CONTEMPORARY ART BUS TOUR
Sunday, November 19, 2017 | 12–5 PM | FREE
The tour picks up at Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West) then departs for Blackwood Gallery, Oakville Galleries, and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.
To RSVP: email blackwood.gallery@utoronto.ca or call 905-828-3789 by Friday, November 17 at 5pm.
StreetARToronto (StART) is a proactive program that aims to support and increase awareness of street art throughout the city. StART's mission is to see Toronto as a 'living work of art’ by creating partnerships (between the City, residents, businesses, and the creative community), reducing graffiti vandalism, encouraging civic discussion about public art, using art to foster place making, and providing funds, materials, and mentorship opportunities.
StART will be holding an Information Session, Photo Exhibit and Workshop Series beginning November 16. If you would like to know more about StART programs including how and when to apply in 2018, please RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2yMOimQ and attend one or more of the following events:
INFO SESSION
November 16, 2017
4pm - 5:30 pm
Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble Street
RSVP (requested but not required): http://bit.ly/2yMOimQ
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT & NETWORKING
November 16, 2017
6pm -8 pm
Northern Contemporary Gallery, 1266 Queen St W (Across the street from the Info Session – enter off of Noble Street)
Photo exhibit runs from Nov 16 - Nov 24.
RSVP (requested but not required): http://bit.ly/2yMOimQ
WORKSHOPS
All workshops will be held at Northern Contemporary Gallery
1266 Queen St W (entrance is on Noble Street)
Workshop space is limited, RSVP required: http://bit.ly/2yMOimQ
NOV 20
2pm-4pm
Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being: Interpretation of Land and People
With Philip Cote
NOV 21
2pm-4pm
Outside the Box: What Makes a Good Application? Hands on Workshop
With Bareket Kezwer
NOV 22
2pm-4pm
Indigenous Cultural Competency Training
With Michael Etherington
NOV 23
10am – 12 Noon
Working with Communities Through an Equity Lens
With Neighbourhood Arts Network
NOV 24
2pm-4pm
The Art of Persuasion: Working with Property Owners and Scaling Up Your Portfolio
With Artist Jerry Rugg (of Akin Dufferin)
Graven Feather presents In the Round V opening this Thursday from 7-10pm at 906 Queen St West. Featuring hundreds of new original works by local and international artists including Rebekah Andrade, ClayGirl Ceramics and Erin Candela of Akin Dufferin. Laura Elliot, Julianne Ess, and Jen Pilles of Akin Lansdowne. Bernadette Peets of Akin Dupont and Renee Castonguay of Akin Sunrise.
In The Round is an open call art exhibition that encourages artists to work in any medium yet on the same platform. Each artist is given three 6" rounds on which to create their work. The result is a collection of work which is varied and each piece is spectacular in it's uniqueness. The rounds will be sold directly off the wall so for the best view of the show be sure to arrive early!
Exhibition Runs Thursday, November 16th - Sunday November 26th
About Graven Feather:
Established in 2011, Graven Feather is an arts space committed to working with emerging artists. Starting 2017 we made a big change from our West Queen West location. We have started a nomadic year and will be leading events and workshops throughout the city. We have also launched residencies and classes from our new cozy studio in the Junction Triangle.
Wednesday November 29 / 7-9pm / Akin Dufferin - 444 Dufferin St, Unit E / FREE
On the last Wednesday of every month Akin host’s a relaxed and fun ‘Show and Tell for Artists’ at one of the Akin Collective studios. This is a time for Akin members and other Toronto artists to show completed works or works in progress and get friendly feedback and answers from their peers in a casual studio setting.
Please note: There will not be a Show and Tell in December, but we will resume in the new year!
Feel free to bring art to share, bring a friend or two, bring snacks or drinks or just bring yourself! Come for the conversation or just to meet other artists and makers. This is FREE public event - everyone is welcome!
This month we are meeting at Akin Dufferin in Unit E at 444 Dufferin St. See you there!
Accessibility:
Unit E is on the ground floor. It has step free access through main entrance, though there is a small lip at the entrance and there are two doors to pass through. The doors are not automated. There is a ground level accessible gender-neutral washroom. There are no grab bars in the washroom and the toilet is not raised. The floor is at ground level throughout the studio and there is a loading dock that allows for vehicle access.
Walnut Studios is celebrating their 10 year Anniversary and opening its doors to the public for their annual Holiday Art Exhibition and celebration!
Walnut Studios is a collective art studio in the King West Village, housing 55 artists working in a variety of disciplines including painting, jewellery, fashion design, sculpture, photography, graphic design, and installation.
Established in 2007, Walnut is a hub of creativity, inspiration, and collaboration.
On November 18th, Walnut will open the doors of the warehouse studio to allow the public to come in for a holiday celebration of art and share in the creative process.
Saturday, November 18th, 7-11pm
PWYC at the door
Reception • Cash bar • DJ
Please join us and support local artists in the community!
Partners in Art in partnership with The Power Plant presents a free public event this Wednesday November 15, 6:30 pm
PUBLIC ART: Why should we care? A Conversation
Bring your curiosity. Bring friends. Bring your questions.
Public art is a powerful vehicle that stimulates conversation, changes perspectives, and can delight or provoke us. Join leading Toronto-based thinkers in an inspirational conversation about the possibilities of excellence in public art.
1 compelling idea + 4 unique thinkers = A Great Conversation
Rebecca Carbin, Public Art Program Manager, Waterfront Toronto
Elle Flanders, Filmmaker and Artist, Public Studio
An Te Liu, Artist
Marianne McKenna, Architect and Founding Partner, KPMB
Moderated by Gail Lord, President and Co-Founder, Lord Cultural Resources
Each speaker will present their personal views on the power of excellent public art. We will then have an open conversation on the myriad possibilities. RSVP REQUIRED! Please email events@partnersinart.ca to RSVP
6:30-7:15 - Reception
7:15-8:15 - Conversation
8:15-9:00 - Post-Talk Reception
Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre
207 Queens Quay West
3rd Floor, Queen's Quay Terminal
Venue is accessible
Wednesday December 6 / 6-9pm drop-in / Ages 19+ / Farside Studio (enter through Farside) 600 Gerrard St East / Pay-What-You-Can (suggested $5 per card)
Akin Projects and Farside Studio are excited to present this casual, drop-in crafting party! Join us in the studio and make a card for your best friend, neighbour, significant other, worst enemy or a complete stranger! All materials are provided.
You will be provided with one card per PWYC donation (donations go to Akin Projects, registered not-for-profit arts organization). The cards are made of heavy-duty hemp card stock, cut and scored to make a 4”x6” card. Each card comes with a brightly-colored 4”x6” envelope. You can decorate the card and envelope however you wish!
Decorating supplies will be provided including:
- a variety of coloured and patterned paper
- pencil crayons, markers and pens
- watercolour paints and brushes
- spirograph
- stamps and ink
- stickers
- stencils
- scissors
- glue
- glitter, beads, ribbon and more!
Feel free to bring additional supplies!
After you make your card, you are invited to write a letter in it at Farside’s monthly letter-writing event: ‘Post Box’ taking place in the main space. Supplies are provided by donation and include stamps, stickers, inks, scissors, glue,and embellishments.
Feel free to drop in anytime between 6-9pm and enjoy both events!
Accessibility
Farside is on the ground floor. It has step free access through main entrance. The walkway through the bar is narrow and can be crowded. The doors are not automated. There are two ground level accessible gender-neutral washroom. There are no grab bars in the washroom and the toilets are not raised. The floor is at ground level throughout the bar and studio.
Getting There
Farside is located at 600 Gerrard St E. There are 3 streetcar routes that have stops at the closest major intersection. The 505 the 504 and the 506, at Broadview Ave and Gerrard St E. There are bike lanes on some of the major roads in the area. However cycling on Gerrard St. E. can be unpleasant due to narrow lanes. We ask that you exercise caution and do not drink and drive. Please walk, take the TTC or take a taxi/uber if you plan to drink.
About Akin Projects
Akin Projects is an arts programming organization and registered nonprofit established for the purpose of providing both creative and professional development opportunities to members of Toronto’s artistic and cultural community. Akin Creative is an initiative of Akin Projects that offers creative workshops and events for everyone to enjoy regardless of their artistic experience or abilities. Programming includes a monthly Show & Tell event for artist, free gallery and museum tours, hands-on workshops and educational experiences.
www.akinprojects.org
About Farside and Farside Studio
Farside is a cozy living-room style bar in East Chinatown that makes space for creativity, engages community and encourage communication between neighbours.
Farside Studio is an art studio and shared workspace that hosts workshops and community events. The Farside Artist in Residence program is a self-directed program which provides free short-term studio space for artists and creative types who want to focus on their work, or explore new ideas with a focus on community engagement.
www.farsideto.com
Award-winning and internationally renowned dance/theatre company CORPUS presents its newest creation, House Guests. With House Guests, 20 guests at the time are invited to discover the mysterious and enchanting content of CORPUS' Artistic Director’s own home. This site-specific creation sees a residential Toronto dwelling remodelled as a museum of contemporary performances all transformed with dance, Theatre of the Absurd and performative installations.
House Guests invites 20 guests to discover the mysterious and enchanting content of 8, Baden Street. Remodeled as a museum of contemporary performances, this private dwelling features fourteen spaces ranging from a bedroom to a parking spot, all transformed with dance, Theatre of the Absurd and performative installations.
House Guests promises to treat its audience to an incomparable public experience in a private space.
If you find yourself in Oshawa in the next month, swing into the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and check out this solo show by Akin alumni Colleen McCarten. The show opens tomorrow and runs until December 3. There will be a reception is on Friday December 1, 7-9 pm and Colleen will be giving an artist talk on Saturday December 2, from 1-3 pm.
Looking at the journey of the line, in regards to the similarities between thread/textile techniques and drawing, this show will explore the technical aspect of textile construction as well as the relationship that happens between minimalism and the handmade; emphasizing the techniques and textures that come through allowing and embracing ‘mistakes’.
The pieces in this show will take inspiration from minimalism, op art, and the digital age, but using traditional textile construction techniques such as weaving and sewing. This show will consist of fabric sculptures and drawings that have been created in tandem with each other in an exploratory sense and they will look at how a subtle shift in material or technique can have drastic changes to the end result of the piece.
About Colleen:
Colleen McCarten (formerly a member of both Akin Dufferin and Akin Dupont) is an emerging Toronto-based artist whose work is based primarily in textile, weaving, sewing and other fibre-based practices, as well as drawing and collage. She uses these techniques to examine the legacy of 20th Century art movements such as Op Art, Minimalism and hard-edged abstraction. McCarten holds a Bachelors of Material Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCADU), and is the recipient of the Material Art and Design Medal for her graduating year. Her work has been exhibited in group shows at Harbourfront Centre and the Textile Museum of Canada, and she has received awards for her textile-based practice, including the “Best in Fibre” award at the 2014 iteration of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. She has also produced artworks for commercial and retail clients, including Simons, and will be exhibiting in Angell Gallery’s Project Space this summer.
“ “Evocative of a contemporary Bonnard or Vuillard, these colourful acrylics are weighed heavily with patterns - backgrounds or depictions of printed textiles which enter fictional space. They challenge the two-dimensional versus, and illusioning dimension. The relationships are ambiguous, and often appear steeped in nostalgia or even existential angst, sometimes flesh-and-blood but sometimes ghostly outlines of people gone but remembered.””
You are invited join us on November 16 from 6-9pm at Artscape Youngplace in the Third Floor Hallway Gallery for the opening reception of “for a moment it all comes together (and you’re the only one)” a solo exhibition of new work by Akin Lansdowne artist.
This is Katrina's first solo show, and part of the Best of Student prize she was awarded at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE), which includes this solo exhibition at Artscape Youngplace as well as a residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point. This summer Katrina was a double award winner at TOAE; she also won the Best of Painting award!
Katrina’s paintings rely on the visual language of colour, pattern, layering and spatial tension to explore intimate relationships and ideas of loss, memory, love, grief, instability and transition. Formed by blurring these concepts, her work breaks free from a fixed meaning, instead becoming a layered solidification of thoughts and feelings.
The exhibition will be taking place from November 13th - 24th, with the opening reception remaining on November 16th from 6pm - 9pm.
'Buckshot Deli and Diner' by Katie Sadie Akin Vitrine Gallery November 2017 Installation
Akin Vitrine Gallery is excited to present November’s exhibition, “Buckshot Deli and Diner’ by Akin St. Clair member, Katie Sadie!
“The Buckshot Deli and Diner is set in the Sonoran desert, in the town of Niland, California, just about 4.5 miles from Slab City. Slab City is a place where people learn to live off the grid and choose to be left alone. There is no official electricity there and many of the residents use generators or solar panels. Peter, sits quietly reading the paper, and the couple nearest to the television do not acknowledge its existence above. The Buckshot Deli and Diner’s atmosphere felt like a by product of the vast desert surroundings and the way that nearby residents choose to live.”
Katie Sadie is a graduate of the Applied Photography program at Sheridan College. She was recently announced as a winner of the Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Competition presented by The Magenta Foundation, 2017. Katie’s current personal practice has involved using primarily colour negative film. Her work is inspired by the great photographers of the past and the people she surrounds herself with in the present. Katie aims to question ideals and start conversations by covering a wide variety of topics through documentary photography.
'Buckshot Deli and Diner'
Shot using a Pentax 6x7, 120mm film
Niland, California, 2016.
The Akin Vitrine Gallery is located at the Clock Factory Building at 1485 Dupont Street (entrance on Campbell Avenue). Find Akin Studio 215 on the second floor and follow the sign into the hallway around the corner.
The building is open from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, or to arrange a viewing outside of those hours please contact the artist: gbstudiotoronto@gmail.com
www.katiesadie.com
Instagram: @katiesadiephoto
#AkinVitrine
Akin is thrilled to be participating in 2/edition Toronto International Art Book Fair from October 27-20, 2017 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (222 Bremner Blvd). We will be there with a large selection of art books, art prints, zines, art multiples and more created by a diverse range of our talented studio artists.
Featuring work by the following Akin artists:
Adria Mirabelli - www.adriamirabelli.com
Amy McNeill - www.amymcneill.ca
Brittany Carmichael - www.brittanycarmichael.com
ClayGirl Ceramics - www.claygirl.ca
Emma Dolan (Desert Pets Press) - www.desertpetspress.com
Jerry Rugg - www.jerryrugg.com
Jen Pilles - www.jenpilles.com
Jessica Thalmann - www.jessicathalmann.com
Kayla Polan - www.kaylapolan.com
Laura Kay Keeling - www.itnvrstops.com
Mark Liam Smith - www.markliamsmith.com
Michelle McGeean - www.michellemcgeean.com
Monique Resnick - www.moniqueresnick.com
Nicole Krstin - www.nicolekrstin.com
Pansy Ass Ceramics - www.pansyassceramics.com
Rebecca Jane Houston - www.rebeccajanehouston.carbonmade.com
Sophie Berg - www.sophiecberg.com
Sophia Burke - www.sophiaburke.ca
Edition is dedicated to the promotion of art book publishing in all forms, while building an appreciation for artworks produced in editions of more than one. A stimulating and engaging series of talks, panels and special exhibitions will also be presented throughout the weekend in conjunction with the fair’s programming partners. The event is happening alongside Art Toronto, Canada’s international contemporary and modern art fair.
FAIR HOURS
October 27, 2017 12-8pm
October 28, 2017 12-8pm
October 29, 2017 12-6pm
October 30, 2017 12-6pm
Admission to Edition Toronto is free and the event is family friendly. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is fully accessible facility. For more information visit www.editiontoronto.com
On the last Wednesday of every month Akin host’s a relaxed and fun ‘Show and Tell for Artists’ at one of the Akin Collective studios. This is a time for Akin members and other Toronto artists to show completed works or works in progress and get friendly feedback and answers from their peers in a casual studio setting.
This month we are meeting at Akin Lansdowne in studio 101 - 87 Wade Ave.
Feel free to bring art to share, bring a friend or two, bring snacks or drinks or just bring yourself! Come for the conversation or just to meet other artists and makers. This is FREE public event - everyone is welcome!
Since this edition of the Akin Show & Tell is so close to Halloween we would like to encourage you to not only bring your artwork to share but your creative costumes, decorations, jack-o-lanterns and of course, candy! If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch! See you there!
Accessibility:
Akin Lansdowne is not currently wheelchair accessible. Akin regrets this barrier to access. When you arrive at Akin Lansdowne's entrance at the north side of the building, there are 6 steps into the building to access studio 101. There are two steps into the main floor gender-neutral washroom. There are no grab bars in the washroom and the toilets are not raised.
Getting there:
By TTC:
Akin Lansdowne is walking distance from Lansdowne Subway Station and is accessible by the Bloor/Danforth subway line (Line 2) and the 47 Lansdowne Bus.
By car:
There is no reserved onsite parking but there is street parking on Wade Ave, Paton Road, and Lansdowne Ave - please check the street signs for hours. For after hours parking there is a Green P lot located at 695 Lansdowne Ave.
The Akin Vitrine Gallery is excited to present new work by Dufferin studio artist, Amanda Wand! This work will be on view for the month of October.
Amanda Wand’s new work, Emotional Acceptance, is a true representation of allowing and accepting all emotions. No emotions are good nor bad, they just are. She wants to provide a space for people to feel reassured that everyone is battling their emotions in different ways and that is what creates a beautiful social human experience. She uses the gallery space to bring together people who are mindful of social justice, and who can benefit from artwork that provides healing, inspiration, and empowerment. This show is about honestly accepting how you feel and taking the time to appreciate your feelings and how they shape you as a human being.
Mando, also known as Amanda Wand, is a Toronto based abstract artist. She allows herself to be guided by what she’s feeling, creating pieces that are imbued with emotion. The process of each piece is of utmost importance to Mando, as she wants the artwork to represent the wide range of human emotions we all possess. She finds inspiration in communicating the difficulties of processing social inequality in the world.
Using her artwork as a reminder for everyone that it is imperative that we pause, reflect, and allow ourselves to express our emotions in order to move forward. Her artwork is the most honest representation of herself and she hopes to inspire moments of introspection in others as she finds the process of creation as a form of survival.
The Akin Vitrine Gallery is located at the Clock Factory Building at 1485 Dupont Street (entrance on Campbell Avenue). Find Akin Studio 215 on the second floor and follow the sign into the hallway around the corner.
The building is open from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, or to arrange a viewing outside of those hours please contact the artist: mando@mandoandtheworld.com
website: www.mandoandtheworld.com
instagram: @mandoandtheworld
#AkinVitrine
Inaugural Exhibition: Creative Space Residency October 5-29th
Reception Thursday Oct 5 6:30-11pm at St.Aidan's Church in The Beaches
Artists: Diana Bahr, Jade Gregory, Elizabeth Lopez and Lili Vahamaki
Creative Space Toronto is proud to present it’s inaugural exhibition featuring artists; Diana Bahr, Jade Gregory, Elizabeth Lopez and Lili Vahamaki. The Creative Space Residency program is a pilot project begun this year by St. Aidan's Church in reaction to the problem faced by many artists in Toronto ...lack of space.
While Creative Space began initially as a monthly drop-in for artists, Will Adams the Associate Pastor at St.Aidan's in the Beaches quickly realized that a longer-term commitment would do more to address the underlying issues than an evening here or there. He was particularly motivated by a statement made by participant and artist Diana Bahr who told him “If you could offer space more frequently and you could offer storage, then I would come here more often.” The drop-ins turned into a six-month residency, and the opening reception this Thursday offers a look at the results!
Called Creative Space Residency, the project works to revitalize the artistic heritage of the church – prominent Canadian visual artist Doris McCarthy was a member – and offers affordable and accessible studio space to artists at the beginning of their careers. The inaugural class includes Bahr, and three of her former classmates, recent graduates of OCAD. The four work out of the newly-christened Alan Dodds Studio, which for years was the residence of the late Alan Dodds, the church’s longtime caretaker and a fixture of the church community.
Join the artists for the public opening reception on Thursday, October 5th, 6:30–11pm. The exhibition runs from October 5 – October 29. After the opening the show will be accessible by appointment only staidan@eol.ca 416-691-2222Akin friend and artist Diana Bahr is pleased to
''The inaugural Creative Space Residency Exhibit challenges the way we think about space, place and time. Each installation poses philosophical questions about the ‘nature of things.’ As we appreciate the skill and dedication of each artist and the their work, we are asked to pause for a moment in time. We know the moment will pass. But each piece asks us to linger, look, and see the world anew'' - Matt Adams, Creative Space Residency Founder and Associate Pastor at St.Aidan's Church.
Saturday, October 7 / 1pm / Textile Museum of Canada - 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto / $10 per person (includes admission to the museum and guided tour) - attendance is limited, please register at www.universe.com/textiles
Akin invites you to join us for a special visit to the Textile Museum of Canada (TMC). Participants will go on a guided tour of current exhibitions: ‘Diligence and Elegance: The Nature of Japanese Textiles’ and ‘Tied, Dyed and Woven: Ikat Textiles from Latin America’, both from TMC’s permanent collection. These two exhibitions demonstrate the strength of the Textile Museum of Canada’s exhibition programming with a focus on both traditional techniques and contemporary practice.
The Textile Museum of Canada is the only museum in Canada that explores ideas and builds cultural understanding through the universally relevant media of textiles. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, the Museum’s permanent collection spans nearly 2,000 years and consists of more than 13,000 artifacts. The TMC presents rotating exhibitions, changed throughout the year including the work of local, national and international contemporary artists. The TMC also hosts touring exhibitions and guest curators through various partnerships and collaborations. While objects from the TMC’s permanent collection are often featured, our full permanent collection is not always on display. www.textilemuseum.ca
The Textile Museum of Canada is a fully accessible facility.
On the last Wednesday of every month Akin host’s a relaxed and fun ‘Show and Tell for Artists’ at one of the Akin Collective studios. This is a time for Akin members and other Toronto artists to show completed works or works in progress and get friendly feedback and answers from their peers in a casual studio setting.
Feel free to bring art to share, bring a friend or two, bring snacks or drinks or just bring yourself! Come for the conversation or just to meet other artists and makers. This is FREE public event - everyone is welcome!
This month we are meeting at Akin Dupont located at 1485 Dupont St in studio 204 (second floor).
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch! See you there!
Accessibility Information:
Akin Dupont is not currently reliably wheelchair accessible. Akin regrets this barrier to access.
The main entrance (located on Campbell Ave) has step free access into the lobby area. Once inside, the main entrance staircase leading to the second floor has 23 steps with a handrail. At the second floor landing, the hallway to the left leads you to our four studio doors.
There is a secondary building entrance also located on Campbell Avenue, a little south of the main entrance. There is one step up to the door and once inside, there is a staircase with 22 steps and a handrail that takes you to the second floor.
There is a freight elevator that opens onto the main, second and third floors for loading and unloading furniture and equipment. However the elevator is not always available, and has two heavy doors which must be manually lifted to be operable.
The second floor bathrooms are located in the hallway and are wheelchair accessible. however the building has installed key locks on the bathroom doors making entry into the washrooms more difficult as the doors are heavy. Keys for the washrooms are located in each of our four studio rooms. The washrooms are gendered MEN and LADIES. Akin does not have access to gender-neutral washroom in this building.
BLURRED LINES: INSIDE THE ART WORLD is a documentary that explores the art world - from production to circulation, and delineates every integral player in the game of art-making, including curators, gallerists, collectors, donors, auction houses, and artists. Catch it while it's in Toronto - airing at the Hot Docs Cinema starting today through to next Wednesday!
We're back! Akin Fall Gallery Crawl!
Akin Projects invites you to join us for free guided tours of the current exhibitions at some of Toronto's best and brightest galleries and artist run centres in the West End.
Come along as gallery directors and staff provide special walk throughs of their current shows, and answer your questions!
*accessibility information about each venue at the bottom of this post.
1. Meet at Division Gallery at 1pm (45 Ernest Ave, Toronto)
2. Visit Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
3. Visit Daniel Faria Gallery
4. Visit Clint Roenisch Gallery
5. Visit Gallery TPW
6. Visit XPACE Cultural Centre
Free to attend. All are welcome, open to the public. The more the merrier!
Accessibility Information:
1. Division Gallery has step free access to main entrance. If it is difficult to enter through the door there's a garage door. The door is not automated. All public areas are level. There is a ground level accessible washroom. There are no grab bars in bathroom. The toilet is not raised.
2. Daniel Faria Gallery has step free access to main entrance though there is a small lip. If it is difficult to enter through the door there's a garage door. The door is not automated. Almost all public areas are level. There is a ground level washroom. It is not designed for wheelchairs and may not be wide enough for some wheelchairs to turn around. There are no grab bars in bathroom. The toilet is not raised.
3. Clint Roesnisch has step free access to main entrance though there is a small lip. If it is difficult to enter through the door there's a garage door. The door is not automated. All public areas are level.
4. Gallery TPW has step free access and a ramp to the main entrance. The door is not automated but can propped open. All public areas are level, and there is a ground level accessible washroom with grab bars.
5. XPACE Cultural Centre has step free access to main entrance. The door is not automated. Almost all public areas are level. There is a ground level accessible washroom with a grab bar. The toilet is not raised.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10 19:30-21:30 DETONIA PARK, TORONTO ON
Akin Lansdowne artist Sarvenaz Rayati introduces People & Trees, a public outdoor installation created in collaboration with a number of emerging artists, with support from the Cultural Hotspots SPARK Project, The Neighborhood Arts Network, and the City of Toronto. This event takes place in the ''living greens of Dentonia park'' located just north of the Danforth. Participants Carmina Mari Miana (also an Akin member), Sohae Jeong, and Kenny Tran are several of a group of youth engaged over the summer to bring art and creativity to the East End. Rayati has been working with young artists over the past two months.
Sunday September 10 7:30-9:30 pm, is the opening night of People & Trees, involving the installation of many giant ''People'' into the folliage of the park. The goal is to bring awareness of the life of trees to the inhabitants of the city. Sarvenaz, the lead artist in the project says ''I had this idea of making human like figures with bamboo sticks and paper maché and to put them in a park full of trees. I went to one of the Cultural Hotspot's information sessions and talked to Andrea Raymond-Wong about it. She liked it and that's how it started. It was wonderful getting to know so many lovely people along the way, who helped make this project possible, This was something I had never done before. It was challenging and satisfying.''
People and Trees is a Cultural Hotspots SPARK project in partnership with the City of Toronto.
Special thanks to: Nadira Pattison, Andrea Raymond-wong, Park People, Minaz Asani-Kanji, Councillor Janet, Davis, Sarah Buchanan, Sabra Ripley, Shwasti, Moonira Chowdhury, Zebun Nessa, Nadira Tabassum, Bain Campfire Festival, Sean Frey, Pamela Schuller, Sarah Pearson, Miles Collyer, Kieran Wright, Vibe Arts, Nadine Villasin Feldman, Sandra Mannila , Art Starts, Julian Carvajal, Bayley Nargang , East End Arts, DeSerres, Sarah Novotny, Metro & Our amazing volunteer Mijung Choi
For more information please visit: https://www.facebook.com/peoplentrees