In this episode I chat with Emma Lefebvre, whose popular YouTube tutorial channel has gently and patiently encouraged new artists since 2016. We talk art stores as therapy, authenticity, perfection, community, and so much more.

Find out why Emma loves watercolors - and why you might learn to love them, too.

Find Emma: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQxaIHZBGxK9i1nb2UiDWgA Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emjlefebvre Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Emjlefebvre/ Etsy https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/EmJWatercolourStudio

Emma's favorite nonprofits:The 519 provides a safe and accepting place for the Toronto LGBTQ community. "The 519 was an important community centre to my family. My Mom and I used to go there when I was a child and was a good support to my family. I was born downtown in the village (or the gay village as its sometimes referred to). With my father being gay, it was important to my family to be a part of a community that supported everyone from the LGBTQ community." https://www.the519.org/

Sketch is a Toronto arts development initiative focused on young people, homeless and on the margins, ages 16-29 "I was a part of an art show fundraiser whose proceeds went to Sketch. It was an important moment for me because it was my first art show, and supporting youth and the arts means a lot to me." https://www.sketch.ca

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Take action to help Black Americans have the freedom to love what they love. This is an incomplete list; please take the time to do your own research as well.

https://blacklivesmatter.com https://colorofchange.org http://www.wetheprotesters.org https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/ https://eji.org https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/ https://www.naacp.org/naacp-leadership/naacp-foundation/

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