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Let's Have a Summer Party!
🎉LET'S HAVE A SUMMER PARTY 🎉
Summer is here in all of its glory and we want to celebrate the opening of Akin Stockyards with you in this FREE community and family event! Come meet the Akin members in an open studio along with food, live music from Astrosurf, and a community paint wall for you to participate in.
We will also be having a special visit from Councillor Frances Nunziata, and will be hearing from them, our event sponsors from Marlin Spring and some familiar Akin faces.
When: Wednesday July 13th 2022
Time: 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Address: 2231 St. Clair Ave West
We're so excited to celebrate with you 🥳🎊🎈
Invite your friends on social media through our Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter posts!
University of Waterloo MFA Open Studios | Master of Fine Arts Program
Come check out the University of Waterloo’s MFA program and this year’s cohort at our annual MFA Open Studios on November 7th.
Time: 3:00-7:00 pm
Place: University of Waterloo, East Campus Hall
Address: 263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario
Participating Students: Jordan Blackburn, Brubey (Wanzhi) Hu, Tyler Matheson, Karice Mitchell, Akin staff member and Akin Dupont Alum Sara Pearson, Akin St. Clair Alum Carrie Perreault, Akin Dupont Alum Kayla Polan, Racquel Rowe, Maria Simmons, and Becca Wijshijer.
A unique opportunity to meet the artists on their own turf—a look at their process and what’s in production.
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the University of Waterloo is an intimate program built around a solid core of studio research, practice, professional development, and pedagogical training. Each year the program admits five students, resulting in a tight knit community with plenty of access to both faculty and resources. The studio portion of the program culminates in the completion, exhibition, and defense of a coherent body of work in a solo exhibition at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG). The pedagogical component of the program includes a seminar in course development, two teaching assistantships and the opportunity to teach a foundations level course.
Akin Lakeshore: Akin Transforms Unused Etobicoke Office Space into Artist Studios
July 22, 2019.
Akin is excited to announce its expansion into Etobicoke with the addition of its newest location, Akin Lakeshore. Converting 6,000sqft of an unused and vacant commercial building located at 2970 Lakeshore Blvd West into usable space for local artists, Akin Lakeshore will provide more than 30 dedicated art studios and workspaces available to rent for creative endeavours of all kinds.
Studios at Akin Lakeshore will range in price and size, starting at 25sqft or $165/month to 140sqft for $551/month, as well as large, open communal areas to accommodate Shared Memberships for $70/month. All rentals include 24/7 access to the studio building, taxes, insurance, wifi, and access to the communal working areas, storage, kitchen, and bathroom facilities.
In addition to studio space, Akin plans to expand its programming initiatives at this new location and introduce a series of free and low-cost public events launching in the Fall of 2019.
This exciting expansion will increase Akin’s size to approximately 45,000 sqft of studio space serving nearly 400 artists, enabling Akin to continue addressing the ever-increasing scarcity of affordable workspace across our city.
Special thank you to local arts organizations Arts Etobicoke, Lakeshore Arts and the Humber Arts Commons for welcoming us into the neighbourhood!
If you are interested in renting a studio at Akin Lakeshore, please join us for one of our Open Studio days in August where you can have a look around the new space, and find out more about Akin! Our staff will be available to answer your questions and show you around. Everyone is welcome! Please note that the studios are located on the third floor of the building and there is no elevator. Akin regrets this barrier to access.
Open Studio Days:
August 16 from 6-9pm
August 20 from 4-7pm
We will be scheduling one-on-one tours in September for anyone who cannot make it to the Open House days. Please get in touch for more information, pricing inquiries, to book a tour or to share ideas. We look forward to hearing from you!
CONTACT:
Jen Pilles, Studio Operations Manager
info@akincollective.com
Getting there by TTC:
Akin Lakeshore is a 3 minute walk from the Lakeshore Blvd West at Fifth St TTC stop which services the 145 Bus and 301 / 501 Streetcars. It is a 2 minute walk from the Islington Ave at Lakeshore Blvd West stop which services the 110 Bus and 337 Bus. Plan your trip: http://www.ttc.ca/Trip_planner/index.jsp
Parking:
There is paid parking located at 2903 Lakeshore Blvd West which is approximately a 2 minute walk from the studio. There is also a Green P Parking Lot located at 120 Sixth St, south of Lakeshore Blvd West which is approximately a 3 minute walk from the studio.
Photographs of the studios of the following artists:
Top Row, left to right: Helen Liene Dreifelds, Walter Segers, Maren Boedeker, and Raoul Olou.
Bottom row: Adria Mirabelli, Liang Wang, Jennifer Dany Aubé, and Jieun June Kim
Akin Studio Program at MOCA - Open Studio and Q & A on February 2nd
Interested in the Akin Studio Program?
Akin invites you to an Open Studio at the Akin Studio Program on Floor 4 of the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada. Come and visit over 30 different artist studios and find out more about Akin, the Studio Program, and how to apply for Year 2.
Saturday, February 2 from 12-4pm
Floor 4, 158 Sterling Road, MOCA Toronto Canada
Free / Pay-What-You-Can to enter the Museum
There will be a short panel Question and Answer period at 2pm. If you are interested in applying to the Studio Program this is the ideal time to ask questions and have them answered by Akin staff and Akin artist or two from the 2018 - 2019 Studio Program cohort.
The Call for Applications for the 2019 - 2020 Program will be announced prior to the Open Studio event! Stay tuned! This Program is open to students, emerging and professional art practitioners, curators and writers living in Toronto. If you plan to apply for this program we strongly recommend that you attend this event to see the studios in person. To be among the first to receive the Call for Applications please sign up for our newsletter at akincollective.com/newsletter
MOCA Toronto is a fully physically accessible venue. If you have additional accessibility needs please contact michael@akincollective.com by January 19, 2019 and we will do our best to accomodate you.
Upcoming Calls for Submission from Canadian Heritage, Art Spin and Open Studio
Canadian Heritage Call for Canadian Artists (Ages 18-25)
Deadline: April 16 (5:00 pm)
Canadian Heritage is seeking a dynamic, impactful image that conveys the theme of ‘passage’- en route; on the way; on a journey; an act, process, or instance of passing through or over; on the move; transition ...
The winning image will be reproduced on exterior quality graphic film and installed on the York Street Steps for a one-year period starting in spring 2018. The artist will receive a fee of $2,500 for the exhibition.
Open to all Canadian visual artists, photographers, graphic designers and illustrators between the ages of 18 and 35. All genres will be considered – figurative, abstract, collage, trompe l’oeil, optical illusion, pattern, etc.
Location: The York Street Steps are in a high visibility location in the core of Canada’s Capital Region linking the historic Byward Market district to Major’s Hill Park and Parliament Hill. The steps are used by thousands of visitors and residents each year.
About Canadian Heritage:
Canadian Heritage is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, official languages, status of women, sports, and multiculturalism. www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage
Art Spin Open Call for Artists
Deadline: April 23rd (11:59pm)
Art Spin is gearing up for its tenth season of programming and is looking for submissions for an exciting new exhibition titled Holding Patterns, scheduled for October 2018. This exhibition will take place in a storage locker facility located in Toronto’s south Junction neighbourhood, animating a series of storage locker units with a wide array of art projects.
Art Spin is seeking submissions from individual artists and collectives working in a variety of disciplines including but not limited to: sculpture, installation, film & video, electronic & kinetic work, painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, performance art, dance/movement and sound art. They are eager to receive submissions for new projects but are also open to reviewing existing works. Only submissions that respond to the curatorial framework will be reviewed.
Selected artists/collectives will receive an artist fee and small budget for materials. Fees to be determined on a project-to-project basis. See guidelines for more details.
Curatorial framework: Recognizing the shifts, upheavals and transience that storage lockers often suggest, Holding Patterns will explore movement, space, belonging, material culture, and transition as themes that animate personal narratives and histories of place more broadly.
About Art Spin:
Art Spin has been operating professionally as an arts presenter for over seven years, activating decommissioned venues and unique public spaces to produce large scale group exhibitions along with curated bicycle-led art tours to showcase a wide range of newly commissioned art programing in unique site-specific settings. www.artspin.ca
Open Studio Call for Emerging Print Media Artists for the Jeannie Thib Mentorship Residency
and the Don Phillips Scholarship
Deadline: May 15 (11:59PM)
Open Studio – one of Canada's leading print media centres – awards annual scholarships to emerging artists of merit. A jury comprised of artists, curators, educators and/or arts administrators selects recipients.
The Jeannie Thib Mentorship Residency is given to an artist in the early stages of their professional career, who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to their practice within the last one to five years. Submissions much reflect the applicant’s recent professional development initiatives in one or more of the following areas: active exhibiting practice, participation in artist residencies, or successful grant awards.
The residency recipient will receive the following:
- Rent free access to the studio facilities for a period of two consecutive months between September in the calendar year the residency is awarded and June of the following year.
- Up to 16 hours of mentoring with an established print media artist to hone the recipient’s technical skills and provide career development support.
- Materials up to $300, to be purchased through Open Studio.
To find out more about the eligibility and submission requirements for the Jeannie Thib Mentorship Residency, please click here.
The Don Phillips Scholarship is given to a student currently enrolled in an undergraduate art program (full or part-time) with a printmaking major at an accredited Canadian institution who will be graduating in the Spring of 2018 and who will not be returning to studies full-time in September of 2018.
The scholarship recipient will receive the following:
- Rent-free access to the Studio for a period of one year starting the September following your application submission. There must be a minimum stay of eight months.
- Assistance for professional development workshops of $500.
- Materials assistance up to $1000 for materials used during tenure.
- Tuition-free access to workshops and one eight-week class offered by Open Studio. (Subject to the courses having met minimum enrollment and having not exceeded the maximum).
- Exhibition in the George Gilmour Gallery with an exhibition fee: $300.
- Open Studio is equipped for artists working with photographic, digital and other hybrid art forms within print media.
To find out more about the eligibility and submission requirements for the Don Phillips Scholarship, please click here.
Walnut's 10th Anniversary party next Saturday!
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!
Akin Sunrise Exhibition Reception and Open Studio - Saturday July 8, 6-9pm
Saturday July 8 / 6-9pm / Akin Sunrise - 100 sunrise Ave, studio 106A / Free to attend, everyone welcome, BYOB!
Join us as we celebrate the launch of Akin Sunrise with a a group exhibition of work by our talented studio artists. Enjoy a drink and some light refreshments, have a tour of the artist’s studios, and mingle with Akin artists and community members in our programming space.
Featuring work by Akin Sunrise artists:
Beverly Allen - www.nomadarttoronto.com
Nancy Bennett - www.nancybennett.ca
Kristy Blackwell - www.kristyblackwell.com
Steve Byrnes - www.saatchiart.com/stevebyrnes
Renee Castonguay - www.tsa-art.com/faculty-staff/renee-castonguay
June Clark - www.juneclark.ca
Maxwell Galley - www.maxwellgalley.com
Madelaine Lyons Cooper - www.madelainelyonscooper.com
Katie Sadie - www.katiesadie.com
and Jeff Tallon - www.jefftallon.com
The exhibition will be on display in our programming space from July 8 - August 8. If you are unable to make it to the opening night reception and would like to view the exhibition, please email jeff@akincollective.com to make arrangements.
Accessibility:
There is step free access to the main entrance located at the side of the building parallel to the parking lot. The first door on the right hand side, once in the main entrance, is access to the studio. The studio entrance requires a key and there is no button to open the door, so someone may require assistance. There are narrow aisles and sharp turns to get into the gender-neutral washroom within the space. There are no grab bars in the bathroom and the toilet is not raised. There is a small lip on the floor upon entering the bathroom. Akin does have access to a wheelchair accessible gender-neutral washroom in the hall across from the Akin studio within the building.
Getting There:
By TTC:
Take the Bloor-Danforth Subway Line to Coxwell Station. Proceed to city bus 70A or 70B. Exit bus at Sunrise Ave, it is a 400 meter walk to 100 Sunrise Avenue.
By car:
Akin Sunrise is easily accesible from the Don Valley Parkway. There is onsite parking.
Open Studio Printmaking Courses
Open Studio offers courses 3 times a year beginning in September, December and April. Courses provide a unique opportunity to work with professional printmaking artists, and are specifically designed for adults with no previous experience. Limited class sizes allow for individual needs and development. Classes vary in length of commitment, there are organized here in order of commitment. All courses and workshops take place at Open Studio, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104, Toronto, Ontario. Please forward inquiries to office@openstudio.on.ca.
8-WEEK COURSES
Etching -Participants will work with metal plates and acid to create a range of images, textures and lines. The aquatint etching process, which produces a range of flat tones, will also be explored.
Lithography -Participants will learn to draw and paint onto the surface of a finely ground limestone, which is then chemically processed before printing.
Screenprinting -Participants will use direct stencil methods to transfer ink onto paper. This course is suitable for photo-based, hand drawn or computer manipulated imagery.
4-WEEK COURSES
Photo Etching -Participants will use photopolymer film to transform photographs, digital imagery or drawings into etchings.
CMYK Screenprinting -Participants will use four-colour process printing to convert photographic images into full-colour screenprints.
1-DAY WORKSHOPS
Linocut Relief Printing -Participants will explore different linoleum block cutting, inking and printing techniques using oil-based inks to create images of two or more colours.
Letterpress Printing -Participants will use a Vandercook press to explore letterpress block printing using linocuts, hand set type, dingbats and pre-exposed photopolymer plates.
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
Mokuhanga Intensive -Participants will find out how to transfer and carve an image into a woodblock, which is then inked and hand printed on Japanese paper. Japanese woodblock printing is distinguished by the use of transparent and opaque water-based pigments and requires a hand printing tool.
Abstract Monotype on a Lithography Press -Participants will be introduced to the dynamic possibilities of monotyping on a lithography press. Hands on demonstrations will cover positive and negative mark making, paper handling, ink modification, and proper printing strategies.
Mezzotint -Participants will learn how to properly prepare a copper plate, creating a textured surface that will print as a full black. Mezzotint is a non-acid, intaglio technique that produces rich blacks and soft tonal gradations.
T-Shirt Screenprinting -Participants will learn the basics of screenprinting t-shirts. No prior printing experience necessary. Participants will be able to purchase t-shirts prior to the workshop or can bring their own.
Collagraph -Participants will learn about collagraph plate making—originating from collage—by experimenting with non-traditional materials to create colourful and textured multiples.
OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
The Open Session program allows participants who have printmaking experience to work independently with minimal supervision. The program is especially useful to students who want to transition from classes to renting at Open Studio. Open Studio’s Technical Director must approve registration. Please contact Open Studio for more details.
Private Instruction Customized sessions are arranged by a Technical Director to provide individuals with specialized instruction outside of standard classes. A minimum deposit of $100 is required. Please call Open Studio for more information.
Studio Tours and Demos
Open Studio offers a range of tours and demonstrations for post-secondary students, adult groups and corporate groups. Tours and demos are great opportunities for team building, social groups and extended learning. Tours are offered Tuesday to Friday, during the hours of 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, with a minimum of two-week advance booking. Please call 416-504-8238 for more information.
Don Phillips Scholarship
The Don Phillips Scholarship is given to a student currently enrolled in an undergraduate art program (full or part-time) with a printmaking major at an accredited Canadian institution who will be graduating in the Spring of 2017 and who will not be returning to studies full-time in September of 2017. A jury comprised of artists, curators, educators and/or arts administrators selects recipients.
This scholarship includes, rent free access to the studio facilities for a period of one year, materials assistance and Professional development assistance. Over the course of the year scholarship recipients will receive tuition free access to Open Studio workshops, and exhibition and artist fees.
Deadline for scholarship submissions is 11:59PM EST May 1, 2017
Jeannie Thib Mentorship Residency
Jeannie Thib (1955-2013) was a talented artist and cherished member of the Open Studio community. This mentoring focused residency is a fitting way honour Jeannie Thib’s legacy. Jeannie was a great supporter of other artists, long established and emerging. This residency is open to a printmaker in the early stages of their career, who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to their practice within the last one to five years.
Residency includes:
Rent free access to the studio facilities for a period of two consecutive months between September in the calendar year the residency is awarded and June of the following year.
Up to 16 hours of mentoring with an established print media artist to hone the recipient’s technical skills and provide career development support.
- Materials up to $300, to be purchased through Open Studio.
Submissions must be received by Open Studio by 11:59 pm EST (GMT -5) on May 1.
Open Studio's Artist Proof Sale Opening Party! December 1
Opening Night Party: Thursday, December 1, 6:00 to 9:00 pm, FREE ADMISSION
Sale continues Friday, December 2 through Friday, December 23, Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 to 5:00 pm.
Open Studio’s Artist Proof Sale is an excellent way to kickstart or build a growing art collection. And you can do it without breaking your holiday budget! Hundreds of original works of art, including screenprints, etchings, lithographs and relief prints are available by established and emerging artists from around the country—priced from just $50-$400.
The opening night party features:
- Original, one-of-a-kind fine art prints, ranging from $50 - $400, by established and emerging artists.
- Food, cash bar and festivities
- An artwork by artist Dave Dyment commissioned especially for the event — limited edition prints will be printed live and available for sale that night.
- Limited edition, original, handmade artists’ greeting cards—our new annual range of cards will be launched during the event.
The Artist Proof Sale is an important fundraiser for Open Studio— 50% of the sale price of each print goes to the artist and 50% goes to support Open Studio’s charitable programming, which includes exhibitions, talks, education and residencies. With each purchase you make, you get an original work of art at a reasonable price, while supporting contemporary Canadian artists and a vital Canadian cultural resource.
This event is an excellent opportunity for those who are looking to start or add to their art collections and for those who are looking for original holiday gift ideas or who prefer to shop locally.
This is always a popular and busy event, with fierce competition for some works, so come early — once a piece is sold, it’s gone! The sale continues to Saturday, December 23rd in our galleries (regular hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12-5 pm) and online.
AKIN COLLECTIVE OPEN STUDIO- SEPTEMBER 5
It's time again for the annual Akin Collective Open Studio!
Join the event on FACEBOOK
Visit our studios at 87 Wade Avenue and see new work from members across all of our locations! Join in on our massive tie dye party! Grab some BBQ and cold Kronenbourgs! Booyah.
Saturday, September 5
Akin Collective Studios- 87 Wade Avenue
1:00-6:00pm
Art work for sale! Open studios! BBQ! Drinks! Tie Dye Party!
Hazel Eckert:
Glass Slide Compositions
Opening Reception: Friday, April 4, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 PMOpen Studio
401 Richmond Street West
Suite 104
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3A8 Canada
Phone/Fax: 416-504-8238
Opening Reception: Friday, April 4, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Hazel Eckert’s practice is a form of visual research: a process-oriented investigation of her environment. Eckert spends her days in a commercial letterpress print shop working with analogue technology, where she scavenges materials off of the floor and out of recycling bins. These discarded offcuts and byproducts constitute an ever-expanding collection of fragments and ephemera. Eckert’s recent work uses sheets of glass to suspend collages made from the salvage and debris created during the printing process. These forms are a result of mis-fed sheets or discarded offcuts that fall out of reach and are forgotten inside the presses and left to disintegrate by soaking up the oils and grease from the machines. By appropriating printer’s materials and limiting the number of elements involved, she creates minimal, self-referential works with found textures and readymade colours.
Eckert is interested in tapping into the archival impulse in contemporary culture—the increasing trend towards collecting, documenting, and “curating” objects, and the way this behaviour cultivates a degree of reverence for these artifacts. Encased as glass slides such as those typically used to hold objects in place for examination, the ephemera preserved in this exhibition form an archive as a process of reimagining found materials.
Hazel Eckert is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist and printer based in Toronto. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, including The Toronto Artist Project. In 2010 Hazel received The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition’s Best in Printmaking award and participated in Atelier Graff’s Insertion Project in Montreal, Quebec, which was funded in part by an Ontario-Quebec Residency Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. In 2013 she received the Nick Novak Fellowship from Open Studio, where she will be printing until September 2014 in preparation for a solo exhibition in October.
AKIN CRIT 18: DUFFERIN STUDIO
FIRST CRIT OF 2014JANUARY 29 (LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AS ALWAYS)
7:00pm
AKIN COLLECTIVE DUFFERIN STUDIO
444 DUFFERIN ST. UNIT E
BRING SOME WORK/IDEAS/FRIENDS/
FACEBOOK EVENT HERE
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AKIN OPEN STUDIO/ XMAS SALE/ COLOURING BOOK LAUNCH: DEC.7
Join us for a showcase of recent work by members of Akin Collective along with our annual holiday sale and the launch of our first publication, the Akin Colouring Book.
To help get you in the festive cheer there will be some mulled wine, treats and wobbly pops.
Bring friends, family, strangers and your festive game face.
BYOB
December 7, 1:00pm-6:30pm
Akin Landsdowne Studio, 87 Wade Avenue, Toronto.
FACEBOOK EVENT IS HERE