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Product Line and Website Launch 

The pleasure is back multiples and website 

by Adam Medley

Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7-9pm at Art Metropole 

Art Metropole is pleased to host the launch of Adam Medley’s inaugural The pleasure is back product line.  The first multiples to ever be created for the irreverent and long-running consumer satire project, this collection of posters, t-shirts and zines coincides with a redesigned and revitalized The pleasure is back website.

The pleasure is back 

Finding its beginnings eight years ago in the first of what would become a library of text/image collage combinations numbering over half a thousand, The pleasure is back is an ongoing effort to spread the radical emancipatory ideology of irrational exuberance through both contemporary and traditional channels of (North) American consumerism.  While assuring itself thousands upon millions of converts through a new and improved thepleasureisback.com website, the simultaneous release of this generous assortment of value-priced novelties marks The Pleasure Is Back’s enterprising leap from the online sphere to the physical world, as well as its much-anticipated transition from desktop wallpaper to dorm room wall-saver (among other things). Effectively nullifying any doubts that may have yet lingered, this cyber-space/retail-space one-two punch cements The Pleasure Is Back’s trailblazing position as “official brand of the twenty-first century.”

Art Metropole, 788 King Street West 2nd Floor, Toronto, Canada M5V 1N6 
http://www.artmetropole.com  
Jul 20
Product Line and Website Launch  The pleasure is back multiples and website  by Adam Medley Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7-9pm at Art Metropole  Art Metropole is pleased to host the launch of Adam Medley’s inaugural The pleasure is back product line.  The first multiples to ever be created for the irreverent and long-running consumer satire project, this collection of posters, t-shirts and zines coincides with a redesigned and revitalized The pleasure is back website. The pleasure is back  Finding its beginnings eight years ago in the first of what would become a library of text/image collage combinations numbering over half a thousand, The pleasure is back is an ongoing effort to spread the radical emancipatory ideology of irrational exuberance through both contemporary and traditional channels of (North) American consumerism.  While assuring itself thousands upon millions of converts through a new and improved thepleasureisback.com website, the simultaneous release of this generous assortment of value-priced novelties marks The Pleasure Is Back’s enterprising leap from the online sphere to the physical world, as well as its much-anticipated transition from desktop wallpaper to dorm room wall-saver (among other things). Effectively nullifying any doubts that may have yet lingered, this cyber-space/retail-space one-two punch cements The Pleasure Is Back’s trailblazing position as “official brand of the twenty-first century.” Art Metropole, 788 King Street West 2nd Floor, Toronto, Canada M5V 1N6 http://www.artmetropole.com  

Dani Nash Art and Music Showcase
Date:   
Sunday, 04 July 2010
Time:   
16:00 - 19:00
Location:   
The Cameron House
Description
Come to the Cameron House (queen and spadina) On Sunday afternoon. There will be lots of Dani Nash’s art for sale on the walls, and The Sure Things will be playing music from 4-6!!! Come and get a little sunday afternoon sloshed why dont’cha??

rsvp here

Jul 04
Dani Nash Art and Music ShowcaseDate:    Sunday, 04 July 2010Time:    16:00 - 19:00Location:    The Cameron HouseDescriptionCome to the Cameron House (queen and spadina) On Sunday afternoon. There will be lots of Dani Nash’s art for sale on the walls, and The Sure Things will be playing music from 4-6!!! Come and get a little sunday afternoon sloshed why dont’cha??rsvp here

Shadow Of Thunder

Like A Shock Of Lightning  I was  spray painting and  using  cardboard to cut in  lines of color. Looking down at the cardboard my imagination took hold. Soon this painting became the focus of my time.


Losing myself  in the fine details I began highlighting them with a ball point pen.For a long time I watched this painting, moving it around my studio. Letting my imagination go wild I started to paint again. Layering colors and outlining with pencils and pens. Then I used wood stain and satin clear coats which helped me achieve a subtle glow that gave  it  a very ghostly feel. The storm you see is only a glimpse of what is in my mind.

Jun 13
Shadow Of Thunder Like A Shock Of Lightning  I was  spray painting and  using  cardboard to cut in  lines of color. Looking down at the cardboard my imagination took hold. Soon this painting became the focus of my time. Losing myself  in the fine details I began highlighting them with a ball point pen.For a long time I watched this painting, moving it around my studio. Letting my imagination go wild I started to paint again. Layering colors and outlining with pencils and pens. Then I used wood stain and satin clear coats which helped me achieve a subtle glow that gave  it  a very ghostly feel. The storm you see is only a glimpse of what is in my mind.

he Theatre Centre in partnership with Cooking Fire Theatre Festival presents
Z’s by the C: a radical crafting and public napping project
By Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton + You!
Saturday July 17 – Sunday July 18, 2010
 
Come decorate a sleeping mask before catching some Z’s in downtown Toronto!

The residents of Toronto are invited to come personalize a sleeping mask using simple crafting techniques before covering their eyes and dozing off in the city.  By creating a safe sleeping zone on the site of a proposed park in the Queen West neighbourhood, Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton seek to legitimize public napping under the aegis of art - just sweet public dreams!

Z’s by the C is a project in art and social engagement that playfully, but critically, aims to destabilize public and private space by performing a highly intimate act - napping in the city. Increasingly, neoliberal economic and cultural policies have led Western cities to implement social strategies that prohibit loitering and consequently limit public sleeping. Rushton and Moschopedis perceive this criminalization of everyday behaviour as not only an affront to our society’s marginalized and fatigued citizens, but also as an attack on public dreaming. As a public intervention, Z’s by the C seeks to rectify this situation, if only temporarily.

Mia Rushton is a printmaker, crafter and collector. By combining the elements of silk screening, sewing, knitting, and drawing, Rushton is among a new generation of do-it-yourself, indie artists who have embraced handcrafting as a way out and a resistance to the overly technocratic art industry. A graduate from Alberta College of Art & Design, Rushton has shown her work at Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Choose Yer Own Fest and in Truck Gallery’s CAMPER.

Eric Moschopedis is an award-winning interdisciplinary performer, facilitator, educator, and curator. A graduate of Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at University of British Columbia, Moschopedis creates community-specific, relational, and participatory works that invite audiences to become active collaborators in the creation of community. He also maintains a performance practice that oscillates between staged performance, performance for video, installation, performative work, intervention, and walking, finding, and collecting.

Since 1979, The Theatre Centre has been Toronto’s home for experimental performance. Serving as an arts incubator, the centre provides emerging and established artists with the facilities, funding, mentorship, profile and sense of community to enable new work to be created, explored and developed. www.theatrecentre.org

Z’s BY THE C LISTING INFORMATION
COST: FREE.   DATES: Saturday July 17 - Sunday July 18, 12-4pm
VENUE: At the proposed park located at Lisgar Street, kitty corner to Queen Street West, Toronto (googlemap)
MORE INFORMATION: www.theatrecentre.org

 The Theatre Centre is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, The Ontario Arts Council. The Toronto Arts Council, George C Metcalf Foundation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation.The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival acknowledges the support of The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, and The McLean Foundation.
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Jun 10
he Theatre Centre in partnership with Cooking Fire Theatre Festival presentsZ’s by the C: a radical crafting and public napping projectBy Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton + You!Saturday July 17 – Sunday July 18, 2010 Come decorate a sleeping mask before catching some Z’s in downtown Toronto!The residents of Toronto are invited to come personalize a sleeping mask using simple crafting techniques before covering their eyes and dozing off in the city.  By creating a safe sleeping zone on the site of a proposed park in the Queen West neighbourhood, Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton seek to legitimize public napping under the aegis of art - just sweet public dreams!Z’s by the C is a project in art and social engagement that playfully, but critically, aims to destabilize public and private space by performing a highly intimate act - napping in the city. Increasingly, neoliberal economic and cultural policies have led Western cities to implement social strategies that prohibit loitering and consequently limit public sleeping. Rushton and Moschopedis perceive this criminalization of everyday behaviour as not only an affront to our society’s marginalized and fatigued citizens, but also as an attack on public dreaming. As a public intervention, Z’s by the C seeks to rectify this situation, if only temporarily.Mia Rushton is a printmaker, crafter and collector. By combining the elements of silk screening, sewing, knitting, and drawing, Rushton is among a new generation of do-it-yourself, indie artists who have embraced handcrafting as a way out and a resistance to the overly technocratic art industry. A graduate from Alberta College of Art & Design, Rushton has shown her work at Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Choose Yer Own Fest and in Truck Gallery’s CAMPER. Eric Moschopedis is an award-winning interdisciplinary performer, facilitator, educator, and curator. A graduate of Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at University of British Columbia, Moschopedis creates community-specific, relational, and participatory works that invite audiences to become active collaborators in the creation of community. He also maintains a performance practice that oscillates between staged performance, performance for video, installation, performative work, intervention, and walking, finding, and collecting.Since 1979, The Theatre Centre has been Toronto’s home for experimental performance. Serving as an arts incubator, the centre provides emerging and established artists with the facilities, funding, mentorship, profile and sense of community to enable new work to be created, explored and developed. www.theatrecentre.org Z’s BY THE C LISTING INFORMATIONCOST: FREE.   DATES: Saturday July 17 - Sunday July 18, 12-4pm VENUE: At the proposed park located at Lisgar Street, kitty corner to Queen Street West, Toronto (googlemap)MORE INFORMATION: www.theatrecentre.org The Theatre Centre is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, The Ontario Arts Council. The Toronto Arts Council, George C Metcalf Foundation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation.The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival acknowledges the support of The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, and The McLean Foundation.———————————-30——————————

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Product Line and Website Launch  The pleasure is back multiples and website  by Adam Medley Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7-9pm at Art Metropole  Art Metropole is pleased to host the launch of Adam Medley’s inaugural The pleasure is back product line.  The first multiples to ever be created for the irreverent and long-running consumer satire project, this collection of posters, t-shirts and zines coincides with a redesigned and revitalized The pleasure is back website. The pleasure is back  Finding its beginnings eight years ago in the first of what would become a library of text/image collage combinations numbering over half a thousand, The pleasure is back is an ongoing effort to spread the radical emancipatory ideology of irrational exuberance through both contemporary and traditional channels of (North) American consumerism.  While assuring itself thousands upon millions of converts through a new and improved thepleasureisback.com website, the simultaneous release of this generous assortment of value-priced novelties marks The Pleasure Is Back’s enterprising leap from the online sphere to the physical world, as well as its much-anticipated transition from desktop wallpaper to dorm room wall-saver (among other things). Effectively nullifying any doubts that may have yet lingered, this cyber-space/retail-space one-two punch cements The Pleasure Is Back’s trailblazing position as “official brand of the twenty-first century.” Art Metropole, 788 King Street West 2nd Floor, Toronto, Canada M5V 1N6 http://www.artmetropole.com  
Product Line and Website Launch  The pleasure is back multiples and website  by Adam Medley Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7-9pm at Art Metropole  Art Metropole is pleased to host the launch of Adam Medley’s inaugural The pleasure is back product line.  The first multiples to ever be created for the irreverent and long-running consumer satire project, this collection of posters, t-shirts and zines coincides with a redesigned and revitalized The pleasure is back website. The pleasure is back  Finding its beginnings eight years ago in the first of what would become a library of text/image collage combinations numbering over half a thousand, The pleasure is back is an ongoing effort to spread the radical emancipatory ideology of irrational exuberance through both contemporary and traditional channels of (North) American consumerism.  While assuring itself thousands upon millions of converts through a new and improved thepleasureisback.com website, the simultaneous release of this generous assortment of value-priced novelties marks The Pleasure Is Back’s enterprising leap from the online sphere to the physical world, as well as its much-anticipated transition from desktop wallpaper to dorm room wall-saver (among other things). Effectively nullifying any doubts that may have yet lingered, this cyber-space/retail-space one-two punch cements The Pleasure Is Back’s trailblazing position as “official brand of the twenty-first century.” Art Metropole, 788 King Street West 2nd Floor, Toronto, Canada M5V 1N6 http://www.artmetropole.com  

Product Line and Website Launch 

The pleasure is back multiples and website 

by Adam Medley

Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7-9pm at Art Metropole 

Art Metropole is pleased to host the launch of Adam Medley’s inaugural The pleasure is back product line.  The first multiples to ever be created for the irreverent and long-running consumer satire project, this collection of posters, t-shirts and zines coincides with a redesigned and revitalized The pleasure is back website.

The pleasure is back 

Finding its beginnings eight years ago in the first of what would become a library of text/image collage combinations numbering over half a thousand, The pleasure is back is an ongoing effort to spread the radical emancipatory ideology of irrational exuberance through both contemporary and traditional channels of (North) American consumerism.  While assuring itself thousands upon millions of converts through a new and improved thepleasureisback.com website, the simultaneous release of this generous assortment of value-priced novelties marks The Pleasure Is Back’s enterprising leap from the online sphere to the physical world, as well as its much-anticipated transition from desktop wallpaper to dorm room wall-saver (among other things). Effectively nullifying any doubts that may have yet lingered, this cyber-space/retail-space one-two punch cements The Pleasure Is Back’s trailblazing position as “official brand of the twenty-first century.”

Art Metropole, 788 King Street West 2nd Floor, Toronto, Canada M5V 1N6 
http://www.artmetropole.com  

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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde    Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition   As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others. Which facts construct our identities? Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them? Is the identity we display in public different than our private one? What happens if we take an identity of another person? Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible? Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?   For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.   Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both. Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):   -A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces   -Your standard CV and contact information   -Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible   NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE     About AC Institute: The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.   Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.    AC Institute [Direct] 547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor New York, NY 10001
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde    Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition   As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others. Which facts construct our identities? Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them? Is the identity we display in public different than our private one? What happens if we take an identity of another person? Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible? Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?   For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.   Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both. Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):   -A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces   -Your standard CV and contact information   -Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible   NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE     About AC Institute: The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.   Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.    AC Institute [Direct] 547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor New York, NY 10001

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

Oscar Wilde

 

 Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition

 

As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others.

Which facts construct our identities?

Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them?

Is the identity we display in public different than our private one?

What happens if we take an identity of another person?

Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible?

Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?

 

For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.

 

Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both.

Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):

 

-A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces

 

-Your standard CV and contact information

 

-Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible

 

NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE

 

 

About AC Institute:

The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.

 

Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.

  

AC Institute [Direct]

547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor

New York, NY 10001

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You are invited to White Night- a fundraiser for Nuit Blanche projects Sightings and Fragments on July 22nd from 8pm-1am at the O’Connor Gallery. The Canadian Centre for International Justice wants to bring awareness to refugees living in Canada, and has received approval for two art interventions during Nuit Blanche. To raise money for these projects we are having an underground video lounge, dj, and live auction of art work donated by artists, as well as an open bar and light white coloured refreshments. All proceeds will fund the Nuit Blanche projects. Please RSVP for the event on Facebook. Advance tickets are $20 and you can pay online using Pay Pal at http://whitenightfundraiser.wordpress.com/. You will be added to the guest list and not have to wait in line. NOTE: Tickets at the door will be $25.
You are invited to White Night- a fundraiser for Nuit Blanche projects Sightings and Fragments on July 22nd from 8pm-1am at the O’Connor Gallery. The Canadian Centre for International Justice wants to bring awareness to refugees living in Canada, and has received approval for two art interventions during Nuit Blanche. To raise money for these projects we are having an underground video lounge, dj, and live auction of art work donated by artists, as well as an open bar and light white coloured refreshments. All proceeds will fund the Nuit Blanche projects. Please RSVP for the event on Facebook. Advance tickets are $20 and you can pay online using Pay Pal at http://whitenightfundraiser.wordpress.com/. You will be added to the guest list and not have to wait in line. NOTE: Tickets at the door will be $25.

You are invited to White Night- a fundraiser for Nuit Blanche projects Sightings and Fragments on July 22nd from 8pm-1am at the O’Connor Gallery.

The Canadian Centre for International Justice wants to bring awareness to refugees living in Canada, and has received approval for two art interventions during Nuit Blanche.

To raise money for these projects we are having an underground video lounge, dj, and live auction of art work donated by artists, as well as an open bar and light white coloured refreshments. All proceeds will fund the Nuit Blanche projects.

Please RSVP for the event on Facebook.

Advance tickets are $20 and you can pay online using Pay Pal at http://whitenightfundraiser.wordpress.com/. You will be added to the guest list and not have to wait in line.

NOTE: Tickets at the door will be $25.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Media contact Natasha Brown Think Brown INK 240-304-6354 Natasha@thinkbrownink.com   Soul Revival: A Poetic and Visual Experience of Renewal Art Exhibit Through August 1 at the Meroe Art Gallery in Baltimore ArtScape Open House on Saturday July 17, 2  t o 7 p.m. (Baltimore, MD) – Renew your soul this summer during “Soul Revival: A Poetic and Visual Experience of Renewal. “ This art and poetry exhibit, co-sponsored by Meroe Art Gallery and Authentic Contemporary Art, opened on May 1 and extends through August 1 at the Meroe Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. A free Open House is on Saturday, July 17 from 2 to 7 p.m., featuring poetry, musical performances, face-painting and visual art presentations from some of the most-accomplished and creative artists and poets on the East Coast. The Meroe is located at 1623 West North Avenue Baltimore, MD 21217. One of Baltimore’s own, Nina “Lyrispect” Ball has been invited to perform for the Open House of Soul Revival. Also performing are James Terrell, a Washington, DC visual artist and musician and DJ Fusion of the Fusebox Radio will spin R&B and Hip Hop music.  Face painting for the kids will be offered by Baltimore’s Art-N-Soul. The event will reflect a powerful visual, poetic and musical call for renewal that we hope will inspire everyone. “It’s always been a dream of mine to curate a show featuring emerging visual artists and poets in the metropolitan, Washington-Baltimore area. The Open House on July 17th will give people who are visiting Baltimore for Artscape an opportunity to visit the gallery and experience the work of emerging visual artists and various types of art, from abstract to realism.” said Curator Sharon Burton, Founder of Authentic Contemporary Art. For more information and a complete lineup, visit: http://authenticartonline.com/art/category/events Connect with a world of art: Visit Authentic Contemporary Art (ACA) online at www.authenticartonline.com or follow ACA on Twitter www.Twitter.com/ArtVisions.  Learn more about the Meroe Art Gallery at http://www.meroeart.com/. About Authentic Contemporary Art Authentic Contemporary Art (formally Authentic Art Consulting) was founded in 2005 and now serves as an alternative source for emerging and contemporary art. Based in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, Authentic Contemporary Art (ACA) creates opportunities for art collectors and emerging contemporary artists to connect through exhibitions and through a juried online art gallery. We also work with a variety of design and art professionals to find the right artwork to fit the right space. ACA also provides opportunities for individuals who are interested in visual art to learn more about collecting and conserving art through workshops, gallery visits and special events. ACA partners with a variety of art and interior design professionals and organizations to present contemporary art that is accessible and affordable to the novice collector and attractive to established art connoisseurs. About Meroe Art Gallery/ The West Baltimore Center for Urban Art The West Baltimore Center for Urban Art is a center for artistic expression and culture in the West Baltimore community.  The center serves as a haven where emerging and established artists can create and present their work. WBCUA artists also interact with the local community to assist them in appreciating the visual arts and expressing their own artistic potential. The center is located in a three story row-house at the corner of North and Pennsylvania avenues, adjacent to the Historic Arch Social Club and the Penn-North Subway station.   This area was at one time the nexus for African-American culture and artistic expression in the city of Baltimore, and there are several ongoing initiatives to revitalize this area.   The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is within walking distance from the WBCUA.  The center is easily accessed by bus, car, or subway.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Media contact

Natasha Brown

Think Brown INK

240-304-6354

Natasha@thinkbrownink.com

 

Soul Revival: A Poetic and Visual Experience of Renewal

Art Exhibit Through August 1 at the Meroe Art Gallery in Baltimore

ArtScape Open House on Saturday July 17, 2  t o 7 p.m.

(Baltimore, MD) – Renew your soul this summer during “Soul Revival: A Poetic and Visual Experience of Renewal. “ This art and poetry exhibit, co-sponsored by Meroe Art Gallery and Authentic Contemporary Art, opened on May 1 and extends through August 1 at the Meroe Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. A free Open House is on Saturday, July 17 from 2 to 7 p.m., featuring poetry, musical performances, face-painting and visual art presentations from some of the most-accomplished and creative artists and poets on the East Coast. The Meroe is located at 1623 West North Avenue Baltimore, MD 21217.

One of Baltimore’s own, Nina “Lyrispect” Ball has been invited to perform for the Open House of Soul Revival. Also performing are James Terrell, a Washington, DC visual artist and musician and DJ Fusion of the Fusebox Radio will spin R&B and Hip Hop music.  Face painting for the kids will be offered by Baltimore’s Art-N-Soul. The event will reflect a powerful visual, poetic and musical call for renewal that we hope will inspire everyone.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to curate a show featuring emerging visual artists and poets in the metropolitan, Washington-Baltimore area. The Open House on July 17th will give people who are visiting Baltimore for Artscape an opportunity to visit the gallery and experience the work of emerging visual artists and various types of art, from abstract to realism.” said Curator Sharon Burton, Founder of Authentic Contemporary Art.

For more information and a complete lineup, visit: http://authenticartonline.com/art/category/events

Connect with a world of art:

Visit Authentic Contemporary Art (ACA) online at www.authenticartonline.com or follow ACA on Twitter www.Twitter.com/ArtVisions.  Learn more about the Meroe Art Gallery at http://www.meroeart.com/.

About Authentic Contemporary Art

Authentic Contemporary Art (formally Authentic Art Consulting) was founded in 2005 and now serves as an alternative source for emerging and contemporary art. Based in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, Authentic Contemporary Art (ACA) creates opportunities for art collectors and emerging contemporary artists to connect through exhibitions and through a juried online art gallery. We also work with a variety of design and art professionals to find the right artwork to fit the right space.

ACA also provides opportunities for individuals who are interested in visual art to learn more about collecting and conserving art through workshops, gallery visits and special events. ACA partners with a variety of art and interior design professionals and organizations to present contemporary art that is accessible and affordable to the novice collector and attractive to established art connoisseurs.

About Meroe Art Gallery/ The West Baltimore Center for Urban Art

The West Baltimore Center for Urban Art is a center for artistic expression and culture in the West Baltimore community.  The center serves as a haven where emerging and established artists can create and present their work. WBCUA artists also interact with the local community to assist them in appreciating the visual arts and expressing their own artistic potential. The center is located in a three story row-house at the corner of North and Pennsylvania avenues, adjacent to the Historic Arch Social Club and the Penn-North Subway station. 

 This area was at one time the nexus for African-American culture and artistic expression in the city of Baltimore, and there are several ongoing initiatives to revitalize this area.   The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is within walking distance from the WBCUA.  The center is easily accessed by bus, car, or subway.

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Jordan Dolman Paints Up A Storm In Toronto’s East End
Jordan Dolman Paints Up A Storm In Toronto’s East End

Jordan Dolman Paints Up A Storm In Toronto’s East End

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Posted on Friday July 9th 2010 at 12:31pm. It's tags are listed below.

EXTREME PAINTING @ GALERIE D’ESTE July 14 - August 15 Vernissage Wednesday July 14 from 5 pm to 8 pm Galerie D’Este is proud to present the group show “Extreme Painting”, part of a series of exhibitions uniting sixteen Montreal galleries. The gallery will present works by Paul Bourgault, Ángel Mateo Charris, Costa Dvorezky, Drew Simpson and Jean-Pierre Ruel on the theme of the human figure. Each painter places the figure in context (or out of context) to elaborate on the body with his own vision.   Paul Bourgault uses vibrant colours and modeled flesh and draperies to create dynamic sacred spaces spilling over with abundance. The fragmented, Classicizing bodies swirl among food wrappings, labels, print cutouts and enlarged dot-matrix textures in dense compositions that are truly excessive.   In widescreen figuration, the work of Ángel Mateo Charris surprises with cinematic angles and simple but equivocal compositions. His costumed figures skulk anonymously at the centre of bizarre and irrational circumstances under a sky reminiscent of De Chirico, confronted inconclusively with symbols drawn from popular culture.   Costa Dvorezky’s « Jump » series explores the figure at the apex of a movement, floating against an abstract ground which drips down around them. Broad strokes define the play of light on muscles in a tribute to the Mannerist technique of distorting anatomy to enhance the sense of gesture. Through his amalgamation of genres, Dvorezky’s contemporary practice honors his heritage as a painter.   Drew Simpson’s arrangements of objects, resembling curiosity cabinets, reveal the interior spaces of homes in the hyper-naturalist tradition of classical Dutch still-life painting. The lush textures of wood paneling, velvet, flowers and fruit are set on edge by elements of strangeness referring to war and death, be it a human jawbone in a floral arrangements or a miniature Spitfire, guns blazing, arcing around an antique chair. This human element disturbs the space, troubling the viewer and offering an ironic comment on the relationship between the human being and his “interior”. Jean-Pierre Ruel’s works provoke passion and reflection with his extraordinary brushwork and destabilizing content. The artist paints with an inspiration that is as much visceral as spiritual, his stroke at once instinctive and controlled. He presents silent, emotionally charged interactions between figures who seem to suddenly have fallen silent. The viewer is left to situate herself within these strange meetings, intrigued by the sensation of having just walked in on something.   Address: 1329 Greene Ave., Montreal (Quebec)
EXTREME PAINTING @ GALERIE D’ESTE July 14 - August 15 Vernissage Wednesday July 14 from 5 pm to 8 pm Galerie D’Este is proud to present the group show “Extreme Painting”, part of a series of exhibitions uniting sixteen Montreal galleries. The gallery will present works by Paul Bourgault, Ángel Mateo Charris, Costa Dvorezky, Drew Simpson and Jean-Pierre Ruel on the theme of the human figure. Each painter places the figure in context (or out of context) to elaborate on the body with his own vision.   Paul Bourgault uses vibrant colours and modeled flesh and draperies to create dynamic sacred spaces spilling over with abundance. The fragmented, Classicizing bodies swirl among food wrappings, labels, print cutouts and enlarged dot-matrix textures in dense compositions that are truly excessive.   In widescreen figuration, the work of Ángel Mateo Charris surprises with cinematic angles and simple but equivocal compositions. His costumed figures skulk anonymously at the centre of bizarre and irrational circumstances under a sky reminiscent of De Chirico, confronted inconclusively with symbols drawn from popular culture.   Costa Dvorezky’s « Jump » series explores the figure at the apex of a movement, floating against an abstract ground which drips down around them. Broad strokes define the play of light on muscles in a tribute to the Mannerist technique of distorting anatomy to enhance the sense of gesture. Through his amalgamation of genres, Dvorezky’s contemporary practice honors his heritage as a painter.   Drew Simpson’s arrangements of objects, resembling curiosity cabinets, reveal the interior spaces of homes in the hyper-naturalist tradition of classical Dutch still-life painting. The lush textures of wood paneling, velvet, flowers and fruit are set on edge by elements of strangeness referring to war and death, be it a human jawbone in a floral arrangements or a miniature Spitfire, guns blazing, arcing around an antique chair. This human element disturbs the space, troubling the viewer and offering an ironic comment on the relationship between the human being and his “interior”. Jean-Pierre Ruel’s works provoke passion and reflection with his extraordinary brushwork and destabilizing content. The artist paints with an inspiration that is as much visceral as spiritual, his stroke at once instinctive and controlled. He presents silent, emotionally charged interactions between figures who seem to suddenly have fallen silent. The viewer is left to situate herself within these strange meetings, intrigued by the sensation of having just walked in on something.   Address: 1329 Greene Ave., Montreal (Quebec)

EXTREME PAINTING @ GALERIE D’ESTE

July 14 - August 15

Vernissage Wednesday July 14 from 5 pm to 8 pm

Galerie D’Este is proud to present the group show “Extreme Painting”, part of a series of exhibitions uniting sixteen Montreal galleries. The gallery will present works by Paul Bourgault, Ángel Mateo Charris, Costa Dvorezky, Drew Simpson and Jean-Pierre Ruel on the theme of the human figure. Each painter places the figure in context (or out of context) to elaborate on the body with his own vision.

 

Paul Bourgault uses vibrant colours and modeled flesh and draperies to create dynamic sacred spaces spilling over with abundance. The fragmented, Classicizing bodies swirl among food wrappings, labels, print cutouts and enlarged dot-matrix textures in dense compositions that are truly excessive.

 

In widescreen figuration, the work of Ángel Mateo Charris surprises with cinematic angles and simple but equivocal compositions. His costumed figures skulk anonymously at the centre of bizarre and irrational circumstances under a sky reminiscent of De Chirico, confronted inconclusively with symbols drawn from popular culture.

 

Costa Dvorezky’s « Jump » series explores the figure at the apex of a movement, floating against an abstract ground which drips down around them. Broad strokes define the play of light on muscles in a tribute to the Mannerist technique of distorting anatomy to enhance the sense of gesture. Through his amalgamation of genres, Dvorezky’s contemporary practice honors his heritage as a painter.

 

Drew Simpson’s arrangements of objects, resembling curiosity cabinets, reveal the interior spaces of homes in the hyper-naturalist tradition of classical Dutch still-life painting. The lush textures of wood paneling, velvet, flowers and fruit are set on edge by elements of strangeness referring to war and death, be it a human jawbone in a floral arrangements or a miniature Spitfire, guns blazing, arcing around an antique chair. This human element disturbs the space, troubling the viewer and offering an ironic comment on the relationship between the human being and his “interior”.

Jean-Pierre Ruel’s works provoke passion and reflection with his extraordinary brushwork and destabilizing content. The artist paints with an inspiration that is as much visceral as spiritual, his stroke at once instinctive and controlled. He presents silent, emotionally charged interactions between figures who seem to suddenly have fallen silent. The viewer is left to situate herself within these strange meetings, intrigued by the sensation of having just walked in on something.

 

Address: 1329 Greene Ave., Montreal (Quebec)

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Dani Nash Art and Music ShowcaseDate:    Sunday, 04 July 2010Time:    16:00 - 19:00Location:    The Cameron HouseDescriptionCome to the Cameron House (queen and spadina) On Sunday afternoon. There will be lots of Dani Nash’s art for sale on the walls, and The Sure Things will be playing music from 4-6!!! Come and get a little sunday afternoon sloshed why dont’cha??rsvp here

Dani Nash Art and Music Showcase
Date:   
Sunday, 04 July 2010
Time:   
16:00 - 19:00
Location:   
The Cameron House
Description
Come to the Cameron House (queen and spadina) On Sunday afternoon. There will be lots of Dani Nash’s art for sale on the walls, and The Sure Things will be playing music from 4-6!!! Come and get a little sunday afternoon sloshed why dont’cha??

rsvp here

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For Immediate Release Art exhibition “Abstract Experiences” Thursday, July 8th The Samsung Experience at the Time Warner Center 3rd Floor 10 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019-1158 Matt Nahoum’s debut has been a long time coming. Born and raised in the Bronx, the Rabbit, as he is known, is the quintessential New York artist: inspired by everything around him, yet with a slightly twisted interpretation; his city roots lend him a context afforded only to “actual” New Yorkers. The Rabbit is by no means new to art- indeed, he spent his entire youth, all the way through high school, painting and drawing- but after moving upstate to attend college, and then to San Diego to pursue a job opportunity, he “just stopped painting,” as he puts it. “There was a lack of inspiration, and I just couldn’t find my voice.” Four years after moving back to his hometown, though, the Rabbit has found his voice and he is ready to speak. “When I left New York I was somewhat disillusioned with the city and it was kind of like we broke up,” he says. “But art heals and when I came back, the new burst of creativity I had almost felt like therapy, and that allowed me to come to terms with who I really am-both as a person and an artist.”  Held at the Time Warner Center’s Samsung Experience,  “Abstract Experiences” is both retrospective and reawakening. He has revisited old works and created new ones, tapping in to his newfound maturity as an artist. The exhibition will be held Thursday, July 8th from 6pm-8pm.   About the Rabbit Eager to create the world through his eyes, Matt Rabbit has been expressing his most inner thoughts and expressions since he was a child. Matt Nahoum is textural abstract artist, living in Brooklyn New York. His work comes from chaotic places in his mind that come to life as he puts feeling to canvas. Art heals, and Matt uses creativity as therapy. It keeps him here. Keeps him from running. Run rabbit, run.   About the show “Abstract Experiences” marks the debut of emerging abstract artist Matt Nahoum, and brings to life his unique vision and expression. The show will feature some of his most visionary works as well as some of Samsung’s cutting edge visual display technology.   About the Samsung Experience The Samsung Experience is an interactive brand emporium that provides a creative experience through Samsung’s vision of digital convergence. Captivate both your senses and imagination. Explore the art of the possible within the new digital culture. Touch, hear, and engage the latest technology to create your own digital lifestyle and discover a fusion of new ideas in art, entertainment, and design. www.samsungexperience.com    Media Contact Venue – Sarah Horn; sarahh@cheilusa.com  Artist – matt@mattsrabit.com 

For Immediate Release

Art exhibition “Abstract Experiences”

Thursday, July 8th

The Samsung Experience at the

Time Warner Center

3rd Floor

10 Columbus Circle

New York, NY 10019-1158

Matt Nahoum’s debut has been a long time coming. Born and raised in the Bronx, the Rabbit, as he is known, is the quintessential New York artist: inspired by everything around him, yet with a slightly twisted interpretation; his city roots lend him a context afforded only to “actual” New Yorkers.

The Rabbit is by no means new to art- indeed, he spent his entire youth, all the way through high school, painting and drawing- but after moving upstate to attend college, and then to San Diego to pursue a job opportunity, he “just stopped painting,” as he puts it. “There was a lack of inspiration, and I just couldn’t find my voice.”

Four years after moving back to his hometown, though, the Rabbit has found his voice and he is ready to speak. “When I left New York I was somewhat disillusioned with the city and it was kind of like we broke up,” he says. “But art heals and when I came back, the new burst of creativity I had almost felt like therapy, and that allowed me to come to terms with who I really am-both as a person and an artist.” 

Held at the Time Warner Center’s Samsung Experience,  “Abstract Experiences” is both retrospective and reawakening. He has revisited old works and created new ones, tapping in to his newfound maturity as an artist. The exhibition will be held Thursday, July 8th from 6pm-8pm.

 

About the Rabbit

Eager to create the world through his eyes, Matt Rabbit has been expressing his most inner thoughts and expressions since he was a child. Matt Nahoum is textural abstract artist, living in Brooklyn New York. His work comes from chaotic places in his mind that come to life as he puts feeling to canvas. Art heals, and Matt uses creativity as therapy. It keeps him here. Keeps him from running. Run rabbit, run.

 

About the show

“Abstract Experiences” marks the debut of emerging abstract artist Matt Nahoum, and brings to life his unique vision and expression. The show will feature some of his most visionary works as well as some of Samsung’s cutting edge visual display technology.

 

About the Samsung Experience

The Samsung Experience is an interactive brand emporium that provides a creative experience through Samsung’s vision of digital convergence. Captivate both your senses and imagination. Explore the art of the possible within the new digital culture. Touch, hear, and engage the latest technology to create your own digital lifestyle and discover a fusion of new ideas in art, entertainment, and design. www.samsungexperience.com 

 

Media Contact

Venue – Sarah Horn; sarahh@cheilusa.com 

Artist – matt@mattsrabit.com 

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The Keyhole Sessions is holding it’s first gallery exhibition, entitled SneakPeek. It’s an exhibition to celebrate the loss of inhibition, and will be showcasing over a year’s worth of debaucherous drawing and photography.The Keyhole Sessions are life-drawing with edge. Our models come with attitude, and enjoy being there as much as the artists do. We love the art of restraint, and our Sessions incorporate Shibari, the act of Japanese rope-tying. Our community in Toronto has grown into one where artists can enjoy the nude form, with that added bit of kink they won’t get anywhere else; all free to draw in a respectful, warm and extremely creative atmosphere.We have just finished our first Season, and are celebrating with this art show, held at The Gladstone Hotel’s ArtBar. The opening reception is held on Saturday, July 10, from 7 to 10 pm. The show runs from July 8th to the 13th.You can find more of what we’re about at thekeyholesessions.com. We hope to see you there!
The Keyhole Sessions is holding it’s first gallery exhibition, entitled SneakPeek. It’s an exhibition to celebrate the loss of inhibition, and will be showcasing over a year’s worth of debaucherous drawing and photography.The Keyhole Sessions are life-drawing with edge. Our models come with attitude, and enjoy being there as much as the artists do. We love the art of restraint, and our Sessions incorporate Shibari, the act of Japanese rope-tying. Our community in Toronto has grown into one where artists can enjoy the nude form, with that added bit of kink they won’t get anywhere else; all free to draw in a respectful, warm and extremely creative atmosphere.We have just finished our first Season, and are celebrating with this art show, held at The Gladstone Hotel’s ArtBar. The opening reception is held on Saturday, July 10, from 7 to 10 pm. The show runs from July 8th to the 13th.You can find more of what we’re about at thekeyholesessions.com. We hope to see you there!

The Keyhole Sessions is holding it’s first gallery exhibition, entitled SneakPeek. It’s an exhibition to celebrate the loss of inhibition, and will be showcasing over a year’s worth of debaucherous drawing and photography.
The Keyhole Sessions are life-drawing with edge. Our models come with attitude, and enjoy being there as much as the artists do. We love the art of restraint, and our Sessions incorporate Shibari, the act of Japanese rope-tying. Our community in Toronto has grown into one where artists can enjoy the nude form, with that added bit of kink they won’t get anywhere else; all free to draw in a respectful, warm and extremely creative atmosphere.
We have just finished our first Season, and are celebrating with this art show, held at The Gladstone Hotel’s ArtBar. The opening reception is held on Saturday, July 10, from 7 to 10 pm. The show runs from July 8th to the 13th.
You can find more of what we’re about at thekeyholesessions.com. 
We hope to see you there!

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Shadow Of Thunder Like A Shock Of Lightning  I was  spray painting and  using  cardboard to cut in  lines of color. Looking down at the cardboard my imagination took hold. Soon this painting became the focus of my time. Losing myself  in the fine details I began highlighting them with a ball point pen.For a long time I watched this painting, moving it around my studio. Letting my imagination go wild I started to paint again. Layering colors and outlining with pencils and pens. Then I used wood stain and satin clear coats which helped me achieve a subtle glow that gave  it  a very ghostly feel. The storm you see is only a glimpse of what is in my mind.
Shadow Of Thunder Like A Shock Of Lightning  I was  spray painting and  using  cardboard to cut in  lines of color. Looking down at the cardboard my imagination took hold. Soon this painting became the focus of my time. Losing myself  in the fine details I began highlighting them with a ball point pen.For a long time I watched this painting, moving it around my studio. Letting my imagination go wild I started to paint again. Layering colors and outlining with pencils and pens. Then I used wood stain and satin clear coats which helped me achieve a subtle glow that gave  it  a very ghostly feel. The storm you see is only a glimpse of what is in my mind.

Shadow Of Thunder

Like A Shock Of Lightning  I was  spray painting and  using  cardboard to cut in  lines of color. Looking down at the cardboard my imagination took hold. Soon this painting became the focus of my time.


Losing myself  in the fine details I began highlighting them with a ball point pen.For a long time I watched this painting, moving it around my studio. Letting my imagination go wild I started to paint again. Layering colors and outlining with pencils and pens. Then I used wood stain and satin clear coats which helped me achieve a subtle glow that gave  it  a very ghostly feel. The storm you see is only a glimpse of what is in my mind.

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  Lorène Bourgeois                                        Chris Dow                                          Près du corps                                   Landscapes   June 19 – July 11, 2010Reception: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 2-5 PM Question & Answer Session:  Saturday, July 10, 3pm. Facilitated by William Huffman, Associate Director, Toronto Arts Council. loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by loop members Lorène Bourgeois entitled Près du corps and Chris Dow entitled Landscapes. Lorène Bourgeois’ Près du corps, “close to the body”, is a series of large-scale drawings in Conté and charcoal exploring the relationship of cloth and clothing to the body and head.   The artist is interested in the physical qualities of clothing - the manner by which garments may frame or envelop the body – the similarity of folds, buttons, and stitched openings to skin, creases, and scars.  Près du corps is a reflection upon the ambiguous qualities of clothing and head wear, and upon the strange ability of such objects to oscillate between function, absurdity, and menace.   Born in France, Lorène Bourgeois has been living in Canada since 1984.  Trained in Paris, Philadelphia and Halifax (MFA, NSCAD, 1986), her work in drawing, painting, and printmaking, has been exhibited across Canada, France, Korea, Russia, and the United States.  She is represented in numerous private and public collections.  Lorène Bourgeois gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.    Lorène will speak about her work during a Question & Answer Session at the gallery on Saturday, July 10, 3pm.   Chris Dow explains, “For myself, painting is, in essence, an ethereal endeavour. Painting requires exploring feelings or perception that come from some place not understood and a place where words do not exist.  The act of painting is experienced and the subject matter is a convenient starting point. I like painting outdoors and the way this requires intuitive response. Working in the studio forces me to take a contemplative approach, this is often more of a problem solving process where the problem itself is not an intellectual one.”   Chris Dow has spent several of the past six years living abroad in both Japan and Australia, writing software and painting in his spare time.  Dow has exhibited in galleries across Canada as well as in Italy through the Ontario College of Art & Design.   Please join the artists in celebrating the opening reception on Saturday, June 19th from 2-5 pm.                                                        loop Gallery1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1X8 (3 doors west of Dovercourt). Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat 1 to 5 pm, and Sun 1 to 4pm. Artist is in attendance on Sundays and for the reception.For more information please contact the gallery director at 416-516-2581 or loopgallery@primus.ca. www.loopgallery.ca
  Lorène Bourgeois                                        Chris Dow                                          Près du corps                                   Landscapes   June 19 – July 11, 2010Reception: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 2-5 PM Question & Answer Session:  Saturday, July 10, 3pm. Facilitated by William Huffman, Associate Director, Toronto Arts Council. loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by loop members Lorène Bourgeois entitled Près du corps and Chris Dow entitled Landscapes. Lorène Bourgeois’ Près du corps, “close to the body”, is a series of large-scale drawings in Conté and charcoal exploring the relationship of cloth and clothing to the body and head.   The artist is interested in the physical qualities of clothing - the manner by which garments may frame or envelop the body – the similarity of folds, buttons, and stitched openings to skin, creases, and scars.  Près du corps is a reflection upon the ambiguous qualities of clothing and head wear, and upon the strange ability of such objects to oscillate between function, absurdity, and menace.   Born in France, Lorène Bourgeois has been living in Canada since 1984.  Trained in Paris, Philadelphia and Halifax (MFA, NSCAD, 1986), her work in drawing, painting, and printmaking, has been exhibited across Canada, France, Korea, Russia, and the United States.  She is represented in numerous private and public collections.  Lorène Bourgeois gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.    Lorène will speak about her work during a Question & Answer Session at the gallery on Saturday, July 10, 3pm.   Chris Dow explains, “For myself, painting is, in essence, an ethereal endeavour. Painting requires exploring feelings or perception that come from some place not understood and a place where words do not exist.  The act of painting is experienced and the subject matter is a convenient starting point. I like painting outdoors and the way this requires intuitive response. Working in the studio forces me to take a contemplative approach, this is often more of a problem solving process where the problem itself is not an intellectual one.”   Chris Dow has spent several of the past six years living abroad in both Japan and Australia, writing software and painting in his spare time.  Dow has exhibited in galleries across Canada as well as in Italy through the Ontario College of Art & Design.   Please join the artists in celebrating the opening reception on Saturday, June 19th from 2-5 pm.                                                        loop Gallery1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1X8 (3 doors west of Dovercourt). Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat 1 to 5 pm, and Sun 1 to 4pm. Artist is in attendance on Sundays and for the reception.For more information please contact the gallery director at 416-516-2581 or loopgallery@primus.ca. www.loopgallery.ca

 

Lorène Bourgeois                                        Chris Dow                                        

 Près du corps                                   Landscapes

 

June 19 – July 11, 2010
Reception: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 2-5 PM

Question & Answer Session:  Saturday, July 10, 3pm.

Facilitated by William Huffman, Associate Director, Toronto Arts Council.

loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by loop members Lorène Bourgeois entitled Près du corps

and Chris Dow entitled Landscapes.


Lorène Bourgeois’ Près du corps, “close to the body”, is a series of large-scale drawings in Conté and charcoal exploring the relationship of cloth and clothing to the body and head.

 

The artist is interested in the physical qualities of clothing - the manner by which garments may frame or envelop the body – the similarity of folds, buttons, and stitched openings to skin, creases, and scars.  Près du corps is a reflection upon the ambiguous qualities of clothing and head wear, and upon the strange ability of such objects to oscillate between function, absurdity, and menace.

 

Born in France, Lorène Bourgeois has been living in Canada since 1984.  Trained in Paris, Philadelphia and Halifax (MFA, NSCAD, 1986), her work in drawing, painting, and printmaking, has been exhibited across Canada, France, Korea, Russia, and the United States.  She is represented in numerous private and public collections.  Lorène Bourgeois gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. 

 

Lorène will speak about her work during a Question & Answer Session at the gallery on Saturday, July 10, 3pm.

 

Chris Dow explains, “For myself, painting is, in essence, an ethereal endeavour. Painting requires exploring feelings or perception that come from some place not understood and a place where words do not exist.  The act of painting is experienced and the subject matter is a convenient starting point. I like painting outdoors and the way this requires intuitive response. Working in the studio forces me to take a contemplative approach, this is often more of a problem solving process where the problem itself is not an intellectual one.”

 

Chris Dow has spent several of the past six years living abroad in both Japan and Australia, writing software and painting in his spare time.  Dow has exhibited in galleries across Canada as well as in Italy through the Ontario College of Art & Design.

 

Please join the artists in celebrating the opening reception on Saturday, June 19th from 2-5 pm.

                                                      

loop Gallery
1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1X8 (3 doors west of Dovercourt).
Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat 1 to 5 pm, and Sun 1 to 4pm. Artist is in attendance on Sundays and for the reception.
For more information please contact the gallery director at 416-516-2581 or loopgallery@primus.ca.
www.loopgallery.ca

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he Theatre Centre in partnership with Cooking Fire Theatre Festival presentsZ’s by the C: a radical crafting and public napping projectBy Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton + You!Saturday July 17 – Sunday July 18, 2010 Come decorate a sleeping mask before catching some Z’s in downtown Toronto!The residents of Toronto are invited to come personalize a sleeping mask using simple crafting techniques before covering their eyes and dozing off in the city.  By creating a safe sleeping zone on the site of a proposed park in the Queen West neighbourhood, Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton seek to legitimize public napping under the aegis of art - just sweet public dreams!Z’s by the C is a project in art and social engagement that playfully, but critically, aims to destabilize public and private space by performing a highly intimate act - napping in the city. Increasingly, neoliberal economic and cultural policies have led Western cities to implement social strategies that prohibit loitering and consequently limit public sleeping. Rushton and Moschopedis perceive this criminalization of everyday behaviour as not only an affront to our society’s marginalized and fatigued citizens, but also as an attack on public dreaming. As a public intervention, Z’s by the C seeks to rectify this situation, if only temporarily.Mia Rushton is a printmaker, crafter and collector. By combining the elements of silk screening, sewing, knitting, and drawing, Rushton is among a new generation of do-it-yourself, indie artists who have embraced handcrafting as a way out and a resistance to the overly technocratic art industry. A graduate from Alberta College of Art & Design, Rushton has shown her work at Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Choose Yer Own Fest and in Truck Gallery’s CAMPER. Eric Moschopedis is an award-winning interdisciplinary performer, facilitator, educator, and curator. A graduate of Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at University of British Columbia, Moschopedis creates community-specific, relational, and participatory works that invite audiences to become active collaborators in the creation of community. He also maintains a performance practice that oscillates between staged performance, performance for video, installation, performative work, intervention, and walking, finding, and collecting.Since 1979, The Theatre Centre has been Toronto’s home for experimental performance. Serving as an arts incubator, the centre provides emerging and established artists with the facilities, funding, mentorship, profile and sense of community to enable new work to be created, explored and developed. www.theatrecentre.org Z’s BY THE C LISTING INFORMATIONCOST: FREE.   DATES: Saturday July 17 - Sunday July 18, 12-4pm VENUE: At the proposed park located at Lisgar Street, kitty corner to Queen Street West, Toronto (googlemap)MORE INFORMATION: www.theatrecentre.org The Theatre Centre is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, The Ontario Arts Council. The Toronto Arts Council, George C Metcalf Foundation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation.The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival acknowledges the support of The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, and The McLean Foundation.———————————-30——————————

he Theatre Centre in partnership with Cooking Fire Theatre Festival presents
Z’s by the C: a radical crafting and public napping project
By Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton + You!
Saturday July 17 – Sunday July 18, 2010
 
Come decorate a sleeping mask before catching some Z’s in downtown Toronto!

The residents of Toronto are invited to come personalize a sleeping mask using simple crafting techniques before covering their eyes and dozing off in the city.  By creating a safe sleeping zone on the site of a proposed park in the Queen West neighbourhood, Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton seek to legitimize public napping under the aegis of art - just sweet public dreams!

Z’s by the C is a project in art and social engagement that playfully, but critically, aims to destabilize public and private space by performing a highly intimate act - napping in the city. Increasingly, neoliberal economic and cultural policies have led Western cities to implement social strategies that prohibit loitering and consequently limit public sleeping. Rushton and Moschopedis perceive this criminalization of everyday behaviour as not only an affront to our society’s marginalized and fatigued citizens, but also as an attack on public dreaming. As a public intervention, Z’s by the C seeks to rectify this situation, if only temporarily.

Mia Rushton is a printmaker, crafter and collector. By combining the elements of silk screening, sewing, knitting, and drawing, Rushton is among a new generation of do-it-yourself, indie artists who have embraced handcrafting as a way out and a resistance to the overly technocratic art industry. A graduate from Alberta College of Art & Design, Rushton has shown her work at Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Choose Yer Own Fest and in Truck Gallery’s CAMPER.

Eric Moschopedis is an award-winning interdisciplinary performer, facilitator, educator, and curator. A graduate of Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at University of British Columbia, Moschopedis creates community-specific, relational, and participatory works that invite audiences to become active collaborators in the creation of community. He also maintains a performance practice that oscillates between staged performance, performance for video, installation, performative work, intervention, and walking, finding, and collecting.

Since 1979, The Theatre Centre has been Toronto’s home for experimental performance. Serving as an arts incubator, the centre provides emerging and established artists with the facilities, funding, mentorship, profile and sense of community to enable new work to be created, explored and developed. www.theatrecentre.org

Z’s BY THE C LISTING INFORMATION
COST: FREE.   DATES: Saturday July 17 - Sunday July 18, 12-4pm
VENUE: At the proposed park located at Lisgar Street, kitty corner to Queen Street West, Toronto (googlemap)
MORE INFORMATION: www.theatrecentre.org

 The Theatre Centre is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, The Ontario Arts Council. The Toronto Arts Council, George C Metcalf Foundation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation.The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival acknowledges the support of The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, and The McLean Foundation.
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Galerie D’Este is proud to present a highly anticipated second solo exhibition of entirely new work by French artist Jean-Pierre Ruel. After the success of his first visit to Montreal in 2007, we are fortunate to see Ruel return to us for this next vernissage. The show, featuring over twenty new pieces of a depth and maturity that speaks to Ruel’s longevity as an artist, is a must-see for longstanding fans of the artist and offers newcomers the ideal opportunity to discover his work. The exhibition runs until June 20th 2010 (1329 Greene Ave.) For more info, visit us at www.galeriedeste.com
Galerie D’Este is proud to present a highly anticipated second solo exhibition of entirely new work by French artist Jean-Pierre Ruel. After the success of his first visit to Montreal in 2007, we are fortunate to see Ruel return to us for this next vernissage. The show, featuring over twenty new pieces of a depth and maturity that speaks to Ruel’s longevity as an artist, is a must-see for longstanding fans of the artist and offers newcomers the ideal opportunity to discover his work. The exhibition runs until June 20th 2010 (1329 Greene Ave.) For more info, visit us at www.galeriedeste.com

Galerie D’Este is proud to present a highly anticipated second solo exhibition of entirely new work by French artist Jean-Pierre Ruel.

After the success of his first visit to Montreal in 2007, we are fortunate to see Ruel return to us for this next vernissage. The show, featuring over twenty new pieces of a depth and maturity that speaks to Ruel’s longevity as an artist, is a must-see for longstanding fans of the artist and offers newcomers the ideal opportunity to discover his work.

The exhibition runs until June 20th 2010 (1329 Greene Ave.)

For more info, visit us at www.galeriedeste.com

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