Oddside Arts invites Black creatives and community to participate in a Beyond the Soil Workshop that will walk you through creating designs inspired by African quilting practices and augmented reality (AR). Within this workshop, you will learn from artists and creative technologists Queen Kukoyi and Nico Taylor. Each participant will be asked to sketch or digitally draw their creation story in a quilt patch form — exploring their lineage and the experiences that have molded them. We are a compilation of moments that shape us. For Black folks, those moments are a mixed assemblage of movement, adaptation, and shifting soil.

During this beginner workshop you will get the chance to experiment with AR, and learn how to use new media for artistic creation. Those who complete their design, will be given an honorarium of $150 and become a part of the ongoing Beyond the Soil art project that currently has 21 quilt patches from several Afrodiasporic members located in cities from Canada to the United States.

This iteration of Beyond the Soil is made possible with support from: EQ Bank, the Museum of Toronto and Just Us Events.