In Touch / In Motion is a neurodiverse-centred workshop in which participants make their own stim toys. These stim toys are textile tassels, which participants create by feeling through a wide selection of textured yarn, fabric strips, and beads, selecting the ones they personally gravitate towards. Each stim toy becomes a self-portrait of the creator and their sensory/tactile-seeking profile.
Guided by creative prompts, the workshop aims to reach neurodivergent collaborators and generate conversation through providing other modes of engagement to increase accessibility. Participants are encouraged to share their stim toys with attendees to QUIET PARADE taking place September 18 at the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus.
Attendees are asked to wear face masks at this event. Free masks will be available onsite.
Accessibility
Tangled Art + Disability is wheelchair accessible. Our front door is automatic and the width is 60 inches. There are no steps to get into the gallery. Entering 401 Richmond from the Northeast (Richmond) side, there is a ramp inside the building, and Tangled can be reached by elevator. Entering from the Northwest side (closer to Spadina but still on Richmond) there is an outdoor ramp leading to an automatic door. The outdoor ramp is not in the best shape; we suggest using the indoor ramp. There is seating in the gallery, we have a couch, and you can also ask for floor cushions and chairs with backs and armrests.
In Touch / In Motion: A Stim Toy-making Workshop
Saturday, September 7, 12–2pm
Tangled Art + Disability, 401 Richmond St W, Toronto, Suite 124
FREE and open to the public.
Attendees are asked to wear face masks at this event. Free masks will be available onsite.
Event Documentation
- Facilitator
- Sof Kreidstein
QUIET PARADE is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the University of Toronto Mississauga, the City of Mississauga, and the Community Foundation of Mississauga.
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The Blackwood
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
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(905) 828-3789
The galleries are open. Hours of operation: Monday–Saturday, 12–5pm.
Holiday hours: regular gallery hours are in effect until and including Saturday, December 6. The galleries will then be closed for the holidays, except for regular hours on Saturday, December 13. In 2026, the galleries reopen Monday, January 5.
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