tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58213485285409267312024-02-19T17:45:14.661-05:00Akin CollectiveAKIN Collective is an art studio and shared workspace, with studios in Parkdale and Bloordale Village. We have developed an affordable space that maintains a friendly and inspiring atmosphere suitable for creative endeavours and entrepreneurial undertakings of all kinds. We build community through monthly art crits and open studio events that offer creatives the opportunity to share their projects, network, receive useful feedback, and expand the scope of their practice.Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comBlogger543125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-90708472203805085932018-06-25T14:04:00.001-04:002018-06-25T14:05:52.917-04:00New website: akin.artHello, thanks for visiting our old blog. Info about Akin can now be found at <a href="http://akin.art/">akin.art</a>.Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-34418181691152982872016-04-27T12:35:00.000-04:002016-04-27T12:35:05.311-04:00Colouring Book II - Now available! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The launch of Colouring Book II was a grand success! We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who joined us for our combination book/studio launch party in our newest Dupont studio space last week. <br />
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For those of you that didn't make it to the party - never fear! You can purchase a copy of the book in our <a href="http://www.akinprojects.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">online shop</a> or send an email to <a href="mailto:jen@akincollective.com" target="_blank">jen@akincollective.com</a> to arrange a time to pick up a copy in person at our Lansdowne studios.<br />
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Containing 48 original works by members of <a href="http://www.akincollective.com/">Akin Collective</a> and artist friends old and new, each page is a unique artist creation - get your copy today and start colouring!<br />
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<a href="http://www.akinprojects.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Click here to buy a copy of Colouring Book II</a><br />
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<br />Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-85279860528194502572016-04-12T13:13:00.000-04:002016-04-12T13:13:32.947-04:00AKIN COLOURING BOOK 2 + NEW STUDIO LAUNCH PARTY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saturday April 23 / 6pm-2am / 1485 Dupont Street<br />
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AKIN Collective is thrilled to announce the launch of it's second artist publication, Colouring Book #2, and the opening of a new studio at the AKIN Dupont location- 1485 Dupont St.<br />
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Come grab a copy of the book, party til late in an industrial building that used to be a clock factory, and enjoy cheap drinks + free beer samples courtesy of Collective Arts Brewing.<br />
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Put it in your calendar.<br />
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ps. Looking for studio space? info@akincollective.com<br />
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<br />Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-74917397234085494812016-03-27T22:41:00.001-04:002016-03-27T22:44:13.767-04:00FORGE: Workshop - Free Legal Advice for Artists & Creatives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to Annunziata Morant and Jennifer Byrnes, the recipients of our first annual student Thesis Award, a collaboration between <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ARTiculations-141279295972766/?fref=nf" style="color: #121212;" target="_blank">ARTiculations</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Graven-Feather-127135814181/" style="color: #121212;">Graven Feather</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/AKIN-Collective/203417013076147" style="color: #121212;">AKIN Collective</a>!</div>
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Annunziata and Jennifer will both receive two week solo exhibitions in addition to credit for studio. Overwhelmed by the response, we extend a huge thank you to all of the applicants from post secondary institutions across the province and we look forward to seeing you at the opening receptions in May!</div>
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<span id="yui_3_17_2_4_1457931582318_6339" style="background-color: white; color: #424242; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.6px;">Sappho was an ancient poet whose words were meant to be sung. Cloth Dripping weaves together sculptural and sonic elements inspired by fragments of Sappho’s poetry to create a continuous fabric of a multi-sensorial environment. Ruinous forms of terra cotta structures will be situated among the weavings with traces of fingerprints, ge</span><span id="yui_3_17_2_4_1457931582318_6282" style="background-color: white; color: #424242; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.6px;">stures and lost scripts. In this exhibition, the audience is welcomed into a liminal space where traces of the past echo the fragments of her poems and the ruinous materiality of Grisey’s sculptural work.<br /><br /><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marygrisey.com%2F&h=0AQGqIhQT&enc=AZNPczShHgL5UAuJ-nr1-k5oGb9yyMJ_P8TI3H502jAuVL6yR6G0aVtROATxg6pKXSk&s=1" style="color: #121212;" target="_blank">www.marygrisey.com</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />ABOUT THE ARTIST<br />Mary Grisey is a sculptural installation artist currently based in Toronto, Ontario. She received an MFA in the Visual Arts program at York University in Toronto, a BFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in Painting and Drawing from Marist College. She has exhibited her work in New York, Chicago, Kentucky, San Francisco and Toronto. She was recently awarded the Windgate full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center for the Spring of 2016. Select solo exhibitions include Of Becoming at York University (2014), Sung From the Mouth of Cumae at The Art Gallery of Mississauga (2015) and Cloth Dripping at Xpace Gallery (2016). Select group exhibitions include Refined Linen at Katzman Contemporary (2014), Long Winter at The Great Hall (2015) and Escape Plans at YTB Gallery (2015).</span>Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-34019806908587363792016-03-13T22:07:00.002-04:002016-03-13T22:17:22.243-04:00PROSPECTOR Solo Exhibition by Sara Pearson at Project Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="yui_3_17_2_4_1457931582318_6250" style="font-size: 14px;">The paintings and sculptures in PROSPECTOR, inspired by geological and gemmological formations, remind us of the strange and sublime beauty of nature. Gemstones, as coveted objects, present a complicated relationship between the natural world and us; As we hunt, collect and refine them, they become instilled with human values. In this body of work, Sara Pearson deconstructs and reinterprets their forms, removing facets and breaking stones into abstract shards, highlighting internal depths and building new structure. By pulling apart our vision of the perfect gem, she removes preconceived notions attached to it and focuses </span><span id="yui_3_17_2_4_1457931582318_6253" style="font-size: 14px;">us on its extraordinariness. Pearson navigates this course through her early relationship to these materials; Growing up in her father’s jewellery studio instilled a sense of wonder in the presence of these otherworldly objects. She continues to live in awe of them, relating her art practice to that of an explorer, a treasure hunter.<br /><br />Pearson chooses subjects and materials for their relationship to the natural world, using the optical phenomena that exist within cut gemstones to inspire her oil paintings; bronze, copper, marble, and terra-skin paper made from stone are some of the materials that form her sculptures and installations. Working primarily with “analogue” methods, she plays with the dichotomy of traditional process in an increasingly digital world, pushing abstraction while honouring the process of mimesis.<br /><br />Sara Pearson is a Toronto based artist who graduated with a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sarapearsonart.com/" style="color: #121212;" target="_blank">www.sarapearsonart.com</a></span></div>
Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-1157532689465575532016-03-13T20:29:00.000-04:002016-03-13T20:35:47.816-04:00Assembled by Philip a show of Artist's Work & Found Objects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Opening night: Thursday March 17th from 4-9pm at 651 St Clair WestAkin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-18519353332095738312016-03-09T12:14:00.002-05:002016-03-13T22:12:55.174-04:00AKIN CRIT 42<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545px;">Discuss what you're working on and get useful, friendly feedback and answers from Toronto's creative community and fellow artists. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545px;">*Free and all are welcome to participate or just come and listen*</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545px;"><br /><br />Also, feel free to BYOB</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">AKIN is excited to host our first ever life drawing session at our Dufferin studios! All artists are welcome to join for this evening of uninstructed life drawing. No experience necessary, but all experience levels welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">This event is free and open to the public. It is ideal for anyone running their own creative business, but anyone is welcome to attend no matter what stage you are at in </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">your career.<br /><br />Topics may include, but are not limited to:<br /><br />- Brand development<br />- Building a web presence<br />- Social media marketing<br />- Direct mail, email promotions, cold calling<br />- Conducting market research<br />- Handling your finances<br />- Funding your business<br />- Pricing<br />- Licensing and wholesale<br />- Copyright and royalties<br />- Contracts, quotes and invoices<br />- Networking<br />- Professionalism<br />- Time management<br />- Professional development<br />- Online & local resources for your business<br /><br />Please bring any questions you have, and come prepared to talk about your business and your experiences. If there is anything you would like feedback on, such as packaging for your product, or your business cards, bring those along as well!<br /><br />We also request that attendees bring a written list of your favourite resources to share with the group. This could include your favourite books, websites, city resources, print companies, service providers, or anything that you find useful to operate your business. These lists will be compiled into a pdf document that will be shared with everyone after the event.<br /><br />Please RSVP - space is limited.<br /><br />Feel free to bring snacks to share<br />BYOB<br />Coffee and Tea will be provided, BYO Mug</span>Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-8023521901792479382016-02-26T11:45:00.000-05:002016-03-13T22:13:18.134-04:00Claire Correia @ Gallery 50Come and see work by the wonderful <a href="http://clairecorreia.com/">Claire Correia</a>. Akin member, artist and human extraordinaire.<br />
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The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition recently announced a special award of $5,500 to the winner of Best of Exhibition for this years' 55th anniversary event.</div>
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Artists who apply to exhibit at the 2016 Exhibition are automatically entered into the awards competition. Professional jurors, comprised of industry leaders, will select the participating artists for the upcoming 2016 Exhibition. Award winners will be selected by a panel of critically acclaimed judges, on site during the event. The winners are granted direct entry into 2017 Exhibition.</div>
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Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-75519598628810832572016-02-18T19:31:00.001-05:002016-02-18T19:31:56.078-05:00Thesis Award Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Super excited about this new opportunity with <a href="http://articulations.ca/">Articulations</a> & <a href="http://www.gravenfeather.ca/">Graven Feather</a>. Please have a read below.</div>
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<br />Oliver Paukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481798432663761045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-79377577523919932342016-01-17T12:41:00.002-05:002016-01-17T12:41:59.321-05:00StreetARToronto 2016 Program Information Session<img alt="image" height="510" src="http://www.akimbo.ca/UserFiles/Image/2016_Akimbo_eblasts/jan12_start1.jpg" width="550" /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>The City of Toronto's StreetARToronto (StART) program is embarking on its 5th year!</strong>
StART is a proactive program that aims to support, and increase
awareness of street art throughout the city. StART's mission is to see
Toronto as a 'living work of art' by creating partnerships (between the
City, residents, businesses, and the creative community), reducing
graffiti vandalism, encouraging civic discussion about public art, using
art to foster place making, and providing grants, materials, and
mentorship opportunities. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">StART
will be holding the following 4 information sessions highlighting what
to expect for this year's programs (updated guidelines, deadlines,
etc.):</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Downtown Toronto</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Monday, January 18, 2016 from 3:30-6 pm</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St West, Toronto, ON M6J 1J3)</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Scarborough</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Monday, January 25, 2016 from 4-6 pm</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> Y+ contemporary (1345 Morningside Ave, Unit 15, Toronto ON M1B 5K3)</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Etobicoke</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday, January 26, 2016 from 3-5 pm</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> Arts Etobicoke (4893A Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M9A 1B5)</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">North York</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 3-5 pm</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M2N 6R8)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If
you are an artist or non-profit arts/community organization interested
in creating street art projects in the city, this is the time to learn
more! Help spread the word and get involved in StART's exciting 2016
opportunities!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please RSVP to an information session (specifying the session you will be attending) by email to <a href="mailto:streetart@toronto.ca" target="_blank">streetart@toronto.ca</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">More information about StART is available at:</span><br /><a href="http://www.toronto.ca/streetart" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">www.toronto.ca/streetart</span></a><br /><br /><img alt="logos" height="67" src="http://www.akimbo.ca/UserFiles/Image/2016_Akimbo_eblasts/jan12_start2b.jpg" width="550" />Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-68524686508191570762016-01-10T12:44:00.001-05:002016-01-10T12:44:42.530-05:00Simon Zsolt Jozsef<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22.5px;">“When I’m sculpting, a casual onlooker probably thinks I’m massaging or dancing with my clay. If somebody watches me during sculpturing he or she says it looks like massage or a dance with clay. When I teach movement or I do movement, I feel like sculpturing with the space around me. I don’t want to catch the forms but the process of forming. Not the fruit or the flower, which are always changing and growing but the growth and change itself, which will form the material.” – Simon Zsolt Jozsef</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More images <a href="http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2016/01/guy-de-cointet-at-museum-leuven/_dsc0534/">HERE</a></span>Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-84665501342734899242016-01-04T11:24:00.000-05:002016-01-04T11:24:16.950-05:00ARTbus: Exhibition tour to Mercer Union, the Blackwood Gallery and Oakville Galleries- JANUARY 17<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sunday 17 January 2016, 12:00 pm–5:00 pm</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pick-up and drop-off at Mercer Union (1286 Bloor Street West, Toronto)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">$10 donation includes admission to all galleries and afternoon refreshments by Trafalgar Brewing Company and Whole Foods Market, Oakville</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For reservations, contact <a href="mailto:artbus@oakvillegalleries.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">artbus@oakvillegalleries.com</a> or <a href="tel:905.844.4402%2C%20ext.%2024" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+19058444402">905.844.4402, ext. 24</a> by Friday 15 January, 4:00 pm</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><img alt="images" class="CToWUd a6T" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj4vCSaew_ynI1lb9R_e0-hPlx_cNsxFkML4vctNNl84HHUuR4ecAbjG-QS7BVlTv4RsQFiLMbAY6faaC3ROvaynCEDvyIpLKKkVMv0EDyDKrURwOn6FLZzGYiPMU6b0DqLCc8vkjZLyq3O1oT_XZPm5j-M6UsEn2oS-_cZd-Nlj16zHfU9sVLGlOLdw7OBPX9ukGPU=s0-d-e1-ft" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="550" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ride the ARTbus and discover some of the winter’s best exhibitions in the GTA!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mercer Union</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The winter ARTbus begins at <strong>Mercer Union</strong> with <em><strong>Liz Magic Laser: Kiss and Cry</strong></em>. The exhibition presents a new video work commissioned by Mercer Union with leading support from Partners in Art. This is Laser’s first solo exhibition in Canada. Laser works across performance, video and installation. Emerging from an interest in movement and the body, her work explores the processes instrumental in forming opinion, engaging with the mechanisms of how we perform and how we are performed to through multiple modalities. She stages situations, dialogues, monologues or plays and uses the urban environment and its population as the context for her work.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Blackwood Gallery</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">At <strong>Blackwood Gallery</strong>, visit <em><strong>Maryam Jafri: The Day After</strong></em>. The exhibition takes root in the artist’s ongoing <em>project Independence Day 1934-1975</em> (2009–present), an installation composed of photographs taken on the first independence day in former European colonies across Asia and Africa, between 1934 and 1975. Images are juxtaposed according to a broken grid around categories of events, emphasizing the generic character of the rituals and ceremonies that took place during that 24-hour twilight period when a territory transforms into a nation-state. <em>The Day After</em> takes this rare "collection of collections" as a starting point to question various artistic, historical, and political issues arising from these images and their historical and institutional backgrounds. <em>The Day After</em> was conceived by Bétonsalon - Centre for art and research, Paris, France and co-produced by Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Spain.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Oakville Galleries</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Next, at <strong>Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square</strong>, visit the opening of <em><strong>The Green of Her</strong></em>. The exhibition features works that map out landscapes in unlikely sources—a fur muff, a floral carpet, the folds of a napkin—and imagine what new forms of life could be hiding within them. Like Loch Ness as described in Patricia Lockwood's “Nessie Wants to Watch Herself Doing It"—the poem from which the exhibition takes its name—these strange environments sustain their creatures, isolate them, and depend on them in turn, proposing new ways of understanding how we relate to the worlds we inhabit. <em>The Green of Her</em> is drawn from the permanent collection of Oakville Galleries.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Finally, at <strong>Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens</strong> visit the opening of <em><strong>Sky Glabush: What Is a Self?</strong></em>, curated by Jon Davies. Glabush draws on a wide variety of practices—including painting, drawing and sculpture—to work through pressing questions of identity, history, faith, and the role of the artist. Charting a broad path through varying forms, materials and styles, Glabush's practice is anchored in ideas of autobiography, modernism and metaphysics. For<em>What Is a Self?</em>, Glabush presents new mixed-media sculptures and dyed weavings. With each gallery in the show conceived as a distinct vignette juxtaposing the artist's 2D and 3D works, <em>What Is a Self?</em> explores architecture as a structure capable of ordering the self in all its manifestations.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SCHEDULE</span></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12:00 pm: Mercer Union. Visit <em>Liz Magic Laser: Kiss and Cry</em>.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1:30 pm: Blackwood Gallery. Visit <em>Maryam Jafri: The Day After</em>.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2:30 pm: Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square. Visit opening of <em>The Green of Her</em>.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3:30 pm: Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens. Visit <em>Sky Glabush: What is a Self?</em>. Opening reception with refreshments.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5:00 pm: Drop-off at Mercer Union.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In-kind support provided by Trafalgar Brewing Company and Whole Foods Market, Oakville</span></em><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Images (clockwise from top left): Liz Magic Laser, <em>Kiss and Cry</em> (video still), 2015, single-channel video. Featuring figure skaters Anna MacKenzie and Axel MacKenzie and coach Marie Jonsson MacKenzie; Maryam Jafri,<em>Independence Day 1934-1975</em> (detail), 2009–present. Installation photo at Bétonsalon, 2015. Photo: Aurelien Mole; Wendy Coburn, <em>The Divers</em> (detail), 2006, fur muff, figurines and plastic. Collection of Oakville Galleries; Sky Glabush, <em>Local Colour</em>, 2015. Cotton weaving stained with acrylic and ink. Courtesy of the artist and MKG127, Toronto.</span>Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-89343457709937445632015-12-15T21:32:00.000-05:002015-12-15T21:32:12.113-05:00<br />
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In this workshop, Ben Benedict (Benedict Creative Communications) will
provide guidance on art career management and operating a small
business. Topics for discussion will include effective marketing,
sourcing private and public funding, exhibition opportunities, proper
artist fee payments, effective tax and bookkeeping methods and
professionally documenting your artwork and accomplishments.<br /> <span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A and group discussion.<br /> <br /> The session will be divided into the following sections:<br /> <br /> -Artist Marketing and Publicity (Print, Social media, online, networking)<br /> <br /> -Exhibition Opportunities (OAAG, Artist Run Centres, Venues, Commercial Galleries)<br /> <br /> -Getting Paid/Funding (CARFAC Fees, Copyright, Grant applications)<br /> <br /> -Business Structure & Bookkeeping (Income Tax, Federal/Provincial Sales Tax, Insurance, Bookkeeping)<br /> <br /> -Curriculum Vitae (Documenting your artwork and career).<br /> <br />
Bio: Ben Benedict of Benedict Creative Communications is recognized as
one of Ontario’s leading culture workers as a writer/editor; visual
artists/curator; public relations and corporate communications
professional and educator; and a sought out public speaker on The
Business of the Arts, with the most recent presentation being Marketing
2.0 as part of a CARFAC: Webinar Series for Visual Artists across Canada
in October 2014<br /> <br /> This workshop is made possible by the support of the Ontario Arts Council.</span></span>Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-79137360510596192832015-12-15T20:53:00.000-05:002015-12-15T20:56:22.760-05:00Akin Ceramics!<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0px;">
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Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-30910558774807772492015-11-11T20:20:00.000-05:002015-11-11T20:23:29.059-05:00AKIN COLLECTIVE- DUPONT STUDIO LAUNCH PARTY<br />
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is thrilled to announce its expansion into the Lower Junction
neighbourhood with the opening of three new artist studios as an anchor
tenant of the new mixed-use building at 1485 Dupont Street. <br /> <br /> Member Exhibition Opening + Booze + DJ + Partying in industrial building.<br /> <br /> Saturday, November 28: 6:00pm- Late.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span class="fsl"><span class="_5xhk">1485 Dupont Street, Studios 204, 205 & 206</span> <br /> <br /> Come celebrate with us and check out the three new studios!<br /> <br /> ps. Looking for studio space? info@akincollective.com</span></span></b>Akin Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18442391296493916416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821348528540926731.post-26795718262724550942015-11-10T21:11:00.001-05:002015-11-10T21:11:27.057-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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