A look into recent programming at MACEL ♡
Still thinking about all the conversations, films, people, and energy that moved through the space
Much more to come 💫
Photography by @zackpowerphotography
And @bunnie_hump
~ Something soft is coming to MACEL 🙂↕️
@mimisikko will be leading a wet felting workshop this Friday! We’ll be Exploring wet felting in this 2-part workshop; create textured textile and transform it into a one-of-a-kind coin purse. 💫
• No experience needed
• Limited spots available
• Ticket link in bio
Camilla Leonelli Calzado @mimisikko is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice explores diasporic memory, trans culturation, and the material languages of home.
Born in Santiago de Cuba and raised in Canada, her work navigates the space between cultural inheritance and geographic distance using textiles, found objects, sound, and performance to create immersive, sensory environments.
Her practice is grounded in research-creation and auto-ethnographic methodologies, drawing on personal archives, oral histories, and embodied knowledge 🫧
No experience needed
Limited spots available
Ticket link in bio 🔗
Our Spring Program focuses on contemporary fashion design research and exploration through lead artist and designer workshops. Each session offers dedicated time to develop skills.
Participants will create take-home pieces from upcycled garments to textile-based works, engaging directly with the materials, construction, and process.
This program support creative practices that are flexible on structure and experimentation, with the objective of creating a space for growth and shared learning with new approaches to working in fashion.
April and May sessions are now open. June programming will be released soon!
For access needs and more information, visit the link in our bio or write us at [email protected]
MACEL exists to transform the fashion industry’s long-standing challenges into new opportunities.
Located at the intersection of Queen and Palmerston, our main entrance opens into The White Garden retail store—where discovery begins. Beyond it, the space unfolds into our production floor: professional studios, fully equipped workrooms, open layouts, and a community of creators committed to building new pathways in their careers.
Book a visit with us or stop by 658 Queen St West.
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Video excerpts from Needle felting workshop lead by Zeina Soliman @cairofruit as part of our SHOWROOM program.
Participants explored wide range of colourful wool fibres, beginner-friendly techniques, and the creative possibilities of natural, biodegradable materials.
Thank you to everyone who joined us — more felting workshops tba! 👀💫
Video by @brandoncmarsh
Our SHOWROOM calendar
From February 3rd to February 14th, a selection of Toronto artists and fashion designers will showcase their creations for you at 658 Queen St West! MACEL’s SHOWROOM provides a much-needed community space to explore new dimensions💡Come visit our retail shop The White Garden, as well as our ready-to-use studio spaces!
Email [email protected] for additional information and accessibility needs 🫶
Stay tuned for creative workshops — RSVP link available by tomorrow. For continued info and updates, follow our SHOWROOM series here through the MACEL studios instagram.
MACEL Studios hosted the first solo show and opening [Pay Your Tributes] by Jenny Vong @fairiesrepose
Vong’s presents the animal not as otherness but as a self-portrait and life cycle. The artworks seek to dissolve hierarchies between human and nonhuman life, cultivating empathy, reverence, and spiritual awareness, while reflecting on instinct and the re-examination of the correlation between humans and the animal world—its kinship, its experience, and the threads that bind us to it.
The show curation was directed by the artist themselves, narrating a whole personal journey with animals through paintings, sculptures, installation, and musical experimentation.
We extend our thanks for the incredible reception and to our amazing sponsors and library contributors: @offbrand.library Modelo and Zamalek.
Photo documentation by Alina Chen @alinapho_
Interview / video documentation by @plastiquefamille.0rg coming soon 🌀
Open Call for SHOWROOM 2026
We are inviting fashion designers, artists and creative participants to explore how their work exists in space through new ways of visually communicating process, material, and identity beyond traditional display.
If you’re interested:
1 Submit a portfolio or work samples
2 Answer a short set of questions
3 Select your preferred mode of participation
Selected participants get access to MACEL Studios’ with retail infrastructure, and sales support. Optional 10% discount for participants identifying as Disabled, BIPOC or 2SLGBTQIA+.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 26, 2026
🔗 Apply via link in bio & Welcome to SHOWROOM! 🌀
Pay Your Tributes, my first debut solo exhibition will be open on Wednesday, January 21st 2026, presented at @macel.studios - 658 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON.
The opening reception is from 6-11 PM. Drinks courtesy of @cervezamodelomx and @zamalekmontreal alongside with sounds by @nathanlau_ and special curated collaboration with @offbrand.library
RSVP through the link in my bio with your information ❤️ Note that there are capacity limits at the event space.
*kindly rsvp by Monday January 19th.
Bring the cats, cows, horses, homies, lover, parents, dogs, one time fling, a brother, a sister, maybe your favourite comedian. Most importantly yourself.
muah
Poster @brutal3_
![Very grateful to had the opportunity to host so many incredible artists and designers. For two weeks MACEL hosted SHOWROOM [an experimental exhibition that interrogates the contemporary retail space as a cultural concept]Thanks to the everyone that participated / work / share / teach and collaborated in/with the project SHOWROOM was an exhibition hosted from February 3-14 featuring works, garments, workshops and collectibles of:@automara.online@isecaiofficial @lalalangue@marsekei@___chiaki___manabe@leonabdyli@h.miguelstudio@playgroundwhispers @cairofruit@cursed_shawtyClosing night performances by@sunshinesexpress@maxedvisa@yemi.sees@turtlepleasuremusicClosing night photos by: @wan_hour_photoEditorial photo by: @chefpicssArt + Design + Production + WorkshopsSHOWROOM](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6742724868413263311919_0_436d9a6fbb8895cedcc1b7059a979de1.jpg?o=aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC1vcmQ1LTIuY2RuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS92L3Q1MS44Mjc4Ny0xNS82NDM1NDU4NTdfMTc5NjExNDY0NDUwMjYxNTBfNTg3NTg2ODQ0MzUzNzE2MDA3Ml9uLmpwZz9zdHA9YzAuMjQwLjE0NDAuMTQ0MGFfZHN0LWpwZ19lMzVfczY0MHg2NDBfc2gyLjA4X3R0NiZfbmNfaHQ9c2NvbnRlbnQtb3JkNS0yLmNkbmluc3RhZ3JhbS5jb20mX25jX2NhdD0xMDImX25jX29jPVE2Y1oyZ0UwLU5ZRkNSckpVYm9XUGJMTGRXV3Q2azFPTFQ3dGNaXzljc0pGTzV0amRnUTRKUzJ4V1JzWDZpSzlWU0RGaEVuc3Y5UUNTNi1VQktFaGpCVzRzQU9oJl9uY19vaGM9NFpONGZIQ1QycHdRN2tOdndIeDVQMngmX25jX2dpZD1YRVNCd2ctM0M3SGhDZGJSRmVDWjd3JmVkbT1BUFU4OUZBQkFBQUEmY2NiPTctNSZvaD0wMF9BZjc5NFVYZHhzanZCRHIycDk3Z0JUWmRRclNJbTZ2M09ZcEh5YV9QUVlmYVJRJm9lPTZBMEVEMDczJl9uY19zaWQ9YmMwYzJj&h=8f06ba02ca69c690e93f153349020414)
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