Seniors' Arts & Crafts at Cloverdale Mall

Seniors' Summer Arts & Crafts
Dates: Thursdays, June 20 - Sept 5, 2019
Time: 11am - 3pm
Location: Cloverdale Commons

Arts Etobicoke is hosting Seniors' Arts and Crafts days at Cloverdale Mall! Starting June 20th, come down to the Cloverdale Common every Thursday to socialize with old and new friends in a creative atmosphere. Activities range from board games and story creation, to various arts and crafts.

For more information or if you are interested in participating, contact: akshata@artsetobicoke.com

THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics

THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics
at the Art Gallery of Hamilton
Opening June 21, 2019

THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics presents a survey of contemporary Canadian artists working in the expansive genre of cartooning and indie comics. On the international stage, the comic arts are highly regarded, but in Canada, it is arguable that cartoonists don't receive the same level of art world recognition. Despite this, Canadians make considerable contributions to the greater field of international comics, and Toronto, Montreal, and Hamilton are all significant centres of comic art production.

In response to this void in the Canadian museum context, THIS IS SERIOUS takes the energy of underground artistic production and indie publishing as its impetus to make visible the breadth of activity by a diverse range of artists working in this genre, throughout Canada. Co-curated by award-winning graphic novelist Joe Ollmann and Alana Traficante, the exhibition is national in scope and features the work of 47 artists. THIS IS SERIOUS presents the recent arc of production that has helped shaped the current state of graphic storytelling, here and now on home soil.

Julie Doucet (Canadian b. 1965), Dirty Plotte (detail), ink on illustration board. Courtesy of the artist and Drawn and Quarterly.

Artists include: Sami Alwani, Ho Che Anderson, Kate Beaton, Marc Bell, Blaine, Simon Bossé, David Boswell, Chester Brown, Nina Bunjevac, Jessica Campbell, Geneviève Castrée, Marta Chudolinska, David Collier, Katherine Collins, Michael DeForge, Julie Delporte, Aminder Dhaliwal, Julie Doucet, Pascal Girard, Gord Hill, Jesse Jacobs, Patrick Kyle, Ginette Lapalme, Ness Lee, Hartley Lin, Graeme MacKay, Billy Mavreas, Carel Moiseiwitsch, Sylvia Nickerson, Obom, Simon Orpana, Meredith Park, Cole Pauls, Michel Rabagliati, Rebecca Rosen, Gord Pullar, Seth, Walter Scott, James Simpkins, Fiona Smyth, Jillian Tamaki, Maurice Vellekoop, Kat Verhoeven, Eric Kostiuk Williams, Connor Willumsen, Jenn Woodall, Doug Wright

Co-curated by Joe Ollmann and Alana Traficante
#AGHComics

2019 Summer Opening
Join us for the Summer Opening Thursday, June 20 at 6:00 pm celebrating the launch of THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics along with This is Moving: Illustration on Screenand My Back Pages: The Art of Zines and Indie Publishing. The evening will feature a drum, dance, and storytelling performance led by Rod Nettagog, followed by a free outdoor screening of the celebrated Canadian film The Road Forward as part of National Indigenous History Month and Hamilton Arts Week!

Call for Submissions: Paint the Junction 2019

Inviting people to paint the Junction during the 8th Annual Junction Summer Solstice Festival on Saturday, June 22nd 2019 and then to participate in ARTiculations Summer 2019 Group Exhibition.

Proudly part of the Junction Solstice Festival.

Exhibition to follow July-August 2019. Dates to be confirmed shortly.

Online registration closes June 20th. In-store registration available on June 21st and 22nd.

Registration Fees:

ADULT: $25 + hst until June 21, 2019. $30 + hst as of June 22,2019.

YOUTH & SENIORS (under 18 and over 65): $20 + hst until June 21, 2019. $25 + hst as of June 22, 2019.

$15 + hst for additional submissions )up to 3 works total)

Registration fees are non-refundable, no exceptions. Please ensure you can participate on June 20th between 1-7pm.

Registered participants will be given a 25% off purchase of a painting/drawing support for use in the competition. This can be redeemed between June 13-20, 2019 with proof of registration.

AWARDS

• Under 18 Aware

• People’s Choice Award

• Jurors Choice Award

Guest Jurors to be announced.

Lorelei Queen of the Whole Entire Universe Launch & Workshop!

Come one, come all! On Sunday, June 30th the Beguiling & Little Island Comics welcome David Missio and his comics making class to the shop for an event to celebrate Lorelei: Queen of the Whole Entire Universe!

Lorelei developed out of David's work with youth in the TDSB through Story Planet and the JCC after school programme where he has been teaching cartooning and story-making workshops.
Drawing with all of the students, has now drawn David to bring Lorelei Queen of the Whole Entire Universe with him to help spark ideas and give kids a place to publish their work. It's an open source shared universe that spans the cosmos!

Art from the year will be on display, a collection will be available in print and refreshments will be served as we celebrate the first art and stories for "Lorelei: Queen of the Whole Entire Universe"!

As if that wasn't enough, there will be a comics-making workshop led by one of our favourites, Georgia Weber, writer/artist of Dumb!

It all begins Sunday, June 30th at 1PM! See you there!

Symposium: Path of Possibilities - June 21 at the AGO

On National Indigenous Day, Art Starts invites emerging, youth, and/or newcomer artists and people from different ethnographic communities across the city to come together and learn about the 7 Grandfather Teachings, 4 Sacred Medicines, residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action and much more. This free event is in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ontario. Lunch is included.

There are only 60 spots available for this event. You must register to attend.

Akin Creative Presents: Pointillism at the Beach, an Afternoon with Seurat

Calling all creatives, artists and hobbyists! Join us on Sunday, July 14th from 12-2pm for some Georges Seurat style pointillism at Woodbine Beach. We will meet at 12pm on the boardwalk by the Donald D Summerville Olympic Pool (1867 Lakeshore Blvd East, Toronto).

$5-$10 (sliding scale) / Open to all!

Having trouble finding the group? Look for the Akin sign.

Follow the Facebook event page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/317308135879340/

Come meet other creatives, explore and draw beachy scenes from life with us in this fun-filled and Summer space!

We will begin with some quick and expressive warm ups, moving on to more focused Summer forms and scenes and we will end the day with a free-for-all drawing period. All levels and media are welcome - no toxic materials please.

Please note: no materials are provided for this event. Please bring the following with you: a sketchbook or multiple sheets of paper, drawing medium (i.e.: pencils, pens, charcoal, conté, paint, etc...), and a sharpener.

This is a scenic life drawing event. No human figure model will be present .

This event is being hosted in a public space and we ask that you please be considerate and respectful of your surroundings and the people within them while participating.

About the event host:

Erin Candela is a Canadian artist originally from northern BC, currently living in Toronto. Often using historical documents such as photographs, public school books, nature encyclopedias and community journals, themes of Memory and identity are frequently present in her drawings.

Accessibility Information:

Woodbine Beach is not 100% accessible. A plastic Mobi mat system leads from the base of the Summerville Pool to the shoreline, enabling mobility devices to access the sand water. A beach wheelchair is available in summer, call 392-7688 to book.

Getting there:

Woodbine Beach is TTC accessible from both Woodbine station and the Queen streetcar. Take the Queen streetcar 501 east on Queen, or from Woodbine station, take the Woodbine bus 92 south.

THE BIG DRAW Create-a-Thon this weekend at The Distillery District

Calling all creatives! Do you write, sketch, paint, draw, or sculpt? Make your way down to The Distillery District for THE BIG DRAW Create-A-Thon this weekend.

This is free, all ages, family event welcoming both amateur and professional artists. Join fellow creatives June 15th & 16th in capturing the charm of The Distillery District, or anything else your heart tells you to in your sketch, painting, drawing, or  creative writing.

Rules and Guidelines:

1. Bring your creativity
2. Bring your materials
3. Bring your friends and family
4. HAVE FUN!

All artist participants will receive a FREE BBQ lunch!  

Free family fun on June 15 at "On Sterling Bingo"

Believe the hype, folks: Sterling Road is jam-packed with tons of cool stuff - artist's spaces, yoga studios, bookstores, restaurants, a brewery, clothing stores, galleries, and a lot more! Come join us on Saturday June 15th for the 3rd instalment of ON STERLING BINGO for your chance to check them all out, and get special, behind-the-scenes looks at all of them!

Here's how:
1. Come to any one of our participating locations on Sterling Rd. on Saturday June 15th anytime between 1 and 5pm, and pick up your BINGO card (and your first stamp) to get started!

2. Wander the neighbourhood, and pop in and out of all kinds of cool studios, shops, and galleries.

(Fun fact: Your BINGO card is also a handy map of the 'hood! AND it was screen-printed by hand Jesse from Repetitive Press and it's yours to keep as a souvenir!)

3. Get your card stamped at all 10 spaces (aka a FULL CARD) and head on over to Henderson Brewing Co. to redeem it for a complimentary pint of beer (or, for anyone under 19 who's playing along, a free house-made soda!) anytime on Saturday til 9pm!

4. If you have a Full Card, you are eligible to enter the now-legendary OnSterling Raffle, which includes the following prizes:
- an Anansi tote bag full of books
- a one-of-a-kind Mud Makers handcrafted ceramic piece
- a gift card to the Drake Commissary
- a free 4-day dress rental from Fitzroy
- a 5 day yoga pass to Mosaic
- a VIP brewery tour & beer tasting at Henderson for 10 ppl
- an individual one-year membership to MOCA
- a private circus lesson - for tight wire or aerial, from Lookup Theatre
- a complimentary Sewing Fundamentals Class from The Make Den
Just show your full card at Henderson before 9pm on Saturday!

5. Don't forget to take photos along the way and post them to Instagram, using the tag #OnSterlingBingo to enter to win a special Sterling Rd. prize pack!

ON Sterling Bingo Participants:

- House of Anansi Press 128 Sterling Road Lower Level
Visit the Anansi Bookshop to received 20% off of your Groundwood and House of Anansi book purchases! House of Anansi & Groundwood Books.

- Drake Commissary 128 Sterling Road
An eat-in restaurant and a culinary workshop. Our evolving exhibition Fast Forward draws inspiration from the Junction Triangle’s industrial roots and creative community, looking into the future and the past simultaneously.

- MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd
MOCA is motivated by our belief that museums can be culturally and socially useful. We promote exceptional artistic thinking and provide a community space for discourse and creativity.
On view:
- 'The Life of a Dead Tree' by Mark Dion
- Honest Shop
- 'DEMOS - A Reconstruction' by Andreas Angelidakis

- Mud Makers Studio 163 Sterling Road, unit 12C, Entrance B, 2nd floor
Ceramics Studio offering classes for all ages taught by Ontario certified teacher and artist Amanda Wyman.

- Lookup Theatre 181 Sterling Rd
Current Project: Toronto Circus Riot
This exciting show tells the true story of an evening in 1855 when a group of clowns changed Toronto forever. Theatre, music, and circus arts all come together in an immersive performance to tell a riveting rendition of this historical tale.

- The Make Den Sewing School 163 Sterling Rd #24
We provide serious sewing skills in a beautiful, well equipped and fun studio where students connect with their creativity, learn and leave with a renewed sense of empowerment and inspiration.

- Repetitive Press // Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative
227 Sterling Rd. #103
Screen-Printing and Design studio.
See how screen-prints are made and check out the heaps of art prints, rock and political posters made on site for local and international designers.

-The Loon, Contemporary Art Gallery, 227 Sterling Road, #109a (http://www.theloon.info)
Zoma Tochi Maduekwe invites participants to try an interactive game platform in development.

- Mosaic Yoga 225 Sterling Road #23
Offerings include yoga and meditation classes for all levels, pilates, barre, qi gong, kundalini, voice practices, functional movement and rope wall yoga and more.

- The Fitzroy 225 Sterling Road
Dress Rental Magic! Canada’s dream dress rental and styling service.

- Henderson Brewing Co 128a Sterling Road
Award winning, full-scale brewery On Sterling with a tap-room and bottle shop.

This is a free event and all are welcome!! Come on out and explore!

Toronto East Rotary Club’s 10th Annual Arts and Crafts Sale

The Toronto East Rotary Club is holding its 10th Annual Arts and Crafts Sale on Saturday, November 16th, 2018, 10:00am – 5:00pm, at Eastminster United Church, at the corner of Danforth and Jackman Avenues (one block west of Chester subway station) with 45+ diverse Artisans selling their creations. Refreshments will be available, together with live music, face painting and a draw. Proceeds raised go to community projects including the Out of the Cold Program at Eastminster. Admission is free.

I am also attaching the application form for the Sale as well as a postcard that we are using for promotion. So far, I have 45 vendors booked and am looking for about 5 more. There is a wide range of artisans creating a variety of different items. If you go to the following link you will find photo albums from some of the previous years’ sales.

The cost to participate is $85.

If you have any questions or wish to apply please contact Karen at amunn@pathcom.com.

INspirations Studio Fundraiser - June 20 from 6-9pm

On thursday June 20, please join us in celebrating 25 years of Inspirations Studio: Toronto's beloved and transformative ceramics program for women who have been impacted by poverty, mental health and/or addiction. The event, hosted by OCAD University, will include a Silent auction of contemporary ceramic sculpture by artists Shary Boyle, Lisa Cresky, Marc Egan, Heather Goodchild, Lindsay Montgomery and Julie Moon. 

A collaboration between Inspirations Studio members of the Studio and OCADU students. Inspirations Studio members have made ceramic pieces and the student will create paintings in response. The results to be revealed at the event. There will also be a paint your own ceramics area; pottery wheel demos: a few speeches celebrating the history of the program; raffles; projections; and of course, Music, food, drink and good company.

100% of all proceeds go directly to the Studio's operating costs.

More about Inspirations Studio:
Since 1994 hundreds of Women have walked through the doors of Inspirations Studio to learn how to make pottery in a safe, supportive and transformational work environment. The members of the Inspirations Studio have been impacted by poverty, trauma, homelessness, mental and physical health and/or addictions.

The studio’s core mission is to facilitate improvements in members’ lives through the making and selling of pottery. Through creative, therapeutic and skill building work, women gain a sense of self-confidence, dignity and stability, a connection with community and a new way to engage with the world as makers.

Inspirations Studio is supported by the trustee and mentorship program of St. Stephen’s Community House. The Studio and Store is located at 2480 Dundas st West in Toronto.
www.inspirationsstudio.org

Andrea Bailey at the Riverdale Art Walk and the Rosedale Art Fair

Andrea Bailey will be showing her latest work in June at the Riverdale Art Walk and the Rosedale Art Fair. Andrea is an emerging abstract artist and Akin Lansdowne studio member. Andrea’s works have been shown in numerous galleries and art shows in Toronto and Baltimore among many other cities. Andrea has a dedicated studio practice and has produced some new and exciting images and methods for 2019 which will be on display at the shows.

The Riverdale Art Walk is a two day event on June 1 and 2 in Jimmie Simpson Park on Queen Street East. The show will be open from 11 am to 6 pm on both days. www.riverdaleartwalk.ca

The Rosedale Art Fair is the following weekend on June 8 and 9, Andrea will show again in the park space across from the LCBO at Summerhill Station on Yonge Street.  Hours are 11-6 on Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday. www.rosedalemainstreet.ca/event/art-fair

Zach Atticus solo exhibition 'Perennial' - this weekend at REMOTE Gallery

‘Perennial’ is a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Zach Atticus of Akin Dupont happening this weekend at REMOTE Gallery. Akin invites you to join Zach for the opening night reception on Saturday evening.

SHOW HOURS:
May 25th 5-9pm (opening reception)
May 26th 12-6pm

REMOTE Gallery
568 Richmond St W, Toronto

About Zach Atticus:
Zach Atticus is an artist and OCADU graduate based in Toronto. Zach grew up with a love of art that was passed down to him from his mother and learned much of his craft from a childhood batman colouring book. In kindergarten, Zach received animal crackers as compensation for a drawing of a brontosaurus, becoming his first commissioned piece. Today, Zach is a freelance artist and illustrator. His preferred mode of creating has evolved from drawing brontosauri with crayons to a more cultivated approach of oil painting and multi media illustration. www.zachatticus.com

Ming Smith, June Clark and Suzy Lake in Conversation - today at 7pm at the AGO - FREE!

June Clark, pur laine, 2004, mixed media, Collection of Peter Caldwell + Stephen Mader, Toronto. © June Clark

Join Akin Sunrise artist June Clark, along with Ming Smith and Suzy Lake this evening at 7pm the Art Gallery of Ontario for a conversation about photography, career, and critical reception for the CONTACT Photography Festival. This is a free event.

About June Clark
June Clark has earned a national and international reputation for her photo-based image works, installations and interventions. Clark’s works explore the intersection of family history, recollection and identity. Clark grew up in Harlem, a major centre of Black cultural and artistic excellence. In 1968 she moved to Toronto, where she continues to live and create art. She has exhibited widely throughout Canada and abroad, including exhibitions in Ecuador, Austria, Paris and New York. She has taught studio and academic visual arts courses at York University, the University of Guelph, and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Clark has an MFA in visual arts from York University. www.juneclark.ca

Explore the Akin Studio Program at MOCA at Doors Open Toronto on May 25 and 26!

You are invited to visit the Akin studios at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) for Toronto's Annual Doors Open Festival 2019. The event is free and open to the public all weekend. MOCA is a fully accessible facility.

Date: Saturday May 25th & Sunday May 26th
Time: 10am - 5pm
Location: 158 Sterling Road, 4th Floor

Featuring special events by Akin Studio Program at MOCA Artists:

WORKSHOP | Rock Covers Paper 
11am–4pm

Fold, bend, and create your own mini architectural sculpture with visual artist Jessica Thalmann. Transform images of concrete and historical photographs of the Tower Automotive Building into three-dimensional forms that reflect the characteristic edges and corners of concrete structures around the city. 

SCREENINGS | Eva Kolcze 
11am–4pm

Images of concrete architecture and natural parklands collide in this screening of three films by Eva Kolcze. All filmed in Toronto, Kolcze’s films reveal the city’s infamous Brutalist architecture, the dramatic cliffs of the Scarborough Bluffs, and the experience of moving through Toronto, from its urban to natural environments.

• All that is Solid, 2014

• Facing the Waves, 2016

• Dust Cycles, 2017

About Doors Open Toronto:
Doors Open Toronto returns to showcase some of the most architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings across the city.

A full list of participating buildings, special programs and walking tours at toronto.ca/doorsopen/.

About the MOCA building:
The MOCA building has always stood above, the tallest in Toronto when it was built in 1919, a factory that produced aluminium products during World War II. When it was built, a hundred years ago, designer John W. Woodman pioneered a new approach called concrete flat slab architecture. Each floor is a slab of reinforced concrete and supported by the columns that make the building so iconic.

About the Akin Studio Program at MOCA:
a unique and publicly open partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada to provide affordable studio space to more than 30 visual artists and cultural practitioners in the Museum's new home on Sterling Road through the Akin Studio Program. The Program is open to student, emerging and professional art practitioners, curators and writers living in Toronto. The inaugural cohort of the Program started their studio residency in the Museum in September 2018. Selected artists have moved their studio into the Museum for a term of one year and will share their practices with the Museum’s visitors through programs such as open studio events. For more information visit www.akin.art/moca

Show Some Heart for UrbanArts this May

This year’s event is the biggest fundraiser yet for UrbanArts. We need your support for the I Heart Neighbourhood Charity Auction on Wednesday, May 15th, 6:30 pm Ryerson's Mattamy Athletic Centre in the old Maple Leaf Gardens at 50 Carton St.

Join host Tammie Sutherland of City TV and have an opportunity to bid on rare and unusual items in the Silent and Live Auction, including original art, signed sports memorabilia, tennis with Bob Rae and lunch with CBC comedienne Luba Goy. 

UrbanArts provides free arts programs for over 7,000 local youth, its events are attended by over 15,000, we have added an exciting new arts programming space at the new Weston Common Cultural Hub and will be offering new intergenerational programs for seniors and youth.

With less than 2 weeks to go,  to buy your tickets HERE now and show some heart for UrbanArts so we can deliver free arts programming all year round for all the residents of York South-Weston and beyond.

CONTACT Photography Festival: BENEATH US at Only One Gallery

Beneath Us is a photographic and sonic installation, produced by the collaboration of Radha Chaddah and Dan Bédard. The subject matter is the hidden realms that exist at a scale invisible to us. Chaddah removed tiny specs of wax from the bottom of a beehive, coated them in gold and photographed them using a scanning electron microscope that can see 180,000 times life size. Bédard created the sonic score by morphing traditional instrument sounds with bee sounds and then filtering this blend through Chaddah’s photographs using software that brings out hidden resonances. Beneath Us is titled to reflect the difference between the perception and reality of our place in nature. Humans largely behave as though all other creatures are beneath us in a hierarchy of life. In reality, humans rely on bees for our survival. Bees are a supportive foundation beneath us. This work symbolizes the invisibility of non-human narratives, the essential interrelatedness and interdependency of living things, and the beauty and fragility of these relationships.

Beneath Us

Where: Only One Gallery, 5 Brock Avenue, Toronto, ON

When: May 16th-29th

Opening Reception: May 16th, 7-11PM

CONTACT 2019 showcases an outstanding selection of Canadian and international lens-based artists. The Festival’s Core Exhibitions are comprised of collaborations with major museums, galleries, and artist-run centres as well as site-specific public art projects. These are cultivated through partnerships and commissions, and frame the cultural, social, and political events of our times. The Featured and Open Call Exhibitions present a range of works by local and international artists at leading galleries and alternative spaces across the city. The Festival also includes a wide range of Programs including a book fair, a symposium, lectures, talks, panels, and workshops. CONTACT exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public, with some exceptions at major museums.

Opening Tomorrow at MOCA: The Honest Shop & Last Chance to View Films by Chantal Akerman

Tomorrow, Friday, May 10th 2019, MOCA presents the fourth project in our Art in Use series, the Honest Shop. A self-service store that showcases and sells products handmade by people in the Junction area, the Honest Shop relies on a system of trust and generosity, where customers must record their purchases and leave cash in the ‘honesty box’ for collection. There are no salesclerks; no Air Miles; and no receipts given.

Rather than have a special selection process for what can be included in the Honest Shop, the products are only those made locally by hand. The disparate array of handcrafted items on display in the shop brings attention to the individual efforts and hidden talents of makers in the community. This unregulated model for trading offers an alternative to commercial mass consumerism—one that is driven by individuals, enthusiasm, and goodwill.

Last chance to view In the Mirror (2007) and NOW (2015) by renowned filmmaker Chantal Akerman at MOCA - these two films speak to the issues that Akerman has explored throughout her career: trauma, gender, belonging and identity.

This is the first Canadian presentation of NOW, which was originally produced for the Venice Biennale in 2015. It creates a sense of being immersed in an arid landscape. The content and controlled point of view make us very aware of the passage of time and the many-layered stories and histories of human occupation.

NOW, is set in stark contrast to the slow and gentle sense of exploration of In the Mirror. Yet both are reflections of and meditations on how we, as individuals, confront and experience our position in society and the world at large.

This exhibition is the first time that Akerman’s work is being shown in a museum in Toronto. The project was introduced to MOCA by curatorial consultant Andréa Picard who invited Akerman to exhibit in Toronto before she passed away in 2015. The opening of MOCA created an opportunity to give space and attention to this important artist. As a companion piece to this exhibition, Picard is curating a retrospective survey of Akerman’s films at TIFF Cinematheque in fall 2019.

Have Some Printmaking Fun with Erin Candela this May!

Akin Creative presents D.I.Y. Printmaking with Akin King’s Erin Candela! Make your own custom-designed wrapping paper and a package of monogrammed stationary by learning to carve your own handmade stamps with artist and printmaker Erin Candela. Using 3 easy-to-learn printmaking techniques, this workshop is the first in a series of hands-on print projects geared toward beginners and craft enthusiasts. Basic Materials provided*.

This 3-hour workshop will guide participants through the creation of their own stamps to the development of a series of absolutely stunning and unique personal products. From a package of monographed stationery that can be taken home and used for special occasions, to hand-stamped invitations and decorative wrapping paper for gifts or table setting, this custom stamp workshop is ideal for anyone who loves to give that personal touch to special occasions.

D.I.Y. Printmaking with Erin Candela
Where: REMOTE Gallery, 568B Richmond Street West, Toronto
When: Friday, May 24th 2019, 5:30-8:30PM

*Materials: Each Participant will walk away with 3 sets of 5 printed cards, and a package of printed wrapping tissue to take home, as well as the handmade stamps they made during the workshop. While basic materials such as paper, ink and carving tools are provided, workshop participants are welcome and encouraged to bring their own special papers, paper-bound books or cards they wish to experiment on.

Erin Candela has worked in Print and Drawing for over 20 years. As the Co-founder of Graven Feather Studio & Gallery and a workshop facilitator for various organizations across the country from BC to Quebec, she brings a love of materials and a free spirit attitude to the practice of DIY art and craft. Candela's interest in print-making extends to her current art practice in ceramics She is currently a studio artist at Akin Collective and a member of various craft organizations in Ontario including Craft Ontario, The Toronto Potters Guild, and Fusion.

Accessibility Information:
REMOTE Gallery is a fully accessible space. Complete with barrier-free access, a gender neutral washroom and is level throughout. If you require any additional information regarding the space or its accessibility please contact us at janet@akincollective.com.

Collective City Free Documentary Screening at MOCA - May 10th

Looking for something to do this Friday, May 10th? Drop by MOCA from 7-9pm for free screenings of 3 documentaries that chronicle the rich and vibrant history of Toronto-based visual arts collectives.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
Spontaneous Combustion was a collective of contemporary visual artists, many who had graduated from the Ontario College of Art in the early-to-mid 1980’s. These artists worked in a variety of media ranging from large format printmaking to holography and almost all presented their work in installation format.

In interviews supported by archival film and photography, Spontaneous Combustion founders b.h. yael, Gwen MacGregor and Caroline Langill discuss the collective’s origins, the role of the artist as curator and how few opportunities existed for installation artists – particularly for artists who were working with kinetic work or electronics.

COLD CITY GALLERY
“The brainchild of Toronto artist Dyan Marie, Cold City was formed as a new way to exhibit and sell work. While many hybrid galleries similar to the Cold City model have flourished since, Cold City was arguably the first of its kind in Toronto.” The Cold City Years: Power Plant

Through interviews with Cold City founder Dyan Marie and artists Peter Bowyer and Eldon Garnett, as well as archival photos and videos, this film chronicles this collectives’ ties to literary and critical journals of the day - the name Cold City was adapted from the “Cold City Fiction” issue of Impulse magazine. The artists also discuss the operational philosophy of the gallery and the devastating effect that the AIDS crisis had on the gallery and Toronto’s visual arts community.

PAINTING DISORDERS
Painting Disorders launched their celebrated inaugural show in November 1994 in a rough space on King West. Eye Magazine called the show “a focused, strategic view of the place of painting in the information age” and Canadian Art magazine wrote that it was “one of those tight-as-a-drum shows where each artist carefully reins in his or her work to create an impression of unity and purpose.”

In interviews with Painting Disorders founding members Eric Glavin, Angela Leach and Mark Bell we delve into this collective’s desire to explore the diversity of expression to be found in contemporary non-representational painting. The artists also discuss their influences as well as the challenge in finding opportunities to show their work in an artist-run or commercial gallery scene that had little capacity to exhibit emerging artists.

Call for Volunteers - The 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair!

Don't miss your chance to volunteer at the 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is only made possible by our amazing volunteers. Each year many dedicated volunteers lend their hands, time and expertise to make this event happen. Last year we had over 200 volunteers participate and we are excited to make our 58th year even bigger and better. If you are passionate about art or volunteering please join us at Canada’s largest, longest-running contemporary outdoor art fair this July 12-14, 2019.

By volunteering for Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, you will not only be supporting the arts and meeting amazing people, you will also be creating access and helping shape community. We will provide you with comprehensive training, a TOAF t-shirt and a volunteer appreciation event after the Fair.

There are many diverse volunteer roles including:

• Fair Volunteer - you will have the most varied role – you’ll be the face of the fair and will be on hand to provide information to our audiences, as well as leading tours and helping out artists and logistics where required.

• Logistics - you’ll be supporting our Logistics Manager on site. You will be central to the running of the fair and may be asked to do some more physical tasks, mark up the square, be in the dolly crew, helping artists setup, and keep everything running smoothly!

• Artist Liaison - Connect with our artists, watch over their booths when they need a break, help register them and assist with their needs throughout the day!

• ...and more!

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Delanie Prasek at volunteer@torontooutdoor.art. If you would prefer an alternative way of signing up please email Delanie Prasek.