
machiinegunfunkk portfolio.
Jadyn "machinegunfunkk" Hardie-Bardy, is a queer Kanein’kéha:ka and Jamaican poet, and prevention worker living in Tkaronto. Since opening professional doors Jadyn has journeyed many paths including self-publishing her first chapbook entitled, i am a wandering spirit. Jadyn was a featured artist of VIBEarts’ Desire Lines with collage poetry featured at Tkaronto’s Bathurst Station, R.I.S.E. Edutainment's Legal Artivism Residency, Global News’ TRC social highlights, Give and Grow's Alley Oop Project and many more.
Jadyn uses her art to connect with youth navigating judicial and child welfare systems. Advocating through cultural arts and lived experience speaking, her work explores cultural connections, destigmatizing monoliths, grief, healing and overcoming adversity faced while navigating colonial institutions.
Jadyn guest taught at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Social Work in 2022 and 2023 and continues to speak across Ontario to advocate amongst stakeholders and child welfare workers for a better future for youth in care. In 2024, Jadyn was a poet featured at the National Arts Center: Hip Hop Theatre's BlackOUT Night, as the only youth amongst National poets in a show entitled "The Old Black Maple." She spent much of 2024 teaching in classrooms and communities. As Jadyn's work continues to expand, she hopes to use oral storytelling to share lived experiences, advocate for change, and create spaces to nurture intergenerational conversations and art.
Poetry Inprint: In the Streets, Featured Poet, Toronto, ON, 2021 Jadyn "machiinegunfunkk" was apart of the first cohort of artists featured in the In the Streets. Using this opportunity to create her own street art and share a message, Jadyn `looked towards community and reflected on the people she loves, believes in and roots for.
Poetry Inprint: In the Streets screenprinting process.
Beaded Version of "i am a wandering spirit" exhibited at the VIBEarts NEXT: The Future of Art Exhibition 3.0, 2022 i am a wandering spirit, Published in 2022
ANCFSAO Governance Engagement Mechanism, Lived Experience Speaker and Poet, Rama ON, 2022
Factor Inwentash School Of Social Work University of Toronto, MSW Guest Speaker, 2022
Council Fire's Indigenous Legacy Gathering, Youth MC and Interviewer, Nathan Phillips Square, 2022
R.I.S.E Edutainment Open Mic, Two Twos, Toronto, ON, 2023
YAIJ Poetry NIght, Poetry Workshop Facilitator, Scarborough, ON, 2023
JAYUxKuuma: Letters to my Future Self, Featured Poet, Harbour Front Center, 2023
YAIJ Community Conversations: Innovation in Education Equity, Anti-Ableism and AlleyShip, Poet, Toronto, ON, 2023
VIBEarts Desire Lines, Featured Artist, Bathurst Station, Toronto, ON, 2023
Factor Inwentash School Of Social Work University of Toronto, MSW Guest Speaker, 2023
Behind the scenes of the R.I.S.E Edutainment's Legal Artivism Residency, 2023
Behind the scenes of the R.I.S.E Edutainment's Legal Artivism Residency, 2023
Behind the scenes of the R.I.S.E Edutainment's Legal Artivism Residency, 2023
Youth and Staff Relationship Building and Mentorship, Children's Aid Society Of SDG, Cornwall, ON, 2023
Give and Grow: Alley Oop Project, Featured Artist, 2023
Give and Grow: Alley Oop Project, Featured Artist, 2023
ANCFSAO CYSFA 5-Year Review, Youth Panelist, Rama, ON, 2023
The Old Black Maple, Featured Poet, Ottawa, ON, 2024
The Old Black Maple, Featured Poet, Ottawa, ON, 2024
ANCFSAO Child and Family Wellbeing Conference, Youth Mentor, Ottawa, ON, 2024
Alex Robinson's Black Sisyphus, Model, 2024
Toronto Poetry Slam: Open Mic Night, Featured Poet, Toronto, ON, 2024
Catharsis Toronto: Sounds of a Black Revolution Poetry Workshop, Facilitator, Scarborough, ON, 2024
ANCFSAO's Child and Family Wellbeing Conference, Youth Panel Moderator, Toronto, ON, 2024