“Tell Your Story” Photography Workshop For Women
Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Grant Program Info Session
Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Grant Program Info Session
Date: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Time: 1 – 3 pm
Location: Toronto Centre for the Arts
Cost: Free
The Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship program provides funding for newcomer and refugee professional artists to be mentored in their chosen artistic discipline. The program is open only to professional artists who arrived in Canada after January 1, 2010 and who live in the City of Toronto.
Join Rupal Shah from Toronto Arts Council and Inés Aguileta from Neighbourhood Arts Network to learn more about the Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship program. We will be talking about who is eligible to apply, how to find a mentor and how to get started on your application.
Please e-mail rupal@torontoartscouncil.org to reserve your spot in the session. Include your full name as well as any translation services or accessibility services you require.
Airsa Art: Nowruzgan
Nowruzgan: Multicultural Art Exhibition
Date: March 17 – 26, 2017
Opening Reception: March 18,2017 – 6-8pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts
Nowruz (also called Noruz, Nowrooz, and Navruz), the “New Year” holiday, has been celebrated for at least 2,500 years, and perhaps for as long as 5,000 years. Originating in Persia, its name means “new day” in Farsi/Persian because it marks the first day of the New Year. The exact beginning of the New Year occurs when the season changes from winter to spring on the vernal equinox, which usually happens on 20 or 21 March each year.
International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 2010, at the initiative of several countries that share this holiday (Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan). Also in Ontario, March 21 is proclaimed as Nowruz Day as an Act in 2006.
Nowruzgan, Multicultural Art Exhibition @Toronto Centre for the Arts
Nowruzgan is a multicultural art exhibition to celebrate Nowruz and the first day of spring. The event aims to share the holiday with the community and give a voice to multiple artists and their personal interpretations.
Mao Correa : Solitary Portraits 2017
Mao Correa : Solitary Portraits 2017
Date: February 9 – 25, 2017
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 1-6 pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts
Cost: Free
Closed: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 for Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Grant Program info session
Opening Reception:
Date: February 9, 2017
Time: 5-8pm
Join Mao Correa in his most recent art-journey: Solitary Portraits (series 2017) and in welcoming the Express-Art(e) Colombia… A women-window project for a country momentum.
My City My Six
My City My Six
Tell your story in six words
My City My Six is a participatory public art project that will reveal Toronto and its residents in celebration of Canada 150, six words at a time. From January through May 2017, the My City My Six project will ask Torontonians of all ages and backgrounds to share something essential about themselves in six words.
Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a six word story. He responded with, “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn”, and the six word story was born.
Based on the six word story concept popularized by Smith Magazine, this project invites Torontonians to write and contribute six words that best tells their story. My City My Six will culminate in a city-wide exhibition in the public realm in the fall of 2017, showing the diverse lives that collectively make up this great city at this moment in time.
This project is led by Toronto Arts and Culture in collaboration with the city’s six Local Arts Service Organizations. Stories will be collected through emails, workshops, and events. A jury, including Toronto’s Poet Laureate Anne Michaels, will select stories to appear in the exhibition, which will include transit shelters, transit interiors, billboards, and other public spaces. Local galleries, businesses and public spaces will also be animated as part of the exhibition in September and October 2017.
See sample six word stories below: (Courtesy of 6 Words Minneapolis)
To Participate:
Please email culturalhotspot@toronto.ca and include:
- your six word story
- your first name
- the name of your neighbourhood
- your age
If you have questions about the My City My Six project, please contact Andrea Raymond-Wong, Community Cultural Coordinator at Andrea.Raymond-Wong@toronto.ca or 416-338-2469.
Dusty Roads
Low Salaries
Wonderful People
– Edith, 88 Downtown
Murals
Hip-hop
Uppercut
Boxing
Coffeeshop
– Alf, 17, North Mpls.
At Ninety-Nine, I’m still a Musician
– Gabrielle, 99 SW Seniors Ctr.
I was afraid, now I’m fierce
– Maggie, 38, N.E.
Go to the Park and Play
– Zara, 4 Fulton
All My Life, I’ve held on
– Anonymous, 18, Kingfield
Tabla and Taiko
Tabla and Taiko: Two Ancient Traditions Meet
Cost: $30
Date: April 15, 2017
Time: 7pm
Join Toronto Tabla Ensemble and Nagata Shachu on April 15th, 2017 for an evening of scintillating rhythms at Toronto Centre for the Arts. Both Toronto-based ensembles have contributed immensely to the World Music scene in Canada, raising the profiles of Indian and Japanese music respectively over the last 25 years. This concert will feature compositions by the two ensembles’ maestros, Ritesh Das and Kiyoshi Nagata, who have created new works that maintain each tradition’s form to create a truly novel sound.
The concert will feature percussive traditions whose roots trace back thousands of years with the ultimate goal of bringing communities together in a celebration of Canadian heritage during the country’s 150th year. Both Das and Nagata were among the pioneers of cross-cultural music collaboration in Toronto with their respective ensembles in the early 1990’s. Rejoining forces in 2015, they stunned audiences with a sold out concert at the Harbourfront Centre. One of their newly composed pieces, Sare Panch (Five-and-a-Half), will feature on the upcoming Toronto Tabla Ensemble album Bhumika (Sanskrit word for Earth) to be released in Fall 2017.
Another milestone to be celebrated on the night is the launch of a partnership between Toronto Tabla Ensemble and co-presenter North York Arts. The two arts organizations aim to continue producing unique presentations to foster artistic development in the North York community. After receiving the 2016 Roy Thomson Hall Award from the Toronto Arts Foundation, Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s artistic director Ritesh Das said “2017 is an exciting year and we are always looking to raise the bar”. The Ensemble’s 2017 concert season will also feature an album release concert and a collaboration with modern dance group Kaeja d’Dance at the Harbourfront Centre.
StArt Info Session
StreetARToronto 2017 Information Session
Cost: FREE
Date: January 19, 2017
Time: 3PM – 5PM
Place: North York Arts, 5040 Yonge St., Toronto, ON
Are you an artist or non-profit arts/community organization looking to learn more about opportunities with StreetARToronto (StART)? Please join us for an informative presentation and Q&A session about our exciting programs!
Please e-mail streetart@toronto.ca with any questions or accessibility requirements.
Kiss and Cry
Kiss and Cry
Cost: $20
Date: Feb 4, 2017
Time: 8pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts
Kiss and Cry is a romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3.5 billion type of cancer. The film stars Luke Bilyk, Chantal Kreviazuk, Naomi Sneickus and Sarah Fisher as Carley. Sarah Fisher and Carley Allison were best friends in real life. This is a Toronto premiere screening with cast, crew and special guests in attendance.
Feb 4th show at the Toronto Centre for the Arts is SOLD OUT!
Art Starts Annual Showcase
Cost: FREE
Date: December 7, 2016
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts
As artists and art educators, we seek to critique the world around us, share pieces of our culture and celebrate diversity. Through our creative works, we have the power to speak freely without fear of being stereotyped, judged, dismissed or silenced. Join us for our annual showcase as we share a night of creative expression; connecting Torontonians to a fun, interactive and engaging multi-disciplinary arts experience.
We ask. We Listen. We Create- Together
www.artstarts.net
https://www.facebook.com/events/1290749150997186/
My Dear Veterans
My Dear Veterans
A photography exhibition by Ludmila Schnaider
The “My Dear Veterans” project (2014-2016) is about Canadian WWII veterans living in Toronto, many of whom are almost 100 years old. They have a history which we will never know if we do not help them share it with us.This collection of over 60 artistic portraits includes portraits of veterans and landscape photos from Auschwitz.
Lower Gallery, Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge St.
November 11-25th, 2016
Reception November 11, 12-3pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 1-4:30pm or by appointment
Film Screening: The liberation of Auschwitz (Poland)
mydearveterans.com