Join collage-based artist, researcher, and community arts facilitator Emkay Adjei-Manu as we explore themes of personal growth, relationship to self and community through the practice of traditional cut and paste collage. In addition, this workshop will also hold space for a community conversation grounded in the theme of relationship to self as led by the facilitator. Participants will be using images, symbols, and words found in magazines other found material to connect and explore deeper and different parts of ourselves.
This workshop series is designed to introduce participants to artistic and natural elements that support personal growth and development through hands-on arts-based activities. Workshops will focus on topics such as identity as it relates to personal learning, developing connections with environments, and building a relationship with oneself. Our goal is to activate the Interpretive Centre’s 4-guiding pillars: Environmental Sustainability, Education, Mental Health and Indigenous Heritage through this series with guest presenters to help us engage our communities.
About our Instructor Emkay Adjei-Manu
Emkay Adjei-Manu is a multidisciplinary artist and community arts facilitator based out of the GTA. Their practice is grounded within the mediums of writing, documentary/analog photography, and collage. But at the moment, Emkay utilizes collage and experimental prose to deeply and critically explore themes of embodiment, memory, sensuality and spirit. Emkay is drawn to the practice of collage by its expansiveness and its ability to intricately examine ruminations they have of their own life experiences. Beyond the tactility of traditional cut and paste collage, Emkay’s work also functions as an individual and collective breathing practice. In their practice, Emkay seeks to explore and understand the known and unknown stories that we carry in our bodies. Their art has been showcased in galleries such as Nia Centre for the Arts and McMaster Museum of Art and published in print magazines such as PITCH magazine. Emkay is completing their Bachelor of Social Work at Ryerson University and has also worked in arts-based research and workshop facilitation with various non-profit organizations. In their spare time, Emkay enjoys daydreaming as a tool for remembering and imagining past and future life.
Materials required for this workshop are:
Blank paper, magazines/newspaper/flyers/old books, scissors (or use your hands to rip), glue or tape, colouring utensils/paint (not mandatory, but fun to include!)
To register by phone, call 416.675.6622 x3801 and leave a message with your name and phone number.
If you have any questions, please email info@lakeshoregrounds.ca.
This is a free event.
