Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Quilt Codes of the Underground Railroad with The Artists of Colour
Time and Date: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 5pm – 9pm
Location: 2nd Floor, Education Studio
This event is part of AWE at Night. For a limited time, admission to attend AWE at Night is $5. Members always have free admission.
Photography and videography will be present throughout the event. By entering this event site you agree to be filmed or photographed which may be used for marketing or promotional purposes.
Join The Artists of Colour for a hands-on workshop in the AWE Education Studio! Follow along as the artists share a variety of quilt blocks and colourful patterns to use as the inspiration for your own art project. The collective will explain how these and other patterns were used as coded messages for the Freedom Seekers travelling through the Underground Railroad to freedom. Step-by-step instructions along with patterns will be provided.
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