Off the Beaten Path Hamilton is a mapping database that collects personal stories and historical events of everyday Hamiltonians through the lens of labour and race.As an open living project, students from the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University create songs, poems, and other artistic media to tell past and ongoing suppressed stories of […]
2025 marks the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre’s 30th anniversary and the Mayworks Festival’s 40th! Both have provided a unique space for cross sectoral gathering and art making within a progressive framework of inclusion and social justice. Having a combined 20 years of involvement with both organizations, exhibition curator Florencia Berinstein says “I love them profoundly […]
Curated by Jojo Chooi-Harley, the exhibition In the Wake of Work: Asian Diasporas, Labour, and Living Memory featuring the work of Holly Chang, mihyun maria kim and VALU CO-OP, explores how the Asian diasporic experience bridges space, tradition, and culture across generations, revealing how diasporic people hold collective memory around the confluence of loss of […]
Join us to view Parallel Histories: An Anniversary Exhibit and to celebrate with special guests who will share their reflections on both WAHC and Mayworks. Facilitated by Florencia Berinstein. Come prepared to share your memories or to join us for the first time. WAHC wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Hamilton, […]
Get creative at a unique National Historic Site in Hamilton's downtown core WAHC has a 290 square foot (16' x 15') multi-purpose studio space for rent at Custom House, on a renewable one-year lease. Located steps from James Street North and West Harbour GO Station. This unique private studio features two windows, and an exposed […]
Calling all artists, community organizers, and storytellers we invite you to join us this Hamilton Arts Week for a 3-hour masterclass in community-based oral history practices. Presented in collaboration with visiting artists-in-residence Jen Sungshine and David Ng of Love Intersections. Rooted in Love Intersections’ ongoing work with racialized and queer communities, this workshop shares tools, […]
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