This might be of interest to some of you:
“Join Amanda Procter from Pueblito Canada and Ananya Ohri from York University, for a discussion about two different approaches to using art as a tool for community development.”
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I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY YOUR READING WEEK
A few weeks ago I ran into Joshua Barndt at XPACE. At the time I was editing a blog for XBLOG, when Joshua started up a conversation with my co-workder Elise Windsor, who was sitting right by me. He handed her a business card and made her promise to attend an event he was hosting [...]
Gallery 1313 has been supporting emerging artists for twelve years. Although twelve years might not seem like a long time, it is enough time to have some sort of history. As part of Gallery 1313’s programme, curator Phil Anderson has put together a sex show that has been running for six years. This show went [...]
JMB Gallery is offering an attractive educational program for free (February 15 – 20).
For more info go to:
http://extra-curricular.info/?page_id=96
Examining the role of formal education during some free time over the holidays, I came to a conclusion, be it a flexible conclusion, that the success of formal education is largely dependant on its external enhancements. In that light, I have come to the point of my life where there are a lot of educators— [...]
The weekend of the 21st to the 24th of January marked the launch of the Toronto International Design Festival. During the festival contemporary local and international design gets a spotlight in various venues around Toronto in the form of exhibitions, lectures and symposiums; an exciting cultural-platter for the community.
I post the excellent Richard Condie short above for a couple of reasons. First, because people should be aware of the increasing amount of NFB content being made available for free online. This stuff was my bread and butter during days home sick when I was a kid. Don’t ask me how I saw them, [...]