Tag: Arts

All Ages

with abi lyon wicke

Do you like to create? Are you interested in expressing yourself in a unique way? Come get your hands messy while keeping your mind and heart open as we explore the possibilities of emotion and expression through clay. No need to stress about expertise as this is a safe and open space for anything you have to bring to the workshop.

about the facilitator

abi lyon wicke (she/her) is a maker of things, a keeper of gardens, chickens and bees. She spends her days learning alongside her children, rescuing, repurposing and mending things with her partner, Chris, tending life in many forms and trying to evolve.

Jasper Wicke (she/they) began drawing as soon as she could hold a crayon and has rarely been without a drawing tool in hand in the thirteen years or so since that time. Jasper has been described as an old soul but they also brim over with youthful enthusiasm and a passion for tending what is broken in our world.

Jasper and abi both love to encourage others in their creative pursuits. This will be their second co-facilitation of a Cahoots creative workshop together.

12+

with Sheilagh McGlynn

Let’s take some time to focus on our visions and dreams for our ourselves and for our world. Come and dance those intentions using the free form flow of conscious movement. We will follow our time of movement together with creating an artistic representation of that vision (collage, drawing, etc) that can take home as your vision board. Come and move, dream and tap into your creative spirit! No dance experience is necessary, just an openness to move and be moved.

about the facilitator

Sheilagh has been involved in the Student Christian Movement of Canada since she was in high school. She found her faith identity in working for change in this world. She has worked in church settings (Youth Ministry and Campus Ministry) and in the last decade as a Psychotherapist. She loves helping people reveal their truest potential – finding their calling, expressing themselves fully, or celebrating the gifts they have to offer the world. She has found self-care through movement and playfulness and is looking to offer some of that to Cahoots participants.

18+

with Jamie Gibson

What is the future of humanity in the face of declining ecological conditions, credibility of institutions, and empire? In a world where communication increasingly comes in the form of audio-visual media, what does it mean to respond to a movie theologically? Film is both a valuable resource and dialogue partner, capable of tapping into popular culture and conveying deep spiritual ideas. In Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men (2006), the director seeks to describe the cause and effects of a politically- and socially-disenchanted society. Set in 2027, the film’s dystopian image of mass infertility is eerily similar to our present-day. In this workshop, the facilitator will exegete Children of Men and convey the film’s plot as an analogy for the Advent narrative of the New Testament. Using the film as an allegory for contemporary social despair, the facilitator will explore ways in which people of faith can re-enchant their spiritual and secular communities. This workshop is advised for those 18 years and older, given the sensitive content of the film discussed.

about the facilitator

Jamie Gibson is a graduate student at Emmanuel College in Toronto. Jamie has worked as an activist and as a spiritual caregiver to activists, he is a songwriter and performer, he is a student-minister in the United Church of Canada. Jamie’s interests include outreach to non-religious people and developing a message of justice and hope in the midst of the decline of empire, the credibility of institutions, and ecological conditions.