Not just because they're blessed with extraordinary talent, but also because their talent is matched by dignity,...

Art Is Power: A bi-weekly column where Che Kothari, renowned photographer & executive director of Manifesto, asks artists to succinctly define the power of art.

We were thrilled to bring Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon to Toronto for the 4th Annual Manifesto Festival in 2010 -- as one of...

Art Is Power: A bi-weekly column where Che Kothari, renowned photographer & executive director of Manifesto, asks artists to succinctly define the power of art.

There are times you meet an artist whose very presence breathes the power of creation, who you just know is bound to have...

Art Is Power: A bi-weekly column where Che Kothari, renowned photographer & executive director of Manifesto, asks artists to succinctly define the power of art.

I love travelling the world and exploring the beauty which exists in all of her nooks and crannies. There are so many things...

Before we had written language, we had storytellers. Their role was critical: without paper and pen the passing down of stories by word of mouth was the only way communities could preserve the lessons they'd learned and the his/herstories they lived. AFRaKaReN is one of our village's storytellers.

These days...

Art Is Power: A bi-weekly column where Che Kothari, renowned photographer & executive director of Manifesto, asks artists to succinctly define the power of art.

In case you haven't heard the best news for the arts in Toronto in a long time, let me be the one to...

Art Is Power: A bi-weekly column where Che Kothari, renowned photographer & executive director of Manifesto, asks artists to succinctly define the power of art.

Ask an artist like Kardinal Offishall to talk within the theme "Art is Power" and then sit back, 'cause you know he's going to tear...

Recently the Supreme court of Canada upheld the billboard tax unlocking one of the last barriers to increased funding for the arts in Toronto. This billboard tax was first proposed to the city in 2001 during the Creative City Youth Consultations as a way to enhance art in the public...