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Alumni Achievement Awards Recipient
Che Kothari, Image Arts '05

Che Kothari

Image Arts ’05
Portraitist and founder of Manifesto

Not yet 27, Che Kothari has emerged not only as one of the most prolific portraitists in Toronto, but also a community leader and role model. While still a student, he co-founded Hightop Studio, specializing in photography, video, web design and management, as well as event production and consultancy, for such clients as TD, War Child Canada and Sony. A founding member of the Canadian Youth Arts Network, he also founded Manifesto Community Projects, a youth-led organization devoted to fostering collaboration in Toronto’s artist community, and was invited by Harvard University to present at the United Nations Safer Cities Forum. As a result, he produced a video for the Organization of American States on the power of arts and culture to transform struggling communities.

One of the best things about [TMU] was the network that sort of emerged in front of me.

Che Kothari

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