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SUMMARY:Parallel Histories Tour + Zine Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre’s 30th birthday and Mayworks Festival’s 40th with a tour of Parallel Histories: An Anniversary Exhibition and a zine making workshop! \nJoin curator Florencia Berinstein\, former Executive Director of both WAHC and Mayworks\, for reflections on how both organizations have provided a unique space for cross sectoral gathering and art making within a progressive framework of inclusion and social justice. \nAfterwards join artist and writer Sonali Menezes for an opportunity to collect stories into a zine that will set a course for the next era of labour organizing and labour arts. 						\n				\n				\n				\n					\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												About the Curator\n					\n					Florencia Berinstein (she/her) has worked in the arts and culture  sector both as an arts administrator and an arts facilitator\, in deep  collaboration with a broad range of community groups. Florencia was the  Festival Director of Mayworks Toronto from 2001-2012 and the Executive Director of the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre from 2013-2022. She has extensive  experience in developing and executing community engaged projects  that address issues of social justice. Currently\, she is a Museum Administrator with the City of Toronto’s History Museums. \n				\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												About the Artist\n					\n					Sonali Menezes (she/her) is a Hamilton-based multidisciplinary artist and writer. Sonali makes art as a way to find meaning under the weight of capitalism and the unending anxiety of the climate crisis. Her zines live in personal and public zine libraries worldwide. Her work has been exhibited at Tangled Art Gallery\, Xpace Cultural Centre\, Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice\, Temporary Gallery\, Younger than Beyonce Gallery\, and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Her first book named after her popular zine\, Depression Cooking is forthcoming with ECW Press in 2026. \n				\n								\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			Register here for Parallel Histories: Tour + Zine Making Workshop		\n				\n				\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n							 WAHC wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council\, the City of Hamilton\, the Province of Ontario\, CUPE National\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, Canada’s Building Trades Unions\, OPSEU/SEFPO and Teamsters Local Union 879 for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs. For more information\, please contact Sylvia Nickerson\, Programming and Exhibitions Specialist\, at (905) 522-3003 ex. 29 or sylvia@wahc-museum.ca.
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