FORGE Workshop Series: Reworking the Common Knowledge

















Tomorrow!

Free!

Pre-register by email: reworkthecommon@gmail.com

Join us for a free performance/workshop to share stories, make new connections, learn from each other, have an art chat, and rethink ideas around 'common knowledge' and community.

Forge connections. Fuel your practice. Shape your creative process. FORGE is a creative incubator
for practicing artists and designers.

Akin Collective, Unit # 101, 87 Wade Avenue
Just north of Bloor & Lansdowne

Facilitators: Sona Safaei & Janna Brown
Wednesday May 14, 2014
7-10 pm

This project is supported by the Ontario Arts Council.

 














Hazel Eckert: 

Glass Slide Compositions

Opening Reception: Friday, April 4, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Open 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.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CITY OF TORONTO

    


         



Request for Expression of Interest: The Douro Street Art Project

StreetARToronto and Metrolinx: Douro Street Art Project

 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 
DEADLINE: Monday, May 26 at 4:30pm

Call Summary
The City of Toronto's StreetARToronto (StART) program has partnered with Metrolinx to hold an open public art competition to create an outdoor art mural project to be installed along two stretches of retaining wall built to provide support for the lowered rail corridor along Douro Street.
StART invites Expressions of Interest from artists to submit proposals for wall art that will celebrate the unique and diverse character of the neighborhood and be maintained for a minimum of five years. Work is to begin in July, 2014 and must be completed by September 26, 2014.

The purpose of the Expression of Interest is to gather a list of artists or artist collaborations who will be short-listed based on relevant professional credentials and preliminary design concepts. Short-listed applicants will be invited to respond to a Request for Proposal. At the final stage of the selection process, proposals will be reviewed and artists will be recommended for the project.

Application Deadline Monday May 26, 2014 at 4:30pm
Total Project Budget: up to $40,000

 Application Deadline: May 26, 2014 @ 4:30pm
Download the application package:

- Duoro Street Art Project (PDF)
For further information or general questions please contact Lilie Zendel, Project Manager at lzendel@toronto.ca (416) 392-0855; or Carolyn Taylor at (416) 570-1613 taylorcmt@mac.com

COCO GUZMAN: THE DEMONSTRATION: WHIPPERSNAPPER GALLERY


Whippersnapper Gallery and Mayworks Present:

WHIPPERSNAPPER GALLERY

MAY 1st - MAY 31st

OPENING RECEPTION:

MAY 7th 7pm-9pm


Coco Guzman’s immersive installation The Demonstration explores the interpersonal dynamics of the crowd and the intense emotional narratives generated when a large group of people come together for a common purpose. Originally composed by 13 large sculptures, Coco has chosen to create a specific on-site installation for Whippersnapper Gallery and the Mayworks Festival. The female Minotaur, the main sculpture of The Demonstration, is setting herself free guided by a playful kite. This freedom is not always easy and it comes with risks and pain, either from within ourselves, people around us or from society. The Minotaur inhabits this struggle and this desire of growing freer.

Historian Eric Hobsbawm writes that, “Next to sex, the activity combining bodily experience and intense emotion to the highest degree is the participation in a mass demonstration”. The audience is invited to wander within the scene of this grotesque demonstration/parade composed by human-size papier-mâché figures and on-site drawings and to reflect on the place that protest/celebration and gathering takes in our neoliberal societies.




The Minotaur sculpture has been created in collaboration with visual artist Carla Molina-Holmes.

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Gallery Hours:
Thursday - Saturday, 1pm - 7pm

THE DARK ROOM 3.0















The Dark Room 3.0: a crowd-sourced, group exhibition celebrating alternative process and analog photography in the digital age

SAVE THE DATE!

Come to 918 Bathurst on Thursday April 24 from 12 noon to 11 pm to vote for your favourite works from our selection of submissions for The Dark Room 3.0!
The Dark Room 3.0 is an Open Exhibition of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, showcasing and celebrating the art of analog and alternative process photography.
We’ve gathered 150 works from emerging and established artists who are preserving the knowledge and practices of classic photography and testing the boundaries of this art form.  Processes on display will include 35 mm film, pinhole, uranotype, Polaroid, wet plate, silver gelatin, cyanotype, platinum prints and more!
Our Preview Celebration on April 24 will be your chance to decide which of these works get to be displayed during our official two-week exhibition from May 2-15! Artists selected for the two-week exhibition will be eligible for cash prizes and awards generously provided by our sponsors and partners.

Public Preview Celebration & Voting:  Thurs April 24, 12 noon – 11 pm
Exhibition Dates:  Friday May 2 – Thursday May 15
Gallery hours 11 am – 4 pm, and to 8 pm on Fridays
Closing & Awards Reception:  Thursday May 15
Location:  Gallery 918 at 918 Bathurst, Toronto

AKIN COLLECTIVE SPRING GALLERY CRAWL


Hope you were able to join us for our Spring Gallery Crawl on Saturday. 

 If not, see what you missed below and be sure to join us for our next event!

 Keep track of them all by joining the Akin Collective Facebook Group or following us on Twitter

 Huge thanks to Mercer Union, Daniel Faria Gallery, Scrap Metal and Division Gallery!
A special thank you as well to Kronenbourg Brewery for keeping our livers happy. You're the best.







RESIDENCY: DARLING FOUNDRY MONTREAL

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

DETAILS

- The residency takes place at the Darling Foundry in Montréal
- The program accommodates an artist who is from outside of Canada
Dates:
- Application opens: April
- Deadline: 1 June for residency starting the following year
- Residency Dates: 1 January to 30 June
- The successful candidate will be selected by a committee composed of visual arts professionals and will be announced approximately a month after the deadline
 
The residency includes:
- a live-in studio with internet connection and access to wood and metal workshops
- a global $23,000 scholarship for travel expenses, weekly stipend, and production costs
- the organization of studio visits and artist talk for the public
- mentoring, networking, excursions etc during the residency period
 
To apply:
Send the following: a CV, portfolio, letter of intent, two letters of recommendation, and online application form (which will be available on this page when the application opens) to the Darling Foundry. 
 
Past recipients:
 
This program is funded by The Canada Council for the Arts






OCAD ALUMNI EXHIBITION: THURSDAY, APRIL 3-6
































FACEBOOK EVENT

Join us for the 3rd OCAD University Alumni Exhibition! This exhibition gives viewers a glimpse into the type of work produced by OCAD University graduates spanning six decades.

FEATURING MEMBERS OF AKIN COLLECTIVE

GLADSTONE HOTEL
1214 Queen Street West

Exhibition Runs: April 3rd to April 6th

Opening Night: April 3rd, 7-10pm.


This year’s distinguished jurors:
OCADU faculty member, Barbara Astman
Former OCA instructor, John Inglis
Writer, cultural administrator and arts advocate, David Silcox

List of Featured Artists:
Robert Anderson
Kirista Arnold
Katherine Bellman
Donna Blanco
Stella Cade
Ozzie Ciliberti
Michelle Crockett
Alea Drain
Pat Dumas-Hudecki
Sandy Fairbairn
Eric Field
Adrian Fish
Stephanie Flowers  
Natasha Gouveia
Marina Hanacek
Jill Harmer
Kate Hogg
Nicole Kagan
Jessamyn Khan
Hyun Mi Kim
Elaheh Koneshlo
Joe Han Lee
Zhan Ni Li
Erin Loree 
Joseph Medwecki
Romena Mohammadi
Alfred Ng
Stan Olthuis
Jeannie Pappas
Carol Pasternak
Michael Rachlis
Amita Sen Gupta
Jacquelyn Sloane Skilos
Elly Smallwood
Anna Snyder
Cortney Stephenson
Keijo Tapanainen
Michelle Tourikian
C.A. Way

Akin Collective: SPRING GALLERY CRAWL



















FREE EVENT! Open to the public!

 Saturday, April 19: 12:00-5:00pm
Akin Collective- 87 Wade Avenue, Unit 101

 JOIN THE FACEBOOK EVENT

 Join us for an afternoon of gallery tours, talks and beers.

We'll meet at Akin Collective Landsdowne: 87 Wade Avenue- Unit 101- at 12:00pm for a few beverages (courtesy of Kronenbourg) before heading to the following galleries and patios for art and drinks in the spring sunshine. Brings your friends! All welcome. Special talks provided by the gallerists and curators.

Akin Collective- Landsdowne- 87 Wade Avenue
Mercer Union
Stella
Daniel Faria Gallery
Scrap Metal
Division Gallery


Can't join the group until later? Call and see where we are at: 647-883-8295.

AKIN COLLECTIVE
www.akincollectivecom

FORGE Collaborative Workshop Series: LIVED BODY Movement + Multimedia

Wednesday, April 9: 7-10pm.
Akin Collective- 444 Dufferin St. Unit E

 Facebook Event HERE



















Using simple gestures and postures we'll choreograph creative movements that form a basis for engaging in our own practices. Based on our experience as “movers”, we will create 
collaborative multimedia works that play on the idea of the moving body in space and time to gain a deeper understanding of our owncreative processes.

Lisa Meschino has been making art for over 25 years and works with at-risk youth. Expand your
creative toolkit in this collaborative workshop for artists, writers, designers and performers.

AKIN COLLECTIVE PALS SPECIAL: Bring a member of AKIN Collectiveand get 25% off the advance ticket price by signing up together and using the code "AKINPALS". This means you can get in for $15! WOW DEALS. To receive the discount, be sure to mention the name of the Akin member and which studio they use.

ONLINE TICKETS ARE LIVE! Book your advance ticket atwww.uniiverse.com/FORGE.

Here's Lisa Meschino's description of this practice-changing workshop:

Visual art is as much an embodied practice as dance, yoga, or meditation. This workshop will explore in a collaborative way the expressive potential of movement for creating visual works of art. Through a series of guided group activities, we will examine the questions: What is the embodied experience of one’s sense of self? What does that look/feel/move like? Using simple everyday movements in the form of gesture, gait, and posture, we will choreograph sequences of creative movement. Through these movement sequences, we will gain greater awareness of how our bodies naturally move and build empathy and connection with other “movers”. These movement activities will become the basis for engaging in a creative visual process. Based on our experience as “movers”, we will create collaborative and individual visual art works (using a variety of visual art materials) that play on the idea of the embodied self or the moving body in space and time. The format will be a playful, responsive process of co-creation, easily adaptable to an individual participant’s particular interest and experience level in visual art. Given the interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to this workshop, participants can expect to gain:a deeper understanding of their own individual creative processes; the supportive benefit of shared learning and interpersonal awareness; broadening of their creative toolkit; and opportunities for social/creative networking.

LIVED BODY: MOVEMENT+MULTIMEDIA
w LISA MESCHINO
APRIL 9th 2014 | 7-10PM
444 DUFFERIN AVE – UNIT E- TORONTO
$20 online, $25 at the door