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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 […]

WAHC is hosting a 100in1Day intervention to help share workers' stories in Hamilton. 100In1Day is a global festival of citizen engagement happening in multiple cities across Canada on Saturday, June 3, 2017. Hamiltonians pilot an idea to spark change for our city; last year, more than 200 Hamilton organizations and residents led 170 urban actions […]

WAHC and the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition present the Hamilton premiere of Migrant Dreams, a film by Min Sook Lee. A powerful feature documentary by multiple award-winning director Min Sook Lee (El Contrato, Hogtown, Tiger Spirit) and Emmy award-winning producer Lisa Valencia-Svensson (Herman’s House), tells the under told story of migrant agricultural […]

To all members and allies of WAHC: This notice is to let you know that we will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Friday November 14 at 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm. The meeting will take place at WAHC, in the Main Gallery at 51 Stuart Street. All members are welcome to attend the […]

In Other Words: Mixed Media Stories A Saturday Mixed Media Workshop Series for Children and Youth with Lisa Pijuan-Nomura In Other Words is a series of workshops where children and youth will create mixed media collages as a form of storytelling. Inspired by the work in Lynn Hutchinson Lee’s exhibition metanoia, participants will use collage […]