Hey all, there was an artist talk with Jayson Musson, the man behind the youtube sensation Hennessey Youngman’s ART THOUGHTZ at the Drake last Tuesday. The XPACE team checked it out, with mixed reviews on our part. I recently read a review by art critic Sholem Krishtalka, check it out here An Art Thoughtz video…. ART THOUGHTZ: Damien …
Art Creates ChangeThe Kym Pruesse Speaker Series: Carol Condé and Karl BeveridgeThursday, February 9, 2012, 7 p.m.Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto. Long-time collaborators Carol Condé and Karl Beveridge have pioneered new ways of representing the resilience and resistance, struggles and strivings, of working peoples. Their staged photograph reconstructions reference various art historical and cultural practices …
The Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency is a national prize awarded annually to a current undergraduate, graduate or other post-secondary student with an interest in developing expertise in the realm of professional art-magazine publishing. The award involves a nine-week summer residency at Canadian Art magazine and canadianart.ca. The winning student will hone writing and editing …
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, OCAD’s Material Art and Design students will be selling their ceramic, fibre and jewellery works. Come pick up something sweet for yourself and/or for your lover(s).When: Wednesday February 8, 2012 from 10am to 5pmWhere: OCAD U Lobby at 100 McCaul St, Toronto.
Trinity Square Video premieres four newly commissioned works that form the second part of their latest trilogy of Themed Commissions, LEFT, RIGHT, CENTRE. RIGHTNew work by Mark Dudiak, Gail Mentlik,Matthew-Robin Nye, and Carolyn TrippTuesday, February 7, 2012, 8PMJackman Hall AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario)317 Dundas Street West – McCaul Street Entrance Tickets available at the door or …
 From Picture Story to Multi-Platform Experience;Notes on documentary photography in Holland An evening lecture presented by Kodak Lecture Series andThe Ryerson School of Image Arts Student Lecture Series Speaker: Bas Vroege (Holland) Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012 Location: Rogers Communication Centre, Eaton Theatre (RCC 204), NE corner of Church & Gould Time: 7pm Noted Dutch curator, critic and …
When: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 1:00pm until 5:00pmWhere: XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Ave, Toronto. According to Wikipdia, an Artist Statement is…‘a text composed by an artist and intended to explain, justify, extend, and/or contextualize his or her body of work.’ But WHAT exactly makes a good or bad artist statement? And how does one write an …
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is having an opening reception on February 4th from 2-5pm. Three exhibits are showing. The exhibition runs from February 4 to April 1, 2012. Main SpaceTasman RichardsonNecropolisCurated by Rhonda Corvese. Necropolis is an immersive video and new media installation. It will realize the translation of over a decade …
After four and a half years at its original location in 100 McCaul Street, Onsite [at] OCAD University will use this winter’s break to move to a new, much-expanded location at 230 Richmond Street West as part of this year’s on-going celebration of OCAD University’s 135th anniversary. The inaugural exhibition in this new venue is …
The Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto invites submissions from visual-based artists to contribute works related to the theme of this year’s Munk Graduate Student Conference: Not A Drop to Drink: Water Scarcity and Politics in the 21st Century. We are looking for paintings, photography, and other forms of visual art that take …