OPPORTUNITIES

Sustainable Textiles 101 with Camila Salcedo

We invite you to join us for Camila Salcedo’s workshop series ‘Sustainable Textiles’. This is an UrbanArts + Workman Arts Satellite Program!

Registration is open.

Dates: October 4 – 28, 2024

  • Friday October 4th
  • Monday October 7th
  • Friday October 11th
  • Tuesday October 15th
  • Friday October 18th
  • Monday October 21st
  • Tuesday October 22nd
  • Friday October 25th
  • Monday October 28th

Time: 2 hour Sessions, 6:00PM-8:00PM

Venue: UrbanArts, 5 Bartonville Ave E, Toronto

This 9-session beginner-friendly workshop series will explore textile techniques, focusing on sustainability. Techniques covered include hand and machine sewing, fabric alteration, and garment tailoring. Participants learn about the fast fashion industry and then apply design techniques to upcycle clothing and create their own patterns. A focus will be on using wearable art as a mode of self-expression and identity exploration through a lens of body positivity. The series culminates in a personally-tailored and upcycled outfit, made using thrifted or repurposed supplies.

Questions? Contact Shakoi Hibbert at shakkoi@urbanartstoronto.org.

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Felting: Explorations

Discover the art of felting with Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist and textile enthusiast Kat Singer! Join us for Kat’s workshop series ‘Felting: Explorations’, an UrbanArts + Workman Arts Satellite Program!

Registration is now open.

Dates: Wednesdays, October 16 – December 11, 2024
Time: 2-hour Sessions, 6:00-8:00PM
Location: UrbanArts, 5 Bartonville Ave E, Toronto

Discover the art of felting with Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist and textile enthusiast Kat Singer!
Felting is the process of matting and condensing fibres together in order to create two or three-dimensional designs. Another way to describe felting is “soft sculpture”. All you need to get started on your felting journey is patience, stamina for small, repetitive hand movements, and a little bit of practice to master basic skills. Felting encourages focus, planning, and creative problem solving. Felting is not just a means of creative expression, it can also be wellness practice. In this class, learners will be invited to connect to the materials they are using as well as each other, listen to their bodies, and approach creative challenges with curiosity and compassion.

Questions? Contact Shakkoi Hibbert at shakkoi@urbanartstoronto.org. 

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Thanks to a $1 million investment over four years from the Slaight Family Foundation, Workman Arts is expanding its art training programs throughout the GTA by partnering with Scarborough Arts, UrbanArts, North York Arts, East End Arts, Arts Etobicoke and Lakeshore Arts. The expanded program tackles the prevalence of social isolation in individuals with mental health issues and the lack of opportunities to build lasting social connections through meaningful engagement outside of the mainstream mental health system. Workman Arts’ art training programs are unique in the mental health sector because they do not treat the art class as secondary to the mental health benefits. High-quality art classes across all disciplines are facilitated by instructors with lived experience of mental health and/or addiction issues.

Have questions?
AZUL BAEZ
Membership Administrative and Programs Manager
416-583-4339, ext. 2
azul_baez@workmanarts.com

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Workman Arts would like to acknowledge the Indigenous land on which we are presently located; Toronto comes from the Kanien’kéha word Tkaronto, which can be translated as “where the trees meet the water.” It is part of traditional territories of many nations: the Huron Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe and the Mississaugas of the Credit.

Workman Arts recognizes this is an ongoing dialogue; we are grateful to live and work on this land with all people—those Indigenous to Turtle Island and those from all over the world.

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