Our Current Exhibitions

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

Here are a few photos of our current exhibitions at XPACE.
January 20 – February 11, 2012

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feast 04 TORONTO CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

FEAST (Funding Engaging Actions with Sustainable Tactics) Toronto is a series of community dinners and micro-funding events. During each dinner, artists, designers and groups are invited to present proposals for art- or design-based projects. Everyone attending the dinner votes on which project they would like to fund, and the project with the most votes is given a grant from the money raised from the ticket sales. The grant winner(s) will be invited back to the next FEAST to present their completed project.

We are looking for proposals for the next FEAST, edition 04, taking place on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Avenue, Toronto.  Proposals are due March 1, 2012.

FEAST 04 proposals should include:

A Project Summary (1), and the answers to the following questions:
(2) How will you use funding to realize your project?
(3) Why is this project critical to the FEAST community (e.g. why would the FEAST community be interested in supporting your project)?
(4) The names and contact information for all of your presenters

IMPORTANT! You must be able to attend the FEAST event on March 25th in order to apply.  Project presentations are given in-person by the presenters to the gathered guests over dinner, and then everyone gets to vote on which project they would like to fund.  The money raised from the dinner (estimated at $700+) will go to fund the project with the most votes.  We will also have a separate student grant of $300 donated by XPACE Cultural Centre.
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Appel à projets: Génération Dissémination // Call for proposals: Generation Dissemination

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

Please send submissions to: contact@maggieflynn.ca
Deadline: Friday February 24, 2012

Seeking proposals from artists working in (but not limited to) video, film, interactive art, net art, performance or installation. Artists are asked to propose a layered work that involves an “original” gesture, and documentation of or through that gesture. Original gestures may take place anywhere outside of the gallery (ex: site-specific installation, distant geographic location, private performance) and should take place within the dates of the exhibition. Documentation of this gesture will be produced by the artist and mounted in the gallery before the closing of the exhibition. Proposed projects should consider the exhibition format. The use of documentation should be a central aspect of the work. Questions or clarifications are welcome at the contact address below.

Proposals should include:
- CV
- Artist statement (1 paragraph)
- Description of the proposed project (1 page max: Include technical/materials information. Describe site and contexte of the original gesture, the process of documentation.)
- Support material (5 -10 images, links or video/audio of past work)
- Support material list (include context, duration, date)

It’s natural for artists to want to make history – for their work to be known and recorded. It’s a very different goal for artists to participate in the recording… of history in general. The production of documentation (of art and as art) is a practice that intertwines and dialogues with the reportage of current events. When artists use documentation in their practice, they construct an interpretation of their artwork or subject. The choice of medium and distribution method of art documentation then determines its trajectory into the world and into the future. The relation between documentation and its subject is more complicated than ever: an installation is livestreamed, net art leaves a constant digital trace, everyday activities are documented as a performance for video. How might the methods of the documentation and distribution of art affect the recording and framing of history made today? How will today’s history be read tomorrow?
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Hennessy Youngman’s Art Thoughtz in Toronto!

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin

HENNESSY YOUNGMAN’S ART THOUGHTZ

Artist talk and screening with Jayson Musson

Tuesday January 31st, 2012
7:30 – 9:30 pm, doors open at 7:00 pm
Admission: $8 / $5 students at the door

The Drake Hotel, Underground
1150 Queen Street W.,416.531.5042

Click Here to watch some of my favorite Art Thoughts videos:

Relational Aesthetics
Beuys-Z

New York-based artist Jayson Musson (aka Hennessy Youngman) will talk about why he started his wildly popular video series Art Thoughtz, debut a new episode, and hold a Q&A with the audience.
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Come to our next WINGDING!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

XPACE WINGDING:
ART SUPPLY SWAP
Saturday January 28 2012, 1pm-5pm

If you are in need of art supplies, and have some kickin’ around that you aren’t using, why not bring them down to XPACE next Saturday to trade in for something you’ll love and USE!!!

Bring:
- new/gently used arts and crafts materials or books
i.e. *markers, pens, paint, brushes, envelopes, paper supplies, staples, sponges, aprons, sculpey/fimo, instructional books, collage materials, canvas, wood, carving tools, nibs, pencils, cases, zippers, fabric, wool, ink, clay, glaze, etc etc etc
- items you never needed
- gifts you got but never opened
- things you purchased for a class but never did use!

Have fun, meet other artists, save money & get some great and useful items for your artist needs!

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you can’t spell slaughter without laughter

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

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Pixel Pusher

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Where: Angell Gallery @ 12 Ossington Avenue
When: January 19th – February 18th
Opening reception: Thursday January 19th 6–9 PM

Curated by Luke Painter, “Pixel Pusher” brings together 4 artists, David Clarkson, Michael Antkowiak, Jillian Kay Ross and Craig Skinner, whose painting practices have strong connections to digital processes. Although painting is a medium that is well known for its plasticity and movement, artists have continually found new ways to incorporate and mediate the techniques and methods of digital space into their paintings. Continue reading →

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Opening Reception @ XPACE

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

Join us at XPACE this Friday for the opening reception of our Main Space, Xbase, and Window Space.

Opening Reception: Friday January 20, 2012

When: January 20 – February 11, 2012.
Where: 58 Ossington Avenue, Toronto.

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OCAD’s Reading Club

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

OCAD U’s Dorothy H. Hoover library is launching a reading club. This is not the kind of book club where everyone reads the same best seller and gets together to debate its merits – instead, reading clubbers will help create a themed display in the library and will then get together to discuss that month’s subject with friends and fellow students. Materials include books, graphic novels, artwork, articles and the display itself. Continue reading →

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The Toronto Now Series presents…

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

Relocated from the street, local Toronto artists Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette come together in the gallery for a collaborative installation in the Toronto Now Series. Using convergent forms of street art, graffiti writing and activist interventions combined with contemporary painting, sculpture and design these artists eradicate traditional art classifications and work to expand the understanding of what artistic creativity can be. Taking inspiration from their daily environment, the gallery and the current socio-political and cultural climate of Toronto, this installation invites audiences to reconsider Toronto Now.

Opening Reception: Friday January 20, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Exhibition from: January 21 – April 1, 2012

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