Creative Blueprint: Summer Workshop Series
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Creative Blueprint presents a series of 4 independent workshops in the CB Gallery.
Starting Wednesday July 17th we bring you a diverse selection of experimental workshops for artists who are looking to try something new!

You don't have to be an expert - the whole point is to get out of your comfort zone.
Join us this summer in the CB Gallery as we explore new methods and materials.

Click on the workshops for complete descriptions or visit our website.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY!

INTRO TO PORTRAIT DRAWING
WEDNESDAY JULY 17TH

Stephanie Kervin introduces artists to the basics of portrait creation.

CREATIVE INFOGRAPHICS
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7TH

Danesh Mohiuddin teaches us how illustrations can inform AND entertain.

STENCIL MAKING WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY JULY 24TH

Pamela Dodds introduces affordable, non-toxic printmaking techniques.

ANYONE CAN DRAW
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21ST

Heeseung Ko encourages students to explore drawing materials & methods.

Gladstone Hotel: Collectively Speaking


Collectively Speaking: Take Shelter
 
July 16, 2013. 7:00pm – 10:00pm
The Gladstone Hotel | Melody Bar
1214 Queen Street West

Toronto, like every major city, is home to a number of seemingly unsolvable problems. But as creative individuals we think, given the chance, we could be a leading force for positive change.
Collectively Speaking brings together three of Toronto’s most interesting art, and design collectives to engage in a friendly competition to offer innovative solutions to one of Toronto’s most elusive problems: housing.
The cost of living is very high, and on an average income it is difficult to afford reasonable housing in the city. This is a problem that is not unique to Toronto, and is very much the reality in a number of Canada’s major metropolitan centres.
 
What can be done to ease the burden of living in a major metropolitan area?

Participating Collectives:


Come to this event to take part, not only as a spectator, but also to cast your vote during this alternative town hall meeting, hosted by Kaleb Robertson. The winning collective  will have the opportunity to implement their solution on the Gladstone Hotel’s Lower Green Roof.



 

Jane Elliot's 1968 'Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes' Experiment.

Well worth 15 minutes of your time.

 "In response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. over thirty years ago, Jane Elliott devised the controversial and startling, "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" exercise. This, now famous, exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes and exposes them to the experience of being a minority"

CALL FOR ARTIST INSTRUCTORS


CALL FOR ARTIST INSTRUCTORSCB SUMMER WORKSHOP SERIES

Creative Blueprint is looking for engaging Artists to teach 3-hour instructional sessions in a new Artist Workshop Series to run seasonally.
Workshops take place in the CB Gallery on Wednesday nights.
The following dates are currently available: 
Wednesday July 24    6:00pm – 9:00pm
Wednesday August 7    6:00pm – 9:00pm
Wednesday August 21    6:00pm – 9:00pm
Artists will be responsible for one 3-hour session, creating their own content and delivering it to students in the CB Gallery.  Class size will be 12 – 20 students.
Workshop must utilize non-toxic materials (no aerosols or solvents) and should present instruction geared to fostering positive experiences with art making.
Creative Blueprint will handle workshop registration and will collect fees from the students. Creative Blueprint will promote this series through the CB website, social media and mailing lists.
Artists will also be encouraged to promote the workshop series.
Artist will be compensated $100 for the 3-hour session.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
Please submit your workshop proposal to Creative Blueprint at info@creativeblueprint.ca
Be sure to include a workshop title, a description of the media you intend to use, and a brief outline of the skills you will be teaching or the project you intend to complete with the students.
If students require a specific skill set, experience or materials to participate, please note those details within the proposal.
DEADLINE TO APPLY:  JUNE 30th 2013

Art Spin: Poster Project
Poster Project

The Community Bicycle Network (CBN) and Art Spin are celebrating their 20th and 5th year anniversary respectively. To commemorate these milestones and celebrate the support both organizations have shown towards the cycling community over the years we have decided to partner up and hold a bicycle themed poster competition.

We are looking for imaginative poster designs that celebrate bike culture, which is essentially whatever you take to be most significant about the art of cycling.

Selected submissions will be exhibited at the closing party of the July 25th Art Spin tour where the winning poster will be chosen and awarded a $500 prize, as well as, being featured on both CBN and Art Spin's websites.

Deadline for submissions is Monday, July 15th

Submissions should be sent to: info@artspin.ca

Please submit high quality image files (preferably TIFF or PDF) at least 300dpi and a minimum of 8 1/2 x 11".

For further questions contact Layne and Rui at info@artspin.ca

http://www.artspin.ca/
www.communitybicyclenetwork.org


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StreetARToronto: Outside The Box: Call for Submissions


The City of Toronto invites local area artists to submit proposals to create art on City traffic signal boxes at various locations throughout Toronto. The goal of this project is to provide opportunities for artists to create works of art that contribute to the vitality and attractiveness of the streetscape. This project is being implemented by StreetARToronto (StART), part of the City of Toronto's Transportation Services Division.   

 APPLICATION HERE