Projects

Pinch #40.5: A Written Cabaret

May 31, 2025

Pinch Cabaret is a variety show that takes place in Waterloo, Ontario on the third(ish) Saturday of every month. It’s the brainchild of Ben Gorodetsky—performance artist, improviser, filmmaker, …

In this act of burial

May 28, 2025

Kate Kamo McHugh & Maddie Lychek (Summer 2025)  Meghan Harder (Fall 2025 - Spring 2026) Conceived and curated by Shalaka Jadhav Presented by Textile in collaboration with the Region of …

Black Talk

September 27, 2024

Black Talk: Hanif Abdurraqib & Antonio Michael Downing on Art and Identity Textile's inaugural fall literary event on Sept. 27 will feature readings and a critical discussion on shaping identity, …

Creek Collective

June 1, 2024

Youth to construct mobiles from materials collected along Schneider Creek (Kitchener, ON) with reflections of their relationship with the creek as a prompt; public installation and web archive to …

Bangishimo: The Medicines We Carry

January 1, 2024

On exhibit at Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Curated by Darryn Doull with Fitsum Areguy and Shalaka Jadhav. Textile will also produce the exhibition's catalogue.

Roots To Rise Zine

November 1, 2023

One Asia, Many Cultures

June 1, 2023

Performances and artworks for WRDSB's inaugural Asian Heritage Month Celebrations, curated by Textile in partnership with Eastwood Collegiate Institute’s Asian Student Union and the Indigenous Equity …

Following Morning Star

June 1, 2023

© 2023 José Ignacio Castillo Bastidas  Published by Textile in 2023  ISBN 978-1-7380245-0-6 Artwork + Writing: José Ignacio Castillo Bastidas Printing: Pandora Print Shop

Dreaming Into Collective Futures

January 1, 2023

In response to increasing state and police violence, Textile collaborated with local organizers to invite submissions of writing and artworks in any medium that imagined what police-free futures, …

City of Kitchener Artist-In-Residence 2022

June 1, 2022

Artist-in-residence program support In collaboration with the City of Kitchener.

Digital Storytelling Workshop

May 13, 2022

In 2022, a group of Textile writers were invited to learn to code with HTML and CSS, the building blocks of the web. They enhanced their stories with colour, photos, and layout customisations to …

insideWaterloo

January 1, 2022

A new collection of stories. Coming soon…

Recollections & Reimaginings Documentary

June 1, 2021

Advised on "Recollections & Reimaginings," a grassroots initiative advocating for an Indigenous community hub at the vacated Charles Street Bus Terminal in downtown Kitchener. Community …

Issue 02: Space(s)

February 1, 2021

Issue 01: In Transit

September 19, 2019