First TD Diverse Communities Art & Design Fellow Joins The Walrus | The Walrus

Alana Enahoro has been selected as the first TD Diverse Communities Art & Design Fellow, a one-year paid educational program supporting emerging artists and designers from diverse communities who face barriers to the industry. She joins The Walrus’s multidisciplinary art department and will create visual work for Editorial, Marketing, and Digital teams. Enahoro is a Humber College Graphic Design graduate with self-taught illustration experience and a focus on social impact and community engagement. She will be mentored and trained by The Walrus’s design director to build a portfolio covering editorial story layouts, multimedia content, illustrations, and print production understanding. The fellowship continues efforts to address underrepresentation of journalists and artists from diverse communities across Canada’s media industry.

"The Walrus is pleased to announce that Alana Enahoro has been selected as the first TD Diverse Communities Art & Design Fellow, a program created to support emerging artists and designers from diverse communities facing barriers to the industry. Enahoro joins the organization's multidisciplinary art department and will contribute to the creation of visual work across its Editorial, Marketing and Digital teams. The fellowship continues The Walrus's and TD's dedication to addressing the underrepresentation of journalists and artists from diverse communities, at all levels of the media industry in Canada."

"Enahoro is a graduate of the Graphic Design program at Humber College and has self-taught illustration experience. She is passionate about social impact and community engagement. Working closely with the design director at The Walrus, Enahoro will be mentored and trained to develop a strong portfolio encompassing editorial story layouts, multimedia content, illustrations, and an understanding of the print production process."

""Being chosen as the TD Diverse Communities Art & Design Fellow is an honour and an amazing chance to be part of a team that fosters meaningful change. I'm excited to use design and storytelling to amplify underrepresented voices and help create space for diverse creative expressions to be seen and recognized." - said Alana Enahoro, TD Art & Design Fellow, The Walrus."

"The TD Diverse Communities Art & Design Fellow is a one-year paid educational program that was opened to early career illustrators and designers from Black, Indigenous, and other underrepresented communities who had a passion for visual storytelling, the ability to bring a unique perspective to The Walrus's brand expression, and the technical skills needed to support their work."

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