Angie Arsenault

Artist Bio

Angie Arsenault is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher from a working class background whose practice harnesses acts of deep noticing and a sensual engagement with the natural world. Growing up immediately next to a notorious toxic waste site, in Sydney, on the deindustrializing island of Unama'ki /Cape Breton, had a deep impact on Angie. Her work engages with concepts of value, ruination, trauma, memory, botanical life, detritus, storytelling, and the art of survival in late stage capitalism through social practice, interventions in the field, installation, botanical ink making, experimental printmaking and more.

She holds both a BFA (2004) and MFA (2017) from NSCAD University. She is a PhD candidate at Concordia University and is currently writing a play and her thesis The Pallet Shelter Meeting: Palimpsests of Deindustrial Trauma.

Workshop Description

Alternative Practices: Handmade Inks and Prints

In this workshop, educators will learn the basics of ink making using non-toxic, foraged, found or pantry ingredients. Educators will then be invited to employ the inks in a series of alternative printmaking processes. These processes employ found objects and embrace an ethic of treading lightly upon the earth and using what you have at hand. No previous experience or expertise required to learn and use the techniques offered in this workshop.

Note to Participants: These processes can be messy so please bring an apron if you are worried about soiling your attire as some ingredients (e.g. turmeric) will stain.

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