Dear Friends of UMIH, we have three events happening this week. They are...
A UMIH CRAFTERNOON: BLOCK PRINTING
This Wednesday (Nov 27 at 2:30), join us for a UMIH Crafternoon dedicated to block printing, a technique with a very long and rich history. We have tools for 18 makers to join us; first come, first served. We provide the supplies; there is no cost; zero experience required. Take your printed pieces and the block you carve home with you. If you prefer, bring a craft of your own. We’ll meet in Tier 409. All are welcome. Here’s some visual inspiration:
SPECIAL LECTURE: CULTIVATING FLAX FOR PAPERMAKING
This Friday (Nov 29 at 2:30 on Zoom), we celebrate UMIH’s semester-long exploration of hands-on humanities with a special lecture: “Public Humanities on the Ground: Cultivating Flax for Papermaking in a Campus Community Garden” with Dr. Maria Zytaruk (University of Calgary). Please email umih@umanitoba.ca for the link. All are welcome. Here are some details:
This lecture treats the more than year-long project that Zytaruk and a group of students, university staff, and community members undertook to cultivate flax for hand papermaking in the campus garden. In cultivating flax during a time of climate crisis, and against the backdrop of smoke-filled skies due to forest fires, questions about the sustainability of paper and books, in the hand-press period and today, became pressing matters.
And lastly, a quick reminder for UMIH Book Group members that our second meeting, devoted to the second half of Tiya Miles’ All That She Carried, takes place on Thursday, the 28th in Tier 409 at 2:30. See you there!
Ekene Maduka
Assistant to the Director
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities