Formed & Transformed: Final Showcase

Back in April, we partnered with the Gardiner Museum for an immersive, 8-week workshop that took participants deep into the art of pottery. Facilitated by Tamirah Taylor-Soloman, Formed & Transformed pushed our artists to create works that were inspired by their shared and individual histories. Now, our artists’ ceramic creations will be displayed in the Gardiner Museum’s special exhibition “Test Kitchen: A Museum Project” from July 9-20.

Join us on July 9 at 6pm for a special opening celebration at the Gardiner followed by a joint artist talk between Sarah Edo and Chiedza Pasipanodya.

Following the showcase, there will be a lively conversation between ceramic artists Sarah Edo and Chiedza Pasipanodya.

Presented in partnership with the Gardiner Museum as part of the Community Arts Space.

Meet the Speakers

Sarah Edo is a curator and writer based in Toronto. Her curatorial work spans exhibitions and public programs with institutions including the Toronto Biennial of Art, Gardiner Museum, Art Gallery of Burlington, BAND Gallery, Images Festival, and Whippersnapper Gallery. She has held curatorial support roles at MOCA Toronto and the MacKenzie Art Gallery and is currently the TD Curatorial Fellow at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Sarah’s art criticism and writing has been published in Studio Magazine, Gallery 44, Topical Cream, BlackFlash Magazine, and CMagazine. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cinema Studies and Gender Studies and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the University of Toronto.

Chiedza Pasipanodya is a Zimbabwean-Canadian sculptor, writer and curator who investigates material logic and temporality, and challenges notions of subjectivity through a post-minimalist lens. Drawing from African diasporic aesthetics and metaphysical inquiry, they create sculptures and installations, inviting audiences to reconsider the meanings of objects, materials and sites through shifting perspectives.

Pasipanodya’s notable exhibitions and installations include Dura | a mechanism for recalling sensibilities of community care, Fort York Historic Site, BAND Gallery, Toronto, CA (2024), Ndafunga Dande (Thoughts of Home), Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, CA (2023), Control, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Bucharest, RO (2024), New Forms: that which constitutes (critical) matter, Artspeak, Vancouver, CA (2023) and Genealogies of Sustenance, The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, CA (2024). They are the recipient of numerous awards including the Cranbrook Art Museum, Purchase Award (2025).

Presented in partnership with the Gardiner Museum as part of the Community Arts Space.