Grow Op at the Gladtsone Hotel launches this Wednesday featuring new work by Rebecca Jane Houston of Akin Lansdowne

Grow Op at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, celebrates its fifth year in April 2017 as an exhibition of art and design that cultivates ideas across a broad range of disciplines, examining how humans and other species live within and without natural systems of growth, change, abundance, scarcity, decay and life. Grow Op artists employ the tools of art, craft and design to question our conceptions of urban and wild, culture and nature. The show runs April 19 - 23

Featuring an exhibition on the second floor of ceramic cast Kee Klamps, rebar and bricks by Rebecca Jane Houston of Akin Lansdowne.  Rebecca will be available on Wednesday evening and during the day on Thursday to answer questions and discuss her work in person.

Exhibition Hours:
Wed Apr. 19, 7-9pm | Thurs Apr. 20, 11-10pm | Fri Apr. 21, 11-10pm | Sat Apr. 22, 10am-9pm | Sun Apr. 23, 10-5pm

Tickets:
General Admission $10, Student Day $5 (with ID), Family (of 4) $25.

Check out these Exhibitions!

Seneca Illustration Graduation Show

April 18-21, 2017

Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St, Toronto ON M6J 2W5

Closing Reception: April 20, 2017, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Gallery Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily

Seneca's Independent Illustration Diploma is excited to present its 12th Graduate Exhibition. Seneca College's Illustration program produces a diverse array of talented artists in both digital and traditional mediums. These skills produce individuals ready to work in many different specialties in illustration, including comics, indie arts, children’s books, concept art, spot and packaging illustration. The Illustration Diploma offered within the School of Creative Arts and Animation at Seneca College is unique in the province.

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Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Launch Party

Friday April 28, 7-11pm

Ryerson Image Centre, 33 Gould St,

In recognition of the 150th anniversary of confederation, this year CONTACT will include images ranging from documentary explorations of the nation’s shifting landscape and inhabitants, to projects that challenge perceptions of history and definitions of photography.

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Seneca Coalesce 2017: Opus

Monday, May 8th, 6:30PM - 12:00AM

Steam Whistle Roundhouse, 255 Bremner Blvd., Toronto

Opus is Seneca's multi-disciplinary celebration of works from across the School of Creative Arts and Animation. Seneca Coalesce is the annual gallery showcase of new works produced by Seneca’s graduates in interactive media, illustration, photography, graphic design, art fundamentals, acting, documentary filmmaking, four animation programs, and highlighting past films from SCAA’s summer institutes in animation and documentary filmmaking.

The Readable City - a group exhibition opening tonight at Angell Gallery featuring work by Jessica Thalmann of Akin Lansdowne

The Readable City
Opening Reception: Today! (Friday, April 7) 7-9PM at Angell Gallery
On View: April 7 - 29, 2017

The Readable City features installation, sculpture, film, video, collage and photography by Toronto - and Montreal-based artists including Jessica Thalmann of Akin Lansdowne. Curated by associate director Bill Clarke, and taking its title from a phrase in French scholar Michel de Certeau's essay "Walking in the City".

The exhibition presents an opportunity to reflect on our built environments, and consider how, through collective action, we can produce cities in which all inhabitants can say, "I feel good here."

About Jessica Thalmann:
Jessica Thalmann is an artist, curator and writer currently based in Toronto and New York City. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Advanced Photographic Studies from ICP-Bard College and a BFA in Visual Arts from York University. She has worked at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, Toronto International Film Festival, C Magazine, the Art Gallery of York University and Yossi Milo Gallery. 

MFA Thesis Exhibitions 2017

The Graduate Program in Visual Arts at York University invites you to their MFA Thesis Exhibitions 2017. These solo exhibitions are held at the Gales and Special Projects Galleries on Keele campus, and at galleries in downtown Toronto. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Johanna Thompson / Stay In Touch / April 3-7 / Special Projects Gallery / Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts 102 / York University / Monday-Friday, 11am-5pm /Reception: Friday April 7, 6-9pm /  www.johanna-thompson.com

Erin Vincent / material things / April 5-22 / Open Reception April 6, 7-9 /  Alison Milne Gallery / 134 Osler St., Toronto / Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm / Or by appointment: erinmvincent@yahoo.com

& Erin Vincent / overlay / April 3-7 / Gales Gallery / 105 Accolade West / York University / Monday-Friday, 11am-4pm / Or by appointment: erinmvincent@yahoo.com / Reception: Friday April 7, 6-9pm /  www.erinvincent.ca

Sheri Nault / Kin / April 10-14 / Special Projects Gallery / Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts 102 / Monday-Friday, 11am-4pm / Or by appointment: snault@yorku.ca / Reception: Thursday April 13, 6-9pm / www.sherinault.com

Christine Nobel / Connectivity / April 10-14 / Gales Gallery / 105 Accolade West / York University / Monday-Friday, 11am-5pm / Or by appointment: info@christinenobel.com / Reception: Thursday April 13, 5-7pm

Amber Helene Müller St. Thomas / Skip-Drag-Fall / April 17-21 / Gales Gallery / 105 Accolade West / York University / Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm / Or by appointment: amstthom@yorku.ca / Reception: Friday April 21, 6-9pm

& Amber Helene Müller St. Thomas / Half-Hitch Knots, Performance with Nedda Baba: Wednesday April 19, 12-1pm / www.amberhelenemullerstthomas.com

Kriss Janik / In the Presence of Images / April 17-21 / Special Projects Gallery / Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts 102 / York University / Monday-Friday 12am-5pm / Or by appointment: krissjanik@gmail.com / Reception: Friday April 21, 6-9pm / www.krissjanik.com

Vincent Herman / Icon / April 23rd & 24th / Narwhal Projects / 2104 Dundas St West, Toronto / 12-8pm / Reception: April 23, 6-8pm /  For more information: vherman@yorku.ca

Ebrin Bagheri / Someone Who Is Not Like Anyone / April 24-28 / Special Projects Gallery / Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts 102 / York University / Monday-Friday 11am-4pm / Or by appointment: Ebrin.b@gmail.com / Reception: Friday April 28, 6-9pm / www.ebrinbagheri.com

Ellen Bleiwas / felt/felt / April 24-28 / Gales Gallery / 105 Accolade West / York University / Monday-Tuesday, 12-5pm / Thursday-Friday, 12-5pm / Or by appointment: bleiwas.ellen@gmail.com / Reception: Friday April 28, 6-9pm / www.ellenbleiwas.com

For further information, please contact: Barbara Balfour, Graduate Program Director, MFA/PhD Program in Visual Arts, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University, Rm. 253 Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, 4700 Keele Street, bbalfour@yorku.ca