Bring an elder or bring a kiddo for this delightful intergenerational zine-making hangout! Together, we’ll make space for stories that aren’t always captured: funny moments, half-remembered memories, everyday joys, and little details we don’t want to lose.
We’ll play with simple prompts to collage, draw and doodle, write, and/or do whatever feels right to create small zines filled with laughter, curiosity, and delight! Absolutely no writing/zine-making/doodling experience required! This is an invitation to play, experiment, and make something side-by-side with a loved one that is messy and meaningful.
You’ll leave with a small, handmade reminder of time spent together. Expect a little mess, a lot of joy, and stories that feel good to hold (literally!)
Date & Time: Sunday, March 1st at 1-4 p.m.
Location: Downtown Toronto, to be shared upon registration
Cost: Pay What You Can!
Our creative workshops operate on a pay-what-you-can model to make them accessible to everyone, regardless of financial circumstances. We invite you to contribute an amount that feels sustainable for you, knowing that your contribution helps support the facilitators and makes future community offerings possible. These tiers are meant to help guide your decision – choose the rate that best reflects your current financial capacity and the value this experience holds for you.
$20 – Community: For those with limited income or financial constraints.
$40 – Cultivate: Helps cover your spot and contributes a little toward accessibility for others.
$60 – Grow: Reflects the true cost of the workshop and helps sustain Living Hyphen’s work.
$75 – Solidarity: Supports your participation and subsidizes spots for others who need reduced pricing.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
ABOUT FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY
At Living Hyphen, we strive to make all our initiatives financially sustainable while also maintaining artistic independence and ensuring accessibility for our community. Our creative workshops operate on a pay-what-you-can model to make them accessible to everyone, regardless of financial circumstances.
We invite participants to contribute an amount that feels sustainable for them — whether that’s a little or a lot — knowing that your contribution helps support the facilitators and makes future community offerings possible. We also recognize that our financial capacity changes across time, with some days being harder than others. We ask you to make the choice that feels right for you right now! No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
About Your Facilitator: Justine Abigail Yu
Justine Abigail Yu is the founder of Living Hyphen. She is an award-winning workshop facilitator whose work with Living Hyphen has been featured on national and local media outlets including the Globe & Mail, CTV National News, and the CBC. She was named a “Changemaker” by the Toronto Star in October 2021.
Justine Abigail is a fierce advocate for diversity and representation in Canada’s arts and literature scene. Her mission is to stir the conscience and spur social change.
Follow her work at justineabigail.com or across socials at @justineabigail.