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Talks
Panel ‘Community Building Through Art & Culture’ [24th February 2023]
The panel discussion with fellow black creatives centred on building community through art and culture. It was hosted by The Vancouver Art Gallery and organised by Kikachi Memeh and Stephanie Bokenfohr.
‘Concealed Culrures: Visualising the Black Vernacular’ exhibition panel discussion [17th September 2022]
This exhibition was curated by the Blac Arts Centre, at Surrey Art Gallery. My work, Ahọn Dudu was part of the exhibition under the ‘I see; I breathe; I am!’ exhibit and I was invited to speak on the panel at the opening.
Performance: Retelling Ahọn Dudu [5th June 2022]
At Arts Assembly’s ‘Orchestra’ event, Sola recounts Ahọn Dudu's story through the practice of Yorùbá storytelling. Sola as Ahọn Dudu invites you to reflect on the great land of Oke and what led to its fall through her story-performance.
Guest designer for the African Studies Speaker Series at the University of British Columbia [4th November 2021].
This lecture series was organised by Dr. Antje Ziethen (Assistant Professor of French) from the department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies in collaboration with the African Studies Program.
Guest designer lunchtime talk for Fashion Design students at Nottingham Trent University [30th March 2022]
I was invited by Emma Prince, Course Leader (BA) Hons Fashion Design at Nottingham Trent University to give a talk about my time at NTU and my design (research) practice. The presentation was a reflective piece on my fashion degree and an update on how my design processes have evolved since completing my BA and MDes.
Workshops
WCP 8 week Storytelling Workshop with Delta Family Resources, Toronto October + November 2022
The Writing Circle Project (WCP), planned and facilitated storytelling workshops for Delta Family Resources Youth Program.
Storytelling Workshop with Design for Regional Resilience group at Emily Carr University March + April 2022
Representing the Material Matters Research Lab at Emily Carr, I co-facilitated a 2 part workshop with my colleagues that prompted students to situate themselves within the Design for Regional Resilience research project through mapping and materiality. The workshop aimed at creating research environments where students can collectively reflect on the project as well as explore ways in which their work can be translated into material contexts.
Design for Regional Resilience
Guest Designer for Decolonizing Design’s Material Practices January 2022
I conducted a similar workshop as below but with Industrial Design students at Emily Carr University.
Guest Designer for Decolonizing Design’s Material Practices June 2021
This project is being conducted by Helene Day Fraser and it calls students to reconsider commonly used prototyping and production processes in Design. Its aim is to invite students to think about new ways of making. I led a workshop within these series based on my design practices that invited students to practice Yorùbá storytelling by prompting them to make through stories. The workshop raised and explored questions about what it means to make, to situate oneself within cultural contexts and what it means to practice decolonisation in art and design.
‘Yorùbá storycharting as storytelling’ 2021
Facilitated a workshop on Yorùbá storytelling as a contribution to Dr Cissie Fu’s class, ‘Transformative Story-telling for Social Justice’ at Emily Carr University. The workshop explored ways in which symbols can be used to story tell within learning spaces.
‘Race & Inclusivity Workshop’ 2020
Co-facilitated a workshop on race and inclusivity at a church. The workshop explored ways in which Christian theology on Inclusivity can be practiced within the Youth Ministry.
‘On storylistening…’ 2020
Facilitated a story-listening workshop at the ‘In Touch’ Graduate Symposium in response to my observation of lack of story-listening in our society as it concerns the Black Lives Matter Movement. It explored practicing the different ways we listen and discuss as a result.
Ahọn Dudu solo poster for the MDes 2021 Grad show, '23 actions through design'
Ahọn Dudu film on Exhibition , MDes 2021 Grad Show, Emily Carr University. Photo: Garnet Hertz
Performing Ahọn Dudu's Garments at the MDes 2021 Grad Show, Emily Carr University. Photo: Garnet Hertz
'If Slavery Were A Crown...' on Exhibition at the Nottingham Trent Fashion Grad Show, 2019.
with 'InConversation', a magazine developed for 'If Slavery Were A Crown...'