Second Life: Textile Collage Workshop
Update: This workshop has sold out.
Please contact Isabelle Sain (isain@textilemuseum.ca) to be added to the waitlist.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
1-4 PM
FREE
This workshop was designed for 2SLGBTQI+ community members and is generously sponsored by Community One Foundation.
In this hands-on workshop, participants are invited to play and create tactile sensory collages that utilize The Textile Musuem’s treasure trove of materials. Participants will create art that plays with our sensory feelings of touch, adding another layer to our visual art creation and allowing us to consider what a piece of art can physically feel like. Lead by artist Cleopatria Peterson as a part of the Crip Collective cohort, this low barrier workshop will encourage participants to have fun as they explore different combinations of materials and create collages that push the boundaries of being flat and paper and celebrate art that can also be used for stimming.
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Explore how art can be tactile
- Understand art creation through a disability lens
- Create and complete their own tactile collage that utilizes different materials
- Experience art creation as a play
- Build community by creating art in a collaborative space
This is a beginner-friendly workshop with no previous experience required. All materials and step-by step guidance will be provided.
For any accessibility needs, please contact Isabelle Sain (isain@textilemuseum.ca)
This workshop offers ASL interpretation with thanks to the Canadian Culture Society of the Deaf. Please note that this interpretation is part of a placement program, providing training and support for emerging interpreters.
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 2026, 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 fibre practices.
Facilitator Bio:
Cleopatria Peterson (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist that explores the intersectionality of their identities as a black, non-binary transgender crip artist through the mediums of narrative, printmaking, illustration and education. Their weavings were showcased at The Textile Musuem in conversation with The Secret Codes exhibit in 2023 with the Crip Collective.
The Crip Art Collective is a working group of Disabled, Mad, and chronically ill QTBIPOC artists based out of Tkaronto, colonially known as Toronto. Our collective mixes mediums, skills, approaches, and abilities to express our unique perspectives. They make everything from multi-meter fabric sculptures, pocket size zines, and lots in between. Follow @CripArtCollective for more.
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