Migration Parade: A Workshop

This exploratory workshop welcomes all to participate. The workshop is free to the public thanks to support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada Public Outreach program. This exploratory workshop welcomes anyone over 16 to participate, no materials needed!

Limited spots available, secure yours by emailing info@imarts.com or calling IMA at 250-994-3466.

This workshop moves away from teaching technical skills and instead aims to cultivate and deepen sensitivity as it applies to the arts.

The first half of the workshop will be mindfulness exercises done individually, in partners and in the context of the larger group, specifically relating to two aspects of embodiment: attuned listening and manual/haptic sensitivity (becoming attuned to the wisdom of our hands as it applies to art-making).

The second part of the workshop will be an application of our explorations in the form of ephemeral art pieces. The impetus for the pieces will come from ideas generated by the group itself. In this way, we will build on the aesthetic themes we have been exploring up until that point.

This workshop features arts-based sequences, somatics, mindfulness techniques and playful experimentation/inquiry drawn from our respective studio practices, with references and anchoring in the work on display in the IMA gallery space.

Experience in the arts not a prerequisite. Open mind and curiosity a necessity.