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Weekends in the Studio! Paths to Freedom with Batoolio

Weekends in the Studio! Paths to Freedom with Batoolio

DATE: Saturday, November 23, 2024
TIME: 1pm- 4pm
LOCATION: 2nd floor, Education Studio
COST: Free with regular gallery admission and free for AWE members

Join us in the studio to celebrate freedom, liberation, and discovery through art and words. This week, you will create a mixed-media work of art inspired by current exhibitions at AWE, namely North is Freedom: Descendants of Freedom-Seekers on the Underground Railroad, which documents stories of bravery and refuge by Freedom Seekers. Express, create, and honour powerful stories of resilience.

This activity will help you understand different journeys to freedom, reflecting on ideas of independence, adventure, and rights. Explore multiple activity stations from collage cards, text and poetry, and poppy creation.

Weekends in the Studio is generously supported by Anne Safranyos and family.

Meet the Artist: Batoolio

Batool “Batoolio” Yahya is a self-taught Palestinian-Canadian artist who identifies with abstract expressionist, and Art Brut movements. She is known for her fantastical-like visual journeys sometimes described as confusing to the viewer. She is an activist who believes art is a necessary integration for vitality in community, and works in the community to uplift artists facing boundaries to success through her 2023/2024 ACHF-grant funded project, HeArt from the Streets (formerly “Colors of Resilience”).