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Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, listening, and heartfelt exploration through collective art-making on Saturday, October 5 at 2pm. The event will feature an Artist Talk by Allison Chow, who will delve into the creative process behind her chapbook Echoes of Home. Following this, she will lead a Paper Cut Collage Workshop, inviting participants to explore their inner layers and connections to the world and each other.
Event Details
2:00pm - Artist Talk with Q&A
Allison Chow will read from My Mother's Daughter and discuss the inspiration, techniques, and stories behind Echoes of Home. This segment will explore how the piece captures a fragment of personal history and collective consciousness, offering insights into Allison Chow’s creative process from initial concept to final execution. Copies of My Mother’s Daughter will be available for purchase.
The Artist Talk is free to the public, and no sign-up is required
2:45pm - Paper Cut Collage Workshop
Under Allison’s guidance, participants will learn fundamental techniques, experiment with textures and compositions, and create their own unique collage artwork inspired by the theme of 'home.' The workshop will begin with a somatic ice-breaker exercise and a guided drawing meditation. Participants will then have an hour for art-making, followed by a 25-minute share-back circle.
Materials: All necessary materials will be provided, including paper, scissors, adhesive, and a range of collage materials.
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About the Artist:
Allison Chow is an artist and writer based in the unsurrendered ancestral lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, known colonially as Vancouver. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, her practice draws from her studies of visual language, communications and a lifelong passion for immersing herself in literary worlds.
Chow's work often explores themes of resilience and collective hope in historically challenging contexts, with a focus on the interconnectedness of the human spirit. Inspired by her experience in a social innovation studio for the past four years, she integrates tools such as ethnography and co-design into her practice, aiming to leverage curiosity and connection for systemic wellness and grassroots change. With a deep commitment to community-engaged art, Chow invites others to join her as fellow art-makers, thinkers, and researchers through playful embodied practices. Her recent project, the "Communal Poetry Machine," examines different ways of uncovering the hidden narratives of familiar places through sensory exploration and documentation.
Through her public works and interactions, Chow seeks to cultivate spaces that deepen people's relationship with imagination and contribute to the creation of a more compassionate pluriverse where we all can belong