Connecting Art & Community
Workshop Description:
Learn Digital Collaging techniques in the workshop on August 5th. In this workshop participants will get a chance to get creative with photographs, shape, colour and type to create their own personalized collage from scratch using Inkscape (Digital Program).
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Session 1:
Creating a bust/human face sculpture
Supplies:
Session 2:
Creating a Narikomi inspired piece
Supplies:
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca.
This workshop is funded by Ontario Arts Council.
Stitching Spring is a 2 workshops embroidery series starting with the very basics of embroidery and walking participants through the creation of their embroidery art piece inspired by spring. In the beginning, participants will learn embroidery stitches and the basics to start embroidery art. Inspired by the theme of spring each participant will create their embroidery piece, starting with a sketched idea and using the learned stitches to create a textile art piece.
Materials needed to participate:
– Embroidery Hoop (recommended sizes between 4″ and 7″)
– 2 or 3 Fabric or felt pieces that are larger than the hoop (cotton, linen, or fabrics that don’t have too much stretch to them are recommended)
– Embroidery needles between sizes 2 to 7
– Needle threader (optional)
– Embroidery floss
– Scissors
– Markers
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca.
This workshop is funded by Ontario Arts Council.
Participants will be making masks using various materials in creative ways. The
theme of this workshop is finding creative ways of mask making addressing stories of people, activities, and things that have gotten the participants through COVID time and isolation. These connective and rejuvenating acknowledgements become the inspiration for creating an individual mask. Participants will be led through the mask-making design and build process by the workshop lead, Banafshesh Erfanian. All levels of experience are welcomed.
Materials
Paper
Marker
Pencil crayons
Magazines or newspaper
Fabric
Glue stick
Masking tape
Wooden sticks (a pencil could be used instead)
Stapler
Strings of any kind or elastics
Hole puncher
Scissors.
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Toronto Arts Council.
Description:
In this workshop, environmental artist, Orflina, will share with participants how to make ornaments with citrus peels
As the drying process for organic material is natural, participants should consider that the material will require more than one day to get dry, and that the artwork will be finished at home by themselves.
Learning
Materials
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Toronto Arts Council.
Description: ‘Remembering Home’ is a community art activity that explores the themes of memory, movement, transition, and safe space. For everyone, the idea of a home and a safe space has changed, especially in the event of a pandemic. Akshata Naik, a facilitator and multidisciplinary artist, uses this workshop to engage participants in larger discussions while painting a birdhouse that serves as a metaphor of refuge, improvised space, and a home for birds. She compares this to nature and birds migrating in search of food, shelter, and a safe place to live similar to humans and their need for migration.
Artist Bio: Akshata Naik is a contemporary and a multidisciplinary visual artist. Born and raised in Mumbai, she is a newcomer to Canada. Her works reflect upon her lived experiences of moving homes, cities and countries through a lens of immigration, violence, displacement, home and belonging. She works towards co-creating with her viewers an immersive experience and interactive art installations which consists of digital drawings, paintings, videos, ephemeral temporary sculptures and art in virtual reality. Her work has been exhibited locally and internationally at institutions such as THEMUSEUM, Kitchener (2021) Nuit Blanche Toronto, Gladstone Hotel (2019) Gallery Espace, Delhi (2020) Artcore Gallery, UK (2016)
Materials: Miniature wooden birdhouse (ones easily available at Dollar store) acrylic paint, brushes, markers, glitter, sequins, other decoration materials easily available at home.
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Toronto Arts Council.
iFEED project stands for Find the Energy Every Day. It is a canvas painting project led by Connie Tong, an Open Studio participant. It encourages participants to engage in discussions of resiliency, empowerment and healing. Especially living through the pandemic, this project uses visual arts as a vehicle to express their motivation to find the light at the end of the tunnel and hopefully inspire others to gain a better perspective and wellbeing coping through the pandemic.
Participants will develop skills in creative thinking and exploration of the chosen medium. Through guided instructions, the program will result in a finished project at the end of the session.
iFEED project is a City of Toronto Arts and Culture SPARK project and participants who contribute to this project will have a chance to display their work in a public setting and online. Participants can learn more about the project scope at www.healthylivingart.ca
All you need to participate is a canvas, paint, and paintbrushes, which they can procure at Dollar Store, Walmart, or local craft store.
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.
Arzina Pirbhai, a longtime Open Studio participant, will be leading an Origami workshop which will increase creativity and reduce stress.
Materials needed:
The workshop will take place virtually on July 2nd, from 9:30 am – 12 pm.
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.
To register, email Tasneem@artignite.ca
This workshop is funded by Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.
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