Collective Collective invites cultural workers and artists to collaboratively write the Terms of Engagement that we would like to insist upon when working with institutions as BIPOC workers, radical organizers, and artist-parents. As a tool to negotiate for what we need, this drop-in workshop is an opportunity to share our experiences within institutions, and to propose what terms of engagement might be helpful to build better ways of working in our sector.

This hands-on workshop addresses sustainability and material equity in ceramics by exploring reclaimed clay and waste reduction. Participants will learn foundational clay techniques while discussing who gets access to heavily mined ceramic resources. Reserved exclusively for BIPOC creators, this workshop honors ancestral traditions of clay work in community. Together, we will transform discarded materials into functional art while building a collaborative, supportive space that pushes back against studio marginalization and material waste.

This performance-workshop explores the spaces between appearance and disappearance, self and environment. Participants are invited to record short gestures using a green screen, which are then projected and refracted through handheld mirrors. By redirecting and fragmenting these projected bodies, the work creates "in-between" spaces to inhabit. The mirrors function as tools for agency, allowing participants to choose what is revealed or withheld in a collective act of witnessing the ephemeral transformations of the self. 

Collective pottery patchwork is an ongoing evolution of the collective clay tile workshop first mounted at Montréal monochrome IX, 2024, a conference that explores atypical and collaborative ways of making art. Each participant in the workshop is given a wet clay tile that they sculpt, carve and texture to represent who and where they are, on their journey. 

This eco-responsible cyanotype workshop introduces beginners to the magical process of cyanotype printing. Participants will explore how sunlight and natural elements can be used to create unique artworks on cotton tote bags.

Sineh-be-Sineh: Reimagining Oral Traditions is a hands-on, bilingual workshop in which Naghmeh Sharifi invites participants to explore how memory, oral storytelling, and cultural heritage can be preserved and reimagined through accessible digital tools.

An immersive workshop where participants are invited to engage with the sounds, textures, and scents of the exhibition. Through listening, touch, and movement, each person uses their body as a tool of perception to co-create a collective, sensory, and ephemeral performance.

Inspired by the ancient art of wax divination, this workshop invites participants to melt, pour, and observe. The random shapes that emerge become tools for interpretation, opening up an intuitive space to imagine, envision, and narrate a dream future.

A cooking and tasting workshop focused on seaweed, where participants explore a variety of textures, flavors, and techniques. Through preparation and tasting, the goal is to connect with these marine ingredients, discover their sensory potential, and rethink our relationship with food.

S.C.R.A.P.S. is a 1.5 hour scrapbooking and co-working session led by Yuki Kéké Tam. Participants will be invited to sift through extra articule archival material and create collages and images free-form. Folks can choose to work independently or on a collaborative substrate and are invited to also bring in their own archival material. This activity centres memory, play, and meaning-making. Snacks and tea will be provided. 

Archiving the Sensory: Workshop participants will be invited to create sensory artifacts—archives of their experience of a place—using bioplastics and organic elements collected by the artist.

Potato Print Soup is a 2-hour print and food making workshop led by Melanie Garcia and Yuki Kéké Tam. Participants begin with carving small icons into slices of potato. The potatoes will be the matrixes in the production of small relief works using soy-based edible ink. The potato matrixes will then be cut-up and used in the production of a leek and potato soup. The workshop centres nourishment, play, and community collaboration, ending with optional eating and reflection. 

Led by artists Abi Hodson and Yuki Kéké Tam, Cut-Up Letters is a 1.5-hour participatory writing and collage workshop that uses epistolary practices as tools for intimacy, care, and relational exchange. Drawing from traditions of letter-writing, cut-up poetry, and collaborative authorship, the workshop invites participants to reflect on what it means to write to and with others. 

Join Gendai for a contracts workshop on Thursday, October 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Gendai is a collective based in Tkaronto/Toronto dedicated to building a more equitable art sector through collective research with BIPOC artists and arts workers. Together, we will look at institutional contracts from the contemporary art sector to discuss how they could be more supportive for freelance artists, curators, and/or arts workers. Bring your own contract to contribute, or come ready with your gossip!

Get introduced to the world of painting with Sandra Tomb, an internationally renowned artist; known for her energy and kindness. This workshop will use the paintings The Garden & Tree of Patience, part of The Lost Paintings project, as inspiration for exploring creativity and working with non-toxic paints. Open to children 5 and up, this workshop will cover basic painting techniques but also ways to find inspiration, creativity and expression in the world. Materials will be provided. This workshop is part of our Les journées de la cutlure special programming.

As part of the 8th edition of Montréal Monochrome, multidisciplinary artist Marcella França presents Becoming Water.

Becoming Water is the result of 15 years of research by multidisciplinary artist Marcella Franca, dedicated to the relationship between science and Buddhist philosophy in which she explores the physical-chemical aspects of water, correlating them with issues such as fluidity, impermanence, time and memory.

Sunday September 12th, 11h00 - 12h00
Online - Zoom

New workshop given by Fannie Sosa and co-presented by Art Volt. For registration we will be posting a link shortly with instructions to follow.

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Online - registration required

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