• Winter Stations Art Pop-Ups
• Sundays, February 23 – March 22 | 1-4pm
• 1961 Queen St E (the former Whitlocks Restaurant)
• Cost: FREE

You’re invited to experience Winter Stations in a new and fun way this year! Join The Beach Village BIA, East End Arts, Councillor Brad Bradford's Office & Winter Stations for some unique Art Pop-Ups that invite community members to further explore this year’s Winter Stations theme, ‘Beyond the Five Senses’! From a guided photography workshop on the beach, to the creation of a “Beach Bath” using botanicals foraged from the shores of Lake Ontario, come delve into your senses and creativity with five uniquely-themed art workshops! Join us for:

• “SEE” – February 23, 1-4pm, Photography on the Beach with Diana Nazareth
• “TASTE” – March 1, 1-4pm, Drag, Food & Aesthetics Workshop with Mikiki
• “SMELL” – March 8, 1-4pm, Beach Bath & Wild Foraging Workshop with North Shore Apothecary
• “HEAR” – March 15, 1-4pm, Local Live Music Performance with Artery Collective
• “TOUCH” – March 22, 1-4pm, Felt Sculpture Workshop with Wendy Anderson

Winter Stations Pop-Up: TASTE - Drag, Food & Aesthetics

Performance and drag artist Mikiki will lead participants through an exploration of principles of aesthetics and food security with a workshop in extravagantly plated junk food. Drawing on a successful series at The Depanneur and Glad Day Books, Mikiki will invite participants to enjoy the entire workshop-feast or drop in for a single course on the “menu” to learn how to elevate the taste level of even the most low-brow of junk food.

Artist: Mikiki

Mikiki is a performance and video artist and queer community health activist of Acadian/Mi’kmaq and Irish descent from Newfoundland, Canada. They attended NSCAD and Concordia before returning to St. John's to work as Programming Coordinator at Eastern Edge Gallery. They later moved to Calgary to work as the Director of TRUCK Gallery. Their work has been presented throughout Canada and internationally in self-produced interventions, artist-run centres and public galleries. Mikiki is now dedicated to their practice full time when not hosting their weekly Golden Girls screening series Rose Beef. Mikiki is also featured on the upcoming season of CBC’s “Canada’s a Drag”.