Open Print Studio with Shannon Gerard

Artist, farmer, and educator Shannon Gerard will be on-site at the Doris McCarthy Gallery for the afternoon, inviting visitors to engage with Plant Parenthood, her working print studio in the gallery, presented as part of the exhibition Art Farm. Learning about binding, typesetting, and more, gallery visitors will have the opportunity to make their own notebook to take home.

Shannon Gerard crochets (a lot), makes books, quilts political protest banners, and produces site-specific textile installations. As a professional mischief maker, her public/pedagogical projects emphasize the materials and ethos of independent publishing as social-political engagements. Gerard is an Associate Professor in Publications and Print Media at OCAD University and a part time farmer at Small Spade Farm.

This program is presented as part of U of T Scarborough Homecoming and is open to the public, all are welcome. This is a free, drop-in program, no registration necessary.

The gallery is wheelchair accessible, and seating is available.