The Credit Village Marina, a city owned and operated facility located in picturesque Port Credit (Mississauga), is the home of the Eleventh Annual Port Credit Outdoor Art Show. This non-profit, juried show was created to bring art to everyday people in an informal and fun atmosphere.
EXHIBITOR SPACE
The space is 10’x10’ and is restricted to one artist per space. Hydro is not provided. Artists are responsible for their own display equipment, including table, chairs and canopies. The number of spaces provided is limited.
All other pertinent information will be provided upon acceptance into the exhibition.
Canopies are mandatory and must be anchored in case of wind. (This will be checked at set up)
EXHIBITOR SET-UP AND TAKE DOWN
Artists must arrive between 1pm and 2pm on Friday for set up. Artists must not dismantle their display or commence packing up until the show closes (Advertised Hours). Artists have the option to stay opened until Dusk.
This is an outdoor show! In the event of inclement weather, artists must make their own provisions for shelter.
SELECTION OF WORK
To maintain a high quality exhibition, a panel of jurors made up of artists and art professionals will review all the applications. Submitted artwork will be judged based on originality in conception, design and quality of workmanship.
The exhibition is open to works of painting, sculpture, ceramic, glass, photography,
multi-media computer generated, mixed media, jewellery, wood, fiber and metal.
Only original art forms will be considered for display. Photo lithos, posters, cards and T-shirts are only allowed if it is of your original work
and makes up 20% or less of your display.
Decisions made by the jury of the Port Credit Outdoor Art Show are final.
Letters of the jurors' decision will be mailed on or before April 30th, 2009
CONDITIONS AND LIABILITIES
Artists must agree to be present at the show for all 3 days. No refunds are issued if you are unable to attend or in the event of poor weather. Port Credit Outdoor Art Show, the City of Mississauga, and volunteer workers are not responsible for losses or damages incurred at the
Port Credit Outdoor Art Show.
Insurance is not provided.
MAIL TO:
Port Credit BIA
For info call: 905-278.7742
Web Site: www.portcredit.com
Email: beatrice@portcredit.com
SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
• You must submit up to 3-6 photos or digital images of your work on CD Maximum 300dpi, appropriately labeled in sequence for CD.
• Completed application form.
• Include a 9”x12” self-addressed stamped envelope for return of CD and/or photos.
• Please sign and return the Letter of Indemnity on the reverse side.
This must be included with your submission.
ENCLOSE 2 CHEQUES:
1. Jury Fee (non-refundable)
$25.00 full time artists
$10.00 students
Cheque or money order payable to
Port Credit BIA
2. Application Fee (refundable)
$200.00 for full time artists
$100.00 for students with photo ID (must be a fulltime student in a post-secondary art program).This fee will be returned if you are not accepted into the show. Cheque or money order made payable to Port Credit BIA
NOTE: Artists previously selected
Do not need to submit pictures or Jury Fee.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
April 6, 2009
THE SHOW GOES ON RAIN OR SHINE!!!
NO REFUNDS ISSUED.
APPLICATION FORM
NAME: ____________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________
CITY: _____________________________________
POSTAL CODE: ____________________________
EMAIL: ____________________________________
HOME PHONE: _____________________________
BUSINESS PHONE:__________________________
__________________________________________
I hereby agree to abide by the rules of the show. By entering, the artist warrants the work submitted is their original creation.
SIGNATURE:
__________________________________________
DATE: ____________________________________
The Corporation of the City of Mississauga
Port Credit Outdoor Art Show,
Port Credit Business Association
Visual Arts Mississauga
Acknowledgement and
Indemnity Waiver
I, _________________________________________
(Name of artist)
Do hereby:
1. Acknowledge that the City of Mississauga, The Port Credit Business Association, Visual Arts Mississauga and The Port Credit Outdoor Art Show shall not be liable for death or injury or damage to property of the Registered Participant or of others including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any loss of or damage to any property of the Registered Participant or of others by theft or otherwise from any cause whatsoever. The Registered Participant waives all rights of subrogation against the City of Mississauga, The Port Credit Business Association and Visual Arts Mississauga.
2. Acknowledge and agree to hold harmless and indemnify the City of Mississauga, its councilors, officers, employees, agents and contractors and the Port Credit Business Association and Visual Arts Mississauga along with its officers, agents and employees from and against, any loss of, or damage to, property, personal injury or death, or any other losses, actions, claims, causes of action, damages, both direct or indirect, and such other costs and expenses, however and whatsoever incurred, suffered or sustained by the participant, its employees, servants, agents, or any of the participants invitees, guests, during or otherwise in relation to or in connection with the participants invitees, guests, during or otherwise in relation to or in connection with the participants invitees, guests, during or otherwise in relation to or in connection with the participants use of the Marina, Port Credit Memorial Park and all activities relating to such use, including that which has been caused or contributed to any negligence.
Signature Date
Outdoor Art Show
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Friday, July 17, 2009
4 pm – 9 pm
Saturday, July 18, 2009
11 am – 8 pm
Sunday, July 19, 2008
Noon - 5 pm
On the boardwalk of the
Credit Village Marina
12 Stavebank Rd. S.
Port Credit
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
editorial residency/oppurtunity @ canadianart
Canadian Art Editorial Residency, Summer 2009
This two-month Toronto summer residency is a national prize award for students of art and art history at Canadian universities and art colleges. The winning student will hone his or her writing and editorial skills while working at Canadian Art Magazine. This introduction to art-magazine publishing and writing is intended to foster new critical and editorial talent.
Application Requirements
1. Maximum 500-word exhibition review.
2. One recent sample of academic writing.
3. Maximum one-page C.V.
Award Value
$7,000
Contract Duration
June 15, 2009 – August 14, 2009
DEADLINE
April 1, 2009
SEND APPLICATIONS TO:
Canadian Art
Attn: Canadian Art Editorial Residency
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 320
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7
This two-month Toronto summer residency is a national prize award for students of art and art history at Canadian universities and art colleges. The winning student will hone his or her writing and editorial skills while working at Canadian Art Magazine. This introduction to art-magazine publishing and writing is intended to foster new critical and editorial talent.
Application Requirements
1. Maximum 500-word exhibition review.
2. One recent sample of academic writing.
3. Maximum one-page C.V.
Award Value
$7,000
Contract Duration
June 15, 2009 – August 14, 2009
DEADLINE
April 1, 2009
SEND APPLICATIONS TO:
Canadian Art
Attn: Canadian Art Editorial Residency
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 320
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7
geoffrey shea exhibition @ ineraccess
Geoffrey Shea: Drawing and Speech
InterAccess is pleased to present a special, four-day exhibition of new media art work by Geoffrey Shea, from March 25 to March 28, 2009.
Please join us for the reception: Thursday, March 26 at 8:00.
For over two decades Geoffrey Shea has been creating idiosyncratic video installations and interactive works laced with denuded language and stripped down technology to question not only the tales we tell ourselves, but the very telling itself.
In a recent essay, Michael Tweed observes, “The authority of the word, even the comforting sovereignty of the image, is revealed to be what it is: the elegant cloak of our still timid unknowing. Shea does not impose or catalogue the seemingly countless variations of melancholy and despair to which we are prone. What he does provide however is a sort of topography of courage, sketching the geography that stretches between optimism and resignation, hope and despair.”
With this exhibition Geoffrey Shea gives us three recent works that intersect language differently.
Speech (I Want to Know) is a video installation that looks at the artist’s three years as an elected politician. From a (literally) empty campaign speech to a flood of pointless motions and bylaws, language plays a stifling, muted role. But an oh-so-earnest song and a laugh track from some unseen performance turn the experience upside down.
Drawing of a Man is a series of 16-foot tall charcoal sketches with video projected on them. Shea created these drawings to illustrate a now-absent story. Just as in Speech, he appears in the work, performing as a politician, in Drawing we see him performing as an artist.
Writing Machine is an interactive, typewriter-like tool for making words and phrases into concrete poetry. Yet nothing is written—only spoken—and our impulse to create shifts to a rhythmic, musical one.
Geoffrey Shea is a media artist based in Durham, Ontario. Shea's artwork has been presented internationally and is represented in the collections of the National Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art. As well as producing, Shea curates and writes about art and film, most recently as a regular programmer for the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film. Currently his research is in mobile content and the creation of new wireless hardware and software platforms for art.
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 2Y8
Canada
T +1.416.599.7206
F +1.416.599.7015
help(dot)me(at)interaccess(dot)org
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 — 5pm
Media Contact:
Jennifer Cherniack,
(416) 599-7206
jennifer.cherniack@interaccess.org
InterAccess is pleased to present a special, four-day exhibition of new media art work by Geoffrey Shea, from March 25 to March 28, 2009.
Please join us for the reception: Thursday, March 26 at 8:00.
For over two decades Geoffrey Shea has been creating idiosyncratic video installations and interactive works laced with denuded language and stripped down technology to question not only the tales we tell ourselves, but the very telling itself.
In a recent essay, Michael Tweed observes, “The authority of the word, even the comforting sovereignty of the image, is revealed to be what it is: the elegant cloak of our still timid unknowing. Shea does not impose or catalogue the seemingly countless variations of melancholy and despair to which we are prone. What he does provide however is a sort of topography of courage, sketching the geography that stretches between optimism and resignation, hope and despair.”
With this exhibition Geoffrey Shea gives us three recent works that intersect language differently.
Speech (I Want to Know) is a video installation that looks at the artist’s three years as an elected politician. From a (literally) empty campaign speech to a flood of pointless motions and bylaws, language plays a stifling, muted role. But an oh-so-earnest song and a laugh track from some unseen performance turn the experience upside down.
Drawing of a Man is a series of 16-foot tall charcoal sketches with video projected on them. Shea created these drawings to illustrate a now-absent story. Just as in Speech, he appears in the work, performing as a politician, in Drawing we see him performing as an artist.
Writing Machine is an interactive, typewriter-like tool for making words and phrases into concrete poetry. Yet nothing is written—only spoken—and our impulse to create shifts to a rhythmic, musical one.
Geoffrey Shea is a media artist based in Durham, Ontario. Shea's artwork has been presented internationally and is represented in the collections of the National Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art. As well as producing, Shea curates and writes about art and film, most recently as a regular programmer for the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film. Currently his research is in mobile content and the creation of new wireless hardware and software platforms for art.
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 2Y8
Canada
T +1.416.599.7206
F +1.416.599.7015
help(dot)me(at)interaccess(dot)org
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 — 5pm
Media Contact:
Jennifer Cherniack,
(416) 599-7206
jennifer.cherniack@interaccess.org
FADO Performance Art Centre presents International Visiting Artists Series: Tel Aviv Residency
FADO Performance Art Centre presents
International Visiting Artists Series: Tel Aviv Residency
International Visiting Artists Series: Tel Aviv Residency
BETI
New performances from Yaron David, Karin Mendelovici and Meir Tati
Friday March 27, 2009
The Theatre Centre
1087 Queen Street West, Toronto
8pm, $5
FADO is pleased to present BETI - new performance work from Tel Aviv, Israel.
FADO asked Yaron David to curate two other artists from Tel Aviv, and working together as a trio, to create a new performance in/for Toronto, using an invented collaborative working model. After a short residency in Toronto, the final work will be the culmination of a continuous improvised performance and working process that began for these three artists over a month ago. Since the start of their adventure together they met some people (one of them was Beti) and worked in various spaces. Combining video (documentation of the process starting in Tel Aviv and edited at the last moments in Toronto) and live actions, the work of these three artists speaks to the loss of, search for, and the production of meaning in a fragile and chaotic reality - the collaborative research of confusion.
About the Artists
Yaron David (b. 1970, Israel) works in video and performance art. He is also a curator and is active in the performance art scene in Tel Aviv, working with and organizing events with PAP (Performance Art Platform) including a monthly performance event (2004-2007), as well as the ZAZ International Performance Art Festival (2007, 2008). He is a writer and freelance editor, working with museums and cultural institutions. David's work has been presented at international festivals in Israel, Croatia, UK, Finland, Istanbul, Poland, France, and at the National Review of Live Art in Scotland, among other events and exhibitions. This will be David's first appearance in North America.
Karin Mendelovici (b. 1975) is based in Tel Aviv. She works in photography, video and performance. Her performance work has been primarily presented in Tel Aviv, especially in cooperation with PAP (Performance Art Platform). This will be Mendelovici's first appearance in North America.
Meir Tati (b. 1973, Israel) works in video and performance. Recent exhibitions have included the Moscow Biannual for Young Art (2008), and presentations at EPAF (Warsaw), ZAZ Festival (Tel Aviv) and other exhibitions and performances in Italy, Germany, Istanbul and Denmark. This will be Tati's first appearance in North America.
Upcoming at FADO
Not Waterproof
Julie Andrée T.
Monday April 27, 2009
The Theatre Centre
1087 Queen Street West, Toronto
8pm, $10
Lighting design by Jean Jauvin. Sound design by Laurent Maslé.
In Julie Andrée T's work, there is an unsettling blend of performance/installation and theatre. Her iconoclastic work is a hybrid of these two approaches in which dialogue, action and image are gradually distilled into poetry. Disconcerting, moving and unclassifiable, the artist deploys an astounding transformation of the body through a metamorphosis of the stage landscape. In Not Waterproof, the artist's body is subjected to a series of ordeals, is pulverized and dirtied, becoming a dreamscape. In exposing her vulnerability, she quietly conveys the impermanent and ephemeral nature of our lives.
Julie Andrée T.'s (Quebec) installations and performance works have been shown in Canada, U.S.A, South America, Asia and Europe. She was part of PME (experimental theater company directed by Jacob Wren) for many years and has collaborated with choreographers Benoit Lachambre, Xavier Le Roy, Dominique Porte, Martin Bélanger and the filmmaker Dominic Gagnon. Since 2003 she has been part of the performance group Black Market International. She worked with the collective PONI from Brussels as co-artistic-director in 2007. Julie Andrée T. is currently guest artist Faculty at the School of museum of Fine Arts in Boston (USA) where she is teaching performance art.
About FADO
Founded in 1993, FADO Performance Art Centre was established to provide a stable, knowledgeable and supportive forum for creating and presenting performance art works created by Canadian and international performance artists. FADO is the only artist-run centre in English Canada devoted specifically to this form. FADO's activities include presenting performances, artist talks and symposia, festivals, residencies, exchanges and workshops, as well as publishing in a variety of formats, including video and for the web.
FADO would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council for their on-going support of our endeavors.
FADO Performance Art Centre
info@performanceart.ca
416-822-3219
Check out our new website: www.performanceart.ca
(Thanks Twig Design!)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
volunteers needed at Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto
VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
Exhibition Installation at Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto
On April 2, 2009, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery will present a major exhibition exploring the intersections in the histories of Africa and South Asia. Exhibition works include photography, video projection, a large hand written wall text, and costumes.
Volunteer Slots available on:
Monday March 23, between 6:30pm - 9pm (painting is a major task this day)
Tuesday March 24, between 10 am - 6pm (painting is a major task this day)
Wednesday March 25, between 10am - 6pm (painting is a major task and other tasks - such as wall tracing - are added)
Thursday March 26, between 10 am - 6pm
Friday March 27, between 10 am - 6pm
Saturday March 28, between 10am - when possible (a curator will be around till 8/9pm)
Sunday March 28, between 10am - when possible (a curator will be around till 8/9pm)
Monday March 30, between 10 am - 6pm
Tuesday March 31, between 10 am - 6pm
Wednesday April 1, between 10 am - 6pm
Volunteers are needed for:
1) Gallery Wall Painting (from March 23 - 26 experienced wall painters are highly encouraged to enroll to help paint the entire Gallery white.)
2) Tracing a large wall based text piece (detail oriented volunteers are asked to trace and 'drawn-in' a large wall text that is composed of 46 paragraphs. Many volunteers are required for this. Hope you will sign up!!!)
3) Various tasks from painting to assisting with hanging photographs.
Please contact Katie Bethune-Leamen stating your availability and interested volunteer area.
WOULD REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WORKING ON THIS EXHIBITION.
THIS IS GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND THOSE INTERESTED IN EXHIBITION MAKING.
PLEASE CONTACT:
Katie Bethune-Leamen
416 978 8017
THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU :-)
Best,
JMB Gallery!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
robert lendrum @ ryerson gallery
LIVING DOCUMENTS:
Dr. Frankenstein's Guide to Self-Portraiture
Robert Lendrum
Wednesday, March 18th - Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 19th, 6-9pm
Ryerson Gallery is pleased to present Living Documents: Dr. Frankenstein's Guide to Self-Portraiture, a video-based installation by Robert Lendrum. Manipulating information, documents, and research methods, Lendrum creates performative representations of identity and memory that highlight the disconnect between personal data and persona. Lendrum's project begins with a survey about his identity involving the participation of over 75 of his friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances and ex-girlfriends. Converting the information into an identity profile with statistics, pie charts and graphs, the raw data is brought to life in a series of performance videos with Dutch actress Jacqueline van de Geer. Lendrum also examines his own family photographs through a process of reenactment manifesting as durational video performances. Asserting his belief that identity is co-authored, Lendrum's work is both self-portrait and social experiment.
An essay by Gabrielle Moser accompanies the exhibition
Information about the artist:
Robert Lendrum (b. 1979) was raised between the suburbs of Toronto and the rural area hamlet of Fallbrook, Ontario. An emerging artist working in video, performance and documentary, his work explores the tension between perceived identity and self-perception. He received his BFA from the University of Western Ontario and his MA in Media Studies at Concordia University. Now completing his MFA in Documentary Media at Ryerson University, he currently lives and works in Toronto.
Image credit: Robert Lendrum Impostor: The Audition (2009) video. production still by John Londono.
For more information please visit: www.ryersongallery.ca .
Media Contact:
Sarah Burtscher,
Media Coordinator
sarah.burtscher@ryerson.ca
Ryerson Gallery
80 Spadina Avenue
Suite #305
Toronto ON
M5V 2J4
T: (416) 703-2235
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Saturday 12:00-5:00PM
apprentice opportunity
The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in partnership with Hart House Aeroplan Presents:
“As a long-standing patron of the Arts, Aeroplan is pleased to support such an exciting, hands-on opportunity for one very deserving student,” said Sylvie Bourget, Senior Vice President Marketing, Aeroplan. “I’m certain the summer internship at the 53rd Biennale will be an exhilarating and memorable experience and we are thrilled we could help make it happen.”
For the application form, more information and a complete list of requirements and deadlines, please visit: www.harthouse.ca/venice
The top four selected candidates will be introduced at The Venice Send-Off Party at Hart House on April 30, 2009. One winner will be announced on May 4, 2009.
What: Apprentice Application Now Open for The Venice Apprentice: U of T at la Biennale di Venezia 2009
When: Applications will be accepted until March 30th 2009
Where: www.harthouse.ca/venice
Who: University of Toronto students
For more information contact:
Christopher Régimbal, Curatorial Assistant, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Email: christopher.regimbal@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416 978 8017
www.labiennale.org
www.marklewisstudio.com
www.jmbgallery.ca
www.canadapavilionvenicebiennale.ca
www.aeroplan.com
"The Venice Apprentice"
Apprenticeship Opportunity of a Lifetime with the Canada Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale
The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, in partnership with Hart House and Aeroplan, is accepting applications for The Venice Apprentice: U of T at la Biennale di Venezia 2009.
The Venice Biennale is the world’s oldest and most exciting venue for the international display of contemporary art, receiving over 300,000 visitors from around the world and offering participating institutions the highest profile of all international art events.
Barbara Fischer, Executive Director/Chief Curator of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery was selected in a nationwide competition to represent Canada at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, from June 7 to November 22, 2009. Barbara is the Commissioner for the Canada Pavilion, which will feature a new film-based project by internationally acclaimed Canadian artist Mark Lewis. The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery is the first U of T gallery and only the third museum in Ontario to ever be selected in the competition.
In response to this rare and extraordinary opportunity, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, with Hart House and Aeroplan, is launching a competition for a Venice Apprentice. Four University of Toronto students will be selected through an online application process to compete for the one Venice Apprentice position.
The Top Four selected candidates will:
- Work one afternoon per week at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery with Commissioner Barbara Fischer and Deputy Commissioner Natalie De Vito from April 3 to 30, 2009, helping to coordinate the final touches on this major project
- Maintain a blog about their unique work experiences on the official Canada Pavilion website
- Travel to Venice for the opening of the 2009 Biennale di Venezia, courtesy of Aeroplan
- Accommodation in Venice will be provided courtesy of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
- Upon arrival in Venice (tentatively June 1-8, 2009), the Apprentice will work closely with Gallery staff for the set-up and duration of the Biennale’s exclusive VIP press vernissage (June 3-6, 2009). The vernissage is attended by 30,000 of the world’s most important museum directors, gallery curators, art collectors, journalists, politicians, artists, providing an amazing opportunity to form international networks, explore job opportunities abroad, and experience the world’s premiere contemporary art event among Canada’s art world.
“As a long-standing patron of the Arts, Aeroplan is pleased to support such an exciting, hands-on opportunity for one very deserving student,” said Sylvie Bourget, Senior Vice President Marketing, Aeroplan. “I’m certain the summer internship at the 53rd Biennale will be an exhilarating and memorable experience and we are thrilled we could help make it happen.”
For the application form, more information and a complete list of requirements and deadlines, please visit: www.harthouse.ca/venice
The top four selected candidates will be introduced at The Venice Send-Off Party at Hart House on April 30, 2009. One winner will be announced on May 4, 2009.
What: Apprentice Application Now Open for The Venice Apprentice: U of T at la Biennale di Venezia 2009
When: Applications will be accepted until March 30th 2009
Where: www.harthouse.ca/venice
Who: University of Toronto students
For more information contact:
Christopher Régimbal, Curatorial Assistant, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Email: christopher.regimbal@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416 978 8017
www.labiennale.org
www.marklewisstudio.com
www.jmbgallery.ca
www.canadapavilionvenicebiennale.ca
www.aeroplan.com
Sunday, March 15, 2009
VAO professional development workshops
Visual Arts Ontario Professional Development Workshop Series
PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT
Thursday April 9th
Your portfolio is your most important tool in communicating your artwork to the art world. This presentation covers producing the
contents of a portfolio, formatting, and packaging it to get your work the attention it deserves.
MARKETING YOUR ART
Thursday April 16th
How does an artist come to be well-known and critically recognized? What establishes their legitimacy in the world of art? How do these factors contribute to sales? Learn how to identify key audiences for your artwork and different strategies to market yourself.
MARKETING ART ONLINE
Thursday April 23rd
The internet presents a myriad of opportunities to bring awareness to your artwork. Websites, email, and social networking sites are some of the marketing tools available today. Learn how to navigate these possibilities to create an enduring and effective online marketing strategy.
EXHIBITION PLANNING AND ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Thursday April 30th
This seminar will highlight strategic and alternative approaches to exhibition planning, building exposure, and leveraging community assets to take art-based businesses to the next level.
PACKING AND SHIPPING
Thursday May 7th
You have invested so much effort in finding galleries, clients, and art fairs; now make sure your art gets there. This session deals with packaging your work safely, shipping, and customs.
PUBLIC ART SUBMISSIONS
Thursday May 14th *Afternoon session only
Jane Perdue and Rebecca Carbin from the City of Toronto's Public Art Office present this session to help artists understand everything they need to know about Public Art programs and processes. Learn what their expectations are and the qualifications
you need to submit proposals.
DEALING WITH DEALERS
Thursday May 21st
A representative from the Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC) will show you how to prepare for working with art dealers, including what sort of experience, skills and knowledge you need to be competitive and how to make yourself and your art better known to dealers.
GRANT WRITING
Thursday May 28th
Maximize your chances of getting that grant! This presentation helps artists discover how to find granting opportunities and how to write a successful application.
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REGISTRATION
Each workshop is available for $60 for VAO members; $75 for non-members.
Or register for all 8 workshops at the discounted price of $400 for VAO members;
$435 for non members (non-member price includes 1 year VAO Membership).
Workshops will be held twice a day: 1-3pm and 6-8pm. Please indicate which session you will be attending.
All workshops held at the VAO Gallery at 215 Spadina Ave, Suite 225, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7
For more information and to register contact Visual Arts Ontario.
info@vao.og
416 591 8883
www.vao.org
job oppurtunity
We have a fantastic summer job opening and have appreciated your student referrals in the past!
If you know of any suitable Sheridan students who are looking for summer employment, please feel free to forward the attached posting.
Job summary:
Student Advisement Centre/First Year Connections Peer Mentor
http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/services/peermentoring/pm_contact.cfm#coop
Thanks again,
Joanne
Joanne Islip
Student Advisor
Student Advisement Centre
Trafalgar Road Campus – Rm B104
Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Telephone: 905-845-9430 or 905-459-7533 ext. 2164
http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/services/advisement
Student Advisement Centre – everything you need to know about Sheridan.
Got Questions? Get Answers. Connect with us!
If you know of any suitable Sheridan students who are looking for summer employment, please feel free to forward the attached posting.
Job summary:
Student Advisement Centre/First Year Connections Peer Mentor
- openings at both Davis and Trafalgar
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- work 35 hrs/week in July & August
- conduct phone calls to new first year students during July & August
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- welcome students to Sheridan, discuss campus services, answer questions, etc.
- work 10 hrs/week from September to April, working in the Student Advisement Centre and with the First Year Connections program
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- rate of pay $9.50/hour (or $10.50/hr for returning Peer Mentors)
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- skills required: an overall 'B' average at the post-secondary level
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- job description attached
http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/services/peermentoring/pm_contact.cfm#coop
Thanks again,
Joanne
Joanne Islip
Student Advisor
Student Advisement Centre
Trafalgar Road Campus – Rm B104
Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Telephone: 905-845-9430 or 905-459-7533 ext. 2164
http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/services/advisement
Student Advisement Centre – everything you need to know about Sheridan.
Got Questions? Get Answers. Connect with us!
stir@ the blackwood
STIR
On Thursday March 19, 2009 the Blackwood Gallery at University of Toronto Mississauga will present a one-time live mixing performance in collaboration with University of Toronto's Celebration of the Arts and Artszone.
STIR is a multi-media mash-up by Sampradaya Dance Creations (Sinthiya Sivasithamparam, Nandini Krishna) in partnership with Toronto-based artist Faisal Anwar and the DJ collective Quadrasonic (Boris Castellanos, Alvaro Castellanos and Ulysses Castellanos). STIR is a project created through a series of collaborative and improvisational workshops directed by the contributing artists.
Mashups are a form of remixing, using varied sources of sound and video, both found and captured, combined in a dynamic way to produce a multi-visionary and multi-layered work.
7 - 8pm: PRE-STIR - Reception and performances by Sheridan and UofT Art & Art History Program students located in the Atrium CCT Building, University of Toronto Mississauga
8 - 9pm: STIR, MiST Theatre, CCT Building, University of Toronto Mississauga
A free bus leaves the Gladstone Hotel at 6:30pm, returns at 10pm
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Sampradaya Dance Creations
Lata Pada is the Artistic Director and founder of Sampradaya Dance Creations, which is at the forefront of South Asian dance in Canada. It is a dynamic Canadian dance company, internationally recognized for forging new paradigms in Canada's dance landscape. Lata Prada has garnered international acclaim and most recently the Order of Canada for her excellence in bharatanatyam, a traditional form of South Indian dance. Pada is the creative force behind the company which has carved out a unique niche for its work that spans a stunning range of solo and ensemble choreography. Sampradaya's wide range of activities includes local performances, international touring, cross-cultural partnerships, and extensive education and outreach activities. Performing for STIR are Sinthiya Sivasithamparam and Nandini Krishna.
Quadrasonic
The musical contribution for the workshop and festival will be created by Quadrasonic, a collaborative DJ crew that creates a visceral experience of movement and projected images. Founded by Alvaro Castellanos, Quadrasonic describes itself as producing "a way of transforming the art of deejaying." This innovative act takes shape as four DJs simultaneously work on eight turntables, an idea that transforms turntable ingenuity into an art form. Although soulful house music is the lingua franca of the men at the decks, their music sets incorporate everything from salsa to funk to old-school disco. Originally from El Salvador, three brothers are at the core of Quadrasonic: Ulysses, Alvaro and Boris Castellanos.
Faisal Anwar
Faisal Anwar is a digital media artist living in Toronto with diverse backgrounds in theatre, film, media, interactive art and graphic design. He is currently the director of an interactive art and design studio call DGDIP and is working as a new media director at Mammalian Diving Reflex. Anwar's art practice explores fictional, sociopolitical and edutainment narratives. Anwar is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Habitat-LAB, Interactive Arts and Entertainment Program 2004 and received his Bachelors in graphic design from the National College of Arts Pakistan 1996. He is one of the pioneers of The Puppeteers theatre group in Pakistan and has worked on many performances addressing social awareness in Pakistan. Faisal currently volunteers on the Programming Committee of SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) and teaches part time at Centennial College.
Support generously provided by Ontario Arts Council, The Trillium Foundation and Artszone, University of Toronto.
For more information, call (905)828-3789 or visit www.blackwoodgallery.ca
Blackwood Gallery
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Rd. N.
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
A&AH Students Awards @ UT ART Cente
Asal Asalman, Jennifer Chan, Gurpreet Sehra, Johnson Ngo, Jennifer Chan and Mallory Diaczun participated in the exhibition BOTH/AND organized by UT Art Centre Curator Sunny Kerr, which opened in the University of Toronto Art Centre Art Lounge on February 12.
The brief outlining the call for student entries was as follows: “We believe that today’s experiences of constant crossing of cultural and geographic boundaries intensify exchange and make people open to others’ values, beliefs and worldviews. Inter-cultural experiences can have a transformative effect that is central to this exhibition that asks: what is beyond multiculturalism?
Best Overall Quality Award went to Grupreet Sehra, and Mallory Diaczun won the Best Control of Medium Award.
The brief outlining the call for student entries was as follows: “We believe that today’s experiences of constant crossing of cultural and geographic boundaries intensify exchange and make people open to others’ values, beliefs and worldviews. Inter-cultural experiences can have a transformative effect that is central to this exhibition that asks: what is beyond multiculturalism?
Best Overall Quality Award went to Grupreet Sehra, and Mallory Diaczun won the Best Control of Medium Award.
A&AH Students Awards @ UT ART Centre
Asal Asalman, Jennifer Chan, Gurpreet Sehra, Johnson Ngo, Jennifer Chan and Mallory Diaczun participated in the exhibition BOTH/AND organized by UT Art Centre Curator Sunny Kerr, which opened in the University of Toronto Art Centre Art Lounge on February 12.
The brief outlining the call for student entries was as follows: “We believe that today’s experiences of constant crossing of cultural and geographic boundaries intensify exchange and make people open to others’ values, beliefs and worldviews. Inter-cultural experiences can have a transformative effect that is central to this exhibition that asks: what is beyond multiculturalism?
Best Overall Quality Award went to Grupreet Sehra, and Mallory Diaczun won the Best Control of Medium Award.
The brief outlining the call for student entries was as follows: “We believe that today’s experiences of constant crossing of cultural and geographic boundaries intensify exchange and make people open to others’ values, beliefs and worldviews. Inter-cultural experiences can have a transformative effect that is central to this exhibition that asks: what is beyond multiculturalism?
Best Overall Quality Award went to Grupreet Sehra, and Mallory Diaczun won the Best Control of Medium Award.
Alumni Nominated For Sobey Award
Art and Art History Program graduate Rhonda Weppler (1996), and her art collaborator Trevore Mahovsky, have been nominated for the prestigious 2009 The Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent award for contemporary Canadian art. The prize is given to an artist under 40, and a total of $70,000 is awarded annually. Weppler and Mahovsky’s sculpture is currently on view at the Vancouver Art Gallery in How Soon is Now, an exhibition srveying current art in British Columbia. Read AAH Coordinator John Armstrong on a recent Toronto exhibition by Weppler and Mahovsky: http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2008/12/11/drifting/
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
RAPPORT REPORT VIDEO SCREENING
Hart House Art Committee’s Outreach sub-Committee Presents "Rapport
Report" at the University of Toronto Film Festival
DATE: Wednesday, March 11
TIME: 8:30 PM
VENUE:
Innis Town Hall
Innis College, University of Toronto
2 Sussex Ave
Toronto, ON
http://www.uoftfilmfest.ca/venue.php
FESTIVAL WEBSITE: http://www.uoftfilmfest.ca/
Rapport Report: the possibilities of community (83:30)
Curated by Tejpal Ajji (Adjunct Curator of Outreach, Justina M. Barnicke
Gallery) and the Hart House Art Committee’s Outreach Committee. This
screening is organized by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in partnership with
the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Resources &
Programs (University of Toronto), and New College (University of Toronto).
The JMB Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council
for the Arts.
The Debutante Ball (4:00)
Produced during a student focused, weekend long, collaborative video-
making workshop organized by the Hart House Film Board and the Justina M.
Barnicke Gallery. Participants used the Hart House as a film set to evoke a
sense of fantasy through costume and improvised stage design.
Project participants: Kristyna Balaban, Boglarka Uzoni, Mariuxi Zambrano,
Leila Gajusingh, Susan Fairbairn, David Leblanc, Chen Liu, and others.
Artist Oliver Husain led the workshop assisted by Dagny Thompson.
Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender / Queer videos (25:30)
This program mines queer and transgender identities, spaces, and ideas,
through works by videomakers representing the University of Toronto’s three
campuses and from an open call for submission.
The Astronaut (5:15)
By Dagny Thompson
The artist recounts a childhood wish of becoming an astronaut. Dressed as
such, Thompson walks through a playground and attempts to drink coffee in a
café, living out desires of expression however quietly.
Wing Machine (3:30)
By Hodgson and Moffat Productions, University of Toronto at St. George
It is Monday, chicken wing day, and “Mindy” prepares herself for a day to
indulge in greasy fried and sauced goodness.
Untitled (territory) (5:15)
By Ryan Lord, University of Toronto at Mississauga / Sheridan Institute of
Technology
Lord applies red poster paint to his genitals then ‘tea bags’ a movie poster.
This action suggests the hints of violence which can characterize sexual
gestures.
Taking Root (4:18)
By Hisayo Horie
Horie traces the melancholy of her migration to Canada through a metaphor of
adaptation akin to plants.
This is me (3:13)
By Johnson Ngo, University of Toronto at Mississauga / Sheridan Institute of
Technology
Ngo contests stereotypes while referring to voice-over dubbings of translated
cinematic works.
Cake (8:00)
By Allen Huynh, Ontario College of Art & Design
Recited as a partner search profile, Huynh describes facets of his sexual
identity. He intertwines autobiographic details with the lives of former
partners. The video’s unsettling green hue imbues it with melancholy
heightened by the confessional style of Huynh’s delivery.
Short and Sweet (34:00)
This broad-ranging selection of works utilize animation, artificial intelligence,
performance art, or subtle intervention into architectural environments to
reconsider naturalized structures imbedded in the mundane and everyday.
Videomakers represent the University of Guelph and the Ontario College of
Art & Design, in addition to recent graduates of the University of Toronto and
other institutions.
Inside Me (3:45)
By Gintas Tirilis
Using cutouts, drawing, hand-held animation, and voiceover, Tirilis takes
viewers on a tour through the inner workings of his bodily functions—from the
bugs living in his entrails to the computer in his brain.
The Word Factory (4:48)
By Liam Johnstone
Want to know how words and letters are fashioned? Johnstone’s animation
presents the interpersonal politics of a factory staffed by letters of the
alphabet.
Fun with Predictive Text (3:00)
By Matt Williamson, Ontario College of Art & Design
Using the search field of a Google page, Williamson enters passages which
bring up a series of past searches characterized by similar sentence structure
though depart in content.
Verbal Burglary (4:00)
By Mani “Scalez” Mazinani
Mazinani’s interest in the technological and aesthetic composition of video
merge with the lyrical flow of hip-hop music.
Folding City (1:10)
By Lena Chun, Ontario College of Art & Design
A cityscape referring to Toronto’s skyline rapidly transforms through a series
of animation techniques.
Layering (1:00)
By Miles Stemp, University of Guelph
The artist slowly wears all the clothing he owns. As he balloons and swells,
Stemp becomes an image that could represent an itinerant traveler carrying
his home and belongings on his back.
Courtesy (2:00)
By Courtney Bryant and Stephanie Fong, University of Guelph
A lone figure becomes an architectural feature in the busy thoroughfares of a
university building.
321 (1:20)
By Shera Mekhail, University of Guelph
Mekhail satirically investigates the stereotypes and representations of her
self-image as it is mapped onto objects and through desires.
Rod, Bernie, Peggy, Aislinn (8:00)
By Aislinn Thomas, University of Guelph
Using her kitchen as a set for storytelling, Thomas recounts a family history
using recipes representing her father, mother, grandfather, and herself.
APHASIA (4:24)
By Danielle Williams
A man’s reflection is caught on the window of a moving train while an urban
landscape rapidly moves in the distance. Subtitles written in a code language
trace a story Williamson does not easily give over.
Tri-Campus Video (20:00)
Students from the University of Toronto's three campuses address the urban
environment, the formal and aesthetic qualities of video, to the effect of family
history on their own identity.
untitled (letters) (4:00)
By Violetta Parra de Moya, University of Toronto at Mississauga / Sheridan
Institute of Technology
The artist’s grandmother writes a letter on her stomach for Par de Moya to
read.
Water: Contained Cycle (5:00)
By Liya Hyun Joo Choi, University of Toronto at St. George
The artist floats weightlessly in a pool of water then quickly breaks this
meditative image.
Looped Death (3:30)
By Annie Tse, University of Toronto at Scarborough
This unsettling video captures the final twitching moments of a fly’s life.
Legs (3:30)
By Kaitlin Till-Landry, University of Toronto at St. George
Faint traces of dripping water and the body of a woman emerge through a
grid-like screen.
Entropic Landscape (3:10)
By Julia Abraham, University of Toronto at St. George
Abraham renders a townscape with smeared colours through a simple
intervention: placing a glass cup in front of the video lens while taping.
On the Making of Love (1:00)
By Mariuxi Zambrano, University of Toronto at St. George
Zambrano re-performs an action described to her by a female prison inmate.
The inmate produced red hair ‘scrunchies’ to pass her time and meditate on
her personal history.
Report" at the University of Toronto Film Festival
DATE: Wednesday, March 11
TIME: 8:30 PM
VENUE:
Innis Town Hall
Innis College, University of Toronto
2 Sussex Ave
Toronto, ON
http://www.uoftfilmfest.ca/venue.php
FESTIVAL WEBSITE: http://www.uoftfilmfest.ca/
Rapport Report: the possibilities of community (83:30)
Curated by Tejpal Ajji (Adjunct Curator of Outreach, Justina M. Barnicke
Gallery) and the Hart House Art Committee’s Outreach Committee. This
screening is organized by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in partnership with
the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Resources &
Programs (University of Toronto), and New College (University of Toronto).
The JMB Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council
for the Arts.
The Debutante Ball (4:00)
Produced during a student focused, weekend long, collaborative video-
making workshop organized by the Hart House Film Board and the Justina M.
Barnicke Gallery. Participants used the Hart House as a film set to evoke a
sense of fantasy through costume and improvised stage design.
Project participants: Kristyna Balaban, Boglarka Uzoni, Mariuxi Zambrano,
Leila Gajusingh, Susan Fairbairn, David Leblanc, Chen Liu, and others.
Artist Oliver Husain led the workshop assisted by Dagny Thompson.
Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender / Queer videos (25:30)
This program mines queer and transgender identities, spaces, and ideas,
through works by videomakers representing the University of Toronto’s three
campuses and from an open call for submission.
The Astronaut (5:15)
By Dagny Thompson
The artist recounts a childhood wish of becoming an astronaut. Dressed as
such, Thompson walks through a playground and attempts to drink coffee in a
café, living out desires of expression however quietly.
Wing Machine (3:30)
By Hodgson and Moffat Productions, University of Toronto at St. George
It is Monday, chicken wing day, and “Mindy” prepares herself for a day to
indulge in greasy fried and sauced goodness.
Untitled (territory) (5:15)
By Ryan Lord, University of Toronto at Mississauga / Sheridan Institute of
Technology
Lord applies red poster paint to his genitals then ‘tea bags’ a movie poster.
This action suggests the hints of violence which can characterize sexual
gestures.
Taking Root (4:18)
By Hisayo Horie
Horie traces the melancholy of her migration to Canada through a metaphor of
adaptation akin to plants.
This is me (3:13)
By Johnson Ngo, University of Toronto at Mississauga / Sheridan Institute of
Technology
Ngo contests stereotypes while referring to voice-over dubbings of translated
cinematic works.
Cake (8:00)
By Allen Huynh, Ontario College of Art & Design
Recited as a partner search profile, Huynh describes facets of his sexual
identity. He intertwines autobiographic details with the lives of former
partners. The video’s unsettling green hue imbues it with melancholy
heightened by the confessional style of Huynh’s delivery.
Short and Sweet (34:00)
This broad-ranging selection of works utilize animation, artificial intelligence,
performance art, or subtle intervention into architectural environments to
reconsider naturalized structures imbedded in the mundane and everyday.
Videomakers represent the University of Guelph and the Ontario College of
Art & Design, in addition to recent graduates of the University of Toronto and
other institutions.
Inside Me (3:45)
By Gintas Tirilis
Using cutouts, drawing, hand-held animation, and voiceover, Tirilis takes
viewers on a tour through the inner workings of his bodily functions—from the
bugs living in his entrails to the computer in his brain.
The Word Factory (4:48)
By Liam Johnstone
Want to know how words and letters are fashioned? Johnstone’s animation
presents the interpersonal politics of a factory staffed by letters of the
alphabet.
Fun with Predictive Text (3:00)
By Matt Williamson, Ontario College of Art & Design
Using the search field of a Google page, Williamson enters passages which
bring up a series of past searches characterized by similar sentence structure
though depart in content.
Verbal Burglary (4:00)
By Mani “Scalez” Mazinani
Mazinani’s interest in the technological and aesthetic composition of video
merge with the lyrical flow of hip-hop music.
Folding City (1:10)
By Lena Chun, Ontario College of Art & Design
A cityscape referring to Toronto’s skyline rapidly transforms through a series
of animation techniques.
Layering (1:00)
By Miles Stemp, University of Guelph
The artist slowly wears all the clothing he owns. As he balloons and swells,
Stemp becomes an image that could represent an itinerant traveler carrying
his home and belongings on his back.
Courtesy (2:00)
By Courtney Bryant and Stephanie Fong, University of Guelph
A lone figure becomes an architectural feature in the busy thoroughfares of a
university building.
321 (1:20)
By Shera Mekhail, University of Guelph
Mekhail satirically investigates the stereotypes and representations of her
self-image as it is mapped onto objects and through desires.
Rod, Bernie, Peggy, Aislinn (8:00)
By Aislinn Thomas, University of Guelph
Using her kitchen as a set for storytelling, Thomas recounts a family history
using recipes representing her father, mother, grandfather, and herself.
APHASIA (4:24)
By Danielle Williams
A man’s reflection is caught on the window of a moving train while an urban
landscape rapidly moves in the distance. Subtitles written in a code language
trace a story Williamson does not easily give over.
Tri-Campus Video (20:00)
Students from the University of Toronto's three campuses address the urban
environment, the formal and aesthetic qualities of video, to the effect of family
history on their own identity.
untitled (letters) (4:00)
By Violetta Parra de Moya, University of Toronto at Mississauga / Sheridan
Institute of Technology
The artist’s grandmother writes a letter on her stomach for Par de Moya to
read.
Water: Contained Cycle (5:00)
By Liya Hyun Joo Choi, University of Toronto at St. George
The artist floats weightlessly in a pool of water then quickly breaks this
meditative image.
Looped Death (3:30)
By Annie Tse, University of Toronto at Scarborough
This unsettling video captures the final twitching moments of a fly’s life.
Legs (3:30)
By Kaitlin Till-Landry, University of Toronto at St. George
Faint traces of dripping water and the body of a woman emerge through a
grid-like screen.
Entropic Landscape (3:10)
By Julia Abraham, University of Toronto at St. George
Abraham renders a townscape with smeared colours through a simple
intervention: placing a glass cup in front of the video lens while taping.
On the Making of Love (1:00)
By Mariuxi Zambrano, University of Toronto at St. George
Zambrano re-performs an action described to her by a female prison inmate.
The inmate produced red hair ‘scrunchies’ to pass her time and meditate on
her personal history.
jeremy and jeremy
JEREMY BAILEY + JEREMY STANBRIDGE
254 Niagara Street
Toronto, ON, Canada, M6J 2L8
t: +416-591-6464
info@2of2gallery.com
www.2of2gallery.com
March 14 - April 4, 2009
Opening reception Saturday, March 14, 5-8 pm,
Performance by JEREMY BAILEY, from 6-7 pm
2 of 2 Gallery is pleased to announce two solo exhibitions of new works by two artists Jeremy Bailey (Toronto based) and Jeremy Stanbridge (Vancouver based).
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JEREMY BAILEY
Machine Ego
"Jeremy Bailey is a video and performance artist whose work is often confidently self-deprecating in offering hilarious parodies of new media vocabularies" (Marissa Olson, Rhizome at the New Museum). "Disillusioned by the "machine ego" that has characterized much technology-driven art practice since computers arrived on the scene, Jeremy Bailey creates digital interfaces through which he plays out a critique of the digital auteur with deadly humour" (Charlotte Frost, Furtherfield).
For his first solo show at 2 of 2 Gallery Jeremy presents some of his most recent works including Video Terraform Dance Party, VideoPaint 3.0 and SOS, alongside new works created for the occasion of this momentous homecoming. In these new videos Bailey continues his research in melding productivity and art by creating new satirical interfaces for office related tasks that also help a user create unique works of art; think 3d digital bricolage calculator. Jeremy will also present a live performance at the opening, featuring a demo of some of his most recent software.
Bailey received his MFA in Video Art from Syracuse University(2006) and an undergraduate degree in Visual Studies from the University of Toronto(2002). He is co-founder of award winning artist video collective 640 480. He has been described by Filmmaker Magazine as "a one man revolution on the way we use video, computers and our bodies to create art". His work has been shown nationally and internationally; at Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo (USA), curator Claire Schneider, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal (Canada), Transmedial (Germany), Eyebeam, New York, Curator Astria Suparak, HTTP Gallery, London (England), Vitamin Arte Contemporanea ,Torino (Italy), curator Franklin Sirmans, Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (Scotland), Contemporary Art Center M'ARS, Moscow, curator Antonio Geusa, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo (USA), curator Carolyn Tennant, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen(Germany), New York Underground Film Festival, and Chicago Underground Film Festival. Bailey lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
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JEREMY STANBRIDGE
Splat
Splat is the title for a series of Stanbridge's paintings on shaped plastic. This series corresponds with two other parallel series (stack and augment) also on shaped plastic. The shapes are derived from various sources, and are meant to imply diverse elements ranging from circuitry and product packaging to celestial bodies, breast implants and water droplets.
The Splat works are painted with automotive paint, using an airbrush. The paint itself is applied to the back of the plastic so the works are painted in reverse, the first marks being the most visible. The surfaces are metallic and some have metal flake. This gives the surface the appeal, while the plastic reflection acts as an irritant. Reflections cause the viewer to move about the work, attempting to find the particular point to absorb the underlying slick surface without distraction. As in his earlier work, there is juxtaposition between attraction and repulsion, an unattainable calm. The materiality draws in the viewer in the same way as a beautifully painted automobile, ultra glossy lipstick, or a deeply hued bruise.
As in Stanbridge's earlier painting series, these paintings have their root in 1950-70's abstract painting. Specifically, the paintings relate to the Light Space Movement of the 1960's. However, unlike his work in the past, these paintings hold more of a relationship to the architectural space surrounding the piece, activating, containing and trapping the wall in its peninsulas and bay's. The wall itself becomes a part of the painting.
In 2007 Stanbridge was included in Roald Nasgaard's Book, Abstract Painting in Canada. He has exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery(Vancouver), Artists Space(New York), Art Gallery of Regina. Stanbridge Lives and Works in Vancouver, Canada.
254 Niagara Street
Toronto, ON, Canada, M6J 2L8
t: +416-591-6464
info@2of2gallery.com
www.2of2gallery.com
performance art workshop
PERFORMING FOE
A Workshop with Artist
BRENDAN FERNANDES
Saturday Mar, 28 - Sunday Mar, 29
1:00pm -5:00 pm
Hart House, University of Toronto
This two-part, week-end long, interactive session aims to create dialogue through readings, film screenings and discussions. The material will explore notions of identity through the assumptions and constructions of culture exhibited in the performative aspects of language and accent. The workshop will then conclude with a performance piece engaging with all participants—organized in the form of a vocal choir. For the performance, Fernandes will elaborate on his 2008 video, Foe in which he worked with a dialect coach to teach him to speak generalized Indian, Kenyan and Canadian ‘English-cultural accents’. In the workshop, Fernandes will teach and record the script of his video to his audience in a choir-like fashion, allowing them to adopt these cultural accents. Ultimately, the work intends to question the authenticity of self. This workshop is part of the exhibition South-South: Interruptions and Encounters, curated by Tejpal S. Ajji and Jon Soske.
For registration or additional questions:
Email: FernandesWorkshop@gmail.com
Phone: 416-978-7743
Registration closes Tuesday, March 24th.
*OPEN TO ALL DISCIPLINES AND MEMBERS OF NON-UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES*
*SPACE IS LIMITED*
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST AND WORKSHOP
THE WORKSHOP (further meeting details will be sent after registration)
Schedule
Day 1 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Presentation by the artist and discussion of readings and related themes. Some snacks provided.
Day 2 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Additional discussion of readings and screenings followed by an interactive “choir” performance of Foe passage, led by the artist. (No musical experience necessary). Some snacks provided.
Readings
Stuart Hall, “Créolité and the Process of Creolization” (2003).
Excerpt from Foe by J. M. Coetzee, Viking Press: 1986.
All readings will be emailed to participants after registration.
Video recording
Both days will be videotaped for the purposes of artistic record but will not be commercially released. Day 1 will be filmed by a single videographer and Day 2 will be filmed by a small crew.
Registration/Contact Information
For registration or additional questions:
Email: FernandesWorkshop@gmail.com
Phone: 416-978-7743 (Tejpal S. Ajji, Adjunct Curator of Outreach, JMB Gallery)
To reserve a space, send name and contact information.
Registration closes Tuesday, March 24th.
The workshop is open to all disciplines. Space is limited.
Participants will be informed of their place on the waiting list.
THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE.
Reminders, location and readings will be sent from FernandesWorkshop@gmail.com in the days leading up to the workshop.
Foe (about the project)
The title Foe is taken from the 1986 J. M. Coetzee novel of the same name. The book takes up the classic story of Robinson Crusoe through the perspective of a female castaway named Susan Barton. Fernandes’ reading of Foe centers on the interaction between Barton and Friday, Crusoe’s representation of the ‘primitive’. The artist extrapolates themes of power and silence in the voicing of identity to relate to his own story of multiculturalism and accent. In 2008 Fernandes documented his experience studying the different accents represented by his multinational heritages. For this workshop, the artist will use multimedia and discussion to engage with participants’, their identities and his own, using Foe as a departure point, to map and mine the city of Toronto through accents.
Artist’s Biography
Born in Kenya of Indian heritage, Brendan Fernandes immigrated to Canada in the 1990s. He studied at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2007), and earned his MFA from The University of Western Ontario and BFA (2002) from York University. Currently, he is based in Toronto and New York. Fernandes received numerous grants and exhibits internationally. He has presented work at the Third Guangzhou Triennial (2008) and Beyond/In Western New York Buffalo, NY (2007). Fernandes participated in The LMCC’s Work Space Residency (2008) and Swing Space Residency (2009) programs, and was an Artist in Residence at The School of Visual Arts, NY, (2008). He will participate in the AIM Program at the Bronx Museum and The New Work Residency at Harvestwork, NY.
SOUTH-SOUTH PARTNER INSTITUTIONS:
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto
www.jmbgallery.ca
SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)
www.savac.net
"South-South Encounters: Conversations between Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia" New College (University of Toronto)
http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/programs/southsouth.htm
This workshop is made possible by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Jackman Humanities Institute Program for the Arts, and New College (University of Toronto).
A Workshop with Artist
BRENDAN FERNANDES
Saturday Mar, 28 - Sunday Mar, 29
1:00pm -5:00 pm
Hart House, University of Toronto
This two-part, week-end long, interactive session aims to create dialogue through readings, film screenings and discussions. The material will explore notions of identity through the assumptions and constructions of culture exhibited in the performative aspects of language and accent. The workshop will then conclude with a performance piece engaging with all participants—organized in the form of a vocal choir. For the performance, Fernandes will elaborate on his 2008 video, Foe in which he worked with a dialect coach to teach him to speak generalized Indian, Kenyan and Canadian ‘English-cultural accents’. In the workshop, Fernandes will teach and record the script of his video to his audience in a choir-like fashion, allowing them to adopt these cultural accents. Ultimately, the work intends to question the authenticity of self. This workshop is part of the exhibition South-South: Interruptions and Encounters, curated by Tejpal S. Ajji and Jon Soske.
For registration or additional questions:
Email: FernandesWorkshop@gmail.com
Phone: 416-978-7743
Registration closes Tuesday, March 24th.
*OPEN TO ALL DISCIPLINES AND MEMBERS OF NON-UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES*
*SPACE IS LIMITED*
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST AND WORKSHOP
THE WORKSHOP (further meeting details will be sent after registration)
Schedule
Day 1 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Presentation by the artist and discussion of readings and related themes. Some snacks provided.
Day 2 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Additional discussion of readings and screenings followed by an interactive “choir” performance of Foe passage, led by the artist. (No musical experience necessary). Some snacks provided.
Readings
Stuart Hall, “Créolité and the Process of Creolization” (2003).
Excerpt from Foe by J. M. Coetzee, Viking Press: 1986.
All readings will be emailed to participants after registration.
Video recording
Both days will be videotaped for the purposes of artistic record but will not be commercially released. Day 1 will be filmed by a single videographer and Day 2 will be filmed by a small crew.
Registration/Contact Information
For registration or additional questions:
Email: FernandesWorkshop@gmail.com
Phone: 416-978-7743 (Tejpal S. Ajji, Adjunct Curator of Outreach, JMB Gallery)
To reserve a space, send name and contact information.
Registration closes Tuesday, March 24th.
The workshop is open to all disciplines. Space is limited.
Participants will be informed of their place on the waiting list.
THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE.
Reminders, location and readings will be sent from FernandesWorkshop@gmail.com in the days leading up to the workshop.
Foe (about the project)
The title Foe is taken from the 1986 J. M. Coetzee novel of the same name. The book takes up the classic story of Robinson Crusoe through the perspective of a female castaway named Susan Barton. Fernandes’ reading of Foe centers on the interaction between Barton and Friday, Crusoe’s representation of the ‘primitive’. The artist extrapolates themes of power and silence in the voicing of identity to relate to his own story of multiculturalism and accent. In 2008 Fernandes documented his experience studying the different accents represented by his multinational heritages. For this workshop, the artist will use multimedia and discussion to engage with participants’, their identities and his own, using Foe as a departure point, to map and mine the city of Toronto through accents.
Artist’s Biography
Born in Kenya of Indian heritage, Brendan Fernandes immigrated to Canada in the 1990s. He studied at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2007), and earned his MFA from The University of Western Ontario and BFA (2002) from York University. Currently, he is based in Toronto and New York. Fernandes received numerous grants and exhibits internationally. He has presented work at the Third Guangzhou Triennial (2008) and Beyond/In Western New York Buffalo, NY (2007). Fernandes participated in The LMCC’s Work Space Residency (2008) and Swing Space Residency (2009) programs, and was an Artist in Residence at The School of Visual Arts, NY, (2008). He will participate in the AIM Program at the Bronx Museum and The New Work Residency at Harvestwork, NY.
SOUTH-SOUTH PARTNER INSTITUTIONS:
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto
www.jmbgallery.ca
SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)
www.savac.net
"South-South Encounters: Conversations between Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia" New College (University of Toronto)
http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/programs/southsouth.htm
This workshop is made possible by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Jackman Humanities Institute Program for the Arts, and New College (University of Toronto).
Monday, March 2, 2009
funkaesthetics round table discussion
Funkaesthetics Round Table Discussion
Image Left: Adrian Piper, Funk Lessons, performance, 1983. Courtesy of the artist.
Image Right: Free Dance Lessons (Paige Gratland & Day Milman), 2004. Video still by Samara Liu. Courtesy of the artists.
Monday, March 9, 2009
6pm
Toronto, ON
Image Left: Adrian Piper, Funk Lessons, performance, 1983. Courtesy of the artist.
Image Right: Free Dance Lessons (Paige Gratland & Day Milman), 2004. Video still by Samara Liu. Courtesy of the artists.
Monday, March 9, 2009
6pm
Music Room (2nd Floor)
Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House CircleHart House, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
This round table discussion brings together four University of Toronto scholars from various disciplines to further explore ideas concerning funk as represented in the exhibition Funkaesthetics, curated by Luis Jacob and Pan Wendt, currently at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery Hart House (February 12-March 23). The conversation will be moderated by co-curator Luis Jacob.
Funkaesthetics is premised on the idea that funk constitutes a uniquely rich system of thought. With its interest in the distant past of ancient Egypt and the allegorical futures of science-fiction, in its freakish costumes and focus on the figure of "the alien," funk manifests a vision of time and identity as mutable and open to transformation. The exhibition is an occasion to consider funk in the context of its birth at the time of Black consciousness and the struggles for civil rights in the United States. Funkaesthetics continues till March 23, 2009.
Panelists:
Gage Averill, Vice-Principal Academic and Dean of the University of Toronto Mississauga, formerly served as Dean of Music at the University of Toronto and Chair of NYU's Department of Music. Averill is an ethnomusicologist, specializing in popular music of the Caribbean and North American vernacular music.
Luis Jacob is a Toronto-based artist whose work has shown in the Kunstverein in Hamburg (Hamburg), the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (Antwerp), the Barbican Art Gallery (London), and Documenta 12 (Kassel). His curatorial projects include "Golden Streams: Artists' Collaboration and Exchange in the 1970s" (Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 2002), and "The JDs Years: 1980s Queer Zine Culture from Toronto" (Art Metropole, Toronto, and Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, 1999).
Ken McLeod teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough's Music Department. His research and publishing activities address the study of gendered and racial narratives of national identity in 17th- and 18th-century English theatre music, and has also published on identity politics in popular music, Chaos theory, the appropriation of classical music by disco and electronica, and the intersections between science fiction and rock music.
Jon Soske is a PhD candidate in the Department of History, University of Toronto. He is currently completing his thesis entitled "'Wash me Black Again': African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1945-79." Soske is an instructor in the African and Caribbean Studies Programs (University of Toronto) and is co-curating (with Tejpal S. Ajji) the exhibition "South-South: Interruptions and Encounters," which opens at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery on April 2, 2009.
Rinaldo Walcott is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (University of Toronto), where he also holds the Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and Cultural Studies. His teaching and research has been largely in the area of cultural studies and postcolonial studies with an emphasis on black diaspora studies. He has published on music, film, queer theory, literature and theatre.
The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the Centre for the Study of the United States, Canada Council for the Arts, and Ontario Arts Council.
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exhibition: louise noguchi and june pak
JUNE PAK & LOUISE NOGUCHI | SOMEWHERE
ALEESA COHENE | SOMETHING BETTER
SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2009 – SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2009, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
MEMBERS ONLY MEET + GREET 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
JUNE PAK & LOUISE NOGUCHI | SOMEWHERE
In conjunction with the Images Festival, LOUISE NOGUCHI and JUNE PAK are presenting three works at YYZ that employ pre-existing film footage from films such as The Wizard of Oz, 3-iron and Enter the Dragon. Through the use of video and installation, their work pays particular attention to cinematic scenes that isolate social and psychological spaces. Intrigued by the intangible, the artists are drawn to the way film translates subconscious states of inner conflict and dislocation into a language of visual metaphors. These metaphors are external to the film’s characters and lie within the film’s location, props, sound effects and music to convey the internal mood of a character or to heighten the tension of a situation. In each of the works on exhibit, Pak and Noguchi are not so much interested in the characters of the film but instead are looking at how the background information acts as an element or character of its own.
JUNE PAK was born in Seoul, South Korea and now lives in Toronto, Canada. She holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from the University of Windsor. Her time-based and digital media projects explore the human-ness found in the fragmented Self. She currently teaches time-based media and interdisciplinary courses at the University of Western Ontario and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Pak's single-channel videos and media installations have shown at various venues throughout Canada, the US and Europe since 1996.
LOUISE NOGUCHI was born in Toronto and studied at the Ontario College of Art and the University of Windsor where she received her MFA. Using photography, sculpture, video and other media, Noguchi’s concepts confront the spectator’s notions of identity, perception and reality. Her work has been exhibited at the Power Plant (Toronto), The Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Neuer Berliner Kuntsverein (Berlin), and the Deutsches Museum (Munich). Noguchi is represented by Birch Libralato in Toronto.
ALEESA COHENE | SOMETHING BETTER
Through carefully editing fragments of unrelated scenarios sourced from existing film, sound, image, music and dialogue, Toronto-based artist ALEESA COHENE develops unique stories, characters and scenes that aim to expand emotional consciousness.
In her project, Something Better, a striped pattern of saturated colours leads you through the gallery to a darkened room in which three synchronized monitors present different members of a family. Each screen introduces several film actors who soon merge into three shifting personae: father, mother and child. The three characters interact in a microcosm where they hear each other but don't listen, look but don't see and share relationships that are simultaneously distant and intimate. Something Better looks at the space of communication between individuals and expresses to what extent our relationships to others are constructed through mirrors of ourselves.
Since 2001, Toronto-based artist ALEESA COHENE has been producing videos and video installations that seek to occupy the oppositional zone between ideas and emotion, cultural belief and personal integrity. Her work has shown in festivals and galleries across Canada as well as in Brazil, Germany, Holland, Russia, Scandinavia, Turkey, and the United States, and has won prizes at Utrecht’s Impakt Festival and Toronto’s Images Festival. She has participated in artist residencies in Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark. She is currently pursuing a fellowship at the Kunsthochschule für Medien (KHM) in Cologne, Germany. Her work is distributed by Vtape in Toronto.
Something Better is a coproduction with the Impakt Foundation in Utrecht, Netherlands, in the framework of Impakt Works 2007, and has been made possible with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Utrecht.
Exhibitions are programmed by and presented in conjunction with the 22nd Images Festival, 2-11 April 2009. For more information please visit imagesfestival.com.
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