Welcome to the registration page for
Public Art Workshop Series Community Engaged Public Art with Hannah Doucet
Sunday May 3, 2026 from 1-5 p.m.
Location - The County Arts Lab, Unit 2E, Picton Armoury Building
County Arts is thrilled to partner with the Municipality through the new Public Art Program to present a series of workshops aimed at providing artists with opportunities to build skills to aid in the creation of Public Artworks. County Arts is the County’s Public Art Program Administrator and as we plan our commissions and first few projects we are offering these workshops to prepare artists to respond to future open calls.
In this workshop, join artist Hannah Doucet to understand processes and approaches to creating community engaged public artworks, and to navigate crafting thoughtful and meaningful projects to undertake with communities that provide space for a wide range of voices and experiences.This workshop will cover:- Examples and descriptions of engaging community based public art works, from small-scale temporary installations, to murals, to digital works, to permanent public artworks.- Discussions of engagement and community impact- Best practices for working within community- Case studies and group discussion on creative ways to approach projects- a hands-on art making activity, co-creation of a simple quilt project in order to learn about the process of making work as a collective while celebrating individual voices, and bringing them together as a whole * no sewing experience needed *This workshop is for:- Those wanting to learn more about the process of co-creating public artworks with communities- Anyone looking for a deeper discussion about the ways art can have an impact- Folks looking for guidance on designing community engaged public artwork projects
This workshop is offered for FREE to help anyone who would benefit from public art knowledge to access it without financial barriers.
About the County's Public Art Program
County Arts is currently serving as the Corporation of the County of Prince Edward’s (the County’s) Public Art Program Administrator! To learn more about the County’s new Public Art Program, click here to visit the County’s Public Art webpage where you will find links to Public Art Program-related application forms and guidelines. For any questions related to the Public Art Program, reach out to the Public Art Coordinator, Stacey Sproule, [email protected].
photo credit- Sarah Bodri
Hannah Doucet is a visual artist and arts educator from Winnipeg, based in Toronto. She works within photography, video and sculpture to explore fantasy, illness, and the body. She has exhibited at venues including Gallery 44, The National Gallery of Canada, PLATFORM, Arsenal Contemporary Art and The New Gallery. Doucet won the inaugural PLATFORM Photography Award and was a recipient of the National Gallery of Canada's New Generation Photography award in 2023. Doucet attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Summer 2024. She is one of four founders of Blinkers (now titled C’CAP), a gallery in Winnipeg, where she was a co-director until August 2021. She has over 14 years of experience working within community arts and arts education in schools, community centers, shelters, hospitals, universities, art galleries and museums. She worked at the community arts organization Art City ( Winnipeg), in various facilitation and coordination capacities from 2013 - 2019. She is currently the Community Program Manager at VIBE Arts, a community arts organization in Toronto she has worked with since 2022.
