Carefree Black Boy Project (2016-2018)

Delisca formed a collective of artists exploring black masculinity in Toronto. Our principal project was a series of interviews of young black creatives across toronto conducted by myself, Ekow Stone, and Adjei Scott and Petrose Tesfai worked as Photographer.

The project recieved 7000 in Funded, partnered with the city of toronto Cultural Hotspot 2017

Mission statement

The Carefree Black Boy Project aims to create spaces where black males can explore themselves without limits, and to question the standard ideas around masculinity, sexuality, spirituality, and identity. This project seeks to support black communities and black artists by dismantling stereotypes surrounding black masculinity through art, constructive discourse, and community initiatives. In order to start a dialogue around hyper masculinity, relationships, mental illness and the overall state of black male bodies, sacred spaces that are inclusive and free of prejudice will be manifested. We hope to form a community, a village striving to decolonize consciousness and to celebrate the diversity of the black boy diaspora. From this village founded on love, compassion, and courage, black boys will be provided with the means to embrace a holistic sense of selfhood, unhindered by social norms and derogatory stereotypes, and to unapologetically embrace one's black individuality.