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Second Saturdays are for families to relax, explore, and play. Join us for Second Saturdays this season from 1-4pm for FREE family drop-in activities at the museum, led by special guest artists! Projects draw inspiration from our Main Gallery exhibition, Thirty for Thirty. Comic Arts with Sid Sharp In WAHC’s final Second Saturday for 2025, children […]

Activist Printmaking on Fabric with Cleopatria Peterson Join artist Cleopatria Peterson to learn hands-on linocut printmaking techniques on fabric!Participants will hear from Cleopatria about their personal practice using printmaking as an accessible activist art form. We will then create lino cut prints on fabric inspired by objects from WAHC’s archives. Bring your own clothes to […]

Second Saturdays are for families to relax, explore, and play. Join us for Second Saturdays this season from 1-4pm for FREE family drop-in activities at the museum, led by special guest artists! Projects draw inspiration from our Main Gallery exhibition, Thirty for Thirty. Personal Printmaking with Matt McInnes Children and families are invited to join […]

Join us at WAHC on August 28 for a poetry workshop hosted by award winning poet Farah Ghafoor.Ghafoor, whose own work explores the idea of value at the intersection of capitalism, colonialism, and climate change, invites participants to consider the history and potential of labour poetry in the 21st century.This workshop will offer a mix […]

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! Join 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 […]

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, […]

Join us for a gathering of food, music, and solidarity at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre as we celebrate International Workers' Day! This year's event will be taking place indoors at WAHC. Refreshments will be provided by the Hamilton and District Labour Council, with family-friendly activities, live DJ sets and a musical performance from […]

Roll Up Your Sleeves, our third annual spring un-gala, is back and it's shaping up to be quite the evening. Get your Canadian tuxedos ready because Roll Up Your Sleeves is not just a fundraiser supporting WAHC's year round operations—it's an opportunity to celebrate working people's art, culture and history! There will be raffle prizes, […]

Steelworkers (active or retired) and their families are invited to participate in a storytelling event. Bring an object, photograph or memento connected to steelwork. Over refreshments, share the significance of your object and tell a story connected with it. With participants' permission, we will photograph your objects and collect your stories for inclusion in our […]