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
View the 2022 Mayworks Festival Program
May 21
In Transit at Dentonia Park
Jessica Kirk, L. Akhter and Sarom Rhocurator, with curator Mitra Fakhrashrafi
May 18
KÍMMAPIIYIPITSSINI Panel Discussion
With panelists Cathy Walker, Monica Forrester, moderated by Nanook Gordon and Brianna Olson Pitawanakwat
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 (2020)
In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. A film by Noah Hutton.
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 […]
May 5 - May 31
Controller of the Universe? A Reading List
A three part reading list providing context for some of the most pressing issues that workers face relating to widespread applications of artificial intelligence.
