Join Us for Artcite Inc.'s 2024 Annual General Meeting! Connect with fellow members, meet our Board, and catch up on Artcite's achievements over the past year, along with all our exciting plans for 2025—including our upcoming move! Non-voting and prospective members are also welcome. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us on Sunday, September 29 at 2pm for a discussion on escalating military spending, the dangerous drive to world war, Canada’s role in NATO, Palestine & the new "Cold War" on China, and the need to strengthen the peace movement locally and across the country. Let us discuss as well the building and strengthening of a peace movement in Windsor-Essex! Free!

Join us for an afternoon of creativity and solidarity, inspired by Refaat Alareer’s poem, If I Must Die, which uses the imagery of the kite as a symbol of hope, love, and liberation. The event will include a kite-making workshop and a screening of Some Strings from 3–6pm. Some Strings is a collection of unreleased short films rooted in Palestine, created by artists and filmmakers from around the world. All kite-making materials will be provided, all are welcome, and everything is free!

Dive into the magical world of stop-motion animation with Catherine Hois, a talented local Windsor artist and stop-motion short-filmmaker! This is a free, beginner-level stop-motion animation art class for anyone interested in this art form. We will be exploring the art of stop-motion by creating our own short storylines, making sets and puppets, and bringing them to life with animation. We will be using a variety of fun materials that you can play and experiment with!

🚨 Step right up, folks, because Manuela The Dealer, is back and ready to make you a deal you can’t refuse! She is hustling hard to make ends meet and snag that Employee of the Month title! 🚨

⚡️ SALES, SALES, SALES! ⚡️

An official 2024 Windsor-Essex Pride Fest event. Join us at Artcite Inc. on Thursday, August 8, from 7–9pm for a special screening of In Your Pocket: Portrait of Us, a collection of short films by LGBTQ+ creators. Delving into its rich archive, RT Collective has reorganized its past thematic programs, playfully cutting, pasting, and selecting works from over 10 years to create a program that showcases the funny, the sexy, the poetic, and the quotidian aspects of queer life. Presented in partnership with RT Collective and Windsor-Essex Pride Fest.

An official 2024 Windsor-Essex Pride Fest event. Celebrate Windsor-Essex Pride Fest with Queer'd Ear, a DJ workshop and cross-border dance party presented in partnership with CJAM 99.1 FM and Windsor-Essex Pride Fest! Join us at Artcite on Wednesday, August 7, starting at 7:30pm for a free, two-part event featuring Detroit-based DJs Duck Trash and Garrison XR. Dive into the beats and learn fundamental DJing skills at our interactive workshop from 7:30-9:30pm, followed immediately by a high-energy dance party from 9:30–midnight! This event is all ages!

An official 2024 Windsor-Essex Pride Fest event. Join us at Artcite Inc. on Tuesday, August 6, from 2–8pm for Art Jam Pride: a free art-making event in preparation for the pride parade! Art Jam Pride is a fun and friendly opportunity to express your creativity and craft buttons, signs, posters, and artworks to show your support and spread love at this year's parade. All ages are welcome, and participation is free. Presented in partnership with Vanguard Youth Arts Collective and Windsor-Essex Pride Fest.

Thank you to everyone who attended the From Needs into Actions community conversation at Artspeak Gallery in June! We're excited to announce that the conversation will continue at Artcite Inc. on Friday, August 2, from 5:30 to 6:30pm. We'll discuss how Windsor can better support and nurture the local arts scene. The event will be moderated by Alejandro Tamayo, Executive Director of the Arts Council Windsor & Region. Don’t miss out on this important discussion! No registration is required.

Join Anahí González at Artcite on Saturday, July 13, for a free Artist Talk featuring a tour of her solo exhibition, "used as a material in the production of another". The talk will conclude with a group conversation, and attendees will be invited to create their own maps inspired by González’s piece "Mapa de Norte America Invertida (2023)." Additionally, González will perform "Employee of the Month, and the Next One, and the Next One... (2024)" from noon until the talk begins at 2pm.

Head down to Artcite on Saturday, July 6, for NOISE FEST: a full day of experimental music performances, divided into two sets. Featuring: friendly user, Bilal Nasser, GaSH, men at night, TONEDEATH, Malfiore, DD, EROVORE, Crude Flame, Nate Gelinas, greyhound, SXXN, and AFC. This event is all ages and entirely free. All donations go to Trans Wellness Ontario. Co-sponsored by CJAM 99.1 FM. Made possible with generous support from the City of Windsor's Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund.

Join Cassie Paine in the gallery on Saturday, June 15, for a free Artist Talk on her solo exhibition, Pedestrian Values. Cassie will contextualize the themes in the exhibition, provide insight into her practice, and answer any questions you may have about her work. The talk starts at 2pm but the gallery is open from 12–6pm, so come early or stay late. This is the last day of the exhibition, don't miss it!

Prepare to leap into the future! Join us on Friday, June 14, 7–9pm, for a thrilling edition of our renowned lecture series, led by unquestionably distinguished creators and pioneers. This month’s theme: Tomorrow’s Tech Today. Experience a stunning exhibition of futuristic innovations, from telepathic pet translators to remote-controlled slippers. Discover the groundbreaking technology set to transform our lives. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to glimpse the wonders of tomorrow. See you there!

Join us in the gallery for an intimate screening of Happy Together, directed by Wong Kar Wai. This event is part of our free monthly film screening series, See/Saw, an ongoing program of experimental, avant-garde, indie, arthouse, and outsider films. Seating is limited. Films start at 7:30pm.

What Works? is a practical skills workshop series for youth working toward a career in arts administration. This month’s presenters are Kamryn Cusumano and Elliott Hale. They will be offering strategies for self-promotion, time management, networking, and other essential tools for independent artists and freelancers.

Free open mic poetry, storytelling, and drum circle hosted by Teajai Travis, Windsor’s Multicultural Community Storyteller.

Join us at 2pm on May 19 for a very special Sunday afternoon workshop with Cassie Paine! On 519 Day (Windsor Day), Cassie will be hosting a free plaster coin carving workshop in the gallery, surrounded by her current exhibition, Pedestrian Values. The workshop considers the design and function of currency at large—that all currency is at one point invented, arbitrary and fictitious—designed to respond to the needs or desires of a social body.

Table Talk is a bi-monthly series that invites folks to consider the ways food and art come together to transform, connect, and nourish. This month our presenter is Khadijah Akbar, owner of Nature Smile. Khadijah will be presenting Water Ice, her take on a street food from the Caribbean. Made with exotic fruit juices, it’s the perfect summer treat!

Join us in the gallery for an intimate screening of Daisies, directed by Věra Chytilová. This event is part of our free monthly film screening series, See/Saw, an ongoing program of experimental, avant-garde, indie, arthouse, and outsider films. Seating is limited. Films start at 7:30pm.

Join us on Thursday, May 2, 7–9pm, for a practical workshop led by Huyn An, to learn about the best practices to keep everyone safe while keeping a protest moving forward! This is the fourth in a series of Thursday night workshops throughout April and May, in connection with Windsor Workers' Action Centre.

What Works? is a practical skills workshop series for youth working toward a career in arts administration. This month’s presenters are Kristina Bradt and Stephen Nilsson. They will be offering insight into the ways we can create opportunities for connection and collaboration through community-based projects.

Democracy: the rule of the many at the expense of the few? We would contend otherwise. If you are interested in how we can effectively make group decisions without falling to a system where the majority rules regardless of the opposition of a minority, or even an individual, then join us on Thursday, April 25, 7–9pm, for this hands-on event! This is the third in a series of Thursday night workshops throughout April and May, in connection with Windsor Workers' Action Centre.

In our lives and as part of movements and organization, many of us play different roles in pursuit of equity, shared liberation, inclusion, and justice. Sometimes, we feel overwhelmed, confused, or ineffective as we reach for our goals. The Social Change Ecosystem, developed by Deepa Iyer, is a framework that can anchor and guide your work. Join us on Thursday, April 18, 7–9pm, for an intro to the framework from UyenThi Tran Myhre, Coordinator at the Building Movement Project.

Step into the realm of innovation with us! On Friday, April 12, 7–9pm, we're bringing you Advanced Prototypes: an electrifying showcase of ostensibly groundbreaking inventions. Join our presumably esteemed presenters as they unveil their latest prototypes and visionary concepts. Be among the first to witness the future unfold before your eyes. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to explore the frontiers of technology and imagination or something. See you there!

Join us on Thursday, April 11, 6–8pm, for a fun and collaborative design session! Bring your creativity and share ideas in a relaxed atmosphere. We'll be making posters, stickers, prints, buttons, flyers, and more! Everyone is welcome, and all materials will be provided. This is the first in a series of Thursday night workshops throughout April, in connection with Windsor Workers’ Action Centre.