- Time and Date: Thursday May 28th, 7pm – 8:30pm
- Location: Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, 2nd floor Gallery
- Cost: $45 – pre-registration required
- Ages: Open to folks ages 14+ (youth under 14 must be accompanied by an adult).
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A Restless Spectre: Still Life Drawing Workshop
Join us for a still life drawing workshop with TD Curatorial Fellow Talysha Bujold-Abu. This is a great class for beginner and intermediate artists and illustrators offering a variety of warmup techniques before a prolonged still life in the gallery.
Schedule:
- 7pm – 7:15pm : Curatorial introduction to A Restless Spectre by Sarah Sproule, and warmup activities.
- 7:15pm – 7:30pm : Workshop introduction, materials overview, and warmup activities
- 7:30pm – 7:30pm : Mini Break
- 7:45pm – 8:30pm : Prolonged still life
What should I bring?
- A sketchbook or drawing pad
- Note: AWE will provide basic materials including pencils, drawing tools, erasers, and pencil sharpeners.
Where should I park?
- Limited onsite parking is available at AWE. Shared parking lot accessible via Church Street, including 2 accessible parking spaces. Pay-and-display lot at Bruce & Riverside ($5 for up to 10 hours, approx. 1-minute walk). Parking garage on Pitt Street ($12 daily maximum).
About the facilitator: Talysha Bujold-Abu
Talysha Bujold-Abu (she/her) is a Ghanaian and French-Canadian illustrator, educator, and arts administrator currently residing on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations in so-called Windsor ON. Bujold-Abu holds a Bachelor of Honors of Fine Arts (2016) from McMaster University, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) (2018) and a Bachelor of Education (Bed) (2025) from the University of Windsor. In practice, both academically and studio-based, Bujold-Abu’s work centers on inviting play alongside critical inquiry, encouraging audiences and participants to reconsider belonging and visibility (terms that exist within multiple and shifting intersections of identity politic) through accessible visual storytelling – building connections between research, creation, and community.
