A full day of creative, activity-and discussion-based workshops
No registration required -- just sign up the day of! Stop by for one workshop or stay for the whole day!
Workshops Schedule subject to change!!
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave.)
10AM - 5PM
PWYC
CAPACITY: 8
Time: 10AM - 11AM
This workshop will provide the basic design, concept and process of self-published handmade book/zine. Facilitators Selena Wong + Ginette Lapalme will offer inspiration, instruction and assistance to facilitate participants with their personal on-site creation. Many examples of handmade zines ranging from highly-experienced and newly self-published artists will be provided for quick-browsing.
CAPACITY: 15
TIME: 10AM - 11AM
In this workshop we will use dance, yoga and bodywork techniques to move our way into a relaxed stillness of the whole being. Dress in layers of comfortable clothes you can move in. This workshop is suitable for all ages and abilities. No movement experience necessary.
CAPACITY: 25
TIME: 10AM - 11AM
My work involves a re-orienting – a turning toward what is uncertain, messy, and unstable. My thoughts are preoccupied with how women articulate disability and homelessness and how a failed or partial account is still a rendering, one that is often congruent with lived knowledge. In this hour I will discuss recent inquiries where knitting and unknitting have become practices and metaphors of community. I will also invite other women to engage in these practices. Please bring your knitting needles and crochet hooks, along with any bits of wool that you have as we will be creating a representation of our moment. Don't worry if you don't know how - learning and teaching will both be honoured.
CAPACITY: 25
TIME: 11:15AM - 12:15PM
This workshop will explore artistic representations of disability in popular culture. Sarah Sackville McLauchlan will present a narrative exploring the interactions among disability identity, gender identity and popular culture. Through words, humour, images, music, and perhaps even a costume or two, she will bring you along on her journey. Julia Gruson-Wood will discuss the socio-political and ethical meanings of the relationships between ableism and ethics as they are generated through aesthetics. In examining why disability is esteemed when represented in art, yet devalued in normative social relations, she will critique disability aesthetics by investigating the beautiful, the sublime, “madness,” “mental impairment,” ableism, kitsch, and cultural appropriation.
CAPACITY: 20
TIME: 11:15AM - 12:15PM
Though the glory of individual expression and autonomous aesthetic are nothing to sneeze at, what happens when a D.I.Y. practice is expanded to a larger sense of "your self"- like your self in relationship to the community? D.I.O.- Do It Ourselves- This workshop discusses the politics of D.I.Y., the art of the multiple and their application in broader community organizing and anti-poverty movements. Basically I want to talk about how you can put your D.I.Y. skills to work for people other than your self, or how your self is part of something larger. You'll learn a brief history of local social struggles and solidarity movements, and be asked to discuss uses of art - particularly but not limited to print arts- in these movements. You'll also leave with a full booklet about how to set up your own screen printing studio, and some practical lessons on how to print.
CAPACITY: 40
TIME: 11:15AM - 12:15PM
In Sex Work and Trans Bodies, we will explore the rights of sex workers in Canada, and issues surrounding the intersection of sex work and Trans people. Issues discussion will include an introduction to sex worker's rights activism, an easy to follow breakdown of the constitutional challenge to the laws surrounding sex work in Canada currently before the courts, and the impact of gentrification on Trans sex workers.
CAPACITY: 15
TIME: 1:15PM - 2:15PM
In this workshop we will explore the ways that we can - as friends, lovers, family, and community members - support survivors of sexual violence. Topics such as disclosure, legal processes, language, self-reflection, and sexual and physical intimacy will be touched upon. The focus will be on supporting survivors in interpersonal relationships and supporting survivors in our community will be addressed as an extension of that.
CAPACITY: 25
TIME: 1:15PM - 2:15PM
This workshop reflects upon the use of digital media methodology to explore inclusionary/exclusionary experiences and spaces. In the first portion of our workshop, we will discuss research findings and present the digital media (photographs and a short movie) produced in two fieldwork studies. The first study is about the silenced and normalized exclusion of people whose mobility needs are not accommodated at the Montreal subway. The second focuses on the experiences of secondary students with learning disabilities who recount complex memories of oppression, stigmatization and disability pride. The second portion of the workshop consists of an interactive session, which will allow workshop participants to engage with digital media.
CAPACITY: 10
TIME: 1:15PM - 3:15PM
Held by: BIKE PIRATES
CAPACITY: 15
TIME: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
This workshop will demystify the world of electronic music production. We'll look at sequencing/recording software, hardware and virtual synthesizers, samplers and effects. Whether you're interested in hip hop, techno or electro-pop, Bleeps and Bloops and Beats will teach you the basics of creating electronic-based songs.
CAPACITY: 15
TIME: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Join Chelsey Lichtawoman (formerly of The Fat Femme Mafia) on a short cityscape that will focus on fat bodies and (taking up) space. We will learn about what Fat Activism is, and the easiest ways to take part in it. The workshop will take place in stores and along Bloor St near Bay and will also examine where fat people can shop, how spaces are constructed to be inaccessible, and who is invited to be a part of retail culture and why. Meet at the Tranzac 15 minutes before workshop time. Please contact Chelsey beforehand with mobility concerns/other questions. chelsey.lichtman@gmail.com
Chef Womandy with sous chefs stelwomanis and lightwoman will be cooking up a southern style breakfast
Performances by The Dozey Does (new project from Amy Learmouth of The Youngest and Erin Lang) and Chris Yang
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave.)
10:30PM - 1:30PM
12:15PM - 1:15PM (Performances)
$6
The Community Dialog Initiative (CDI) is a new addition to the Ladyfest Toronto festival, and is meant to be a space of reflection, debate, and shared dialog about what Ladyfest is, has been, and should be in the future.
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave.)
3:45PM - 5PM
FREE
Did you know that Ladyfest turns ten years old next year?
What better time for a little but of introverted reflections than the big 1-0!?
We think it might be time to reframe, or simply clarify, the politics of Ladyfest Toronto.
To Celebrate the accomplishment of 10 years of international existence we're asking ourselves a few questions and we want to know what your answers are:
The discussion will be lead by three panelist:
A Ladyfest organizer
A Ladyfest Festival goer
And a feminist theorist
Along with you!
