A Time and Place for Everything: Natural Dye and Weaving Workshop
Update: This workshop has sold out.
Please contact Isabelle Sain (isain@textilemuseum.ca) to be added to the waitlist.
October 14-16, 2026
Three-part workshop in partnership with Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op
FREE
Registration is free and prioritizes access-seeking, disabled, and underserved communities who are looking to build community and grow within the arts. The Textile Museum is committed to making this workshop accessible and barrier-free as possible. If you have already attended a Second Life Workshop, please consider opening space for new community members to access these free workshops.
In this 3-day workshop series, we will explore how time and place shape the textiles we make. Through weaving and dyeing, participants will learn the creative potential of making textiles with reclaimed materials and food waste. Thinking about the spaces where people gather to cook, eat, and share experiences, we will work with food waste scraps sourced from local neighbourhood restaurants and learn how to create natural dyes with avocado skins and pits, onion skins, and pomegranate piths. Using the yarns dyed from the workshop, participants will then learn simple weaving techniques on a portable frame loom. On the last day, participants will apply the weaving techniques they learned to create a woven textile with unique designs representing their own personal stories of memory, place and community.
Participants will receive step-by-step, hands-on guidance and support throughout the session, ensuring a comfortable and confident learning experience.
This workshop is done in partnership with Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op. The Wednesday, October 14th session is going to be held at the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op (401 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1X3). The Thursday, October 15th and Friday, October 16th session will be hosted at the Textile Museum of Canada.
About Second Life: Sustainable Textile Workshops
‘Second Life: Sustainable Textile Workshops’ is a series of free; sustainability focused workshops developed with the Textile Museum of Canada and contemporary local artists. The series converges ecological thinking with art-making opportunities for our community. Starting in January, each month, the Museum will bring in an artist who confronts the climate crisis by rethinking materials and reimagining textile processes, decolonial methodologies, and sustainable craft traditions. Together, artist and participants will reform reused materials to create new works of art through a variety of techniques. These textile-focused artistic mediums will include weaving, embroidery, crocheting, quilting, natural dyeing, felting, upcycled fashion, or mixed-media fiber practices.
Facilitator Bio:
Timothy Manalo is a sculpture, textile, and installation artist based in Toronto. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from OCAD University and completed a Master’s in Fine Arts in Studio Art with a Certificate in Museum Studies from the SMFA at Tufts University in Boston. His work has been featured in exhibitions across Canada and the United States and has also participated in international artist residencies. Manalo’s practice has also been supported by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. He is currently a member of the Contemporary Textile Studio and Co-op and exhibits with Arterial Gallery, in Toronto.
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