Workshop for all.
September 24, 2023

Give free rein to your creativity in this mask-making workshop. Bring out different facets of your personality and blur the boundaries of identity. Inspired by the work of Séamus Gallagher and led by artist and educator Maria Ezcurra, this workshop will give you the opportunity to express yourself freely by using a variety of materials to create an alter ego. You will also get the chance to embody your persona during a photographic session.

Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: FULLY BOOKED

Credit: Séamus Gallagher, Terrified, Oh What Horrors!, Picture Me Better, 2020

Workshop for all.
October 5, 2023

Join us for a discussion workshop around Michèle Pearson Clarke’s artwork Quantum Choir. Participants will get the opportunity to reflect on the notion of vulnerability linked to the expression of their identity, and to transform this feeling into a space for encounter. You will then have a chance to explore the liberating, self-affirming potential of singing by taking part in a karaoke session.

Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: For bookings, contact us here.

Credit: Michèle Pearson Clarke, Quantum Choir, 2022

Workshop for community and school groups only.

Through the game of exquisite corpse, you will create a new narrative that draws on your family legends, making a story that is both distinct and collective. Inspired by the work of Tuan Andrew Nguyen, this exercise aims to demonstrate that each memory contains multiple layers and perspectives. Written by multiple hands, these composed memories will give rise to a story that is both shared and personal, blending imagination and reality.

Community and school groups: FULLY BOOKED.

Credit: Tuan Andrew Nguyen, The Specter of Ancestors Becoming, 2019

Workshop for all.
October 12, 2023

Immerse yourself in a reflection on the notion of the gaze, in dialogue with Chris Curreri’s Self Portrait with Luis Jacob. During a session of speed drawing and crossed portraits, explore the limits and links between seeing and being seen, being and seeming.

Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: For bookings, contact us here.

Credit: Chris Curreri, Self Portrait with Luis Jacob, 2022 (detail).

Workshop for all.
September 20, 2023

Produced by the daphne art centre
Created and facilitated by Jobena Petonoquot and Meky Ottawa

A medicine bag is a small pouch, often worn around the neck, that may contain objects or materials considered important or sacred to the wearer. The artists present will be instructing participants on how to create, care for, and wear the bags they will create using moose (mos) leather. Though some medicines will be provided, the bags are often personal items, and as such participants are encouraged to bring their own medicines or other items to include.

Limited number of participants: 8
Recommended donation of $10 per participant to cover the costs of the materials
Reservations: please email daphne.artcentre@gmail.com to make your donation via e-transfer and reserve your place.

Credits: Rassemblement d’images: Mos, 2022, digital illustration for the publication of the play Akuteu (Soleil Launière, Éditions du Remue-ménage, 2023) © Meky Ottawa