gritLIT Field Trip with Camilla Gibb: Everyone Can Collage

In this workshop hosted by gritLIT with artist and author Camilla Gibb, participants will start by looking at a few examples of different styles of collage to get inspired.

Absurdist or literal, political or simple pretty, messy and delightfully chaotic, or exacting and precise, you’ll bring or discover your own aesthetic and approach.

Absolutely no artistic experience or talent necessary. To quote the late great Diane Keaton who collaged throughout her life: “I’m just a person who cuts out paper, throws it up on the wall. I like to play around with cutting objects and putting them in the same moment.”

Whether you are a ripper or a cutter or something of both, we’ll have all the tools on hand to play around with making something new through recycling and repurposing paper materials we all have on hand.

Please note that this workshop is hosted in partnership with gritLIT, and registration is hosted by them as part of their annual Festival.

Camilla Gibb is the author of five internationally acclaimed novels: Mouthing the Words, The Petty Details of So-and-so’s Life, Sweetness in the Belly, The Beauty of Humanity Movement, and most recently, The Relatives, as well as a memoir, This Is Happy. Her first collection of poetry, I Used to Be a Pisces, will be available April 1, 2026.

Tickets: $30
Includes all materials & Gallery admission

Workshop Partner: gritLIT

gritLIT is Hamilton’s annual literary festival, a celebration of Canadian authors. Since its inception in 2004, the festival has built a reputation with readers in the Golden Horseshoe as a place to get “up close and personal” with their favourite authors and to discover new voices.