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Street view image of single story building with a curved signboard and cross on the front façade. There are 3 white vans parked on the left in front of the building and small trees on the right side.

Gods Among Us Exhibition

Gods Among Us

Street view image of single story building with a curved signboard and cross on the front façade. There are 3 white vans parked on the left in front of the building and small trees on the right side.

East Scarborough Pentecostal Worship Centre, from the “Gods Among Us” Exhibition, a project nominated for the 2022 Heritage Toronto Awards. Photo by Esmond Lee.

Color image of a large metal canopy structure. The structure has several pieces of fabric with images depicted on them hanging from it's horizontal beams. There is a red brick building with similar green metal canopy structure in the background. There are people on the left of the structure looking and pointing.

“Gods Among Us” Exhibition, a project nominated for the 2022 Heritage Toronto Awards. Photo by Esmond Lee.

Color image of a large metal canopy structure. The structure has several pieces of fabric with images depicted on them hanging from it's horizontal beams.

“Gods Among Us” Exhibition, a project nominated for the 2022 Heritage Toronto Awards, Malvern Town Centre, 2021. Photo by Esmond Lee.

Project Organization: Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough

Creator/Artist: Esmond Lee

Project Website: https://dorismccarthygallery.utoronto.ca/exhibitions/gods-among-us

Date of Release: June 1, 2021

“Gods Among Us” by Esmond Lee presents a history of Scarborough’s diverse faith communities through representation of provisional architectural homes for places of worship. Whether located in the corner of an old plaza or standing tall at a major intersection, the spaces are more than just buildings; they are second homes for communities to gather, support one another, and share their culture. These quiet places of worship woven throughout Scarborough’s unassuming landscape are sites of living heritage; they offer insight into contemporary settlement experience situated in the urban periphery that deserves recognition as part of wider public history.

Additional Project Team Members

Executive Director/Chief Curator, Doris McCarthy Gallery UTSC: Ann MacDonald Exhibitions & Programming Coordinator, Doris McCarthy Gallery UTSC: Erin Peck Writers: Sabra Ismath, Sarah Ratzlaff Site Collaborator: Malvern Town Centre
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