Toronto 
Events Description
2024 TBA Storyteller Jingshu Yao and emerging historian returns to offer special storytelling sessions in English for ESL learners.
Jingshu Yao will hold three (3) special storytelling sessions on November 14, 21, and 28, for Newcomers to Canada at the Art Museum, University of Toronto.
Each of the 3 workshops will centre around one artistic practice: collage poetry, wearable decoration, and interactive zines.
November 14: Poetics Beyond Language: Sensory Poetry Collage
November 21: What Words Carry: A Wearable Object Workshop | Co-facilitated by Contemporary Jewelry Artist Chu Winnie Cheung
November 28: A Touch of Memory: Interactive Zine Workshop | Co-facilitated by Melaine Yan
The workshops will offer newcomers, English as a Second Language speakers and/or anyone who needs an alternative style of expression a way to find their own methods through artmaking. It also offers opportunities for newcomer artists to build connections and create a sense of belonging through an artistic community.
Who Should Attend:
We invite newcomers, others with language barriers and/or anyone who needs an alternative style of expression to join these sessions. Participants can be any age.
About TBA 2026:
The Toronto Biennial of Art’s mission is to make contemporary art accessible to everyone. A twelve-week event every two years, the Biennial commissions artists to create new works for a city-wide exhibition in dialogue with Toronto’s diverse local contexts. The 2026 Biennial, titled Things Fall Apart, is shaped by Curator Allison Glenn’s research-driven and site-responsive approach. The fourth edition will centre on artists whose practices engage rupture as a generative force, reconsidering histories, geographies, and systems that shape contemporary life while proposing new ways of understanding the present. The upcoming edition of the Biennial will open on September 26, 2026 – December 20, 2026.
Acknowledgement: The workshops are made possible by the School of Cities Urban Small Grant and co-sponsor Dr. Maggie Hutcheson. This program was made possible through a partnership with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : Free
This program is free, but registration is required in order to attend.
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Saturday November 14, 2026 to Saturday November 28, 2026
November 14, 21, 28 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Venue & Address
Art Museum at the University of Toronto – University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle Toronto ON M5S 3H7
Wheelchair accessible
Accessible by Public Transport
