Mississauga Creates - Maps of Mississauga with Mississauga Culture by Angela Chao in Meadowvale
Channel: angela chao
Date: 2020-08-10

This video and art is created thanks to Culture Mississauga from the City of Mississauga. 

About the Artwork
I have chosen to illustrate the Meadowvale area. I am excited to showcase this neighbourhood from my own point of view and preserve this pivotal moment in time on canvas. 

During this pandemic, I have had the opportunity to take in the beauty that surrounds me. I have had the time to sit and smell the flowers and even paint a few. I live near Windwoodpark at Britannia and Winston Churchill and enjoy taking in my experience through daily walks and bike rides. I have tried to capture the beauty of Meadowvale area including Lake Aquitaine Trail and Lake Wabukayne Trail. 



About the Artist 
Angela Chao is an experienced filmmaker, having worked in the Toronto film industry in the camera department for 17 years in IATSE 667. In addition, her artwork has been a constant companion in her health recovery process after her concussion in 2019. She has first hand experience on the positive impact that the arts have on wellbeing. She can personally speak to the power of arts as a healing and coping tool. She started to create abstract painting to help express her emotions. Painting and the arts help her communicate the depression, anxiety and sadness that she feels inside.

Angela was invited to be guest speaker at the Brain Injury Association of Canada Conference in Toronto. She was awarded a year-long International ad campaign with Mercedes AMG on their social networks, speaking about her challenges from her brain injuries. Angela’s short documentary showcasing her struggles from her brain injury and triumphs through art was selected by Cineplex and funded by Sun Life Financial, appearing in all 1,600 Canadian Cineplex theatres for one week during July 2017. 

Angela was awarded the Emerging Visual Artist of the year, at the 2017 Marty’s by the Mississauga Arts Council. In 2019 Angela was awarded with the Community Heritage award and the Modern Heritage award with Heritage Mississauga at the Credits. 

Angela continually supports arts in her community by donating her art-work for auctions. She has raised over $3,000 for the Art Gallery of Mississauga Annual Benefit Auction in 2019 and 2020 as well as the Mississauga Arts Councils Masquerade Ball in 2018 and 2019. 
A constant inspiration to many, Angela is passionate about helping others who may be experiencing a similar situation to find a light in their life and overcome the darkness with a passion. Angela is committed to taking a public role in promoting mental health and awareness through her art.