Introduction to Small Loom-Based Weaving
with Roda Medhat

Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm | 6+
Mirkopoulos Plateia | Aurora Town Square, 50 Victoria Street, Aurora

A hands-on workshop where participants will learn the basics of weaving using small wooden looms. With simple techniques of warp, weft, colour, and pattern, participants will create their own small woven piece while exploring how textiles are built through repetition and structure. The workshop offers an accessible introduction to weaving and encourages experimentation with material, texture, and composition.  

No previous weaving experience is required, and all materials will be provided. 

This workshop is offered in conjunction with Common Threads: Aurora Public Art Festival

Program funded by:

About the Artist

Roda Medhat (@reallyroda) – Roda Medhat is a Kurdish-born artist based in Toronto, Canada working across sculpture, installation, public art, and moving image. His practice rebuilds cultural source material, including textiles, diagrams, archived objects, pop culture, and everyday forms, into structures made from light, metal, acrylic, and air. He is interested in the conditions in which the work can exist, power, pressure, support, access, and maintenance, and how those conditions shape what the work becomes.

His work has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, and Partners In Art. In 2023, he was the 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize recipient, and in 2024 he received the CIBC C2 Art Prize.

Roda holds a BFA from OCAD University. Film production at FAMU Film and Television School of Prague. MFA from the University of Guelph.