AKIN FORGE WORKSHOP SERIES: MOVEMENT-BASED WALL DRAWING: JANUARY 15







































FACEBOOK EVENT

Movement-Based Wall Drawing w/ Mishi Foltyn

A one-time opportunity! FORGE workshops host a different facilitating artist each month.

January 15, 2014.
7pm-10pm
444 Dufferin Street, Unit E

$20 in advance (CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE)
$25 at the door

Or, RSVP to akincollective@gmail.com and please include your name, phone number, and tell us about your creative practice so we can tailor each workshop to its' participants

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Where lies the intersection between instinct and reason in our ability to understand and process our surroundings? we'll tap into our intuitive somatic knowledge to make a collaborative large-scale mixed media drawing installation.

Participants will leave with a new toolkit of mark making skills and dance-inspired processes.

Our facilitator, Mishi Foltyn, is a National Ballet dancer turned visual artist. Learn more about the intersections of body and art in this collaborative workshop for artists, writers, designers and performers.


G44: OFF THE WALL

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You are invited to Wall to Wall—OFF THE WALL!
print sale + party
Steven Beckly
Steven Beckly, Untitled (Somewhere), 2013, digital c-print, paper size 14" x 11", unframed, limited edition, $90, 3 available

Stop by Gallery 44 on Thursday, December 5, grab your favourite piece OFF THE WALL before someone beats you to it, and stay for the party of the season! Doors open at 6.


Sale continues to December 14
Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm
Admission is free

gallery44.org/walltowall2013 

With hundreds of collectable artworks at accessible prices, OFF THE WALL lets you build your collection while supporting artists at all stages in their careers. This print sale of photo-based work by Gallery 44 members boasts a diversity of photographic media including gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints, archival pigment prints, alternative processes, many of which were created in Gallery 44's production facilities. 

Featuring works by: Mina Ao • Tobi Asmoucha • Kim Atkins • Sally Ayre • Neil Barbisan • Michael Barker •Steven Beckly • James Blake • Peter Bogaczewicz • Dean Bradley • Linda Briskin • Stephen Brookbank • Mirna Chacin • Nicole Croiset • Nathan Cyprys • Brandon Davis • Saman Deilamani • Sheryl Dudley • Sharon Erlichman• Adolfo Fernandez • Richelle Forsey • Michael Fraser • Sylvia Galbraith • Carlos Garate • Mary Elizabeth Grace •Shayne Gray • Jonathan Groeneweg • Toni Hafkenscheid • Tim Johnston • Bahar Kamali • Deborah Kanfer •Janet Kimber • Anthony Koutras • Kelly Lamorie • Alexandra Majerus • Virginia Mak • Steve Payne • Adrienne Marcus Raja • Kye Marshall • Christine Marshall-Smith • Duncan McLaren • Sanjay Mehta • Victoria Menelaou •Oliver Pauk & Michael Vickers • Jordan Nahmias • Marilyn Nazar & Brian Piitz • Jerzy Pawlowski • Peggy Taylor Reid • Tom Ridout • Darren Rigo • Branimir Ruzic • Chris Shepherd • Laurence Siegel • Anna Snyder • Jean Paul St. Onge • Barbara Staulus • Edie Steiner • Steve Stober • James Sutherland • Oz John Tekson • Jessica Thalmann • Sarah Tothill • Alex Turner • Louise Vezina • Monica Vichar • Abelardo Villalon • Richard Vincil •Shelley Wildeman • Drew Williamson • Joan Lillian Wilson    and more!
OFF THE WALL is a fundraiser for Gallery 44's award-winning education and exhibition programs. Committed to photography as a multi-faceted and ever-changing art form, Gallery 44 offers exhibition and publication opportunities to national and international artists, education and workshop opportunities, programming to students, youth, and community partners, and affordable production facilities for artists.
We hope you can join us for the print sale + party of the season!

- Lise, Noa, soJin, Stu, Robyn

Get social with OFF THE WALL:


Preview some of the available works on our tumblr: gallery44.tumblr.com
Join the event on facebook: bit.ly/offthewall13
Tag your instagram / twitter posts   #offthewall13



ART BUS- DECEMEBER 1, 2013.























Sonny Assu, Silenced: The Burning, 2011. Courtesy of the artist and Equinox Gallery, Vancouver. Photo: Scott Massey, Site Photography.



ARTbus: Exhibition tour to the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Blackwood Gallery and Oakville Galleries

Sunday 1 December 2013, 12:00 pm–5:00 pm
Pick-up and drop-off at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto)

$10 donation includes admission to all galleries and afternoon refreshments

For reservations, contact artbus@oakvillegalleries.com or 905.844.4402 ext. 27 by Friday 29 November, 4:00pm.

Ride the ARTbus and discover some of the winter's best exhibitions in the GTA!

Our winter ARTbus begins at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery with a tour of Something More Than a Succession of Notes by executive director/chief curator Barbara Fischer. The ARTbus continues on to the Blackwood Gallery for a tour of Red, Green, Blue ≠ White by curator Johnson Ngo. Finally, at Oakville Galleries participants will visit Sonny Assu: Possession at Centennial Square, and A Noble Line at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens. For more information, please visit www.oakvillegalleries.com.

In-kind support provided by Trafalgar Brewing Company and Whole Foods Market, Oakville

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

AKIN FORGE WORKSHOP SERIES: GAME DESIGN FOR ARTISTS

 

Twine is a highly adaptable video game making tool that's being taken up by artists and storytellers the world over. Melding indie games, zine culture and a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure format, Twine has been lauded for its' simplicity, flexibility and charm. 

Our facilitator, Daniel Murtha, is a British animator and filmmaker working in Toronto. Learn about this captivating new medium from him in this collaborative workshop for artists, writers, designers and performers. 

ABOUT DAN http://danielmurtha.com
ABOUT TWINE http://twinery.org//
PLAY GAMES http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87314472/twinehub-play.html
FB INVITE

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ABOUT FORGE:

FORGE connections. FUEL your practice. RESHAPE your creative process.

Kicking off this Winter, FORGE will be AKIN Collective’s newest creative incubator for practicing artists and designers. Participants will learn and share skills, discuss, debate, bust creative ruts, stretch their abilities, brainstorm with peers and be challenged to step outside of their practice. Our thematic workshops will provide an opportunity for advanced skill building with a strong emphasis on collaboration and knowledge transfer among members of AKIN’s community and beyond, and will focus on exploring unconventional processes or modes of expression. FORGE new paths in your creative practice.
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