In this workshop, taking place at the Toronto Reference Library, participants will be introduced to a range of visual and archival resources, with a special focus on the Picture Collection. They will learn how to navigate and engage with the collection as a source of inspiration, research, and image-making. The session will also highlight additional materials available to them, including photobooks, artist monographs, and other reference tools.
As part of the workshop, participants will receive a guided tour of the Picture Collection led by a librarian, including access to special and non-circulating materials. This behind-the-scenes look offers an opportunity to better understand how artists, designers, and researchers have historically used the collection.
Following the tour, participants will participate in a hands-on creative exercise that invites them to respond to or work with selected materials from the collection. Through this process, they’ll explore ways of reframing, remixing, and interpreting found imagery as a starting point for their own artistic practice.
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This is a free members-only workshop. Please email lfatemi@gallery44.org to register.
Holly Chang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto/Tkaronto. Chang makes use of a variety of artistic mediums including textiles, photography, ceramics, and natural dyeing. Her overall artistic work explores the themes of her second-generation identity. Recent projects include Mending the Craft at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto (2023) How to Build a Memory Palace at Gallery 44, Toronto (2022), At a Distance – From Within at Projet Casa, Montreal (2022) and a bar installation at the Plumb, Toronto (2021). She has participated in numerous residencies including the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity Residency (2022) and was the recipient of the Middlebrook Prize for Curation in 2023. She has a forthcoming group exhibition with Zalucky Contemporary, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre and a solo with Blouin Division Gallery.
