Surfaces: Explorations with a Threaded Needle, exploringRobin Laws Field “true love” Fibre art, that aims to spread the awakening of spiritual pleasures.
This artexhibition of 22 piecesexplores the free-wheeling and combining of paint, ink, photo transfer, collage,natural and synthetic fibres, paint sticks, ribbons, foil, beads and all manner of found objects – the whole held together by a needle and thread.
Robin Laws Field is a member of the Kingston Fibre Artists since 2003, SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates), a founding member of Art Options Kingston and Innovative Textiles Kingston/
Amongst the stimulating cultural scenes in Toronto’s July, Hang Man’s SURFACES willoffera visual spiritual feast to awaken your senses.
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May 1–August 29
Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1
3111 Convair Dr
Toronto, ON L5P 1B2
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Kevin Schmidt, A Sign in the Northwest Passage, 2010, Courtesy the artist and Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver
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A Sign in the Northwest Passage
May 1–August 21
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery,
South Facade
231 Queens Quay W
Toronto, ON M5J 2G8
416.973 4949
info@thepowerplant.org
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Institute for Contemporary Culture,
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON ON M5S 2C6
Mon – Thu 10am – 5:30pm
Fri 10am – 8:30pm
Sat & Sun 10am – 5:30pm
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April 27–June 25
Opening: May 3, 7–9 pm
McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
(The Coach House), University of Toronto
39A Queen’s Park Crescent E
(located behind the Faculty of Law)
Toronto, ON M5S 2C3
Tues – Fri 12 – 5pm
Sat 12 – 4pm
Now in its 50th year, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition [TOAE] is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place annually on Nathan Phillips Square, every July.
As the largest juried outdoor art exhibition in Canada, TOAE offers a fresh-air alternative to conventional art shows and galleries. Hundreds of artists participate and an estimated 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition every year. Side by side, established artists, undiscovered talents and innovative students sell their work directly to the public and make lasting connections with art dealers and collectors.
In 2010, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition’s award program presented over $30,000 in cash awards and prizes to participating artists.
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is a charitable, non-profit organization supported by a group of volunteers active in the art and corporate communities. The exhibition is financed through registration fees, and by government, corporate and individual sponsors, enabling the TOAE to charge one of the lowest registration fees in North America. No percentage of the artists’ sales is taken by the organizers.
TOAE is recognized as a festival and event of distinction by the Top 100 Festivals and Events in Ontario.
Art Talks – Toronto City Hall in the Rotunda
All talks will be held at Toronto City Hall’s Rotunda and will be an hour in length with guest moderators. It is recommended to arrive 15 minutes early.
Art Talk with…Tara Cooper, Mark Stebbins and Amy Switzer
The Art, The Artist and The Accolades
TOAE has supported the connection of thousands of artists with the public and the public in touch with Canada’s artists. Artists Tara Cooper, printmaker, installation and film maker, Mark Stebbins, painter and Amy Switzer, sculptor and drawer will share their personal experiences on how being named a TOAE award winner has made an impact on their career.
Saturday, July 9th | 1:00 – 2:00 PM | Toronto City Hall in the Rotunda
Art Talk with…Michael Awad, Chris Pommer and Samantha Sannella
Recall and Revitalization – Building Downtown Culture
In 1965, Toronto was instantly rebranded and made modern through Viljo Revell’s design of the new City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. Forty-six years later, portions of this vision are being redesigned. Michael Awad, artist and former Professor of Architectural Design at the University of Toronto, Chris Pommer, Founding Partner of Plant Architect Inc. and Samantha Sannella, President and CEO of the Design Exchange will discuss the current design considerations necessary to keep ‘the image of a modern Toronto’ alive.
Sunday, July 10th | 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Toronto City Hall in the Rotunda
Art Talk with…Alexandre Castonguay, Shauna McCabe and Leah Sandals
Art in the 21st Century – Exploring the Creativity in Today’s World
The 21st century is becoming known as the Digital Age and as contemporary art practices advance as does the art. Alexandre Castonguay, artist and Professor at L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) École des arts visual and mediatique, Shauna McCabe, Executive Director of the Textile Museum of Canada and Leah Sandals, professional art writer and editor will discuss the challenges faced when displaying contemporary art, the role of the audience and whether the notion that new movements or organization are being developed to showcase these works.
Sunday, July 10th | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Toronto City Hall in the Rotunda
Art Walks – Nathan Phillips Square
All walking tours will commence at the main TOAE information booth on Nathan Phillips Square. It is recommended to arrive 15 minutes early.
Saturday, July 9th | 3:30 – 4:30PM
Join the TOAE board members and staff as they distribute over $30,000 in awards to both emerging and established participating artists in the exhibition.
Sunday, July 10th | 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Join Betty Ann Jordan, arts journalist, trained artist and the principal of Art InSite, on a tour focusing on originality and innovation in works across all media where she will explain how she defines these qualities.
Sunday, July 10th | 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Join Emma Quin, artist and the Executive Director of the Ontario Crafts Council (OCC), who will lead a multidisciplinary tour of craft on the Square viewing emerging, mid-career and senior artists who make a significant contribution to Ontario’s craft community.
Art Now – Nathan Phillips Square
Art Now will take place at various site-specific locations throughout the entire weekend of the exhibition.
This new initiative by TOAE is to broaden its programming mandate by spotlighting the work of local artists such as Scott Eunson, Lubo Brezina, Kal Mansur, Tongue and Groove Collective and Brian Moore, working in the fields of installation, performance art and digital media
The sponsors for TOAE’s 50 Years of Art celebrations include CTV, Classical 96.3 FM, The Globe and Mail, Absolute Tent and Event Services, ViCommunity.com, Government of Ontario, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, First Canadian Place, Brookfield and The Metropolitan Hotel Toronto.
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is a charitable organization supported by volunteers active in arts and corporate communities. TOAE awards $30,000 in cash prizes to artists and students exhibiting on the Square every year.
Congregation of Sages, acrylic on canvas, 18” x 14”
July 9 – 17, 2011
Opening: Saturday, July 9, 6 – 9 p.m Artist will be present Spence gallery
600 Markham Street
Toronto, ON M6G 2L8
T: 416-795-2787
Email: www.spencegallery@sympatico.com www.spencegallery.com
Spence gallery is showcasing new acrylic paintings by Mora that continue his organic creations that conjure up “fantasy that resembles nature, dreams, imagination, mythology and history”.
“I began my studies of Mayan and Aztec iconographymany years ago, and my artwork strongly reflects these influences, both in terms of its subject and concerns and, to some degree,its outer form. For instance I depict elaborated figures that connect my work with myancestors…. I think it is necessary to return to key philosophical source materials, as well asorally transmitted ancient teachings.”
Mora, whose works is sometimes described as abstract at other times surreal, received formal art training in Mexico and also at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Since migrating to Canada in1997, he has had six solo exhibits and several group shows in Toronto, the US, Europe and Mexico. Asa new Canadian artist Mora strives to merge his cultural background and Canadian experiences tocreate a new kind of art.
July 13 – August 13, 2011 TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY 3148 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario M6P 2A1
(The Junction, Dundas at St. John’s Rd.)
T: 647.270.7903 E: sharlene@telephoneboothgallery.ca www.telephoneboothgallery.ca Hours: Tues by appt., Wed and Sat 11-6, Thurs and Fri 11-7
A narrative suite of paintings that depict beautifully rendered figures that float in a landscape of relationships and conversations that permeate daily life. Sophie Privé has a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Université Laval (1999). She is an award winning artist that has exhibited nationally and internationally. Privé has artworks within several public collections in Québec including Loto-Québec, Colart Collection, CPOA du Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec and Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec.
Tim Laurin graduated from Sheridan College School of Design, Mississauga in 1985. He furthered his studies in painting and printmaking at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario, and also completed master classes with notable artists Joanne Tod, Tim Zuck and Eric Fischl. He has exhibited throughout North America and internationally, including a 2009 exhibition at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie. His award-winning work is included in collections of the Royal Ontario Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass, New York. Originally working in sculpture and painting, Laurin’s current focus is on traditional and non-traditional print media.
July 14 – August 7, 2011 Opening: July 14, 6 – 9 Artist in attendance Thompson Landry Gallery
The Distillery District
55 Mill Street, Building 5, #102
& The Cooperage Building #32
Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3C4
Tel: 416-364-4955
E-mail:info@thompsonlandry.com www.thompsonlandry.com
Hours: Tues – Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5
This sensational new solo exhibition displayes 30 remarkable new works by Quebecois artist Étienne Gélinas. Étienne Gélinas’ pieces combine codes such as mechanical plans and clothing patterns to form a detailed backdrop, with splashes of spontaneous paint drippings. Taking mundane images and arranging them into something astonishingly beautiful, he creates a space where the opposing visual codes of the scientific and the pictorial exist in harmony with one another. His work exudes a vividly mesmerizing effect, created by his unique contrast between calculation and impulse. In his latest series, Gélinas’ signature artistic style, a blend of geometrical, scientific and numerical concepts, fused with an aesthetic flare, has been pushed to stunning new levels.
Grey Stone White Flower, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
July 9-23, 2011
Opening : Saturday July 9, 2 – 4pm, artist in attendance BAU-XI GALLERY
340 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5
T: 416.977.0600
E: toronto@bau-xi.com www.bau-xiphoto.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30, Sun 11-5:30
Gordon Wiens studied painting at St. Lawrence College where he subsequently taught drawing and painting. He creates contemporary abstract paintings in acrylic on canvas and paper. His works have been exhibited in Vancouver and Toronto, and can be found in many private collections. Wiens’s finely layered paintings reflect an interest in the transient, fragile nature of existence.
Foliage Unraveled, 2011, oil & acrylic on canvas, 30 x 45 inches
July 9 – 23, 2011 Opening Reception and Book Launch:
Saturday July 9, 2 – 4 pm artist in attendance BAU-XI GALLERY
340 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5
T: 416.977.0600
E: toronto@bau-xi.com
www.bau-xiphoto.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30, Sun 11-5:30
Firmly established in the Canadian art scene, Drew Burnham is well known for his stylized fluid lines and vivid colours portraying the natural environment. In his current show, images of rippling water, swaying trees, and sculptural vegetation become illuminated on the canvas. Drew Burnham trained with Don Jarvis and Toni Onley, and has exhibited since 1965.
The opening reception will also serve as a book launch for Burnham’s first hardcover book of paintings.
Swamp Tree, 2011, Edition of 10, chromogenic print, 22 x 32 inches
JULY 9 – 23 Opening: Saturday July 9, 2-4pm artist in attendance BAU-XI PHOTO
324 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5
T: 416.977.0400
E: info@bau-xiphoto.com www.bau-xiphoto.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30, Sun 11-5:30
Adam Makarenko constructs each photograph as a diorama, sculpting each element by hand and photographing the set. He uses these constructed realities to tell a story, otherwise impossible through conventional photography, and has garnered incredible notoriety for an emerging photographer. In his new series, Makarenko focuses on the issue of preservation of our fragile environment.
Steve Rockwell: Maurizio Catalan’s Cat and Mouse at Artpace in San Antonio,
2011, paper collage, 36.5″ x 30″
July 7 – July 30, 2011
Opening: Thursday, July 7, 6 – 10 p.m. DE LUCA FINE ARTS / GALLERY
1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
Toronto, Ontario M6J 1J4
T: 416-537-499
E: info@delucafinenart.com
www.corrado@delucafinart.com
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5
We eat with our eyes as much as our stomachs. Food and visual art share a
profound history throughout the ages. Ten years before launching dArt
International Magazine, publisher Steve Rockwell served an actual sandwich
as art at the Arnold Gottlieb Gallery in Toronto. Then as now, Steve
exhibited collage works along with his food creation.
In this exhibition Steve Rockwell creates a subject for his collages that might be
consumed by both eye and stomach. Here at De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, by making
an art magazine the subject,Steve Rockwell links reading and eating, delivering a
readers and eaters digest, if you will.
As part of this exhibition De Luca Fine Art | Gallery features for the first
time two art short films produced by Steve Rockwell & Ben Marshall and
directed by award winning director James Cooper.
The opening reception on July 7th will be filmed as part of a short
documentary about the making and unveiling of the dArt Burger.
