Join us for 4 Special Freaky Friday Sessions!
In partnership with the Community Makers Program at the Textile Museum
Community Makers is a community-engaged program that highlights the longstanding connections between craft, social enterprise, and community development. Encouraging creative expression and skill-building for individuals from at-risk and underserved communities, the program engages participants in immersive four-week workshops led by professional textile artists and culminates with an exhibition of the participants’ artworks at the Textile Museum of Canada.
Participants must commit to attending EACH session. Materials will be delivered.
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Sky Cubacub
TOPIC: No sew fashion activities exploring self-expression
March 18th & 25th, 3-5 PM
Jessica Watkin
TOPIC: Tactile fabric mapping through story prompts on the theme of care
April 1st & 8th, 3-5 PM
Learn more about what this workshop will be like by watching the video below:
About the Artists:
Sky Cubacub
Sky Cubacub is a non-binary Filipinx human from Chicago, IL. Rebirth Garments is their line of wearables for the full spectrum of gender, size, and ability. They are also the editor of the Radical Visibility Zine, a magazine based off of their manifesto. Our identity is that of Queer and Disabled, encompassing queer, trans, gender nonconforming identities, apparent and non-apparent disabilities/ disorders—physical, mental, developmental, intellectual etc. In particular, our trans and disabled communities have very particular clothing needs that are not adequately served by mainstream clothing designers. Instead of being centered on cisgender, heterosexual, white, thin people, Rebirth Garments is centered on Queer and Disabled people. Rebirth Garments challenges mainstream beauty standards that are sizeist, ableist, and conform to the gender binary. Instead, we maintain the notion of Radical Visibility, a movement based on claiming our bodies and, through the use of bright colors, exuberant fabrics, and innovative designs, highlighting the parts of us that society typically shuns.
Jessica Watkin
Jessica Watkin is a PhD Candidate and artist living in Toronto. She is Blind and Disabled, and uses this to fuel her work. She is a non-visual, multidisciplinary artist working with tactile arts, storytelling, Disability Dramaturgy, and performance.
In Partnership with the Textile Museum Community Makers Program
