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LOOKING UP, LOOKING IN [An Exhibition]

As AI reshapes our daily lives, LOOKING UP, LOOKING IN follows Zaizai, an AI girl, on an interstellar journey through oil, watercolour, sculpture, and video. Bringing together the work of Pengyuan Wang and Tingting Liu, this multimedia exhibition creates a dialogue between tradition and the future, asking us to consider how we coexist with intelligent technologies.

Introduction to E-Textiles

Electronics in your clothes might sound like science fiction, but e-textiles offer a fun and accessible way to explore electricity, circuits, and sensors through familiar craft techniques.

Intro to Weaving: Beach Edition

A beginner friendly workshop where you will learn to warp, weave and finish a beach themed wall hanging. You will leave with a ready to hang piece of art and all the skills you need to continue weaving at home.In this workshop you will practise: warping your loom, plain weave and variations of plain weave, rya knots and variations of rya knots, how to finish the back of a tapestry, how to hang a tapestry.

Beginner Friendly | Ages 12+ | $98 + Tax

Paint with Wool - Needle Felted Landscape Workshop

Join Adele Webster for a fun-filled in-person event where you can unleash your creativity through needle felting. Learn how to create stunning landscapes using colourful wool and a felting needle. No prior experience is needed — just bring your enthusiasm and we'll provide the rest! Get ready to dive into the world of fiber arts and create your own masterpiece to take home. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to explore a new craft and meet fellow art enthusiasts. See you there!

Paint with Wool - Needle Felted Landscape Workshop

Join Adele Webster for a fun-filled in-person event where you can unleash your creativity through needle felting. Learn how to create stunning landscapes using colourful wool and a felting needle. No prior experience is needed — just bring your enthusiasm and we'll provide the rest! Get ready to dive into the world of fiber arts and create your own masterpiece to take home. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to explore a new craft and meet fellow art enthusiasts. See you there!

Pay Attention! [An Exhibition]

"Pay Attention. Be Astonished. Talk about it." These words from poet Mary Oliver are an invitation to be aware of what is happening in our world, and to notice what we may overlook. What we choose to notice matters. What we pay attention to shapes what we care about, and ultimately what we choose to make. 

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Culture Days at the Tett: A Day of Art & Creativity

Join us at the Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning for a building-wide celebration of Culture Days! On Saturday, September 26, explore arts, creativity, and community throughout the Tett, with activities taking place both inside and outside the building.

Try your hand at a family-friendly plein air art activity led by Harvey Doniego, and drop into the Malting Tower for Afro Dance with Edem Abbeyquaye, featuring Afrobeat music and low-barrier, easy-to-follow movements that everyone can pick up and enjoy together.

Kingston Pop Choir: A Tragically Hip Tribute with Members of Road Apples

Come "let your heart all out" at this special Tragically Hip community singing workshop with members of Kingston's very own Road Apples! All voices, ages and levels are welcome!

Visible Mending with Pixels

Curious about giving worn clothing a new life through visible mending? Join Tett Artist-in-Residence Lee Jones for a hands-on workshop exploring the connections between textiles, weaving, and computing.

Participants will learn how to read and translate weaving patterns into decorative woven patches that can be used to repair and personalize clothing and other textiles. Lee will introduce the historical relationship between weaving and computing and demonstrate how digital weaving tools can be used to design your own visible mending patterns.