Period of Adjustment an Exhibition by Carrie Perreault

Working primarily in sculpture and performance, Akin St. Clair member Carrie Perreault balances resistance and restraint in onerous actions that recount long-term precarity. In making her work, she expends great effort to achieve minimal results. This isn’t about labour; she prioritizes process to reflect on systems of abuse and their connection to emotional and psychological experiences. Through gestural, often repetitive acts and narratives that resist closure, she alludes to complex trauma and its residual effects. By exploring, in a visceral way, failures, vulnerabilities, and the limits of her body, Perreault makes viewers keenly aware of their own.

NAC’s Show Room Gallery
Opening Reception Friday 10 May 2019 7PM-10PM
On display until Saturday 17 August 2019

Presented as part of NAC’s Homecoming Series.

Carrie Perreault is an artist based in Toronto and New York. Her work has been included in exhibitions and projects at Idea Exchange, Cambridge Galleries, curated by Iga Janik (2019); Deathnastics, as part of Gymsick, curated by Hazel Meyer and Lucy Pawlak, Toronto (2018); Hamilton Biennale (2017); Strange Beauty, Tangled Arts +Disability Festival, Toronto (2015); Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei (2014). Perreault has been awarded residencies at Open Studio (Toronto), The Banff Centre and Taipei Artist Village.

Call for Submissions: Myseum Intersections Festival

Myseum of Toronto is now accepting submissions for the fifth annual Myseum Intersections festival.

Myseum Intersections is an annual festival that will take place during the month of April 2020. The festival explores intersectional perspectives of Toronto through collaborative exhibits, events, and experiences. Intersections presents a wide array of programming intended to create dialogue on civic issues and inspire a deeper knowledge and appreciation of our city.

Festival Dates: April 1 - 30, 2020

Deadline: Sunday, June 30, 2019 @ 11:00PM

Project proposals can range from exhibitions to events such as walking tours, workshops, panel discussions, lectures, public programs, exhibition tours, community celebrations, interactive experiences, walking tours and performances. 

Have Some Printmaking Fun with Erin Candela this May!

Akin Creative presents D.I.Y. Printmaking with Akin King’s Erin Candela! Make your own custom-designed wrapping paper and a package of monogrammed stationary by learning to carve your own handmade stamps with artist and printmaker Erin Candela. Using 3 easy-to-learn printmaking techniques, this workshop is the first in a series of hands-on print projects geared toward beginners and craft enthusiasts. Basic Materials provided*.

This 3-hour workshop will guide participants through the creation of their own stamps to the development of a series of absolutely stunning and unique personal products. From a package of monographed stationery that can be taken home and used for special occasions, to hand-stamped invitations and decorative wrapping paper for gifts or table setting, this custom stamp workshop is ideal for anyone who loves to give that personal touch to special occasions.

D.I.Y. Printmaking with Erin Candela
Where: REMOTE Gallery, 568B Richmond Street West, Toronto
When: Friday, May 24th 2019, 5:30-8:30PM

*Materials: Each Participant will walk away with 3 sets of 5 printed cards, and a package of printed wrapping tissue to take home, as well as the handmade stamps they made during the workshop. While basic materials such as paper, ink and carving tools are provided, workshop participants are welcome and encouraged to bring their own special papers, paper-bound books or cards they wish to experiment on.

Erin Candela has worked in Print and Drawing for over 20 years. As the Co-founder of Graven Feather Studio & Gallery and a workshop facilitator for various organizations across the country from BC to Quebec, she brings a love of materials and a free spirit attitude to the practice of DIY art and craft. Candela's interest in print-making extends to her current art practice in ceramics She is currently a studio artist at Akin Collective and a member of various craft organizations in Ontario including Craft Ontario, The Toronto Potters Guild, and Fusion.

Accessibility Information:
REMOTE Gallery is a fully accessible space. Complete with barrier-free access, a gender neutral washroom and is level throughout. If you require any additional information regarding the space or its accessibility please contact us at janet@akincollective.com.

Idea Exchanges Show.19 Opens Friday!

SHOW.19 brings together emerging artists from across Ontario whose works, processes and preoccupations are the latest in the ever-changing world of contemporary art. The exhibition is exclusively dedicated to those new on the scene and gives the necessary and well-deserved voice to the most ambitious and dedicated.

Idea Exchange

Where: Queen's Square, 1 North Square, Cambridge, ON

Opening Reception: Friday May 10, 2019 7:00 - 9:00 PM

SHOW.19 Features work by Akin members Nicole Crozier and Melanie Keay of Akin Ossington, and Carrie Perrault of Akin St. Clair.

Selected from an open call for submissions, the 13 artists chosen for SHOW.19 shed light on what's happening today and what Ontario has to offer the world of contemporary art in the coming years. This latest edition of SHOW presents works by: Tommy Bourque, Nicole Crozier, Rosellen D'Agostino, Laura Demers, Ioana Dragomir, Sylvia Galbraith, Mélika Hashemi, Hilary Hung, Melanie Keay, Neeko Paluzzi, Michelle Peraza, Carrie Perreault, and Tait William.

Announcing the InterAccess Summer Workshop Program!

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Let’s move it with Motors!
Discover the fundamental concepts of AC and DC motors and explore how to control, change direction, and adjust the speed of your motors using the L293 and 555.
May 14 & 21 | 7-10pm
Instructor: Lorena Salomé
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Exploring JavaScript and Robots
Discover the world of JavaScript and what it can do. Learn how to combine Node.js, Johnny-five, and Arduino to create your own morse code machine.
May 28 | 7-10pm
Instructor: Stuart Sackler
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Intro to Projection Mapping
Join us for an introduction to the TouchDesigner interface to learn standard techniques of projection mapping and turn objects and spaces into display surfaces for video projection.
June 1, 8 & 15 | 1-4pm
Instructor: Markus Heckmann
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Building Interactivity – An Introduction to Unity and Biosignals
Learn how to use the game engine Unity to construct an interactive digital experience with real-time biofeedback from the user.
June 4 & 11 | 7-10pm
Instructor: Brendan Lehman
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Touch, Sound, Pulse: DIY wearable and handheld Vibrotactile Systems
Artists have been using “Vibrotactility” to combine visual, audio, and tactile elements into a highly sensorial art practice. Join us for an introduction to building a DIY vibrotactile system!
June 22 | 1-4pm & June 26 | 7-9pm
Instructor: David Bobier, Founder and Director of VibraFusionLab
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Slime Mold as Capacitive Storytelling
Explore the elaborate world of bio-ecosystems! In this workshop, you will learn how to cultivate and care for your slime mold, creating a hospitable ecosystem for it to flourish.
June 25 & July 2 | 7-10pm
Instructor: Ashley Lewis
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Build Your Own Experimental Noise Synthesizer
Learn how to build a unique audio effect circuit – the Fort Processor! All the necessary components will be provided in a kit, as well as guidance to build your device from scratch.
June 29 | 1-4pm
Instructor: Gabriel De Oliveira
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PUFF! Create Inflatable Forms
Are you interested in experimenting with the inflated form? Join us for a three-session masterclass taught by renowned installation artist Marcia Huyer and get a chance to create your own large-scale inflatable sculpture.
July 6 | 1-4pm
July 9 | 7-10pm
July 20 | 10am-1pm
Instructor: Marcia Huyer
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FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS

Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with Zeesy Powers
Join us for an afternoon of editing Wikipedia pages to increase the visibility of women and female-identified artists working at the intersection of art and technology.
May 25 | 1-5pm
Presented in collaboration with Art Metropole
Host: Zeesy Powers
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Expressing Emotion in Robotic Objects
Are robots capable of communicating emotions? This is an introduction to robotic puppetry, how they engage in human-interaction, and the way people relate to them.
June 5 | 7-9pm
Host: Parvin Farahzadeh
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Collective City Free Documentary Screening at MOCA - May 10th

Looking for something to do this Friday, May 10th? Drop by MOCA from 7-9pm for free screenings of 3 documentaries that chronicle the rich and vibrant history of Toronto-based visual arts collectives.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
Spontaneous Combustion was a collective of contemporary visual artists, many who had graduated from the Ontario College of Art in the early-to-mid 1980’s. These artists worked in a variety of media ranging from large format printmaking to holography and almost all presented their work in installation format.

In interviews supported by archival film and photography, Spontaneous Combustion founders b.h. yael, Gwen MacGregor and Caroline Langill discuss the collective’s origins, the role of the artist as curator and how few opportunities existed for installation artists – particularly for artists who were working with kinetic work or electronics.

COLD CITY GALLERY
“The brainchild of Toronto artist Dyan Marie, Cold City was formed as a new way to exhibit and sell work. While many hybrid galleries similar to the Cold City model have flourished since, Cold City was arguably the first of its kind in Toronto.” The Cold City Years: Power Plant

Through interviews with Cold City founder Dyan Marie and artists Peter Bowyer and Eldon Garnett, as well as archival photos and videos, this film chronicles this collectives’ ties to literary and critical journals of the day - the name Cold City was adapted from the “Cold City Fiction” issue of Impulse magazine. The artists also discuss the operational philosophy of the gallery and the devastating effect that the AIDS crisis had on the gallery and Toronto’s visual arts community.

PAINTING DISORDERS
Painting Disorders launched their celebrated inaugural show in November 1994 in a rough space on King West. Eye Magazine called the show “a focused, strategic view of the place of painting in the information age” and Canadian Art magazine wrote that it was “one of those tight-as-a-drum shows where each artist carefully reins in his or her work to create an impression of unity and purpose.”

In interviews with Painting Disorders founding members Eric Glavin, Angela Leach and Mark Bell we delve into this collective’s desire to explore the diversity of expression to be found in contemporary non-representational painting. The artists also discuss their influences as well as the challenge in finding opportunities to show their work in an artist-run or commercial gallery scene that had little capacity to exhibit emerging artists.

Call for Volunteers - The 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair!

Don't miss your chance to volunteer at the 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is only made possible by our amazing volunteers. Each year many dedicated volunteers lend their hands, time and expertise to make this event happen. Last year we had over 200 volunteers participate and we are excited to make our 58th year even bigger and better. If you are passionate about art or volunteering please join us at Canada’s largest, longest-running contemporary outdoor art fair this July 12-14, 2019.

By volunteering for Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, you will not only be supporting the arts and meeting amazing people, you will also be creating access and helping shape community. We will provide you with comprehensive training, a TOAF t-shirt and a volunteer appreciation event after the Fair.

There are many diverse volunteer roles including:

• Fair Volunteer - you will have the most varied role – you’ll be the face of the fair and will be on hand to provide information to our audiences, as well as leading tours and helping out artists and logistics where required.

• Logistics - you’ll be supporting our Logistics Manager on site. You will be central to the running of the fair and may be asked to do some more physical tasks, mark up the square, be in the dolly crew, helping artists setup, and keep everything running smoothly!

• Artist Liaison - Connect with our artists, watch over their booths when they need a break, help register them and assist with their needs throughout the day!

• ...and more!

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Delanie Prasek at volunteer@torontooutdoor.art. If you would prefer an alternative way of signing up please email Delanie Prasek.

Banff Centre for the Arts - Upcoming Visual arts Programs

Explore new directions in your work with international faculty and artists this year at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Be inspired by their beautiful studio spaces and facilities in an unrivalled natural environment.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Preparatorial Practicum – Walter Phillips Gallery
July 30 – August 31, 2019
Application deadline: May 29
Work alongside the Walter Phillips Gallery’s preparator and curator in this hands-on program. You’ll receive direct mentorship and support to develop skills in preventative conservation, art handling, installation techniques, and museum standards in environmental conditions.

Curatorial Research Practicum
September 3, 2019 – September 4, 2020
Application deadline: June 5
Enhance your knowledge as an emerging curator, and gain experience in day-to-day gallery operations. Develop research, writing, and production best practices that support the presentation and critical analysis of contemporary art.

Earthed
September 16 – October 18, 2019
Application deadline: June 12
Earthed explores visual art practices that shed light on planetary processes and concerns. Led by artists Ackroyd & Harvey, whose work intersects art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology and history, this residency will also include engagements with local scientists, biologist, and ecologists.

Ceramics Studio Practicum
September 9, 2019 – August 29, 2020
Application deadline: June 19
Develop ceramics techniques through practical experience with kiln firing (electric, gas, soda, raku, and wood), and ceramics studio operation. The program offers experience within a professional organization for those seeking careers as studio technicians or production assistants, or those in pursuit of graduate studies.

Photography Practicum
September 9, 2019 – August 29, 2020
Application deadline: June 19
Learn through exposure to a wide range of projects under the supervision and mentorship of Banff Centre staff and faculty. Applicants should have formal training/education in photography as well as an understanding of all the basics of composition and exposure, and lighting for studio and location.

Mountain Photography Residency
August 31 – September 7, 2019
Application deadline: June 26
Learn how to tell compelling visual narratives through images. This Mountain Culture program examines photography and its methodologies, processes, and uses when working in mountain or wilderness communities with deep ecological history, cultural history, or spiritual significance.

Craft as Contemporary Art
November 4 – December 6, 2019
Application deadline: July 10
This program will explore what it means to create art using materials and processes associated with practices of craft. The program will focus on the confluence of craft and contemporary art, and the intersection of these fields with topics of feminism, cultural identity, labour, materiality, object-centered theory, de/re-skilling, and activism.

This Weekend! Jane's Walk: Walkable Cities Planned for and by People

Looking for something to do this weekend? Join a local conversation during Jane’s Walk 2019, taking place May 3-5th in Toronto on the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River.

Jane Jacobs called Toronto home, and so do we. We keep her legacy alive by walking together and making space for every person to observe, reflect, share, question and collectively re-imagine our city.

9 PRINCIPLES GUIDING THE WALKS

• Anyone can lead a Jane’s Walk at any time.

• Jane’s Walk is a non-partisan initiative that strives to include a wide array of voices and ideas in discussions about cities, neighbourhoods and community engagement.

• Jane’s Walk celebrates the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs by getting people out exploring neighbourhoods and meeting their neighbours. Jane’s Walk promotes walkable neighbourhoods and cities planned for and by people.

Principles continued here.

ABOUT JANE JACOBS

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a community-based approach to city building. She had no formal training as a planner, and yet her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, introduced ground-breaking ideas about how cities function, evolve, and fail that have become commonsense cannon for today’s architects, planners, policymakers, activists, and other city builders.

Jacobs saw cities as dynamic, complex ecosystems with their own logic and order. With a keen eye for detail, she wrote eloquently about sidewalks, parks, design, and self-organization. She advocated for higher density in cities, short blocks, local economies, and mixed use zoning. Jacobs helped derail the car-centered approach to urban planning in both New York and Toronto and invigorated neighbourhood activism by helping to stop the expansion of expressways and roads. She lived in Greenwich Village until 1968, when she moved to Toronto and continued her work and writing on urbanism, economics, and social issues until her death in April 2006.

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Jane’s Walk was founded in Toronto in 2006 by a group of Jane Jacobs’ friends and colleagues as a way to honour and activate her ideas. That first year, there were a handful of walks in Toronto. Over the next decade, the movement saw rapid global uptake by urban activists around the world. In 2017, 1,700 Jane’s Walks took place in 225 cities around the world, spanning 37 countries and 6 continents. The movement continues to grow every year!

City of Mississauga - Call for Submissions Digital Artwork

DEADLINE: Monday, May 13, 2019 by 4:00 p.m. EST

The City of Mississauga Public Art Program invites submissions for digital, screen-based artworks in all genres as part of the Art on the Screens Program. Works may be submitted by individual artists, arts collectives, and film or digital media festivals.

Art on the Screens is an annual programming series hosted by the City of Mississauga Celebration Square on Monday nights throughout the summer, with opportunities for additional screenings or short-form screenings throughout the week. As part of this series, we are excited to present digital-based work by local, national, and international artists on large outdoor screens.

Artist fees range between $500.00 and $772.00.

CAS Lab: Documenting & Archiving Artwork with Jessica Thalmann

Artist and curator Jessica Thalmann will discuss the importance of clear, accurate, and striking documentation of artwork. Various technical and logistical issues will be broached while photographing paintings, ceramics, sculptures, installations, performances, and various print based media. Artists will learn best practices for photography including, lighting, placement, camera techniques, digital workflow, editing, export settings, and scanning. Archival and cataloguing practices will also be lightly discussed, focusing on data management software, long term storage, preservation, and creating an easy catalogue of current inventory to find and locate items.

After providing advice on each of these topics, Thalmann will offer a demonstration on techniques for photographing 2D and 3D media. This workshop is ideal for artists and makers of all skill levels who have some experience with a digital camera and tripod. Workshop will be followed by a Q&A.

Where: Gardiner Museum, 111 Queens Park, Toronto, ON

When: Wed, 8 May 2019, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Cost: FREE

CAS Lab is a series of skills-building seminars co-presented by Gardiner Museum and neighbourhood hubs The 519, Akin, and Art Starts as part of the Community Arts Space project. These seminars, running from April 23 to May 22, are available to past and present Community Arts Space participants as well as artists and staff from The 519, Akin, and Art Starts. All workshops are free but require pre-registration. Space is limited.

Akin is a Toronto-based arts organization that provides affordable studio space as well as arts-based programming through its sister non-profit organization, Akin Projects. Their studios provide a working environment that maintains a friendly and inspiring atmosphere where people can work on creative endeavors and entrepreneurial undertakings of all kinds. Akin builds community through monthly art critiques, workshops, open studio events, gallery tours, exhibitions, as well as various other art projects.

Opening Today! Satisfaction Guaranteed by Stephanie Avery

Satisfaction Guaranteed: Paintings by Stephanie Avery
Where: Flying Pony Gallery, 1481 Gerard Street East
When: May 3 - 31
Opening Reception: May 4, 4 - 7
Interactive workshop: May 12, 1 - 4. Come make some AdHacks of your very own!

Join Akin MOCA member Stephanie Avery for an exhibition of her ongoing 'AdHack' painting series. Stephanie uses reclaimed magazine ads as her canvas, painting her own whimsical additions directly onto them to critique and subvert the duplicitous aspects of consumer culture. ‘AdHack’ shifts the traditionally passive viewer/advertiser relationship into something much more active and empowering. By using humour and absurdity to co-opt advertisements, viewers gleefully disengage from the original narratives. 'AdHack' is a fun and engaging way to inspire critical thought/dialogue about advertisements and the role they play in our everyday lives.

Stephanie Avery is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist. Focusing on themes of play, discovery, identity and memory, Stephanie uses humour and absurdity to intervene with familiar objects and imagery to give them new meanings and narratives. Her goal is to inspire new perspectives and initiate critical dialogue about elements of contemporary culture that are often taken for granted.

On View Now: Kin Collective's Constructing Liminal Space

In Constructing Liminal Space, KIN portrays the personal dilemma of being an immigrant and the impact of relocation on individual identity. Jieun June Kim of Akin MOCA and Marina’s immigration experiences have forced them to straddle the boundary between their homes in Korea and Russia (respectively), and their new home in Canada. Their work reflects the duality of the “in-between” space where their identities collide such as realities and dreams, and past and present life.

KIN Collective will also be hosting a FREE family-friendly collaborative art installation, “The Place of Belonging,” on May 4.

Date: April 25 – May 13
Opening Reception: April 25

Opening Reception: 6pm – 9pm

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1pm to 6pm
Thursday, May 2 the Gallery will be open until 8pm

Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery

Ceramic Studio Sale at Akin Dupont this Saturday May 4!

Akin Dupont ceramicists Karolina-Anna Hanja, Laura DeGroot, Loren Kaplan, and Bettina Rouble (Awesome Fortress Goods) invite you to their studio sale this Saturday May 4th from 11am-5pm. Don't miss this chance to pick up some handmade ceramic art and objects by these talented artists!

Awesome Fortress Goods

Loren Kaplan

Laura DeGroot

Karolina-Anna Hanja

The Gardiner Museum is Hiring!

Join the dynamic team at the Gardiner Museum, one of the world’s great specialty museums. Please note that only candidates who qualify will be contacted.

Available Positions:

Community Arts Space Events Coordinator

The Community Arts Space Projects Coordinator reports to the Programs Manager, and is a member of the Education & Programs and Curatorial Department team. This position is responsible for supporting the planning, organization, management and delivery of the Community Arts Space 2019 Exhibition Hall Projects. They will work in co-operation with artists, community collaborators and stakeholders in accordance with Community Arts Space programming needs at the Gardiner but also neighbourhood hubs which include The 519, Akin, and Art Starts.

Community Arts Space Projects Coordinator

The Community Arts Space Events Coordinator reports to the Programs Manager, and is a member of the Education & Programs and Curatorial Department team. This position is responsible for supporting the planning, organization, management and delivery of the Community Arts Space 2019 public programming events. They will work in co-operation with artists, community collaborators and stakeholders in accordance with Community Arts Space programming needs at the Gardiner but also neighbourhood hubs which include The 519, Akin, and Art Starts.

Deadline to apply is May 3rd, 2019.

The Gardiner Museum engages audiences with exhibitions, programs, and hands-on classes, while stewarding a significant permanent collection. The Gardiner interprets historical ceramics to emphasize their relevance today, and champions emerging and established Canadian artists and their role in the broader world. The Museum innovates through clay education, as it brings together the experience of making with a deeper understanding of the art of ceramics.

Life Drawing with AGA Arts - Spring & Summer Dates Announced!

Life Drawing, uninstructed life drawing workshops with AGA Arts in collaboration with East End Arts, continue into the spring and summer of 2019! Longtime drawers and first-time drawers are all invited to come hang out and draw in a beautiful and inspiring space. Classes are drop-in (no registration is required), and tap payment is available, so you can pay via debit or credit. Discounts available for students!

Cost: $15/session, with basic materials available for purchase on site
Date: April 21, May 5 & 19, June 2 & 16, July 7 & 21, 2019
Time: 12:00 - 3:00pm, doors open at 11:30am
Location: East End Arts, St. Matthew's Clubhouse - 450 Broadview Ave

Project Kids & Cameras After School Program - Starts April 25th!

Kids ages 7 to 12 are invited to join Project Kids & Cameras at East End Arts for an After school Photo Club Program! Once a week for five weeks, join us at St. Matthew's Clubhouse for this photo-activity packed program! We'll go on a photo scavenger hunt, find faces in places, make photo action flip books, create friendship triptychs, learn about composition, vantage points, elements of design, scale and perspective, and so much more! Digital cameras and portable printers provided for use during the program. 

Cost: $155, register online
Date: Thursdays from April 25 to May 23, 2019
Time: 3:45 - 5:15pm
Location: East End Arts, St. Matthew's Clubhouse - 450 Broadview Ave

Project Kids & Cameras is a social enterprise empowering kids ages 5-13 to explore their voice and the world around them through photography, literacy, visual thinking skills, and social action. 

AGYU Upcoming Public Programs

Artist Tour | Wednesday April 17, 2019 @ 6:30 PM | AGYU

Join us at Toronto’s Igloolik outpost (aka AGYU) for a rare opportunity to hear Arnait discuss the development of their practice over three decades and the importance of women making art in the north. Members of Arnait will share their work in English and Inuktitut with translation. Coincides with our opening reception.

Igalaaq (Seeing Through) | April 17 and May 4, 2019 | AGYU

Step into the portal! Igalaaq promotes new configurations of Inuit/non-Inuit relations through video chat technology. On April 17 at 7:30 pm we open the portal between North and South for a conversation between installation artist, curator, writer, and educator Bonnie Devine(Serpent River First Nation, Anishinaabe/Ojibwa) and Arnait members Susan Avingaq, Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu, and Uyarak (Lucy Tulugarjuk).

On May 4 from 10 am to noon we host a special three-way transcontinental portal between Igloolik, AGYU, and Venice, where Isuma, the celebrated film collective from the North, is representing the Canadian Pavilion at the Biennale. This conversation is hosted by artist, educator, curator, and Vtape co-founder Lisa Steele, in conversation with Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu, and Uyarak (Lucy Tulugarjuk). Keep an eye on our website and socials for the time when the portal will open!

Public Talk | Thursday April 18, 2019 @ 12 pm | The Commons, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 440

Members of Arnait from three generations—Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq, and Uyarak (Lucy Tulugarjuk)—dialogue about their collective filmmaking practice with writer and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation). This talk will be in English and Inuktitut with translation. Presented in partnership with Images Festival.

Contemporary Art Bus Tour | Sunday May 26, 2019, 12 – 5 pm

The bus departs from OCADU (100 McCaul Street) at noon and travels to AGYU for a Curator’s Tour of Arnait Ikajurtigiit at 1 pm and continues with stops at the Doris McCarthy Gallery and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery where other CONTACT exhibitions are on view. To reserve a seat, please email Alissa Firth-Eagland, alissafe@yorku.ca. Co-presented with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

Student Tour Series | Wednesday May 15, 2019 @ 5:30 pm | AGYU

As Indigenous communities come to adopt new digital technologies in the North, what are the potential effects on Indigenous sovereignty of exploring their identities online? Join PhD candidate in Communication Studies at York University Ali Hirji for a tour of Arnait’s exhibition. Ali discusses the artists’ broad creative practice through his experience and research in artificial intelligence, broadband, cyber security, and Indigenous populations in remote communities like those in Nunavut. Courtesy of York U’s Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage.

Seneca Illustration Graduation Show - starts Friday!

Artscape Youngplace
3rd floor hallway Gallery
180 Shaw St, Toronto ON M6J 2W5

April 19-27, 2019
Reception: Wednesday April 24 from 7 – 10p.m. (RSVP)
Gallery Hours: 8AM. – 9 PM daily

Seneca's Illustration diploma is excited to present its 15th Graduate Exhibition from a program that produces a diverse array of talented artists in both digital and traditional mediums. These skills, combined with the entrepreneurial business knowledge produce individuals ready to work in many different specialties including comics, indie arts, children’s books, concept art, spot and packaging illustration. Aboveground Art Supplies is again sponsoring the exhibit with Best in Show award and the Japanese Paper Place is sponsoring with the Japanese Paper Place Traditional Media Award. Both awards will be selected at the reception.

Artscape Youngplace is fully accessible by Ontario standards, with a wheelchair ramp at the 180 Shaw Street doors, an elevator servicing every floor and a fully accessible washroom on every level. The nearby 63 Ossington bus on the TTC is wheelchair accessible. (http://artscapeyoungplace.ca/about-us/accessibility/)

The Illustration Diploma offered within the School of Creative Arts and Animation at Seneca College is a two year diploma that combines traditional illustrative media, digital media and business skills. It educates the independent artist to succeed in the rapidly changing world of professional illustration. In addition to building on visual art skills such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and digital media, students also register their own small business. With website, accounting, marketing and revenue generating skills in the curriculum, students will succeed as entrepreneurial artists. Graduates go on to work in children's and comic book illustration, spot and advertising illustration and concept art for TV, film and game animation.

Learn Costume Painting and Dyeing Skills this Spring at Ryerson University

Develop a fundamental understanding of fabric dyeing and painting.

Ryerson University’s Chang School of Continuing Education offers hands-on courses in Costume Specialties that give creative artists from any field – including theatre, fashion, textile, and visual arts – an opportunity to explore and develop creative practice in a studio setting.

COSTUME PAINTING AND DYEING COURSE: STARTS APRIL 29

This spring, we are offering Costume Painting and Dyeing (course enrolment page: CDTH 460). In this introductory dyeing and fabric painting course, students will experiment with a multitude of techniques and explore historical and theatrical applications. Topics may include resist dyeing techniques, silk screening, stamping, stenciling, silk painting, marbling, and costume breakdown. Classes begin with a short lecture and demonstration followed by hands-on exercises.

Your Instructor: Alex Gilbert

Learn directly from Alex Gilbert, who has worked at Ryerson University as the Head of Wardrobe since 2003. In addition to working at Ryerson School of Performance, she has worked in various capacities within wardrobe departments across Ontario and the city of Toronto, including Tarragon Theatre, The Company Theatre, Factory Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre Company, and the Blyth Festival. Alongside her supervisory work at Ryerson, Alex also teaches and advises the students in the Theatre and Fashion programs. She has a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from York University. Her thesis, To Dye For: From Seed to Storage, researched the transition from natural to synthetic dyes in late nineteenth- century Ontario. Alex is also the winner of the 2004 Pauline McGibbon Award for Production Craftsperson.

Scheduling: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., April 29–May 22, 2019

Duration: 19.5 hours

This course can be taken as a standalone course or as part of The Chang School’s Course Series in Costume Specialties. There are no prerequisites and courses can be taken in any order. No previous experience is required for any of the courses. These courses are suitable for people interested in pursuing theatrical training part-time, costume and cosplay artists wishing to expand their skill set, and artisans wishing to gain alternative techniques and knowledge to incorporate into their own practice.