The AGO is hosting a free digital screening of the powerful short film It Can Be Anything, which features a young artist’s inspiring journey.

“It can be anything” is the open-ended, all-encompassing mantra offered by artist Rachel Doucette as a description of her work. Doucette’s abstract drawings and inspiring journey as a creative person are centred in a brand new short film, It Can Be Anything, named after her powerful mantra. The 28-year-old artist lives with an intellectual disability that can make verbal communication challenging, but allows her artistic voice to resound with much clarity. 

Directed by filmmaker Ryan Bergmann, produced by Doucette’s sister Marsha and featuring animation by Good Form Studio, It Can Be Anything uses Rachel’s unique lens to explore the beauty of her artistic practice and life narrative.

On June 11, the AGO will host a screening of the film via Zoom, (register, here) followed by a discussion with Marsha Doucette, Ryan Bergmann and Dylan Carquez (Good Form).