PRINTMAKING
BELONGING
Visual Arts
Workshops
For Older Adults
PRINTMAKING
APRIL 2026
Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Facilitator: Fatema Huzaifa Ali
In April, we’re welcoming Fatema Huzaifa Ali to The Jamii Hub for a printmaking series that centres memory, language, and self-expression. Together, we’ll work with relief printmaking to turn a meaningful word into a series of prints. The word can come from your first language, a personal memory, or a value you’ve carried with you over time. This workshop welcomes many languages and cultural expressions, and keeps the focus on storytelling, process, and shared experience.
Across four sessions, participants will move through reflection, sketching, carving, and printing with step-by-step guidance and plenty of time to work at your own pace. You’ll begin by choosing a word and developing a design through drawing and mark-making. From there, you’ll transfer your design onto a lino block and learn safe, beginner-friendly carving techniques. In the later sessions, you’ll learn inking and printing methods, create your first prints, and experiment with variations in composition and repetition. The final session focuses on finishing a set of prints, with an option to arrange works together and share reflections on the process and what the word has come to hold.
This work was made possible through ArtWorksTO, in partnership with City of Toronto, Toronto Arts Foundation and OCAD University.
Support free community arts
Jamii’s workshops are free so that cost is never a barrier to participation. If you’re able, you can help pay it forward by donating through Jamii’s website. Your support helps keep community arts accessible and welcoming for everyone.
These workshops are open to people of all experience levels. No background in visual arts is required. Participants are encouraged to take part in a way that feels comfortable and meaningful to them.
Workshops are free for participants. Registration is required, and space is limited.
Jamii's Belonging Older Adults workshops are sponsored by Government of Canada - New Horizons for Seniors Program, Canada Council for the Arts, Government of Ontario, and St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association.
FATEMA HUZAIFA ALI Fatema Huzaifa Ali is a visual artist and arts educator from Pakistan, now based in Canada. Working across printmaking, mixed media, and participatory formats, her practice reflects on healing, memory, and transformation through layered marks, repetition, and material exploration. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in Pakistan, Dubai, Belarus, and the United States. Alongside her studio practice, Fatema works across schools, museums, and community spaces, and is involved with the Aga Khan Museum’s Education Department. She brings a thoughtful approach to facilitation that makes room for curiosity, experimentation, and connection.
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