Protest Banner-Making Workshop with Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre at 401 Richmond

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Presented in celebration of Ontario Culture Days 2025.

The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) will host a free-of-cost, banner-making workshop on Saturday, September 20, from 12pm to 4pm at CineCycle in Toronto. Led by artist and illustrator Pardis Pahlavanlu, this event will focus on lino-printing techniques and engage with protest imagery, inviting fifteen participants to collaborate and design banners for the library. This project is inspired by the Protest Banner Lending Library, founded by Korean-American textile artist Aram Han Sifuentes, and housed at CFMDC. By familiarizing attendees with banner-making, we seek to promote community and collaboration over resources by trading knowledge, skills, ideas, and materials. All banners will be available to borrow and use for future community-oriented programming.

Pardis Pahlavanlu is an artist and illustrator residing between Tkaronto (Toronto) and the unceded Coast Salish territories (Vancouver). With academic roots in studying systems of power in contemporary colonial states, Pardis channels her artistic energy into the healing necessary within these contexts. In her workshops, Pardis makes art-making accessible to all, creating space for imagination and play. She meets participants where they are, offering various approaches to printmaking, collaging, and other mediums. Her goal is for everyone to leave with pride in their learning and a newfound eagerness to explore more.

Find out more about the banner-lending library housed at CFMDC here: https://www.cfmdc.org/protest-banner-library

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Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Established in 1967, CFMDC is a not-for-profit, non-commercial media arts distributor. We specialize in independent, artist-made work on film and video, including works from historically underrepresented communities. CFMDC advocates for a holistic understanding of production, distribution and exhibition that prioritizes artist rights, accessibility and the creation of new audiences through education and critical thinking. We have one of the most important collections of artist-made moving image on film in Canada that includes 16mm, 35mm and (s)8mm films.

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Whippersnapper Gallery whippersnapper.ca