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Brodering on the Brother Workshop (BOB)

Tajima Room EV 10.725

On February 10, the Textile and Materiality Research Cluster is hosting a 3-hour training session for cluster members interested  in the art of embroidery. Whether you're a beginner ready to explore a new creative avenues or an experienced embroiderer looking to brush up on your skills, this is the perfect opportunity! Genevieve Moisan will lead […]

LOVE & LOSS – Nostalgia Symposium and Research Creation Showcase

4th Space

🗓: February 4, 2025 🕒: 10:00 – 5:30 PM 📍: 4TH SPACE 🎟️: In-person tickets (Spots are limited) 🔗 Join online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.   Join us on February 14th for NOSTAGAIN NETWORK third symposium: "LOVE & LOSS", a day-long symposium and research creation showcase featuring works by students, scholars, and […]

Drawing with Threads

Tajima Room EV 10.725

This hands-on workshop introduce participants to the essentials of using embroidery software with the Tajima embroidery machine. Learn how to create, design, and format your own embroidery files, ready to be uploaded to the machine. You will have an opportunity to see your threaded drawings come to life in real time on the embroidery machine. […]

Book Launch: Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch

TAG Lab (EV 11.435)

 Technoculture, Art & Games Research Centre (TAG)  is excited to announce the launch of Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch, a new book by Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse, and Andrei Zanescu. The event will feature a discussion with the authors, moderated by TAG co-director Rilla Khaled.   ABOUT THE BOOK: An […]

[PANEL] Woven Stories

Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425

Join Textiles and Materiality Cluster members, artists, and PhD scholars Katie-May Arndt, Victoria McBeath, Geneviève Moisan, and Fernanda Suarez, for a panel discussion led by Morris Fox. This event, Woven Stories, will explore themes from the National Gallery of Canada’s Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction exhibition. The discussion will touch on: Textiles as material, […]

Woven Futures: In Conversation

Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425

Join Armando Perla, acting Co-Director and Chief Curator of the Textile Museum of Canada, along with artist and independent curator Michaëlle Sergile and associate professor Miranda Smitheram, in a conversation around textiles, art, fashion and cultural institutions. Textiles contain many stories. This session looks at the many stories and histories untold and misrepresented through colonial […]

Sequencing with Sequins (SOS)

Tajima Room EV 10.725

Sequins & Stitching: Design and Create with the Tajima Embroidery Machine Dive into the world of sequins and discover how to design and craft stunning, light-reflecting patterns on the Tajima embroidery machine! Join us and explore how sequins can transform your designs.   🚨 This workshop is for Textiles and Materiality members only! 📅:February 21, […]

[Speculative Life Speaker Series] Alison Donnell: Mapping missing Caribbean women narratives in Montreal

Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625

Join us for the inaugural talk of the 2025 Speculative Life Speaker Series! This new lecture series will feature five distinguished speakers to explore a range of thought-provoking topics spanning Caribbean narratives, environmental justice and history and the connections between colonialism and ecology. In this first event, Alison Donnell, Head of Humanities at the University […]

[Speculative Life Speaker Series/Workshop] Who cares? Public humanities methods and building impact

Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625

Alison Donnell, Head of Humanities at the University of Bristol, will give a workshop for graduate students titled "Who cares? Public humanities methods and building impact." This workshop coincides with a graduate course (HUMA 889 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies) but is open to all graduate students. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: The workshop will use Donnell’s […]

[Speculative Life Speaker Series] Marco Armiero : Guerrilla Narrative in the Wasteocene

Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625

Join us for the third talk in the 2025 Speculative Life Speaker Series! This new lecture series brings together five distinguished speakers to engage with a range of thought-provoking topics from Caribbean narratives and environmental justice and history to the intersections of colonialism and ecology. While the concept of the geological Anthropocene may have diminished […]