Geary Textile Circle Workshop at the Geary Art Crawl

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

As part of the artists-run workshops at Geary Art Crawl happening this March 7 and 8.

Learn the basics of weaving on your own take-home loom while discussing how textile practices strengthen neighborhood connections through storytelling and shared making.

This worskhop is facilitated by Amelia Ferguson and Evangeline Y Brooks.

PARTICIPANT AGE: 12+
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE + ACCESSIBLE WASHROOMS

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Amelia June Ferguson is a second year MA Fashion at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Fashion Studies program and holds a BDes (Hons.) from the TMU Fashion Design program. Her creative work incorporates both experimental weaving and embroidery techniques, incorporating art-based research methods and deconstructivist philosophies as a way to evolve her embroidered art pieces.
Evangeline Y Brooks is a postcyber artist interested in how we coexist with computers, working to maintain sustainable, accessible, and DIY artist communities against cultures of immediacy. Her practice engages with digital imagery bridging IRL, passing data back and forth over mediums and celebrating lost information. She is the Programming Manager at InterAccess and co-hosts the A/V showcase ponyHAUS.
Together, they continue to support each other's practices and work collaboratively. Most recently, Amelia supported the fabric preparation of Evangeline's Nuit Blanche installation, which showed at All Oours Studios last year. This work, created with Pegah Peivandi, was focused on community narrative and included stories and voice recordings of neighbors reflecting on what home meant to them, and how this changes over time, and as the neighborhood shifts around them.

ABOUT GEARY ART CRAWL

Geary Art Crawl is a free, community-driven arts festival that animates Toronto’s Geary Avenue with interdisciplinary programming, creative workshops, and live cultural experiences.

Founded in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an d the changing face of our beloved street, the festival was created to safely reconnect the community, provide paid opportunities for artists and arts workers, and support the neighbourhood’s small businesses during a period of significant disruption.

Since its inception, Geary Art Crawl has grown into an annual celebration of the corridor’s vibrant creative ecosystem, activating studios, galleries, and industrial spaces while welcoming thousands of visitors to explore the area.

Through workshops, performances, and collaborative projects, the festival highlights diverse artistic voices and fosters meaningful community engagement in shared public space.

Visit www.gearyartcrawl.com to explore more workshops.

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