Fashion illustration workshop
This Women’s History Month, join Jacqueline Halstead in a hands-on workshop and discover the African influence on the global fashion industry. We will begin with a short discussion highlighting the cultural significance of African textiles and their influence across continents and time periods. Participants will then learn the foundations of patchwork painting. Using fabric selection, colour theory and composition, you will create your own mood board while discovering how textiles communicate through pattern, symbolism and storytelling.
Registration Information:
- Registration required.
- Public: $15 +HST (includes admission), Members: $12.75 +HST.
- Recommended for ages 15 and up.
- Minimum of 8 registrants required for program to run.
- We aim to keep fees low. If cost is a barrier, we encourage you to apply to our Creative Access Fund so we can offset program fees.
About the artist: For over 15 years, Jacqueline Halstead has built a career in education working in public and academic libraries, providing a variety of public service and technical services duties. Jacqueline Halstead is a passionate artist/educator with over 10 years of experience teaching various age groups, particularly at the junior and intermediate levels and has taught and assessed curriculum in line with the IB and Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum. For over a decade she has successfully exhibited her artwork, negotiated licensing agreements of her paintings and for over 10 years has had her jewellery designs represented by SRM Sales, a leading artist agency representing Canada’s most distinctive artists for over 40 years. She is completing an MA in Art with a focus on “patchwork painting,” a term she coined herself, and Fibre Arts! She is the Executive Director of Imajine Enspire, a community arts non-profit she began in 2016 in Mississauga.
Registration
Registration ends 10/17/2026 1:30 PM EDT