Date | July 20, 2025 |
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Time | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Get your ticket to learn the art, history, and spirit of the Moko Jumbie, on stilts
It’s Caribana season, and we are taking the celebration a little higher… literally.
Stilted Stories is a two-part celebration of the Moko Jumbie tradition. Rooted in Caribbean and West African spiritual and cultural practices, the Moko Jumbie is more than just a dancing figure at Carnival. It is a protector, storyteller and symbol of resilience and connection to ancestral wisdom.
Part One: The Workshop
Up first is the workshop. On Sunday July 20th, join multidisciplinary artist, international performer, and Moko Jumbie, Pixel Heller, for an introductory stilt-walking workshop, where you’ll learn the basics of balance, movement and the legacy of the Moko Jumbie. This workshop is hands – on and open to all skill levels.
Space is limited- Only 12 spots available.
Ticket Price: $15.00
Eligibility
With limited spots available, we’ll be prioritizing participants who are 18 and older and identify as part of the African Diaspora. Please note: As this opportunity is intended for specific community members, Nia Centre may refund tickets for individuals who do not meet the eligibility criteria.
Pixel Heller is a multidisciplinary artist, international performer, and Moko Jumbie based in Toronto. Her work explores Afro-Caribbean identity through performance, visual art, and movement. As the founder of Northern Jumbies, she brings the spirit of the Moko Jumbie to life through stilt-walking workshops, performances, and community engagement rooted in ancestral tradition and contemporary expression. She graduated from OCAD University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cross-Disciplinary Studies with a specialization in Life Studies.
Pixel’s work reimagines ancestral narratives within a contemporary framework, bridging past and present. Through masquerade, she explores the resilience and evolution of Black culture, shaping costume, sculpture, and performance into reflections of history and acts of resistance. Her practice serves as both an homage and a reinvention, an ongoing dialogue that honours the endurance of Black identity while inviting new possibilities for the future. Pixel has exhibited at The Robert McLauchlin Gallery, Gallery 44, MCA Gallery, Meridian Arts Center, Gallery 1313 and internationally at the Black Brazil Art Biennial. She has artwork in The Wedge Collection and won the OCAD U Medal for Cross-Disciplinary Art. Pixel has done performances at the ROM, Artist Project, BMO Field, Waterloo Region Museum and internationally with Walking Tall in Kingston, Jamaica and Kaisokah Moko Jumbie in Trinidad.
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