Sustainable Textile Workshops with Immigrant Youth (2023)
This program was a series of four Textile Upcycling workshops during the month of May 2023 with 10 immigrant youth between 14-18 years-old at the Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre and funded by Art Starts. The series focused on wearable art making skills through thrifting and upcycling clothing based on their own designs.
Testimonials from youth
"The highlight of the program for me was seeing everyones different yet stunning vision brought to life. Camila was always there to give me guidance and suggestions. at the end i loved my final piece and i did feel very successful in what i wanted to achieve."
"I feel like my highlights of this program were all the people I met. I feel like I met so many fun creative people and it really made me feel welcome, happy, and excited to be there."
"The highlight of the program for me was seeing everyones different yet stunning vision brought to life. Camila was always there to give me guidance and suggestions. at the end i loved my final piece and i did feel very successful in what i wanted to achieve."
"I feel like my highlights of this program were all the people I met. I feel like I met so many fun creative people and it really made me feel welcome, happy, and excited to be there."
"I really enjoyed this program. I felt like it gave me an opportunity to learn new skills as well as do something I have never done before. I think the best part of this program was a way to express our creativity and designs while helping the earth all at the same time."
"I think the highlight of the program was having complete freedom in my own project and even though my original idea changed a lot, I would still consider myself successful as it was my first time doing this."
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