{"id":8,"date":"2024-11-28T03:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T03:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:45:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-cream-color has-custom-brown-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7d3993f6d3c740181a6c1e6d4ea4938f has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2b631096 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size\">about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jadi darawi (they\/them) is an artist, educator, and theatre-maker based in toronto, canada. they are a recent graduate of the bachelor of fine arts in performance production program at toronto metropolitan university, and are currently enrolled in the master of arts in communication and culture program at toronto metropolitan university. their research interests include west asian culture, textile art, and pre-christian spirituality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jadi currently works as a research assistant at the university of toronto\u2019s centre for drama, theatre &amp; performance studies, as well as an academic assistant at toronto metropolitan university\u2019s school of performance. they are also a production manager for theatre and other live events. recent theatrical credits include production manager for \u201csearching for aimai\u201d (cahoots theatre, 2026), production support for \u201csongs for bones, sweat, flesh\u201d (toronto dance theatre, 2025), and production manager for summerworks festival (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jadi&#8217;s artistic practice consists primarily of embroidery and textile art. their work has recently been shown at the exhibitions \u201cbuilding home\u201d (cahoots theatre, 2025) and &#8220;collective\/memory&#8221; (sur gallery, 2025), and will be shown at \u201cgender mend\u201d (textile arts center, 2026). when they are not busy embroidering, learning, or teaching, jadi can be found practicing aerial hoop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/@audreypersaudphoto_JadiDarawi_GradPhotos_All_06-10-202515-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666987977146062;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/@audreypersaudphoto_JadiDarawi_GradPhotos_All_06-10-202515-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/@audreypersaudphoto_JadiDarawi_GradPhotos_All_06-10-202515-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/@audreypersaudphoto_JadiDarawi_GradPhotos_All_06-10-202515-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/@audreypersaudphoto_JadiDarawi_GradPhotos_All_06-10-202515.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>about jadi darawi (they\/them) is an artist, educator, and theatre-maker based in toronto, canada. they are a recent graduate of the bachelor of fine arts in performance production program at toronto metropolitan university, and are currently enrolled in the master of arts in communication and culture program at toronto metropolitan university. their research interests include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadidarawi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}