As we organized the 2022 festival, we were moved and inspired by the networks of care celebrated through the work of artists in our program. They celebrated how working people extend care to each other through generations, how this care is forged in resistance, and how it is shaped and remembered through story.
We were excited to return to in-person programming while continuing to offer digital art and online events. We invited community to join us in this celebration of networks of care. We encourage you to scroll through the calendar or program to explore the work of 28 artists, which included installation, theatre, visual art, film, poetry, music and other forms of encounters.
In solidarity,
Mayworks’ Board and Staff
May 28
Mayworks 2022 Closing Celebration
PERFORMANCE MAYWORKS CLOSING CELEBRATION Join us at Dentonia Park for an afternoon celebration featuring music and poetry by Lacey Hill, Aysanabee, Maysam Khreibeh, Danny Torres, and more to be announced. Refreshments served. The Closing Celebration takes place 1 – 4pm on Sunday, May 28th at Dentonia Park.
May 23 - May 31
Dreaming of Words
FILM DREAMING OF WORDS By Nandan, India FeNjattyela Sreedharan, a fourth standard drop-out, compiles a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages. Traveling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent twenty five years making the multilingual dictionary. This unique dictionary offers a comparative study of Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. ‘Dreaming of […]
May 21
In Transit at Dentonia Park
VISUAL ART AND OTHER ENCOUNTERS IN TRANSIT AT DENTONIA PARK On Saturday May 21st, join In Transit curator Mitra Fakhrashrafi with artist and activists Jessica Kirk, L. Akhter and Sarom Rho and curator for a day of workshops, dialogueand activities in Dentonia Park. HOW CAN WE LIVE: AN ARTIST TALK AND COMMUNITY DIALOGUE WITH JESSICA […]
May 16 - May 22
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
FILM KÍMMAPIIYIPITSSINI: THE MEANING OF EMPATHY Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Canada The urgent, astounding, much lauded new film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers imbues the act of witnessing her community’s response to the opioid crisis with an ethic of empathy, love, and great care. Framed within the ongoing and historical impacts of settler colonialism in Blackfoot territory, this […]
May 15
Displaced Labour: A Program of FIlm Shorts
” FILM Displaced Labour: Shorts Program These films explore the ways that migration and forced displacement, on a global and local scale, shape our relationships to work and the communities that sustain us. Sunday May 15th, 3PM-5PM (Doors open 2:30PM) at Innis Town Hall. Registration required, RSVP here. A Horse Has More […]
May 14
Company Town
FILM COMPANY TOWN Peter Findlay, Canada On the anniversary of General Motors’ 100th year of manufacturing vehicles in Oshawa, Canada, union workers are forced into a life-and-death fight to save their members’ jobs when the company announces it will be shuttering the plant at the end of the next year. This screening is […]
May 9 - May 15
Lapsis
FILM LAPSIS Noah Hutton, USA In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over […]
May 6
The Living Voice: An Evening of Labour Arts Poetry
PERFORMANCE THE LIVING VOICE: AN EVENING OF LABOUR ARTS POETRY Join us for an evening of live poetry as Maysam Khreibeh, Danny Torres, and Lola Lawson perform their most recent work, inspired by collaborative art-making with local labour organizations. Performances will be followed by a screening of “The Heartbeat of Poor Tom”; a […]
