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Edison Osorio is a 3rd year student of Criticism and Curatorial Practice at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He was born in Colombia and lived for several years in Queens, N.Y. He then moved to London, ON where he finished high school and started to get involved with art practices. He also attended Sheridan and Fanshawe College for fine arts and liberal studies respectively. But it wasn’t until three years ago that he moved to Toronto and started to develop his artistic skills as writer as well as a video artist. He currently works at XPACE Cultural Center where he edits his colleagues’ blogs while listening to groovy tunes.

Video: Bloggers should not be killed

I have been asked to share this.

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“Toronto through Her Writer’s Eyes”: My Two Cents

In spite of having lived in Toronto for only three years (so far), I have developed a strong sense of home. The reasons for that sort of attachment I cannot explain, at least off the top of my head. Though they are certainly highly relevant. I came to live in Toronto after having exhausted my [...]

Panel discussion on GMOs sustainable practices in food production: Tuesday, March 2nd

Please circulate :
London artist Ron Benner will present on his work on a panel which will discuss issues that relate to GMOs and sustainable practices in food production with Arlene Stein, Sarah Wakefield, and a student representative from The Hot Yam! student organization.
Event : organized by student members of the Hart House Farm Committee,  Hart House Social Justice Committee [...]

Free event: Transformation through arts-based education

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.”
Follow the link above for details
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I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY YOUR READING WEEK

LOCAL TALENT: ON SCREEN, IN YOUR BEDROOM

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 [...]

February Hotness

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 [...]

XU TANG – KEYWORDS SCHOOL

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

A Non-profit Educational Project by Cats: The Pinky Show

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 Gladstone Hotel’s Alternative Design Event

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.

A Non-profit Educational Project by Cats: The Pinky Show

In a prolific effort to further expand and educate citizens of the world, the creators of internet-based educational project, The Pinky Show, offered a panel discussion at the Toronto Free Gallery this Saturday, January 16.
More details to come…