Xpace Cultural Centre annual fall programming launch and back-to-school party

Xpace Cultural Centre invites you to join them for their annual FREE fall programming launch and back-to-school party on September 8 from 7-11pm, featuring new work created this summer at Akin Lansdowne by our summer artists-in-residence Emily Norry and Kendra Lee, with accompanying essay by Sam Roberts. Emily, Kendra and Sam were winners of the Xpace Summer Residency Program for OCAD U graduates.

September 8 – October 14, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, September 8, 7-11pm

Poster by Wil Brask

Emily Norry, Queeries into History: The Love of Loring and Wyle (Project Space)

With accompanying essay by Sam Roberts.

This series by Emily Norry explores the lives of Toronto artists Frances Loring and Florence Wyle and their lifetime spent together. Through this show, Norry looks to expand upon her series Queeries into History with a more in depth exploration of these two artists. Where Queeries into History was meant to outline an entire ancestry of queer women through time, The Love of Loring and Wyle is a biography of two beloved but often forgotten artists that helped shape Toronto’s art world, while never wavering in their commitment to one another.

Using watercolour printmaking, Norry takes historical photos of Loring and Wyle’s careers and personal lives, paints them in colour and transfers them onto fabric. These leave images cracked, faded, and sometimes warped from the originals; this is reflective of the way history is often forgotten and overwritten in modern view. These images are then embellished, with embroidery, patterning and dried flowers as a way to describe intimacy, relationships and the way the past is reframed and added to in the present. The works will explore their sculptures, time as students, associations with arts societies, and their more then 50 year relationship. 

www.emilynorry.com

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Kendra Yee, Pantry Shelf (Window Space)

With accompanying essay by Sam Roberts.

The attempts to trace back family lineage are swallowed by the movements of time. Documents discarded, photographs burned, tombstones never carved and names changed to survive systems. Mimicking the setup of Kendra Yee’s Yeh-Yeh’s corner store in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, this installation honours family-run businesses. The items displayed replace the culture that has been lost, reclaiming broken narratives and forming new stories.

www.kendrayee.com

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Save the date! Akin will be visiting these exhibitions as a part of our Fall Gallery Crawl on Saturday September 16. Stay tuned for more info! 

Urban Workers Skill Share

The Akin community has been working with the Urban Workers Project and Centennial College to put on a Skill Share this Saturday April 29th at Story Arts Centre 951 Carlaw Ave, Toronto Ontario. Join us and other independent and self-employed workers to share best practices and to learn from one another. You will connect with experts to get your most burning questions answered, share your hard earned lessons and build community. Together we’ll skill up while we envision how to make work and life more secure in this new economy. We’ve teamed up other incredible partner organizations in the freelance, labour, and arts & culture communities. We'll have lawyers, accountants and other experts on hand to lead sessions and consult one-on-one on topics like taxes, setting rates, writing contracts, branding, invoicing, getting paid on time, and what to do when that doesn’t happen. Oliver and Rachel will be doing a skill share on artist run not-for-profits. Wavelength Music and Xpace Cultural Centre will also be representing DIY organizing and artist run not-for-profits. We'll also talk about the big picture issues we're facing - like access to benefits,  income security and child care and what we can do to make change. Participants will leave with a resources tool kit that includes contract templates, resources useful to freelancers and swag from our partners.

We are proud to be able to offer on site child care for the duration of the daytime event. Please email info(at)urbanworker.ca if you require child care and indicate so in the registration form.  The earlier we have this information the better so we can make arrangements with our care providers.

The true cost of this event is $100 per person but accessibility is our top priority so we are offering a sliding scale: $20, $50 or Pay What You Can.  If you love what we're up to and can afford investing in the movement for secure livelihoods in the new economy, we appreciate you making a donation through the PWYC ticket.

Akin Holiday Market Announcement

Akin Projects is excited to be collaborating with Lansdowne Brewery and Xpace Cultural Centre for this holiday event.

Featuring unique artwork and objects from an incredible group of artists from the Akin Collective studios, this holiday market coincides with the Xpace Cultural Centre Holiday Zine & Maker Fair happening next door!

Two great events - one day only. Come check out the work of local artists and enjoy a local beer and some amazing food at the Lansdowne Brewery! Free admission - open to the public.

*Artist list to be announced shortly*

www.akincollective.com
www.akinprojects.org
www.lansdownebrewery.com
www.xpace.info

Fall Proposal Workshop at Xpace Cultural Centre

Saturday October 22 / 1-4pm / Join Xpace Cultural Centre's Director and Programming Coordinators for a workshop focusing on the planning and writing of exhibition proposals. The workshop will cover:

-Artist statements
-Project descriptions
-CVs
-Support material (documentation and file organization)

Staff will be available for one-on-one meetings after the workshop to provide feedback on partial or completed project proposals.

FREE with registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fall-proposal-workshop-tickets-28429352960

Upcoming submission deadlines at Xpace:

Where is home? (deadline October 15, 2016, 11:59pm)

VPN to IRL (deadline November 1, 2016, 11:59pm)

to hope (deadline December 30, 2016, 11:59pm)

 

SNAP Bloor West - Akin + Xpace Artist Garage Sale

Check out these great pics taken by SNAP Bloor West of the Akin + Xpace Artist Garage Sale!

About the Event:
Artists and creative professionals gathered at Xpace Cultural Centre on August 27, 2016 for an artist garage sale! This was the perfect time to sell art pieces, supplies or equipment. The Akin + Xpace Artist Garage Sale was a terrific opportunity for artists to clear out their workspaces and sell or trade old pieces and gently used supplies with colleagues and the public. Tables were free and it was a great place to pick up creative supplies and affordable artwork!

Akin + Xpace Artist Garage Sale

Join Xpace and Akin Collective for our first Artist Garage Sale! 30 artists have cleaned out their studios and will be selling art pieces and new/gently used supplies at discounted prices.

Sale runs from 12-4pm on Saturday, August 27 at Xpace, 2-303 Lansdowne Ave.

Co-hosted Akin Projects and Xpace Cultural Centre