Join MOCA for our May Family Weekend! Bring your friends and family and find your inner poet with this series of creative workshops for both adults and children. Join us for family friendly tours all weekend, plus both child and adult-centric programming on Saturday.

Saturday, May 4

Join artist and poet Ali Pinkney for two hour-long workshops that explore the mapped borders of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Through a series of interactive poetry-based activities and paper-and-pigment-based crafts, participants will relate maps of the GTA to star constellations. They will also learn the foundational skills of poetry.

Schedule:

1 & 3 pm Family-Friendly Tour

2 pm Child-Centred Workshop*

4 pm Adult-Centred Workshop*

*There is a fee of $5 per person. General Admission to the museum is not included. MOCA Members at the Individual level and above can access these workshops for free.

Sunday, May 5

Welcome poets and poets-in-the-making for a family workshop this TD Sunday. Drop by MOCA and try your hand at making a collage through gathering words and phrases from newspapers and magazines to create imaginative visual poems.

This all-ages activity is designed to help participants gain confidence in their writing and gain a deeper understanding of figurative language and poetry.

Schedule:

12–4 pm: All Ages Drop-in Workshop*

1 & 3 pm Family-Friendly Tour

*Admission and workshops are free for all visitors on TD Community Sunday