STILL ALIVE: GROUP SHOW

CONTAINERS CAN BE FREEING Opening Night Sept. 16th 2026

STILL ALIVE is a two week exhibition exploring the relationship between art + nature.

Toronto

September 17 - 27th 2026

152 Sterling Rd. Toronto

(next to MOCA)

BOOK LAUNCH

BAD ARTIST released Oct. 2024.

You can preorder a copy at any local bookstore or online. My essay, More Than a Garden, will appear in the anthology. CBC press here.

Toronto

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

7:00 pm

Danu Social House

1237 Queen St. W

For friends on the East Coast, there will be a Halifax Launch, details:

Halifax

Thursday, October 17, 2024

7:00 pm

Bus Stop Theatre

2203 Göttingen St.

CREATIVE WRITING LECTURES / WORKSHOPS

Writing Nature: A workshop in collaboration with RAYKISS

October, 2025, Details TBD

Through the La Baldi Residency, Cultivate Projects

Creating Atmosphere: A workshop in collaboration with Jane Silcott.

September 27th, 2024, 1- 2:30 pm eastern

Through the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFC)

Creating Atmosphere: A workshop in collaboration with Jane Silcott.

March 25th, 2024, 7-9pm eastern

Through the University of King’s College, MFA Fiction and Nonfiction cohorts

WRITING SERVICES

Professional and Creative Writing

• Commissioned poems, essays and short stories

• Ghostwriting

• Copy for businesses, websites, social media, blogs, promotional documents and professional materials

• Content for proposals, queries, applications, etc.

• Creative treatments for commercials or film

• Grant writing

FREELANCE FLORAL AND GARDEN DESIGN

Toronto + Travel

My services include: arrangements, installations, gardens, art direction, set design, styling and creative project management for events.

I mostly work in Toronto but take on select freelance work for florists, plant specialists and gardeners worldwide.

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jessicaheatherpayne@gmail.com