Inspirations Studio, Art Auction & Fundraiser!

Please join us to celebrate 30 years of YWCA Toronto’s Inspirations Studio, a unique ceramics arts program that empowers women experiencing poverty, mental health or disability, while improving their lives through the making and selling of pottery.

Thursday March 21, 2024, from 6 to 9pm at OCAD University’s Great Hall, Level 2, 100 McCaul St., Toronto.

 

Hosted by Carolyn Taylor of Baroness Von Sketch and I Have Nothing on Crave, the event features:

LIVE Auction at 7pm featuring work by 10 amazing contemporary artists:

Mel Arsenault, Marissa Y Alexander, Shary Boyle,
Maggie Boyd, Lisa Creskey, Heather Goodchild, Lindsay
Montgomery, Julie Moon, Rajni Perera and Kendra Yee

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Silent Auction with work by studio members and response paintings
by OCADU students, plate settings from Toronto Potters and
gifts from local businesses.

Complimentary refreshments and drink.

Music and mingling.

DIY Pottery painting, wheel demos, raffles & more!

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Come be inspired by beautiful work and stories of the transformative power of art! And know that 100% of the proceeds will go to YWCA Toronto’s Inspirations Studio to offer low barrier access and opportunities.

Help keep this small but mighty program going strong!

Please share and we will see you there!

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Inspirations Studio

389 Church Street

Toronto, ON M5B 2E5

416-367-2728

www.inspirationsstudio.org

Please follow us!
@inspiredpottery

Call for Artists - Building Up Together Annual Fundraiser

Building Up is seeking artists to create new work for their annual fundraiser. Building Up was developed in Toronto to create a real pathway for individuals experiencing barriers to enter apprenticeships and careers in the trades.

Building Up Together 2019: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 - 7:30-11:00PM, 192 Spadina Lounge

Building Up is a collaborative and passionate staff of 80, and thanks to the success of last year's fundraiser, they now successfully train 120 program participants on an annual basis. On average, 85% of trainees go on to full-time careers in the construction field! Building Up now runs 6 programs a year, with an average of 250 people applying per intake. Seeing as they can only put through ~20 spots per intake, by supporting this year's fundraiser, you are fuelling their dream of growth—and not turning away those remaining 230. Building Up started with just 8 people… and now they can't wait to fine-tune their growth with your support at Building Up Together 2019!

The annual silent art auction features original artwork by local Toronto artists. Over the past two years, these artists transformed toilets / seats / lids into unique pieces, as well as creative works made from recycled + repurposed materials. This year, we're taking it to the NEXT LEVEL by using materials specifically found on Building Up job sites—such as cabinet faces or sheets of drywall—to create incredible works of art for guests to bid on. 

If you are interested in participating, please get in touch with Allie by emailing events@buildingup.ca. 

"WOODS" by Walter Segers at SNAP Toronto 2019

“WOODS” by Akin MOCA artist Walter Segers has been selected to be auctioned off at SNAP 2019, an annual photographic fundraiser for Aids Committee Toronto (ACT) featuring a live curatorial collection and a photo competition collection.

SNAP provides patrons with an opportunity to support ACT’s programs and services, increase their awareness of HIV and AIDS, and add to their art collections. The event provides a great opportunity for both established and emerging artists to showcase their work. SNAP has raised over $2.5 million since its inception in support of the important programs and services at ACT.

You can bid on Walter’s work in the silent auction (Lot # SA46) at the event on March 21, 2019 at the Arcadian Court (8th Floor of the Simpson Tower at 401 Bay Street). There will be live and silent auctions as well as performances, food, music, drinks and dancing!

Tickets still available for the event.

About Walter Segers
Walter Segers emigrated from Belgium in 1993 and currently lives and works in Toronto. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in 2008 with honors and received OCADU’s prestigious M.C. McCain Post Graduate Photography Residency in 2009. His art practice is located at the Museum Of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) through Akin studio programming. He has exhibited his photo-based works at Spin, Gallery Thirteen Thirteen, Lonsdale, The John B. Aird Gallery, Propeller, The Window Gallery YYZ, P|M Gallery and the Gladstone art hotel in Toronto. In Ontario he exhibited at Open Studio at Cambrian College in Sudbury, FHM in Cambridge, Markham Museum and Lilliput Gallery in London, ON. His work has been shown internationally at Leslie Lohman Annex Gallery in NYC, Peter Deckers in Belgium, Galerie AMU in Prague and Galerie 12 in Zlín in the Czech Republic. Segers’ work is published in ArtWindsor, muse magazine (Canadian Museums Association) as well as the online magazines Wondereur, Frank by The Genteel, and Pixie & Rotter. His photo-based works explore issues surrounding gender, sexuality, immigration and identity.
www.waltersegers.com

About ACT
ACT has been a respected leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS for over 30 years. ACT works with gay men, women and young people to increase their knowledge, skills and resilience in the face of HIV and AIDS. ACT also helps to reduce HIV transmission by working with our communities to develop information about HIV, and provides outreach and education. We also help support and train people living with HIV so that they may lead healthier, more productive lives.

With your support, ACT can continue to deliver innovative programs and services to those living with, at risk, and affected by HIV and AIDS.

ACT relies heavily on the support of its partners to carry out the important work it does in HIV prevention, outreach, education and support. ACT would be unable to continue this tradition of excellence without the generosity of individual donors, and the support we receive from corporate, foundation, and community sources. Your donations are vital in keeping the fight against HIV and AIDS alive in our communities.
www.actoronto.org

Call for Submissions: Upcoming July & June 2018 →

Queen West Art Crawl

Vendor Applications

Deadline to apply: June 15th, 2018.

The Queen West Art Crawl (QWAC) is a charitable organization designed to celebrate and promote the art, culture and diversity of Queen West in Toronto. The cornerstone of QWAC is the Outdoor Art Exhibition in beautiful Trinity Bellwoods Park in September, which draws over 60,000 visitors annually.

Building Up Together 2018

Art Auction Fundraiser

Deadline: July 10th, 2018.

Building Up is a non-profit social enterprise that installs water efficient retrofits in affordable housing buildings while training and employing people with barriers to employment to carry out that work.

North York Arts

Northbound Gallery Program

Artists have the opportunity to apply and receive FREE exhibition space in North York in 2019.

Deadline: June 28th, 2018.

North York Arts (NYA) is an arts service organization designed to address the needs and interests of North York artists, arts organizations and residents.

Myseum of Toronto

Myseum Intersections Festival

Project Proposals

Deadline: July 15th, 2018.

Myseum Intersections is an annual festival that will take place during the entire month of March, 2019. The festival explores intersectional perspectives of Toronto through collaborative exhibits, events, workshops and tours.

Quest Art

2018 TD Wealth - Thor Wealth Management Group Art Prize

To acknowledge how a vibrant arts and culture community leads to personal and economic growth for all, TD Wealth - Thor Wealth Management Group is working with Quest Art to sponsor three prestigious art prizes for our 2018 annual juried exhibition.

Deadline: July 23rd, 2018.

Quest Art School + Gallery is North Simcoe’s premier public gallery with the mission to engage and enrich the community through visual arts education, exhibition and appreciation.

Akin artist Katie Sadie selling prints to support people affected by Hurricane Harvey

Akin artist and photographer Katie Sadie is offering for a limited time 8"x11" matte prints of her work: "Corpus Christi, Texas 2015" to support those affected by Hurricane Harvey. 

Katie spent some time in Port Aransas, Texas in 2015. She parked her van on the beach and slept there for weeks. She is devastated to see the destruction done by #HurricaneHarvey and wants to try and help by doing a limited time print offer with 80% of proceeds going to the American Red Cross.

Here's a link to where you can purchase the print: http://goldenboystudio.bigcartel.com/p…/corpus-christi-texas. 

Sights & Sounds Art Show & Silent Auction

NIXON & GOTSTYLE would like to invite you to an evening of art, music, style, and heart in support of Akin Projects for CAMH.

Featuring work by:
+ Justin Broadbent
+ Jeff Blackburn
+ Mike Echlin (Spazz)
+ Lauren Hurley
+ Joel Macleod
+ Cassandra Moy
+ Oliver Pauk
+ Jacqueline Poirier “The Crazy Plate Lady”
+ Lauren Pirie
+ Callen Schaub
+ Daniel St –Amant
+ Samara Shuter
+ Tony Taylor
+ Jon Todd
+ Michael Vickers
+ Natalie Waddell

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8th 2016
6PM-9PM @ Gotstyle in the Distillery District, Toronto.
21 Trinity St, Toronto, (416) 260-9696

Proceeds from this event will support Akin Projects' artist-led workshops and activities for Youth Addiction & Concurrent Disorders Services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

PLEASE RSVP by Tuesday September 6th to andrea.ciccone@nixon.com or to charlotte@gotstyle.ca

Nixon & Gotstyle would like to thank all the artists who have donated their time and talent to SIGHTS & SOUNDS art show and silent auction. For more information on all artists involved, please visit our event page on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1643355222622166/

Thank you for your interest in the NIXON X GOTSTYLE SIGHTS & SOUNDS exhibit and silent auction, and for your help in spreading the love of art and culture in our local community. We hope to see you on Thursday September 8th

GALLERY 44: OUTREACH

OUTREACH

2015 COMMUNITY PARTNERS  

Nia Centre for the Arts
Eva’s Phoenix
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre
PEACH
UrbanArts

SUPPORT THE PROGRAM HERE

+ LEARN MORE HERE

OUTREACH is our award-winning education program designed specifically for youth from underserved communities, using photography as a medium of creative self-expression. OUTREACH breaks down barriers to the arts and encourages youth to develop their creative voice and understand the power of the photographic image. Through OUTREACH, Gallery 44 works in collaboration with community organizations to offer black and white photography workshops to over 50 young people in the G.T.A. The workshops have a different thematic focus each year, which guides the youth from concept, through to production and exhibition at Gallery 44.

Every year, Gallery 44 awards two participants from our OUTREACH program, the David Barker Maltby Award in keeping with his commitment to education, community activism and documentary photography.  Award winners, nominated by instructors and selected by a committee, have excelled within the OUTREACH program.  Recipients are awarded based on their talent and commitment to continuing with their arts practice.

Through the OUTREACH program, Gallery 44 provides photography education outside of the formal school system and builds relationships with other non-profit community organizations by offering photography workshops free of charge to youth. These workshops are designed to meet the specific needs of each youth group involved, and are taught by qualified photographers who have a personal relationship with each community organization.