EXHIBITIONS
Our exhibition spaces showcase the work of artists highlighting the history and culture of working people, as well as objects from labour and social movements.
Work In Progress: Fightbacks!
CBTU/SMCC Hall of LabourFor centuries, working people have found ways of pushing back against injustice on the job, and in society. The labour “fightbacks” explored in this first instalment of Work In Progress […]
Solidarity Forever: Workers’ Sounds and Songs
Ontario Building Trades GalleryLabour music histories from WAHC's permanent collection Curated by Ada BierlingThroughout labour history, music has been a tool to inspire, educate, and mobilize workers. Solidarity Forever: Workers’ Sounds and Songs […]
Off The Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton
Workers Arts & Heritage CentreWe are excited to unveil the second edition of the interactive mapping project, Off the Beaten Path, crafted by the students from the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University. By […]
Solidari-TEES: T-Shirts of the Labour Movement
Teamsters Local Union 879 HubAs articles of clothing associated with the working class, t-shirts are vehicles of political and cultural communication through design, image, and text. Within the labour movement, t-shirts help working people […]
Thin Spaces: the porous places between
CUPE/SCFP GalleryCurated by Elwood Jimmy With work by Christine De Vuono, Justine Langille, Kwentong Bayan Collective, and Sal(t) Collective Which labours rendered invisible by modernity keep us afloat in times of […]
Work In Progress: Survival and Dignity
OPSEU/SEFPO GalleryHow do working people obtain the necessities of life while doing work essential to the functioning of society? These labour and activist histories capture how workers have organized to create […]
