Dear Lit Lovers and Artis Enthusiasts!
We are currently revamping this site, so although it is up-to-date with the most important stuff, you can find out a lot more about what I do on the daily by checking out The Artis at TheArtisMagazine.com. Find The Artis with Ivy Reiss talk-show, videos, podcasts, event pics, and a lot more!
Here, I will be adding more of my published articles and works, launching my years-in-the-making photo-journalism, the show’s I co-host at ThatChannel studios, and other goods in the near future. Maybe even a blog.
We just launched out new YouTube channel: The Artis Media Network. Be one of the first to subscribe to here! and check out the video from The Artis launch, with more video’s to come in the the future.
Read below for more on me, and get linked to all that’s rocking the GTA Art Scene.
Best wishes,
Ivy Reiss
Founder, The Artis Media Group
Direct Email: IvyReiss@gmail.com
Email The Artis: TheArtisMagazine@gmail.com
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Ivy Reiss is the founder of The Artis Media Group. As publisher of The Artis magazine, Ivy is also the editor-in-chief, and current art-director, head of branding and marketing, and more. Ivy is also the founding producer and host of The Artis with Ivy Reiss talk-show
The Artis magazine was nominated as a finalist in the “creative design—emerging” category for the 24th annual MARTY Awards in May 2018—just 13 months after the magazines launch in 2017. See pics from the star-studded event here.
In the studio with Dr. Tom Hamilton, February 2019, chatting on Economizing the Cultural Arts in Canada on The Artis with Ivy Reiss. Click on the image to download the free podcast. Watch the interview here.
As founding producer and host of The Artis with Ivy Reiss talk-show, Ivy selects and interviews the biggest names on the GTA art scene about compelling topics related to art and culture.
The Artis with Ivy Reiss airs two shows a month out of ThatChannel studios. Easily find archived episodes online on The Artis website, Youtube, or on ThatChannel.com under the “shows” tab.
With Georgia Wilder on The Rise of the Authentic Voice.
The next episode of The Artis with Ivy Reiss airs Friday April 26, 2019 at 1pm - 2pm (ETA). Watch us LIVE and UNEDITED in ThatChannel.com
Join Us!
Watch LIVE: The Artis with Ivy Reiss air Friday April 26th 2019 at 1pm (EST)
with Special Guests Journalist David Silverberg (1:00pm) and Poet and Playwright Brandon Pitts (1:30pm).
Livestream at www.ThatChannel.com
of Media and Fake News with Gemini Award Winning Director and Producer David Tucker, on The Artis with Ivy Reiss. Watch us here.
The Artis is distributed with Chapters/Indigo in Oakville, A Different Drummer Books and The Book Nook in Burlington, and six 905 libraries.
Find out more on The Artis vendors page or order your single copy or package deal here before they’re sold-out! (We only have 4 copies of The Artis Special Inaugural Issue and 9 copies of The Artis 2 issues available as of April 2019.)
Lit-erally at least one Lit Event every day of the week
As a strong supporter and active member on the art scene for over fifteen years, Ivy knows how important it is to keep the arts alive. This is why The Artis website has the hottest Events Page for Lit Events in the GTA.
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With Over 100 Lit Events Up Right Now.
As a strong supporter and active member on the art scene for over fifteen years, The Artis website has lit-erally one of the best Event Pages for Lit Events.
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And The Artis lists them all for free. Visit and find out more.
Visit TheArtisMagazine.com for more on The Artis and visit The Artis with Ivy Reiss show here.
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Ivy has been on the GTA art and culture scene as an event host, coordinator, and spoken word performer and writer for nearly ten years. She re-branded the successful Oakville Lit Cafe reading series in 2012, turning into a go-to hub for poets and writers from all over the GTA, western Ontario, and as far as the USA and UK. In April 2013, these successes landed the Lit Café a Feature spot on Cogeco’s Arts Matter television program. By 2016, full-houses were common and the venue had moved to the Joshua Creek Art and Heritage Centre, that April Ivy passed the reigns on to 905 author and teacher Josie DiSciasscio-Andrews, and the Lit Café is stronger than ever.
As a spoken word performer, Ivy has have Featured at numerous venues since 2010, including Toronto’s longest running and most prestigious reading series ArtBar twice, Loose Leaf Poets Reading Series, on CIUT’s 89.5FM Howl Radio with host Nik Beat, as winner of The Best Poet of the Month series at the Free Times café, The Oakville Ensemble, numerous Poetry Month events every April, and many more. Her poetry has been featured in two anthologies, three issues of the “Labour of Love” poetry magazine.
Ivy’s recent readings include:
Highlight Reader, Song and Poetry Salon: The Tranzac Club, Toronto, ON: March 10, 2019.
Invited Featured Poet, Ryerson’s 2018/19 GRAD Contests Awards Reception, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto, ON: February 07, 2019.
Featured Poet, Poetry and Music Salon: Mt. Pleasant Library, Toronto, ON: January 31, 2019.
Featured Poet, Wild Writers Reading Series, Poetry Jazz Cafe, Toronto, ON: February 05, 2019.
Guest Speaker, “Behind Betty Sutherland Boschka,” Why Betty Sutherland? Carleton University, Ottawa, ON: November 01, 2018.
As a contributing art and culture writer for Luxury Globe Media (2017-18), Ivy contributed eighteen articles on theatre, event, and culinary reviews, press releases, and artist interviews focused on the GTA, western Ontario, and the Muskoka region.
In October 2016, Ivy visited the remote fly-in community of Naujaat (formerly Repulse Bay) for 25 days.
During her stay, Ivy lived with the Inuit in their homes and investigated the education, healthcare, food, and housing conditions, and gave talks at the elementary, high-school, and to the cadets on the importance of post-secondary education, the settled land claims, and how the future of Canada hinges on its youngest, and fully bilingual population; the Inuit. In addition, she conducted over forty hours of interviews, with the town Hamlet SAO, teachers, principles, vice-principles, the wildlife officer, the Northern Inn chef, healthcare providers, locals, representatives from a visiting diamond mine, and more. Ivy is currently writing about these experiences.
Ivy is in-demand as a keynote speaker, writer, editor, event promoter, and host. Her anticipated collection of poetry, There is a Place, is launching 2019-2020.
She also enjoys tutoring youth and ESL students, especially in English, linguistics, and world history, and mentoring writers in areas ranging from various writing styles, genres, and marketing.
Ivy holds her Honours Bachelor of Arts; Specialist in English Literature and Major in German Studies from the University of Toronto.
As Editor-in-Chief of The Artis, Ivy and her team's main objective is putting the 905 on the map.
Find out more about The Artis at TheArtisMagazine.com
Ivy is sought after as a freelance writer, editor, ghost writer, writing coach, and publishing consultant.
Reach Ivy reiss
Founder, The Artis Media Group
Direct Email: IvyReiss@gmail.com
Email The Artis: TheArtisMagazine@gmail.com
Twitter: @Ivy_Reiss & @ArtisMagazine
Facebook: @ArtisMagNineofive
Pinterest: www.pinterest.ca/ivy_reiss/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ivy-reiss-b389475b/