Ghost Seamstress | Michèle Karch-Ackerman
2022-04-24 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-27 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-28 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-29 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-30 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-01 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-04 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-05 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) and 17 more dates | Art Gallery of Peterborough, 250 Crescent Street, Peterborough, ON, K9J 2G1, Canada
The act of making garments by hand, one by one, each time with a wearer in mind, is an act of devotion. When the intended is no longer living, this may seem an impractical gift. What it does, is hold space for their imagined lives, a place in which to put the energies of grief and hope. Each stitch is a reverential gesture; an offering; a product of care. The threads of Ghost Seamstress wind through histories, literature, domesticity, nostalgia, and labour to consider the lives of women and girls.
Michèle Karch-Ackerman is a nationally recognized contemporary artist whose installations are known for inspiring viewers with their provocative and touching subject matter. For over thirty years her artistic practice has involved the devotional act of sewing clothing. Karch-Ackerman is an installation artist drawn to domestic, traditionally feminine, work: embroidery, needlepoint, knitting, dress and doll-making. Her work considers the dead, the forgotten, and the hurting.

Basic Pen Turning Workshop with Artisans Centre Peterborough
2022-05-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Canada
This class will cover the basics of turning pens from wood, including blank preparation, turning basics, finishing and assembly. Students will take home two completed pens.
For more information and to register, please visit the Artisans Centre Peterborough website.

Peterborough Fibre Arts Festival
2022-05-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Canada
Featuring fibre vendors from across Ontario! Come out for shopping, exhibits, demonstrations, and everything related to fibre arts!

Manar Moursi: The Loudspeaker and the Tower
2022-05-28 - 2022-07-30 | Canada
Artspace Peterborough is excited to present Manar Moursi: The Loudspeaker and the Tower, organized and circulated by Trinity Square Video and SAVAC.
Through an immersive environment constructed of coloured lights, megaphones, masks, videos and sculptures, Toronto-and Boston-based artist, designer, and architect Manar Moursi presents a multitude of considerations to the viewer: What if singular patriarchal voices of religious sermons were interpreted through mime and dance? How would neon lights adorning mosque minarets look as sculptural objects? How do residents of Cairo challenge authoritative architectures and urban master plans, whilst creating new meanings for public space and land use? By that token, what shapes can we abstract from these biographical networks of the megalopolis?
Using the mosque as its starting point, The Loudspeaker and the Tower examines the apparatus of the minaret as a vertical symbol of power and as a horizontal multiplier of official and unsanctioned narratives. Moursi’s installation revolves around a set of associated characters — residents of once agricultural lands, mosque custodians, imams, architects, artists, and a parrot — to further understand the radical complexities of these structures.
The exhibit is organized and circulated by Trinity Square Video and SAVAC with support from Ontario Arts Council.
