The show, My house too, is the product of a 5 week exploration of analogue collage  in combination with the histories and materials found at the Mackenzie house museum. The Mackenzie House museum selected 5 youth to create this show based on the strength of their portfolios. Danielle Cole, a Toronto based collage artist, designed a program which allowed the youth to explore creating art using analogue collage in combination with image blocks and prints pulled from our 1845 printing press. Collage is a barrier free art form that requires no formal training or expensive materials, as such, it has often been used by women, activists or added to imagery by outsider artists exploring clear and immediate ways to communicate their messages.

My house too, is the visual essay written in collaboration between the artists using the media of collage and their exploration of themes during their time at Mackenzie House. The artists were interested in the call for social and political reforms put forth by Mackenzie but most compelled in their work by unseen or underrepresented people such as Mary Ann Shadd, and others players in the stories of change and rebellions that are often untold.