Experimental Craft and Cathartic Possibility: Mending and Tactile Knowledge

This dialogue brings together the artists featured in material disobedience at The Lost & Found Project Space, Toronto (tlaf.ca ) to expand on their experimental craft media and techniques, and engage in conversation about the reparative and cathartic possibilities of contemporary craft.

Artists Théo Bignon, Molly JF Caldwell, Hea R. Kim, Lux Gow-Habrich, and curator Madeline Collins will consider craft as a liberatory tool for addressing social, economic, political and/or cultural harms, while also being deeply embedded in personal histories and self-expressions for queer, femme, and racialized artists. The artists will discuss experimental craft’s ability to challenge traditional hierarchies (in both life and art) and as a means of repairing relations with trivialized or undervalued labour, knowledge, and ways of making.

The panel discussion will take place at the Harbourfront Studio Theatre on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 1-3pm. This event is graciously supported by the Toronto Arts Council.

This exhibition and programming has been developed as part of the Openwork Project (tlaf.ca/openwork) and funded by the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. The panel discussion will be presented in partnership with Harbourfront Centre Craft & Design. We would also like to acknowledge the generous sponsorship and support of artverb* in helping to realize this exhibition.

material disobedience will be on view at The Lost & Found Project Space (420 Queen St E, Toronto) from May 30 - June 20, 2026. The opening reception is May 30, 6-10pm -- all are welcome!

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