AKIN COLLECTIVE- DUPONT STUDIO LAUNCH PARTY

AKIN Collective is thrilled to announce its expansion into the Lower Junction neighbourhood with the opening of three new artist studios as an anchor tenant of the new mixed-use building at 1485 Dupont Street.

Member Exhibition Opening + Booze + DJ + Partying in industrial building.

Saturday, November 28: 6:00pm- Late.
1485 Dupont Street, Studios 204, 205 & 206

Come celebrate with us and check out the three new studios!

ps. Looking for studio space? info@akincollective.com

No Flyers Please

AKIN has started a new project called No Flyers Please. We're sick of cleaning up flyers that we never use but, that get dumped everyday on our doorsteps. So... we thought we'd get 12 000 static cling vinyl No Flyers flyers designed by our dear Nicole Tarasick and printed by our also dear Casey (both former Akin members) at Lithocolor Services. These pieces of thin vinyl and their cardboard backings were themselves headed for the garbage can as they were excess material from another printing job, but Casey managed to salvage them. By the magic of static cling they stick to any flat surface... So they're now visible on many peoples' mailboxes around our city so that they can avoid having flyers dumped on their doorsteps. Here are some examples:










Here is the design by Nicole Tarasick that's been printed on all 12 000 of our No Flyers Please clings.
If you like our idea and would like to help you can:

a] click on the image above, print it and put it on your mailbox or front door,

b] get in touch with us and we can send you clings,

or...
even better

c] get in touch with us and help us distribute these No Flyers Flyers around the city.

Thanks,

AKIN Collective

CAMILLE HENROT

We're still a bit obsessed with Camille Henrot's Gross Fatigue- she opens a new exhibition this evening at Metro Pictures.

Recent work from Camille below:

CHRIS HARMS: "RISE IN FALL" AT PROJECT GALLERY OPENS NOVEMBER 12.

Project Gallery Studios presents: “Rise in Fall” – An Exhibition of New Sculptural Works

 

































OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday November 12, 2015 from 6-10pm at Project Gallery Studios (184 Munro Street*)

EXHIBITION DATES:
November. 12 – December 2, 2015

Facebook Event
 
Chris Harms’ artwork explores the relationship between our city’s constant state of construction and its citizens. Creating vibrant and elegant sculptures with plexiglass that resemble earth-moving excavators, Harms invites the viewer to enjoy the unique reflections, surfaces, and layering his works produce while considering the transformative time between what was and what is to come.  Harnessing light and colour, Harms’ work is intended to build a feeling of expansion and possibility, and functions as an exploration of space and physicality through refined aesthetic sensibilities.
Chris Harms is a self taught artist living and working in Toronto.
www.chris-harms.com

*Project Gallery Studios is located at 184 Munro St, and accessible through the back entrance at the southeast corner of Blackburn St. and Mount Stephens St. The studio exhibition space is open for receptions and by appointment only.

Akin Collective photographed by Lennart Maschmeyer

As part of an ongoing project photographer Lenart Maschmeyer has been (and will continue to) photograph some of the amazing members of Akin Collective and the spaces they work in.

See more of the series HERE and a few of the amazing shots so far below:

Stay tuned for more updates!

FORGE: Artist's Health: Stress, Self Care and Studio Safety

A huge thank you to everyone that attended our FORGE workshop on Artist's Health: Stress, Self Care and Studio Safety at the Al and Malka Green Artists’ Health Centre (AHC) at Toronto Western Hospital.

Akin Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council.

Follow Akin Collective on Facebook to stay up to date on future workshops!

AKIN FALL GALLERY CRAWL- THANK YOU!

A huge thank you to everyone that attended the gallery crawl on Saturday and to COOPER COLE, Angell Gallery and ESP for showing us their new gallery spaces and current exhibitions.

Please see photos below and follow AKIN Collective for upcoming programming news!

The Story of The Lost Expedition- Workshop

The Story Of The Lost Expedition

6 consecutive Wed night workshops from Oct 28 thru Dec 02/ 2015

 "When The Lost Expedition met they sat in a circle of twelve seats, one of which was always empty" 

These workshops focus on using Story as a way to talk about something that can’t be talked about, to refer to something that can’t be seen directly, to bring unknowns (even unknowable unknowns) into relationship together. When used this way Story can become a framework to facilitate a change in consciousness for an individual within a group and, more importantly, to facilitate a change in consciousness for the group-as-a-whole. Participants in the workshops will be encouraged to take on a role within the story and to let the story evolve and inform their investigation.

Allen Morgan and En Burk have been working with the Story Of The Lost Expedition since 1986, with many other artists taking part over the years. Recently this investigation has taken on the form of a mandala. These workshops will take place within this mandala landscape. 

Working with the Story Of The Lost Expedition can be particularly useful for artists of all persuasions. In order to take on a role in the Story and sit on one of the seats in the circle of twelve, it will be necessary for workshop participants to remember and then encourage a relationship with the unknown (and perhaps even unknowable) source that lies at the heart of their own personal work. Finding new ways to express and act within such a relationship is a primary concern for all artists. 

There is a somewhat unusual fee schedule for the 6 workshops: $30 to be paid by participants before or at the 1st workshop.

 After they complete the 2nd workshop $20 will be paid to participants at each subsequent workshop they attend. 

There are only10 spaces available for these workshops. For more info contact: allenmorgan@sympatico.ca

VISUALIZING ABSENCE- TANGLED ART GALLERY

Visualizing Absence: Memorializing the histories of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Opening reception:  Nuit, Blanche, Saturday, October 3rd, 7-9 pm Exhibit dates and hours: Runs October 3rd through December 3rd, 2015 Tuesday through Friday: noon to 5pm Visualizing Absence: Memorializing the histories of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital is a collaborative art response to archival images, patient records, and hidden and lost stories and memories that constitute the historic Lakeshore grounds. Artists Alison Brenzil, Dave Clark, Stas Guzar, Susan Mentis, Lucy Pauker and Hannah Zbitnew, in collaboration with Anne Zbitnew, use a variety of media to publicly recover untold, hidden and forgotten histories. We respect the past by recognizing the Lakeshore grounds as Aboriginal land, and by remembering the psychiatric patients who built, lived, worked and died there. This exhibit follows Dr. Geoffery Reaume and other mad scholars, historians, activists, artists and allies who tell stories in a historical context from psychiatric patients’ perspectives. To paraphrase Thomas King: Take these stories. Do with them what you will. Tell your friends, ignore them, forget them. But don’t say you would live your life differently if you had only heard these stories. You have heard them now. There will be difficult but important themes of institutional life, including institutional violence and abuse, discussed and represented at this event. Co-presented by Tangled Art + Disability at the future home of Tangled Art Gallery and Anne Zbitnew DIRECTIONS TO TANGLED ART GALLERY The future home of the Tangled Art Gallery is located at 401 Richmond St. West, studio 122 on the main floor. The closest accessible subway station is at Union Station. The gallery is also accessible by the Spadina streetcar (Queen Street stop going south from Spadina Station, Richmond Street stop going north from Union Station), which is intermittently accessible. ACCESSIBILITY This event is in a barrier-free location. There is an accessible washroom on the 4th floor of 401 Richmond. We will have ASL interpretation and supportive listening. We request that you help us to make this a scent-free environment. The exhibit follows Smithsonian Museum guidelines for accessibility and inclusivity. Audio description of the artwork is available. Most of the artwork can be touched. The labels are in a large font and in plain language. The labels include a line drawing of the artwork. For any other accessibility arrangements or questions about accessibility, please contact Anne Zbitnew at visualizingabsence@gmail.com. This is a child-friendly event and a sober space. CONTACT Tangled Art + Disability Eliza Chandler eliza@tangledarts.org www.tangledarts.org 647.725.5064 Anne Zbitnew visualizingabsence@gmail.com Visualizing Absence Website: http://visualizingabsence.wix.com/visualizing-absence

AGM FREE BUS TOUR- OCTOBER 3

Free Bus Tour
AGM | Hamilton Artists Inc. | AGH

Saturday, October 3, 12 – 6 pm
Meet at the AGO (317 Dundas St W) at 12 pm sharp
Free | Registration Required | RSVP at agm.connect@mississauga.ca
artgalleryofmississauga.com



The AGM is excited to partner with Hamilton Artists Inc. and the Art Gallery of Hamilton to offer a free bus tour to all three institutions, leaving from and returning to downtown Toronto.

First Stop | Art Gallery of Mississauga
Beyond the Pines: Homer Watson and the Contemporary Canadian Landscape
Jason Brown, Jennifer Carvalho, April Hickox, Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, Gavin Lynch, Reinhard Reitzenstein, and Monica Tap

Homer Watson is considered to be one of the founders of the Canadian landscape painting tradition. He aimed to give a ‘truthful representation’ of the Canadian wilderness in his work, as distinct from the more romanticized style found in depictions of the English and European countryside. Contemporary Canadian artists looking at landscape must also find a way to access the ‘truth’ of a subject that is not only strongly represented in our national artistic history, but one that is both deeply political and personal. Placing contemporary work by emerging and established artists alongside that of Watson illustrates the universality of the quest to appreciate and capture the landscape in which we live.


Second Stop | Hamilton Artists Inc.
Into the Wild
Sonny Assu, Jason Brown, Leisure (Susannah Wesley and Meredith Carruthers), Duane Linklater, Alex McLeod, Darren Rigo, Elinor Whidden, Daniel Young & Christian Giroux as well as select works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre’s permanent collections

Into the Wild explores expectations of Canadian wilderness— the fictitious narratives and mythology surrounding a hyper-aestheticized Canadian landscape—how it is romanticized, and its role in the construction and perpetuation of a unifying national identity. The eight artists in this exhibition contrast idealized representations of Canadian wilderness and northerness with charged works highlighting the affects of colonial, infrastructural and environmental interventions as well as Canadians’ continued efforts to domesticate and insert themselves into these constructed mythologies. Into the Wild illustrates the political and contested nature of landscape in this nation. Landscape is political. It is framed. And most importantly, it is never neutral.


Last Stop | Art Gallery of Hamilton
are you experienced?
Nadia Belerique, Jessica Eaton, Olafur Eliasson, Dorian FitzGerald, Hadley+Maxwell and Do Ho Suh.

The AGH strikes out into our next century with a massive contemporary art exhibition. Bringing together artists from across the globe, the show offers works that appeal to the senses, making a point that an engagement with art can sometimes occur more readily if one does not have preconceived notions of what it should be. In this exhibition, experience creates meaning. Through immersive and interactive installations, photography, video, painting, sculpture and sound art, the artists engage viewers and invite participation. Familiar objects and images are presented in new contexts, suggesting alternative modes of understanding. The artworks appeal to the viewer’s psychological and intuitive senses, or memory, with the goal of promoting visual and aural awareness and engagement.


ABOUT THE ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA

The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre right on Celebration Square across from Square One Shopping Centre. The AGM is proud to admit people free of charge, serve communities, and provide positive visual art experiences for all visitors.

Engage. Think. Inspire. This phrase opens the dialogue at the AGM. The Gallery connects with the people of Mississauga through the collection and presentation of relevant works from a range of periods and movements in Canadian art. Expressing multiple ideas and concepts, this visual art translates into meaningful cultural and social experiences for all audiences. The AGM employs innovative education, artist projects and other forms of dialogue to advance critical enquiry and community connection to the visual arts. The mandate of the Gallery is to “bring art to the community and the community to art.”


CONTACT

Shellie Zhang – Communications
905-896-5893
shellie.zhang@mississauga.ca

FORGE: Artist's Health: Stress, Self Care and Studio Safety- October 7

Free!

FORGE: Artist's Health: Stress, Self Care and Studio Safety
Wednesday, October 7, 6:30-8:30pm.
Auditorium, Toronto Western Hospital

Facebook Event HERE!
Reserve your spot here- https://www.universe.com/forgeartistshealth

Your health is important! Join the staff of the Al and Malka Green Artists’ Health Centre (AHC) at Toronto Western Hospital for a unique workshop focusing on your health and well-being.  

From dealing with stress, to repetitive strain injuries, use of harsh chemicals and demanding schedules, artists put a lot of strain on their physical and mental well-being. Join us to learn tips to take care of your body and mind.

Come and meet Dr. Dugoua (Naturopathic Doctor), Ruth Bittorf (Nurse Practitioner) and Susan Lucas (Psychotherapist) as they guide you through self-care strategies including tips for managing stress, naturopathic medicine to heal the body and a guided meditation. The workshop will include an introduction to the services of the AHC, tour of the clinic and a Q&A.

Akin Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council.

www.akincollective.com

BLOORDALE LANEWAY CRAWL

On Sunday, September 27 2015, from 2 to 6 pm, The Laneway Project will partner with the Bloordale BIA, the Bloor Improvement Group and the Bloordale CIA to transform Bloordale’s laneways into positive, safe and fun spaces for the whole neighbourhood to enjoy! The Bloordale Laneway Crawl has three components: Fun, participative, pop-up activities on the properties beside the laneways  A live-art garage mural program, in partnership with the STEPS Initiative A laneway route that connects it all together Come and join us as we transform these underused neighbourhood spaces into a dynamic, vibrant destination! We've got a growing list of activities to tempt you: Inside Out project with JR and the Toronto School of Art Live garage mural painting with artists from the STEPS Initiative Dance demonstrations and workshops with Walker Dance Studios Paper mural painting and flower-making with recycled materials with the Andrew Cash campaign Funk, disco and deep house music with the Jay City Gritty Committee Soundscape music with Matt Maaskant Laneway texture rubbings and collage-making with Shape My City Live mural painting and an artist talk with Richard Mongiat Sandwiches and other cafe bites with Haven North Food truck (TBD) at 615 Brock All-ages drum circle with Ripple Rhythm Laneway info zone and soccer challenges with The Laneway Project Dental cavity checks with Dr. Christine Magalhaes Pay-What-You-Can haircuts with the Queen's Shoppe Face painting and treats for kids with Councillor Ana Bailão Welcome to Bloordale station with Lianne Mauladin Book swap with the Bloor Improvement Group Face painting with Maggie Godoy Kite-making with 18 Blocks Folk music with Borders Canning swap with Leah Boucher Visit thelanewayproject.ca/bloordale-laneway-crawl for more info. We hope to see you there

AKIN FALL GALLERY CRAWL- OCTOBER 3-

AKIN WINTER GALLERY CRAWL

OCTOBER 3, 12:00-4:00PM. 
Join the event on Facebook.

Please join us for a private tour of the current exhibitions at three of Toronto's best galleries in their new locations before gathering at Akin Collective and taking on Nuit Blanche 2015 as a group.

Yes, your friends can come along. Yes, your flask can come along.
 

1. Meet at Cooper Cole at 12:00pm. 1134 Dupont St

2. Head to Angell Gallery. 1444 Dupont St., Unit 15

3. Head to Erin Stump Projects, 1558 Dupont St

4. Head to Akin Collective

5. Head out for the night for Nuit Blanche 2015.

ISO: Student Night @ The Powerplant- Akin Collective

ISO: Student Night @ The Power Plant 

Featuring- Akin Collective

-Facebook Event-

Date and Time

6 October 2015 | 8:00 PM

Location

The Power Plant

Admission

FREE Students with ID, $12 Non-Students
Cash Bar

 Attention all post-secondary students: What are you In Search Of? Our third annual Student Night is for those seeking professional development opportunities and a chance to network with established artists and other professionals. Enjoy good times with art, music, food and performances by Tough Guy Mountain and Heretical Objects Cooperative and DOOMSQUAD. Throughout the evening there will be unique opportunities for cross-disciplinary skills exchange with established cultural producers. Interested in presenting your work at our Show and Tell? Visit our website for more details on how to apply. Be one of the first 100 post-secondary students through the door and you will receive a special complimentary one-year membership to the gallery courtesy of the new W. Bruce C. Bailey Student Membership Program.

CALL FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS – SHOW & TELL

Are you involved in a creative project? Share your work at The Power Plant’s third annual ISO: Student Night. We invite presenters from all disciplines and backgrounds to participate in our Show & Tell presentations. All projects are welcome and can encompass art projects, start-ups, community initiative, theses, performance and much more!

Presentations will take place on our Show & Tell stage and will be limited to 3 minutes in length. Presentations can include a visual, audio or performative component.

The Show & Tell presentations will are an opportunity for you to meet, network, exchange ideas and discuss your work in a public forum. Throughout the evening there will be unique opportunities for networking and cross-disciplinary skills exchange with established cultural producers.

ISO: Student Night @ The Power Plant is geared towards post secondary students seeking professional development opportunities. Be one of the first 100 post-secondary students through the door and you will receive a special complimentary one-year Membership to the gallery courtesy of the new W. Bruce C. Bailey Student Membership Program. With performances by Toronto-based artists Tough Guy Mountain, Heretical Objects Cooperative and music by DOOMSQUAD.

Submission and Entry Requirements

Please submit your application at the following email address: acostantino@thepowerplant.org
Or using our online form goo.gl/forms/t2r0G2OYDL.

Please include the following information:
• Presentation title
• A one-line description of your work
• 3-slide Power Point presentation or a 3 minute audio or video file of your work
• Your name and contact information

Submission Deadline

The submission deadline is midnight Sunday, 27 September, 2015. Accepted presentations will be notified by Thursday, 1 October, 2015. Presenters will be asked to submit their final presentations by Monday, 5 October, 2015.

GRAVEN FEATHER: 2016 CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

GRAVEN FEATHER'S CALL FOR 2016 EXHIBITION PROPOSALS  
DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Graven Feather is a gallery, studio, and art space located at 906 Queen St. West in Toronto. We are interested in the promotion of contemporary fine art and craft, and we’d like to invite established and emerging artists to submit exhibition proposals for the year 2016. This call is open to all manner of artists and craft practitioners, and the possibility for creative freedom is wide open. If you have an idea for a show, we’d like to hear about it. We are in the heart of the Queen West strip of galleries and independent shops and businesses, and can offer 300 square feet of bright, beautiful, and affordable exhibition space.

GRAVEN FEATHER 2016 EXHIBITION APPLICATIONS
SUBMISSION GUIDLINES HERE!

Please make sure to READ THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, then send the following information to gravenfeather@gmail.com with EXHIBITION APPLICATION in the subject line. 
• Name and contact information
• Project proposal 
• Artist's CV
• 5-10 images of your work
• Website or Blog if applicable

Deadline: September 30th, 2015

Exhibitions Include:
A press release sent out to our media contact list.
Promotion through our newsletter and social media platforms
Evening for reception
Assistance for installation & take down

Graven Feather charges an exhibition fee of $750 +hst, as well as a 25% commission on sales conducted by the gallery.

CUE ARTIST SUPPORT AND FUNDING

 

Funding for new generation artists living and working on the margins

CUE is a radical arts initiative dedicated to supporting new generation artists who live and work on the margins. We recognize that, throughout history, some of the most important artwork was, and still is, created by artists who practice outside of conventional frameworks–underrepresented artists who, by choice or circumstance, do not participate in capitalist culture nor share in its privileges. There are bright lights shining from the cracks and corners.

 
 

APPLY FOR UP TO $1000

CUE grants are for artists who:

• Identify as new generation artists (15 – 29 years old) living and working on the margins
• Work in any artistic discipline
• Have a solid idea for an art project that can be completed in 3 months and can be exhibited or presented in some way
• Demonstrate experience in their medium
• Have not received funding from the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, or other substantial arts funding
• Connect with CUE before submitting an application

CLICK HERE FOR GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION

To connect with CUE email cuegrant@gmail.com

Information Sessions

September 15th 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: SKETCH - 180 Shaw Street, Suite 201, Toronto

September 22nd 4 - 7 p.m. 
LOCATION: East Metro Youth Services - 1200 Markham Road, 
Suite 200, Scarborough

Drop-in Mentorship Sessions

CUE will be at SKETCH every 
Thursday in October 
2 - 7 p.m. 
Drop by to get one-on-one
consultation in developing 
your project and proposal.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

October 30, 2015 

(at 11:59-and-a-half p.m.)

Don’t be late. 

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Art Hear @ TOAE

Akin Collective

presents

ART HEAR

Akin Collective is  thrilled to present 

a unique series of free panel discussions and artist talks at The Toronto Outdoor art Exhibition 2015.

Talks will span topics and themes including the role of public art and the ownership of public spaces, shifts in the Toronto art world, the internet as artistic space, the benefits of outdoor art, and new methods of engaging public spaces all centered around the theme of “expectations”.

Art Hear Tent at City Hall! 100 Queen Street West.

Friday, September 18:

12:30 pm

: “Art and the Internet”

Alex Mcleod, Artist

Benjamin Bruneau, Artist and critic

Tough Guy Mountain, Artists.

4:30 pm

: “Claiming Public Space: Who does Public Art belong to?”

Ben Mills, Vice President, Public Art Management

Lilie Zendel, Manager, StreetARToronto (StART)

Laura Berazadi, Metrolinx Senior Advisor, Integrated Art

Lara Tarlo, City Planning, City of Toronto

Saturday, September 19:

2:00 pm

: “Outdoor Spaces: Activations, Interventions”

VSVSVS, Artists

Tania Thompson, Founder, 

Sunday

 Drive Art Projects

Sean Martindale, Artist

3:00 pm

: Performance Art: “Audiences and Attention”

Bridget Moser, Artist

Shannon Cochrane, Artist/Director of FADO Performance Art Centre

Basil AlZeri, Artist

Sunday, September 20:

1:00pm

: “Collectives and Collaborations: The Shared Spaces”

Oliver Pauk, Founder and Director, Akin Collective

Adil Dhalla, Director of Culture, Centre for Social Innovation

Ashley Proctor, Founder, Creative Bluerprint & Foundery

3:00pm

:“Popular Commentary: Topics in Toronto’s Art Scene”

David Liss, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

Shari Orenstein, Conversations from Toronto Art World

Jamie Angell, Director, Angell Gallery

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/exhibition/art-hear

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AKIN CRIT 37

AKIN CRIT 37: DUFFERIN STUDIOS

It's fall and the art world is back in action.

Make sure you're ready to put your best foot forward and join us for Akin Collective's monthly open art critique.

Free for all and open to the public- bring friends!

Show and discuss what you're working on and get useful, friendly feedback and answers from Toronto's creative community.

Ideas + Discussion + Brews + Food + Debate

444 Dufferin St. Unit E

September 30, 7:00pm.



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www.akincollective.com

We Thought We Knew Where We Were

952 Queen Street West
Toronto ON, M6J 1G8
Gallery entrance is located in the MOCCA courtyard.

Opening reception: Thursday August 27th 6:00pm-9:00pm
Gallery Hours: Friday August 28th 12:00pm-7:00pm

Tara Broadshaw 
Alexandra Coulson
Laura Krick 
Breanna Shanahan 
Jordyn Stewart 
Christina Trutiak

13,450 Sq. Ft. is a group of six emerging artists who met during their time as undergraduates in the Art & Art History Program at the University of Toronto’s joint program with Sheridan College.

They transform the notions of space by working in a variety of disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, performance and animation.

The collective’s name represents the square footage of the inspirational Annie Smith Centre located at Sheridan College. A familiar space, or rather, home, throughout their undergrads.

http://13450sqft.weebly.com/

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