DATE: Thursday, February 19th, 2026
TIME: 5pm – 9pm
LOCATION: 401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, ON
COST:
Accessibility: Accessibility and accommodation requests must be made at least two weeks in advance of the event. Please contact [email protected] for questions.
The Ujima Initiative in partnership and collaboration with Art Windsor Essex, presents a Black History Month Celebration of Culture and Fashion.
Join us for BLACK: The Beautiful One. This colourful feast of fashion, culture, and story is centering a powerful tradition of unity, through sacred designs and patterns fused with contemporary styles that stand in a unique space of power and resilience. Enjoy colourful fabrics shaped by the hands of youth and guided by the truths of elders.
In the BLACK we are all connected and seen.
What defines style in Windsor-Essex? Is it function, storytelling, culture, community, or reinvention? This panel brings together local creatives to explore how lived experience, culture, and creative practice shape personal and collective style in our region. Drawing from backgrounds in design, costumes, community leadership, and the arts, panelists will reflect on how identity, movement, and environment influence how we represent ourselves.
Rather than chasing trends, style in Windsor is often rooted in practicality, expression, and layered histories shaped by migration, industry, and creativity. Through personal stories and visual examples, this conversation will examine common misconceptions and how Windsor continues to define its own creative voice.
Moderated by Moya McAlister
Speakers:
Join artist Richard Storms and curator Emily McKibbon for an artist talk in the exhibition Kissing Cousins: New Acquisitions in Context. Storms’ paintings of ordinary dogs humorously reimagine modernist portrait traditions, elevating casual snapshots into fine art and revealing how visual culture shapes what, and how, we see.
Let’s celebrate! Head up to the third floor to join us for music, food and drinks by Windsor Eats, and good vibes.
