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surface & symbol
Volume 22, Number 3 May/June 2010
All art is at once both surface and symbol
The Art of Comics
Left to Right: comic racks at The Beguiling;Festival poster for 2010 Toronto Comics Arts Festival by Daniel Clowes; TCAF organizer Christopher Butcher. Photos by Althea Manasan
By Althea Manasan Forget about everything you the major publishing com- bration of comics.” for the hardcore fans,” says
thought you knew about panies known for standard The accessible and affa- Butcher, explaining that he
boy named Gus
A
comic books. TCAF cele- superhero fare. The ble atmosphere of TCAF is is determined to draw in a
is born with brates the more literary side Toronto-based artist pro- deliberate, says Christopher more diverse readership.
deer-like antlers of the paneled and speech- duces his own weekly Butcher, the show’s organiz- “We wanted a festival open
in the midst of a bubbled medium known to online comic called Raising er. His day job is managing to the public, not just the
mysterious epidemic. A sen- connoisseurs as “sequential Hell. “TCAF focuses more The Beguiling, a treasure regular comics cognoscen-
sitive artist named art.” The event, taking place on indie projects,” Belanger trove of comics and graphic ti.” The people who visit the
Mendleman roams through on May 8th and 9th at the says. It's a departure from novels in downtown Toronto show span across all demo-
a bustling rural marketplace Toronto Reference Library, the larger, more commercial (www.beguiling.com). To graphics, Butcher says:
rife with malevolent under- will feature over 200 comic book conventions, the ensure that TCAF has a young and old, male and
tones in early-20th-century authors and artists from ones stereotypically filled mass appeal, Butcher part- female, longtime comic fans
Europe. A cynical, middle- around the world. They will with obsessive and excitable nered with the Toronto and newbies who just want
aged loner named Wilson be here showcasing their geeks. “TCAF feels more Public Library and made to see what all the buzz is
reflects on his life of failed work, which spans the like a festival—calm and show is free to attend. about.
relationships. gamut of genres – from approachable. Just a cele- “Comic conventions are Continued on page 2
These are just a few of slice-of-life stories and
the stories that you’ll find at romantic romps to tales of
this year’s Toronto Comic adventure and fairy-tale
Arts Festival. epics.
Yes, comics. “Marvel and DC don’t
Forget about super- have booths at TCAF,” says
heroes. Forget about tights. Andy Belanger, referring to
a publication of
Invitation to recall King Tut’s Unsung Artists Scarborough Historical Words and Images
page 3 page 4 page 5 page 7
2 surface & symbol, May/June 2010
Your Invitation to Comic Arts Festival
cont’d from page one.
TCAF was founded in 2003, and origi- push the comic book medium beyond the
nally held every two years, but its popu- limited stereotypes. “”We want to do
larity grew so much so that it’s now an other things besides superheroes,” says
annual event. The idea for the show was Ramon Perez, another TX member whose
Coming Thursday, June 24th, 7 - 9pm conceived by Butcher during a road trip online comic called “Butternut Squash” is
Centennial Science and Technology Centre, Centennial College to attend the Small Press Expo, a large about – in a nutshell – “boys, coffee, girls
independent comic book festival in and sex.”
Featuring:
Maryland. When Perez was just a young illustra-
A.N.A.S.A. Collective - fashion show
He decided that Toronto was in dire tion student at Sheridan College in the
Elevated Grounds - performing arts need of a similar event because of its early 1990s, he remember that teachers
Silent auction with great prizes and more! “vibrant comic scene.” Though he admits criticized his work for being too “comic
that the city’s reputation has grown a lit- book-y.” “Comic books were frowned
We know that Scarborough is a culturally vibrant tle stale over the past few years, he’s upon [and considered] a substandard art
and diverse place – a community that has given birth expecting a revival, particularly with this style” he says, adding that years later, he
to many successful artists and continues to cultivate year’s upcoming release of a major movie is one of the few working artists from his
talent and creativity. So to celebrate what based on an independent comic book, graduating class. “Now it’s almost cool to
Scarborough has to offer, SAC is holding a cultural “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” The book, say you work in comics.”
showcase event with star power and community as well as the film, are set in Hogtown, With a professional career spanning 14
impact – Starborough! and proudly feature our locales as the years, Ramon Perez has traveled to festi-
story’s backdrop. “That’s Toronto at the vals in places like Portugal, Spain, Italy
On Thursday June 24th, 2010, at the Centennial forefront,” says Butcher. “It’s bringing the and France. He has noticed that
Science and Technology Centre, Starborough will attention back. [People see it and] think Europeans take a “more arts-based”
feature Scarborough’s current and future stars. ‘Oh I get it. There really is cool stuff out approach to comic books compared to
Starborough will also act as a fundraiser to support there.’” North Americans. “They’re more accept-
Scarborough Arts Council youth and community One of the groups producing all this ing of comics over there. There’s a love
programs, ensuring that under-served communities cool stuff is Transmission X, a local col- affair with [comics] that isn’t here,” says
can continue to participate in accessible and relevant lective of professional comic book artists Perez. “In Europe, they revere the art.
arts initiatives. and illustrators. Founded in 2007, TX was There are museums with rows upon rows
an avenue for these artists to publish their of comic book art in frames.” Even in
The Starborough Gala committee, Board, volun- own personal projects online New York City, he says, there are gallery
teers and sponsors are working hard to put this event (www.txcomics.com). “We really wanted showings devoted to comics. “It’d be nice
together which will also include silent auction, art to do our own thing,” says Belanger, one to see that kind of respect here.”
exhibit and sale, and a cocktail reception. This event of the collective’s founders. “No editors That respect for comics of all genres is
will be a great opportunity to get to know were involved. It was just us being cre- exactly what TCAF is trying to bring
Scarborough Arts Council in one evening, meet the ative…pushing each other to create our Toronto. In addition to the booths where
Board, members and Scarborough residents, and own material.” At TCAF, the TX artists creators promote their work, the show
enjoy our home grown talent in this unique evening will have an entire room dedicated to will also feature programs, readings and
of entertainment. only their work. Belanger will be offering discussion panels to inform, educate and
“Hell Raiser,” “Bottle of Awesome,” and engage the uninitiated. If people are will-
- Sergei Petrov, Board Member & Gala Co-Chair “Kill Shakespeare,” an imaginative ing to give comic books a chance, they
adventure story starring The Bard’s char- may realize that there’s much more lurk-
acters. ing beneath the glossy surface.
One of TX’s grander missions is to
individual donors. Scarborough Arts Council Communications Coordinator
surface &symbol would like to thank CIBC for their support of our
youth programs.
Cindy Rozeboom
Members Emeritii:
Newspaper Staff: Scarborough Arts Council cannot be held Lynne Atkinson, Tracey Bowen, Karin Eaton,
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Contributors: Lori Callan, Laura Ewing, Denise work. To have your material returned, please Board of Directors: Christa Graf, June James, Allena Litherland, Joy
Jayawardene, Benedict Lopes, Althea Manasan, include a self-addressed stamped envelope Chair: Colin Hughes MacFadyen, Kris Magidsohn, Peter Marsh,
Nora Ohanjanians, John Oughton, Michelle (SASE). Material printed is copyright and may Vice Chair: Ravinder Shawe
only be reprinted with permission of the editor David Masters, Doris McCarthy, Marlena
Ridout, Aasana Sri, Sheila Stewart, Elana Wolff Scarborough Arts Council gratefully Vice Chair: Christine Harris
and with credit to Surface & Symbol. Opinions McCarthy, Myrna Miller-Tait, Brigitte Mueller,
and Vasha Zindros. acknowledges the financial support of the Treasurer: Daniel Broome
expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily Doris Robinson, Lucy Roy, Val Russell, David
Deadline for the July/August issue: Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Secretary: Carolyn Kim
those of the Scarborough Arts Council or its Seidel, Eugenie Shehirian, Randall Starr, Lin
June 18, 2010. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. Board Members: Christine Amendola,
Board of Directors. Councillor Adrian Heaps, Hanifa Kassam, Whitman, Betty Zyvatkauskas.
Logo Quotation: Oscar Wilde With $100 million in annual funding from the
Surface & Symbol is published six times a year Send material to: province’s charitable gaming initiative, the Sergei Petrov
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Surface & Symbol, Staff: at 1859 Kingston Road are open Monday to
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on considerations of clarity, length, timeliness and Development Canada and our corporate and Creative Mosaics Program Coordinator
space limitations. Cian Knights
surface & symbol, May/June 2010 3
Invitation to Recall
By Aasana Sri hand printed on Washi paper that
was cut into pieces, then loosely
he Scarborough Arts
T
stitched onto traditional Western
Council hosted its 25th paper. Her piece is about water-
Annual Juried Exhibition front development, pesticide use,
in the Corridor Gallery at and wetland destruction putting
the Centre for Creative significant pressure on our lakes,
Communications. The winner of rivers, and streams. “Like this
the prized Frank Faubert Memorial piece it would appear that our
Award for Art was presented to Liz ecosystem is increasingly being
Menard and the 2010 Jurors Choice held together by a thread,” said
Awards went to artists Todd Menard.
Tremeer and Viktor Mitic. Inspired by the assassination of
The theme of the event was Benazir Bhutto, Benazir, is a high-
recall-an exploration of the things light of Mitic’s current series of pop
that have reshaped our world in art paintings in which he shoots
the past ten years. 33 artists from bullet holes onto the outline of sub-
all disciplines submitted their jects. The feeling of devastation is
work to SAC to be juried by Erin drawn closer by shooting holes
Peck, exhibitions and outreach co- and leaving burn marks in the
ordinator, Doris McCarthy Gallery, composition. “Although the
the University of Toronto process is very loud there is sense
Scarborough and Katrina Enros, of peace after the smoke is gone,”
gallery administrator, Doris said Mitic.
McCarthy Gallery, the University Similarly, Tremeer’s painting,
of Toronto Scarborough. Sarajevo, is part of a larger and
Menard’s work …being held ongoing series of paintings that
together by a thread is an etching represents the constructiveness of
history. “I allegorically
suggest how our cur-
rent military actions
around the world may
be represented in the
future,” said Tremeer.
What do you recall?
Counter clockwise from
upper left:
Recall Winner Liz Menard and
“...being held together by a
thread”;
Benezir by Viktor Mitic;
From outside the gallery
looking in;
SAC Creative Mosaics Program
Coordinator Cian Knights
ponders Kernel Memory by
Laura Moore.
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Harvey, Barb McEvoy, Sharon McGregor, Linda Murray, Nina
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4 surface & symbol, May/June 2010
King Tut’s Unsung Artists
By Denise Jayawardene because the ancient
Egyptians believed that
rom November to
F
gold was the skin of the
April the Golden gods. Leprohon says,
King Tutankhamun “They were incredible
and the Great craftsmen, using copper, a
Pharaohs reigned over malleable metal, to carve
Toronto. This AGO exhibit through stone. Sometimes
featured more than 100 arti- they carved reliefs into the
facts from ancient Egypt, inside curve of small stone
many of which were uncov- cylinder cups, so that when
ered for the first time in 1922. a candle was placed inside,
Ancient artifacts were lit up one could see the image
on display showing off their from the inside out. They
golden splendor granting us were that good, that skilled,
a glimpse into how the king and that incredible.”
and his court lived in ancient Leprohon believes that
Egypt. Picasso first saw ancient
The famous blue-painted Egyptian art at the Louvre
golden Death Mask of the in France, “Picasso must
young king remains in Cairo; have looked at their art and
nevertheless, visitors were said “that’s it!”. Picasso
dazzled with a ten-foot stat- was enthralled with how
ue of the King, a beautifully they played with points of
preserved canopic (an urn) view and perspective. He
that held his mummified must have felt a connection
stomach, the royal bed, a with the ancient Egyptians,
gold death mask of who painted both perspec-
Psusennes I and the bust of tives at once, because both
Amenhotep IV, King Tut’s are correct.” The ancient
probable father. There was Egyptian craftsmen used
an abundance of other arti- The calcite canopic stopper (lid of an urn) that contained the stomach of Tutankhamun symmetry and both the full
facts such as jewelry, wall and side profiles of objects
reliefs, cat coffins, toys and all in one piece.
apprenticed at their father’s knees Leprohon speaks about the
tools. Relics found inside King After having seen the Louvre
at a young age. By the time they identity of these craftsmen, “It is
Tut’s tomb were created by ancient material, Picasso began to play
were twenty or twenty-five they not known who created these
Egyptian artists to preserve the with the same points of view and
would get very good. They would works of art, because at that time
Pharaohs’ legacy into the afterlife. perspectives, as did the ancient
become well known in their com- craftsmen never signed or stamped
The AGO website states, “It is Egyptians.
munities as master craftsmen and their work. For them, it was about
through the art of Ancient Egypt When asked what more can
were called upon by the palace to the glory of the king, because it
that we have come to know so artists today learn from these
do work for the king. The sculp- was to be used forever. It was not
much about their family, religious ancient Egyptian craftsmen,
tures were likely done by one about the artist, it was about mak-
beliefs, and political structures. We Leprohon replied, “Patience.” Just
craftsman and the reliefs were ing a piece for eternity. In that time,
will share these interesting stories like the ancient Egyptian crafts-
done by a team of craftsmen”. artists or craftsmen were not
through this exhibition”. After men, modern artists should take
Leprohon explains how these allowed to be individuals, not able
reading this, I began to think about the time to master their crafts so
craftsmen were chosen by the to add their own flair to their work.
those artists that created these that the future generations can
palace and how they were com- Individuality is a modern concept,
exquisite pieces for the king: who look at the legacy left behind from
pensated, “The king employed the a freedom that artists today should
were they? How did they learn our society.
best craftsmen that money could appreciate”.
their art form, how were they cho- Leprohon is an Honorary
buy. But, they were not paid in The sculptures featured at the
sen, were they paid, were they Trustee for The Society for the
cash; instead they were “paid in exhibition were made of stone
honored? Study of Egyptian Antiquities
kind”, or “paid in grain”. At the found in the desert, like calcite
Ron Leprohon is a professor of (SSEA). The SSEA is a Toronto-
time there were no coins or forms (Egyptian alabaster), granite, lime-
Egyptology at the University of based non-profit organization
of money. It is possible that they stone, clay, quartzite & schist.
Toronto. He was involved with founded to stimulate interest in
received, for example, fifty loaves Artifacts were commonly decorat-
both the King Tut exhibitions in Egyptology. They conduct courses
of bread; they may have kept five ed with gold or bronze and the
Canada held in 1979 and again this and hold events like lectures and
for immediate consumption and eyes were often inlaid with lapis,
year. He sheds light on how these movie nights which are open to the
traded or bartered with the rest. obsidian and crystal. Some sculp-
ancient Egyptian artists acquired public, so you can continue to
This hefty payment may have tures were painted; black paint was
their skills, “The men, (they were enjoy ancient Egyptian civilization
brought up their social status, created with carbon from charcoal,
likely men), stone or metal work- long after the exhibition is gone.
which was very important at the yellow and red pigments made
ers, who created these artifacts Check their website,
time. It was an honour to do any- from orpiment, blue from copper
would have been puzzled by the www.thessea.org, for more infor-
thing for the king. What you did carbonate, green from malachite
word “artist”. They considered mation.
for the king, you were doing for a and white from plaster. Precious
themselves “craftsmen”, who
god.” gold was applied to statues
surface & symbol, May/June 2010 5
Scarborough Historical Museum
By Michelle Ridout
“Action,” shouted Devon
Taylor-Black, historical interpreter
at the Scarborough Museum, and
director for the night. The room,
which was previously filled with
the sounds of giggling, mumbling,
and shuffling, fell silent.
Each actor took their place on
the stage, and the play com-
menced. This may not be the typi-
cal scene you would expect to find
in a museum, but it is the one you
would stumble upon if you visited
the Scarborough Museum on a
Tuesday night.
Six years ago the Scarborough
Museum created the program
“Scene Change.” The museum
saw an opportunity to fulfill a need
for accessible family theatre in
Scarborough, while allowing teens
to creatively express themselves.
High school students who had a
passion for theatre, and were look-
ing for a way to earn their forty Youth from the Flashback and Scene Change teams celebrate the 2nd annual Musuemees at the Scarborough Museum
hours of community service could
join the group, in which they coaching them on theatre tech- expertise. The group recently creat- showcased in a student run gallery
would learn about, and practice niques such as line delivery, body ed a book which told the history of at the museum in June. Another
plays. The group would then per- positioning, and vocal tone and the community of Bendale through new youth team is that of “The
form at the museum during events, clarity. photos taken by the volunteers. Knitting Brigade” run by Julia
and on the weekend. “Scene Change” often runs in The youth programs at the Thayer. “The Knitting Brigade” is a
“Scene Change” was so suc- conjunction with one of the muse- Museum run in three month knitting group which meets week-
cessful that the museum has since um’s newer youth teams, “Jazz cycles, with each group completing ly, knitting bandages for leprosy
developed other youth groups. Band,” run by Caitlin Ryan. This a major project at the culmination victims in India. The final youth
The museum now hosts youth group is a jazz band which prac- of the cycle. Recently, one group group which the museum is devel-
teams which meet to discuss and tices both historical and contempo- had the opportunity to create an oping is a “Camp Leadership
learn about photography, art, jazz, rary pieces in the cozy setting of exhibit still on display in the muse- Club.” Led by Shanu
and even knitting. The young the Cornell House parlor, and per- um called “Vintage Spotlight.”For Thiyagalingam, the youth in this
adults in these groups are able to forms at most of the museum’s this project the groups “FlashBack” group will learn mentoring and
express and develop their creativi- large events. They also recently and “Scene Change” worked leadership skills, in preparation for
ty, while also learning important had the opportunity to perform at together. Members of the group their interaction with other youth
life skills, and forming friendships. the Malvern Family Resource “Scene Change” re-staged old por- and children during the museum’s
Each group also provides a service Centre, and (as of press time) are trait photographs while in cos- summer camps.
to the community, ranging from preparing for their performance at tume. Then members of In all of the museum’s youth
creating art for exhibits, to knitting the SAVA Volunteer awards May “Flashback” used digital photogra- groups, young adults develop
bandages for leprosy victims. 5th. For young adults with a pas- phy to make the photographs look invaluable life and job skills, such
The youth group “Scene sion for music, “Jazz Band” pro- old. Both the photographer and the as the ability to work both inde-
Change” is led by Taylor-Black, vides a great opportunity to share actor reflected on how they felt pendently and as a team. The
who holds a degree in theatre. The this passion with others. about this project, and some even museum also provides a letter of
youth volunteers in this group If you are a young adult, or speculated about the feelings and reference to each member who suc-
meet once a week for two hours, know a young adult, with an inter- thoughts of the original subject of cessfully completes the three
during which time they learn new est in photography, then the muse- the photo. month cycle, an asset for future job
theatre techniques, and practice um’s program “FlashBack” may be Due to the immense success of applications. Most importantly
plays which they perform at the of interest to you. “FlashBack” is youth programming, the museum each member leaves the group
museum during the summer. The run by Pailagi Pandya, who is cur- is developing three new youth with a sense of pride in knowing
itinerary of each “Scene Change” rently enrolled in the University of groups. One is ArtWorks, which is they have made an impact on their
meeting is flexible; based on the Toronto’s specialist program for art run by Cheyenne Twiner, a student community.
number of youth that attend, and and culture, and has practiced the at the Ontario College of Art and For more information contact
their particular skills set. The hobby of photography for years. Design. In this program, budding the Scarborough Museum at (416)
atmosphere is relaxed and open, Pandya mentors each member of artists have the opportunity to lean 338-8807, or shm@toronto.ca. The
with Taylor-Black soliciting feed- this youth group, based on their new art techniques, as well as Museum is located at 1007 Brimley
back from the youth, while still skill set, and the group includes develop pieces which can be used Road, just north of Lawrence.
members with varying levels of in their portfolio, and will also be
6 surface & symbol, May/June 2010
A Net.Art Education Begins
By Vasha Zindros Town Centre.
The participatory nature of
computer search for the
A
most Internet Art makes the explo-
term “Internet Art” ration feel collective; even if the
yields 422,000,000 screen is watched by one, the expe-
results. Somewhere rience is made of many.
between the encyclopaedic entries, Discovering Net.Art, often through
the resource databases, the online arbitrary clicks of the mouse, felt
galleries, the sites selling posters like a cultural treasure hunt, some-
and reproductions, a Web-weak times yielding stones, more often
writer realizes that she’s in way gems. Unlike an expertly defined
over her head. And at result 16, collection, finely labelled and per-
give or take depending on the fectly lit, to observe Internet Art is
search engine, Jon Ippolito’s essay, to collaborate, with the artist,
Ten Myths of Internet Art, confirms A screenshot from www.flightpaths.net through the medium, for the mes-
her, ahem, ignorance. She learns, at sage. Lesson learned.
selected passages into five streams Wireless Toronto user account at
Myth One, that Internet Art, as a In-Site Toronto runs from
of new prose. designated hotspots around the
genre, does not include works of March 31st 2010 to December 10th
In disqualifying Myth #2, city, the user will automatically
other art mediums simply exhibit- 2010 and further information,
“Internet Art appeals only to those experience newly commissioned
ed online. Internet Art cannot exist including hotspot maps, can be
entrenched in it”, Jon Ippolito works of art. In Scarborough, Dave
outside its medium, a fact compli- found at www.year01.com. To
claims that “many people who Dyment’s work, an exploration of
cating both collection and longevi- begin your own Net.Art education,
would never set foot in a gallery celebrity culture and the Internet,
ty. So, what does Internet Art look the following websites proved very
stumble across works of Internet can be accessed at two marvellous-
like? helpful: www.vispo.com,
art by following a fortuitous link.” ly unlikely venues: the Teriyaki
The very nature of Internet Art w w w. n e w m e d i a f i x . n e t ,
Consider the recently launched In- Experience Eglinton, and the
extends beyond social and geo- www.nydigitalsalon.org
Site Toronto. By logging on to a Teriyaki Experience Scarborough
graphical borders and unlike con-
ventional art that can usually be
identified by the Who, What and Play Review:
When, Net.Art cannot always be
attributed to a single artist, nor Nothing Much Happens Next
does it necessarily have a comple- This is What Happens Next sophical and self-reflexive. annoying as the play goes on is the
tion date attached. Written by: Daniel McIvor Will, who reflects will, muses sweeping neuroses of all the char-
For example, Canadian Chris Produced by Necessary Angel on his selfishness, resolutions, liv- acters and the uniform repeated
Joseph partnered with Kate At the Berkeley Street Theatre to May 8, 2010
ing in the now, philosophy, story- speech patterns common to all.
Pullinger to create telling and happy endings. Warren It’s as if Daniel Brooks took a
www.flightpaths.net, a networked Reviewed by Nora Ohanjanians
is obsessed with his divorce from break with This is What Happens
novel inspired by a grocery store his male partner, and getting back Next. The innovative risk-taking
What happens when a famous
parking lot in Richmond, England his stuff. His friend and lawyer, director of extraordinary plays like
artist decides to mix his reflections
where five men, since 2001, have Susan, who has two young daugh- Bigger than Jesus was happy to let
and rants, with elements of the
fallen from the sky. The lot is situ- ters, complains about her children his long-time friend and collabora-
postmodern and the absurd, then
ated directly beneath a flight path and clients. Her new date, Aaron, tor, McIvor, stand in the middle of
gets his long-time celebrated friend
into Heathrow airport, and the the astrologer, a woman-turned- a bare stage and deliver his lines.
to direct, and adds the friend’s
men are believed to have been man, (Erin-turned-Aaron) delivers There was precious little move-
name to the credits? Audiences
stowaways on airplanes from reflections on the meaning of life, ment or blocking. McIvor just
flock to the play with great expec-
India. By clicking on a shifting social values, righteousness, and stood there and talked. The projec-
tations for the award-winning
icon, the viewer unlocks text and the physical quality of truth. A tion of the character names on the
names, but leave disappointed.
images revealing the interconnect- father, who’s related to Susan, feels screen looked cheap and was
Not a happy ending.
ed, fictional stories of Yacub, the guilty about his alcoholism, and unnecessary, since both the acting
Daniel McIvor and Daniel
man looking for escape, and uneasy about his role as a father. and the lines distinguished them.
Brooks’s latest collaboration, This
Harriet, the good housewife who And his seven-year-old son, Kevin, The lighting and sound effects,
is What Happens Next, can best be
must watch him fall. Finally the describes his father as a character helped add some variety and
described as lackluster. Even
viewer is encouraged to contribute in a fairy-tale, who drinks “magic atmosphere to an otherwise
McIvor’s superb acting can’t save
to the narrative, and along with juice” and turns into a monster. monotonous production.
the play from its repetitive writing
Jospeh and Pullinger there are 104 Most monologues are witty and If you’re a Daniel McIvor fan,
and bland direction.
participants credited with the emo- funny, with some profound and the play will give you another
The play starts with McIvor
tive project. poetic moments. There are com- chance to enjoy his excellent acting
playing himself, arriving late, apol-
Jason Lewis’s I Know What mon themes (self, will, sexuality, for an uninterrupted 70 minutes. It
ogizing and changing into his act-
You’re Thinking, available at relationships, social norms) in the will also let you in on some more
ing gear on stage, as he tells us the
www.thethoughtshop.com, trans- otherwise fragmented writing. The details about his personal life and
funny story of why he’s late. From
forms the viewer, or rather the characters are loosely connected to musings.
then on he impersonates six char-
viewer’s hard drive, into a poetic each other, but there’s little interac- Otherwise, This is What
acters: Will, Warren, Susan, Aaron,
wonder. On download, the pro- tion between them, and there is no Happens Next falls short of what
little Kevin and his father. Most of
gram seeks out stored text on the plot. The writing is disjointed and you expect from two bigwigs of
the monologues can pass for
viewer’s computer, from emails to repetitive. What becomes almost Canadian theatre.
standup comedy. Some are philo-
essays, and then randomly fuses
surface & symbol, May/June 2010 7
WHITING OUT WISHES
for “Beach Days” by Jane Orr Novotny
Building castles in the sand was one of the ways, Elana
as a girl, that I grew airborne.
Pat and pack domes, windowed clusters, roads Sheila
between their doors, the imprint of knees on the beach.
Fluid with potential, my hands finned, John
shoulders lifted to the wind,
my imp’s imagination spinning… Elana
Once I counted thirteen towers—two for each
of my trolls and one for the gull
not gully, mired moats, drawbridges askew, Sheila
to fly above to others, dropping on their perfect hallows,
whiting out wishes built into John
castles engrained with other possible lives.
Jane Orr Novotny, Beach Days A renga by John Oughton, Sheila Stewart, Elana Wolff
BEACHED
for “Beach Days” by Jane Orr Novotny
achieving that float of dreams.
words and
Regarding seagull, Gull considers mass, ground, density.
images
one girl on her haunches. Neither moves. Sky a palette of
Regarding girl, one marine and cloud tones,
seagull stands in the liminal two other girls prepare the ritual sacrifice:
where small currents bring provender. hives of sand for the tide to swarm.
Girl thinks her bones hollowing,
arms feathering and extending By John Oughton
Poetry inspired by visual art pieces.
BLUEHENGE
for “Words and Colours” by Tharmila Rajasingam
Leaves and grids, my mind growing Sheila
veins, arteries, mesh.
Silent, icy, Stonehenge cold; Elana
I’m tempted to stay swaddled in my gopher coat.
No fence around the stones in ’82— Sheila
now tour buses park beside the site.
Bluehenge up the river, Elana
transit for the huge blue stones from Wales.
Veins, arteries, mesh. Sheila
Thought growing—stilling out of the serigraph
to ash. Elana
Tharmila Rajasingam, Words and Colours A renga by Sheila Stewart and Elana Wolff
8 surface & symbol, May/June 2010
Book Review:
The Golden Mean
Written by Annabel Lyon not anticipate is King Philip’s would question its overall impact. Aristotle sums it up perfectly
Reviewed by Lori Callan request he remain in Macedon as Does the young Alexander, under when he says: “Soon I’ll be alone
tutor to Alexander. Aristotle’s Aristotle’s tutelage develop signifi- in a quiet room where, for the rest
The Golden Mean is Annabel intellectual ambitions, he must cantly? Is the Golden Mean of my life, I can float farther and
Lyon’s first novel. It was nominat- sideline. achieved, in any meaningful way? farther out into the world; while
ed for a plethora of awards in 2009, While Aristotle’s character is Does Aristotle manage to reach my student, charging off the end of
including the Giller, the Governor both compelling and sympathetic, Alexander in his quest to teach him every map, falls deeper and deeper
General’s Award for Fiction and the young Alexander’s is less so. something of the contemplative into the well of himself.”
the Roger’s Writer’s Trust Prize. While the novel’s title refers to life? For all the differences between
The Golden Mean was awarded Aristotle’s attempts to teach the Perhaps it doesn’t matter a great Aristotle and Alexander, Lyon tells
the latter prize. youthful Alexander the “elusive deal. Lyon’s impeccable portrayal us, ultimately their shared human-
Among the novel’s strengths is balance between extremes”, for of Aristotle – the complexities of ity, and the suffering each endures,
Lyon’s ability to portray her narra- this reader, the narrative does not his relationships, of his mind, and makes these seemingly polar oppo-
tor, the philosopher, Aristotle, with always deliver in terms of of his heart – make The Golden sites more alike than we might at
utter accessibility. With his collo- Alexander’s character develop- Mean well worth the read. first contemplate. And it is with
quial speech, and in his essentially ment. Therefore, the relationship Whether Alexander’s character this shared humanity, though
human qualities, he captivates. between teacher and pupil, while benefits from his master’s teach- unevenly drawn, the reader can
The novel travels from the pre- often moving, is also often some- ings is of somewhat less impor- ultimately relate.
sent, back and forth in tance.
time, so that the reader
encounters Aristotle’s
childhood; his father’s
desire he become a
physician and his rejec-
The Nostalgic Fifties
By Laura Ewing
tion of this occupation;
his quirky friendship Jukeboxes blared to Sinatra and Page.
with Alexander the This was the Fifties, the Rock and Roll Age.
Great’s father, King Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” caused hearts to swoon.
Philip; his tragic loss of Couples danced closely to “Silvery Moon”.
his parents to the plague;
and his contemporary Pink poodle skirts and laced saddle shoes
relationship with his Accented cute pony tails and ornate up-do’s
wife and family. Lyon’s Elegant gowns, ritzy Van Cleef pearls
great strength is in her Were worn to the Prom by well-heeled girls.
portrayal of Aristotle’s
basic humanity. Duck tails looked slick with a dab of Brylcreem.
We learn of Aristotle’s Radiant smiles after brushing with Gleem
tutelage under his physi- Billboards were plastered with cigarette ads.
cian/father, then under Sweet Caporal and Phillip Morris the fads.
his tutor Illaeus, who
opens to Aristotle the Black and white TVs sporting rabbit ears
larger world of the intel- what opaque, and lacking in the Brought “I Love Lucy” with laughter and tears.
lect. Throughout the novel, visceral quality with which Drive-Ins were featuring great double bills
Aristotle refers repeatedly to the Aristotle’s character is drawn. From Gene Autry westerns to horrors with chills.
chronic depression that haunts him While Aristotle’s story and back
and affects the quality of his per- story fascinate – Aristotle’s child- Hula hoods, hopscotch and Monopoly were “ins”.
sonal life, and his scholarly work. hood history remains as com- So were the automobile’s signature fins.
The novel opens with Aristotle pelling as his more current one – Twinkies and cupcakes were kids favorite snacks
describing, in the most visceral Alexander’s character, in compari- Served with cold milk and in lunch packs.
manner, his wife’s genitalia. son, lacks some of the same inter-
Always the observer. Soon we esting qualities. This is under- Diners served cheeseburgers and cherry cokes,
learn also of the physical hardship standable. Aristotle’s life’s focus is Pork chops ‘n peaches and strawberry floats.
his entourage encounters as it trav- on the intellect. His role is mature Red hot ‘n tater and malted milk shakes,
els to Pella, the capital of Macedon, teacher to Alexander’s more youth- Spicy meat loaves and Sock-It-To-Me cakes.
where Aristotle is to meet ful exuberance.. Alexander’s obses-
Alexander the Great as a boy. This sion is with physical combat and Wringer washers and clotheslines strung outside.
is where Aristotle’s and conquest. From a fictional stand- And Cracker Jack popcorn with prizes inside.
Alexander’s relationship develops. point however, in terms of the “American Bandstand” and “Leave It To Beaver”
“We must observe the world “story”, this reader found it less and “Gunsmoke” starring Arness and Weaver.
you see?” Aristotle notes. And so easy to engage in the character’s
his trip to Macedon, before taking relationship than it was to embrace Lemonade stands vending five cent drinks.
on his more scholarly role in Aristotle’s brilliant character study. Davy Crockett hats and backyard rinks.
Athens amongst the intellectual And what of Lyon’s portrayal of Those were the Fifties, nostalgia and more:
elite, where Plato’s position has Aristotle’s influence upon the The Sock Hops, the diners and all I adore.
been vacated. What Aristotle does young Alexander? This reader
surface & symbol, May/June 2010 9
may
ON NOW Quilts & other quilted items, Shadow Box Quilts, Awards for
To May 8: This Is What Happens Next Mon-Sat at 8 p.m.; mati- Viewers’ Choice & best quilts
nees Wed 1:30 p.m. and Sat 2 p.m. Canadian Stage – Berkeley May 14-16
Street Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto.
Small Paints for Small Spaces, Beach Guild of Fine Art.
To May 9: The 7th Annual Potluck Festival. fu-GEN Asian-
june
May 14, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., May 15, 16 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Canadian Theatre Company, In association with Factory Theatre,
Gardener's Cottage, east side Kew Gardens on Lee Ave.
presents Toronto, Canada's largest and most comprehensive new
South of Queen St. www.BeachGuildofFineArt.com
play development festival dedicated to showcasing the vibrant
works of Asian-Canadian playwrights. www.fu-GEN.org. May 15
arts
To May 25: Katharine Harvey: Above and Below Constructed The Gryphon Trio & the Scarborough Philharmonic
from recycled plastic objects, a portion of which was collected Orchestra. The 8:00pm concert (preceded by an informative
from mall tenants, Above and Below is suspended in a large sky lecture at 7:15) will be held at the SPO’s traditional home of
lit atrium above an existing water fountain.. Fairview Mall Lower Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute (3663 Danforth
Level Court near The Bay. Avenue). Tickets: $30 regular / $25 seniors / $10 youth. At
To May 30: Auguststrasse 25 by E.C. Woodley A multimedia the Door, (416) 429-0007, or spo@spo.ca
installation by E.C. Woodley. Recreating a living-room typical of a Rhythms of Latin America: The grand finale to the 35th
Jewish home from 1920's Germany, the project initiates a con- Anniversary season of the acclaimed Amadeus Choir con-
vergence of past and presen. Exhibition Location: The Kiever ducted by Artistic Director Lydia Adams takes place Saturday
Synagogue, 25 Bellevue Avenue (Kensington Market). Hours &
Admission: Sun to Thurs, 12 – 3 PM, 4 – 7 PM. Closed Fri, Sat
statutory and Jewish holidays. FREE.
at 7:30 p.m. in the glorious acoustic of the George Weston
Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street,
Toronto. The Amadeus Choir has had the honour of being
CALENDAR
Choir-in-Residence at the George Weston Recital Hall since
May 1 – 31
it opened in 1993.
Pervasive Influence: CONTACT 2010 looks at the impact of
photography’s ubiquity and the ways in which the medium informs
www.amadeuschoir.com Tickets: A seating: $40. B seating: $35. June 11 – 12
Ticketmaster 416-872-1111 www.ticketmaster.ca Dark Star Requiem. A World Premiere production from Tapestry
and transforms human behaviour..
The Northdale Concert Band with conductor Stephen Chenette, new opera works and Luminato at 8 PM At Koerner Hall in the
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pays tribute to legendary Canadian composer and trumpet play- Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor Street West $30 – 50.
Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art
er Johnny Cowell. The concert will feature some of Cowell's most For more information, visit luminato.com. Call 416-872-1111 or
A celebration of radio and transmission art including perfor-
famous solos as performed by well-known trumpet player John visit www.ticketmaster.ca.
mances, installations, broadcasts and workshops. Check
Edward Liddle plus a special guest appearance by Johnny Cowell
www.naisa.ca for updates, or call 416 652 5115. June 12 -13
himself. The show starts Saturday at 2:00 p.m., Scarborough
May 1 - June 27 Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive, Scarborough (Brimley and Art and More @ Momiji Centre, 3555 Kingston Rd. Scarborough
George F. Walker’s “Featuring Loretta” A frank, hysterically Ellesmere Rd.) FREE. 416-486-3011. Tel. 416-261-6683 June 12 - 10 to 4 p.m. June 13 12 to 4 p.m.
funny play about adult relationships in a world of desperate off-kil- May 25 & 26 June 13
ter characters. www.factorytheatre.ca, call (416) 504-9971, or Celebration of the Arts Cedar Ridge Creative Centre. 12 noon
The Songbook 4 featuring Gregory Hoskins An eclectic set of
visit the box office in person at 125 Bathurst Street (at Adelaide) - 5 p.m. 225 Confederation Drive Scarborough tel. 416-396-
twelve of his favourite songs. Individual Tickets $19 - $49,
Tuesday – Saturday, 1 – 7p.m., and Sunday, 1 – 2 p.m. 4026
Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay W,
May 6 -30 Toronto, 8 pm. Purchase tickets at artoftimeensemble.com or call
the Box Office at (416)973-4000 (Open Tue - Sat 1-6pm).
June 19-July 24
Paper Pleasures: new collages by Marjorie Moeser Meet the Doris McCarthy: Roughing It in the Bush. Curated by Nancy
Artist Saturday May 8, 2-5 pm at Gallery M, T by appointment. May 26 - June 12 Campbell. Co-presented by the Doris McCarthy Gallery,
Wed, Thurs ,Fri from 11am-6pm. Sat, Sun 11am-5pm David Kaye University of Toronto Scarborough and the University of Toronto
Funny Girl: The Civic Light Opera Company. The funny and
Gallery, 1092 Queen Street West, M6J 1H9. Telephone: 416-532- Art Centre Opening Reception Saturday, June 19, 12 – 4 pm
touching backstage life story of legendary singer and comedi-
9075 Saturday, May 8,2010, 2 - 5 p.m. www.marjoriemoeser.com Remarks at 2 pm. Free shuttle bus will run between the DMG
enne Fanny Brice 35 Fairview Mall Dr., Toronto. For more infor-
May 6-15 mation call (416) 755-1717. and UTAC throughout the afternoon. Doris McCarthy Gallery,
k'Now Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Pu-Erh A por- University of Toronto, 265 Military Trail, Toronto. 416-287-7007
May 31 www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg
trait of a Chinese-Canadian family who have endured the often
new Works by Richard Saucedo. Musicians from Dr. Norman
destructive effects of moving away from their homeland. Theatre
Bethune C.I. invite you to celebrate spring with their musicians
Passe Muraille 16 Ryerson Avenue Tuesday-Saturday @ 7:30, June 24
and vocalists at Markham Theatre. Tickets $15. For further infor-
Saturday @ 2:30pm Tickets $25 , Previews $15 Box Office:
mation or tickets, please call 416-396-8200 ext. 20137.
416.504.7529 Also showing May 21, 22 & 23 at the Richmond
Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. May 26 – 30
STITCH. Hemmed in by the language of sewing & the inexorable
May 8
rhythm of the machine, three women fight to find space for imag-
Wood Fish Art Demonstration by Charles Weiss at
ination & individuality. Wed-Fri 8pm, Sat & Sun mat 2:30pm $20. Scarborough Arts Council Fundraising event, 7-9 pm.
Stevenson Art Supply Sat. MAY 8th Located at
Gala: Saturday May 29 7pm $100 (featuring artist talk) The Featuring:A.N.A.S.A. Collective - fashion show , Elevated
Warden and Ellesmere 10 am to 2 pm. Larger than
Theatre Centre 1087 Queen St. W (S.E corner of Queen & Grounds, Dancer Kevin Ormsby, silent auction and more. 416-
life wood carvings of pike and Muskie will be painted!
Dovercourt) BOX OFFICE: 416-538-0988. 698-7322 www.scarborougharts.com. Centennial Science and
www.charlesweissart.com. Call 416-752-4363
www.theatrecentre.org / www.urbanvessel.com Technology Centre, Centennial College
May 10 – 22 Thursday May 27 – 29
2010 Festival of Ideas & Creation. A celebration of the perform-
June 25
Fleck Dance Theatre - dance Immersion. 8:00PM at 207 Art Show at Pine Tree Seniors Recreation Centre. 12 noon to
ing arts and a behind-the-scenes look at live theatre. Over 300
Queens Quay West, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario. Tickets; $25- 3.30 pm. Seniors Month of June with an Art Show at Pine Tree
theatre artists in 60 mainly FREE public events Berkeley Street
$30 (Student/Seniors $20-25) For tickets and information, call Seniors Recreation Centre, 4130 Lawrence Avenue East.
Theatre. Schedule at canadianstage.com/festival. Berkeley
Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416-973-4000.. Everyone welcome. We will sell a light lunch for those wanting to
Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St., Toronto unless otherwise noted.
www.danceimmersion.ca stay a while, and there will be some entertainment. Pine Tree
Online canadianstage.com/festival, by email festi-
val@canadianstage.com or the Festival Hotline 416.860.4685. June 2 -12 Seniors Centre has been in operation for almost 30 years, help-
ing East Scarborough seniors find creative and recreational pro-
30 Dates. FenStar Productions announces the return of the hilar-
May 11& 12 grams to alleviate social isolation.
ious romantic comedy in celebration of the second anniversary of
Light up the World with a Song presented by The Serenata
Singers. TuesMay 11 Matinee at 1:30 p.m. Wed May 12 at 7:30
its debut. Canadian Stage Theatre's Berkeley Street Theatre June 26
Upstairs, 26 Berkeley Street at 8PM with a Saturday matinee at The Scarborough Bluffs Heritage Mural Tour presented by:
p.m. at the P.C.HO Theatre, Toronto Chinese Cultural Centre,
2PM Box Office: 416-367-8243 Mural Routes 1:30 - 3:30 PM. Free. Mural Routes presents a
5183 Sheppard East. Tickets are $15.00, available at 416-497-
5952 or at the door. June 3 - 17 tour of the Heritage Trail murals on Kingston Rd, including water-
front views from atop the Scarborough Bluffs. Tour is about 11.5
Amadeus. It is thirty years after Mozart's death and a rumour is
May 12 km in length, which we plan to ride in about an hour and a
spread throughout the whole of Vienna - Salieri poisoned Mozart.
Yorkshire Rose Quilter’s Guild Mini Quilt Auction will be held half.Start point 395 Danforth Rd. at Birchmount. Meet at the
8:00pm. Matinees: June 13 and 19 at 2:00pm. Box Office: 416-
at Danforth Mennonite Church, 2174 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Butterfly Mural next to Tim Hortons.For more information contact:
267-9292 www.theatrescarborough.com, Scarborough Village
(east of Woodbine)7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Silent Auction of Mini Phone: 416-698-7995. www.muralroutes.com
Theatre 3600 Kingston Road Scarborough M1M 1R9
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opportunities that allow artists to learn, perform and create. If you have an opportunity you would like to post in Artery,
call Scarborough Arts Council at 416-698-7322, mail to 1859 Kingston Road.,Scarborough, ON, M1N 1T3, fax it to
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Speak: 13th Annual
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information, including fee structure 2010 The Parkdale Beauty Pageant COME UP TO MY ROOM 2011.Call
in Collingwood ON from November 5
CAFKA.11: Sept 16 - Oct 2, 2011 and site map, review: Proposals / Society seeks new, vintage or under- for Submissions: Deadline: Monday,
- 7, 2010. A great learning and net-
Call for Proposals Deadline: 5pm Submission Requirements at: appreciated short films, videos and May 31st, 2010. The Gladstone
working opportunity for all artists, arts
on Friday, May 7, 2010. The www.torontosculpturegarden.com media installations made by artists Hotel's 8th Annual Alternative Design
educators and administrators of pub-
Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener Within This Body Call for submis- living and/or working in Parkdale for Event January 27 to 30, 2011. Ideal
lic wall art projects, in a beautiful
and Area is inviting proposals for new sion for an exhibition of Performance the 12th Annual Parkdale Film + candidates for juried consideration
meeting space on Georgian Bay.
or existing works that engage the Art at the Propeller Centre for the Video Showcase. Artist fees paid, are practitioners in all media who
Keynote addess by Jon Pounds,
public spaces in the Region of Visual Arts. Deadline: May 15, 2010. short works preferred. Work can be approach their discipline with a radi-
Executive Director of Chicago Public
Waterloo. Works in all media will be PCVA is an artists' cooperative submitted to the drop-off box at cal personal vision, and who use
Art Group, creators of collaborative
considered including sculpture, per- Gallery in existence since 1996, Gallery 1313 or mailed to Parkdale design to converse, connect, collabo-
public art projects in Chicago for over
formance, video, audio, installation, showcasing the work of senior and Showcase c/o Gallery 1313, 1313a rate and construct delight in the unex-
30 years. Session topics to include
photography, painting, drawing and emerging artists featuring a wide Queen Street West, Toronto, ON pected. Submit sketches and/or a
materials, cultural tourism, mural con-
digital media. Artist Fees paid for range of traditional and contempo- M6K 1L8 Submissions should written paragraph on your proposed
servation and more. Keep watching
Visual and Media Art Projects: CAD rary art. In accordance with the theme include a VHS preview tape or DVD installation. For more information:
www.muralroutes.com for details as
$2,000, which is intended to cover all of recycled pain, The Propeller and a completed submission form. info@comeuptomyroom.com For
they are announced, or call Mural
aspects of production & installation Centre For The Visual Arts invites Submit your Submission Form online! more information regarding pricing,
Routes at 416-698-7995.
including materials and transporta- submissions and proposals from local www.parkdaleshowcase.ca Any exhibition details and contracts con-
Doris McCarthy Painting
tion. Video and one-time & international artists for an exhibition questions? Please contact us at tact: Director of Exhibitions exhibi-
Workshop , June 21 - 25, 10 am – 3
Performance fees paid in accordance of Performance Art to be held on info@parkdaleshowcase.ca tions@gladstonehotel.com or 416
pm daily. Presented in partnership
with CARFAC. We encourage artists July.18.2010. For details call (416) The White Water Gallery Call for 531 4635 ex. 7501
with the Scarborough Arts Council.
to use the online application at 504-7142. Submissions 2010 Deadline: May Solstice: SAC Members’ Show
Artist Barbara Sutherland will guide
http://bit.ly/cafka11. A printable ver- subTerrain Magazine, Annual Lush 30th The White Water Gallery is cur- Call for submissions. Work in all
students through the principles of
sion of this form is available at: Triumphant Literary Awards rently accepting submissions for the media is welcome. For more infor-
painting explicit in Doris McCarthy’s
www.cafka.org Competition Deadline: May 15. 3 2011 & 2012 programming seasons. mation, or to reserve your spot in the
artworks, with a focus on the hard-
Cadillac Fairview and Fairview Mall categories: Fiction, Creative Non- This call is open to artists, collectives, exhibition contact Benedict Lopes at
edged pieces in the exhibition.
are inviting proposals for new or Fiction and Poetry, $3,000 in cash performers, curators and critics work- programs@scarborougharts.com or
Students will then depart for locations
existing works that engage the public prizes. All entries MUST be previous- ing in any/all media. Exhibitions run call 416-698-7322.The exhibition
on campus, in the Highland Creek, to
spaces at Fairview Mall. Works in all ly unpublished material and not cur- for approximately four weeks. The works will be selected on a first-
practice the art of plein-air painting,
media will be considered including rently under consideration in any White Water Gallery pays exhibition come-first-served basis. Artists
learning about colour, composition,
sculpture, performance, video, audio, other contest or competition. Entries fees to participating artists in accor- should drop off their work between
texture, perspective and scale.
installation, photography, painting, will not be returned. Maximum word dance with CARFAC. Submissions 9am and 5pm, from Tuesday, June 1
Please see the DMG website or call
drawing and digital media. Proposals counts are: 3,000 for fiction, 4,000 for must include: Artist’s CV, One page – Friday, June 4. Upon completion of
416.287.7007 for registration infor-
by individual artists, groups and cura- creative non-fiction and 15 pages (a Artist or Curatorial Statement, One the exhibition, work is to be picked up
mation.
tors will be considered. Call for suite of 5 related poems) for poetry. page project description, outlining the during office hours. There is no fee to
Escape with Gary to Paint in
Proposals Deadline: May 14. For The $25 entry fee (Canadian or US scope of the project and any specific exhibit. A 20% commission will be
Brittany I take artists to different
more information visit funds) includes a complimentary requirements, Descriptive list for visu- applied to work sold during the exhi-
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France, to that north eastern Celtic
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Bretagne in French. Why there? First
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because it is magical. Secondly
Genres, mediums, themes! Under 15 www.subterrain.ca or email us at sub- tact:Phone: (705) 476-2444 E-mail: month-long exhibitions in 2011. The
because Luc Bihan will be coach
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sculpting in clay and he is from there.
be submitted as either MiniDV or Art in the Park 2010 - Annual send your submission/proposal gallery featuring 70 running feet of
Come to Brittany with us and be
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inspired. Your hosts will be Gary
Send your submission to the TAIS Entry Deadline: Friday, May 21 - an Programming Committee, P.O. Box approximately 20 running feet on the
Smith, artist and Vice Chairman of
Office: TAIS Showcase 2010, 60 annual juried one-day outdoor com- 1491, North Bay, ON, P1B 4K8 opposite wall. There is also a large,
the Artists' Network, Irina
Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102, Toronto, munity arts festival that is held in the Living Arts Centre, Resident Artist side by side set of floor-to-ceiling
Schestakowich, Open Studio print
ON M6K 1X9 . Please include sub- parkland surrounding the Program, Arts Fellowship, 2010 – book cases, suitable for displaying
maker specializing in intaglio, Luc
mission form, brief description of the Scarborough Arts Council. Open to all 2011 Call for Submissions. smaller items. A second gallery, adja-
Bihan, founder of LucSculpture
film, artist bio and contact informa- artists working in fine art and craft: Deadline: May 31, 2010 The Living cent and open to the main gallery,
School & Studios & Yuri Murakami-
tion, as well as two film stills. drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed Arts Centre invites new graduates of measures 25 x 25 x 15 feet. Blue
Bihan, Doctor of Naturopathy. For
Description, bio, contact info and film media, printmaking, pottery, jewelry, arts institutions to submit applications Mountain Foundation for the Arts, PO
info visitwww.escapewithgary.com or
stills may be emailed to photography, glass, original textiles, for the 2010 – 2011 Arts Fellowship in Box 581, 163 Hurontario Street
email artist.gary.smith@gmail.com or
tais@bellnet.ca or included in sub- fibre arts and other media. Show the Wood Studio. The Arts Collingwood, ON L9Y 4E8,
just call me at (416) 910-5535.CCAA
mission package. Submission form Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 10:00 Fellowship program offer graduates 705.445.3430, www.bmfa.on.ca ,
Strokes of Rhythm Workshop
can be found at www.tais.ca a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (rain or shine) an opportunity to work within a pro- admin@bmfa.on.ca
Sunday, May 16, 10am - 4pm @
Call for Proposals Toronto Location: Harrison Estate Grounds, fessional studio environment for up to Guild Alive with Culture Arts
Scarborough Town YMCA (230 Town
Sculpture Garden, 115 King Street 1859 Kingston Road, Scarborough, a two-year term. The successful Festival / "Taste of the Guild"
Centre Court, Meeting Room #3)
East, Toronto Next Deadline: May ON, M1N 1T3 For more information applicant will be awarded up to a two- (August 7 & 8) Call for Artists.
Price: FREE to everyone of all ages!!
15, 2010 Proposals require: or a submission form, contact year residency for up to 25 hours of Deadline: June 4, 2010 Mail applica-
10am - 12pm: Chinese Painting
Drawing(s) showing dimensions and Benedict Lopes at pro- working time per week in the Wood tions to Cedar Ridge Gallery, 225
Workshop. 1pm - 2:30pm: Chinese
materials and the location of the work grams@scarborougharts.com or Studio at a highly subsidized rate of Confederation Dr. Scarborough, M1G
Dance Workshop. 3pm - 4pm:
on the site, Brief statement of 416-698-7322. Application and exhi- $100 per month. For more informa- 1B2. www.guildalivewithculture.ca.
Reception / Members' Gathering
surface & symbol, May/June 2010 11
a bulletin board of arts opportunities
8th Annual Queen West Art Crawl www.gallerytpw.ca competition is open to any resident of show scenes from your favorite
artery
Prepare festival submissions, includ-
Call For Submissions. Deadline: The Planet in Focus International Ontario. Submissions must be 10 movies. You can teach me how to ing documents and related support
June 4. Queen West Art Crawl is cur- Environmental Film & Video minutes maximum runtime including make pie. You can interview your best materials, such as preview
rently accepting submissions from Festival 2010 Call for Submissions is credits, shot in color or black and friend or your worst enemy or get media/DVD’s General ongoing
artists, artisans and craftspeople who now open! Deadline: June 15 Planet white, in English or with English sub- them to interview each other. Please research related, but not limited to
wish to participate in the Trinity in Focus looks for work that pushes titles. To download a submission form email your submissions to theother- film/video and art ABILITIES: Able to
Bellwoods Outdoor Art Show & Sale the boundaries of the accepted and for further criteria information, whitehouse@gmail.com - the com- work independently, be well orga-
as part of the eighth annual Queen notions of ‘environment,’ presenting please visit: www.grff.ca mon theme emerging in submissions nized, and detail-oriented. Possess
West Art Crawl. WHEN - Saturday, cultural perspectives that are under- Grangestock Art & Music Festival will determine the direction of the strong verbal, written and interper-
September 18th and Sunday, represented in Canada and across Deadline: July 15, 2010 The series. We will have a projector, a full sonal communication skills. Excellent
September 19th, 2010, 11:00am to the globe. Planet in Focus accepts Robinson-Adamson House "The program brochure, beer for sale, and time-management skills. Have a
6:00pm @ Trinity Bellwoods Park, submissions produced as of Jan 1, Grange" is home to the annual the door money (pwyc) is yours. working knowledge of the Toronto art
790 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON 2008. The 2010 spotlight is Grangestock Art and Music Festival. www.theotherwhitehouse.ca and film communities. Computer
Apply Online at Biodiversity. Films may be submitted This non-profit event was created to Out in the Sticks Cultural Centre in skills: Familiarity with Mac (Apple)
www.queenwestartcrawl.com directly to Planet in Focus or through bring music and art to everyday peo- Yarker, Ontario. Call for submissions computers, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop
The Marianne van Silfhout Gallery withoutabox.com. Visit www. planet- ple in an informal and fun atmos- Deadline:ongoing. We are running a and other video/media software, as
3rd Annual Juried Art Show, July 5 infocus.org/festival/submissions phere. The Exhibitor space is 10'x10' cultural centre in a tiny hamlet of well as Word and Excel. Have a valid
to August 9th. St. Lawrence College Flip-City Call for Proposals from and is restricted to one artist per Yarker, ON. We have art gallery, film driver’s license. In your application
in Brockville. Theme: Sparkling Toronto-Based Artists and space. The display fee for this event discussion club, concerts, lecture and please include: cover letter outlining
Flashes. Call for Submission Photographers Deadline: July 2, 2010 is $50.00. For more information visit workshops. We welcome submis- your experience and interest in the
Deadline Friday, June 4th. Work Circuit Gallery, in collaboration with www.heritagemississauga.org or call sions from artists at every stage of position. A current CV. Two letters of
must be produced entirely during the Art for Commuters (Toronto) and Dar (905) 828-8411, ext. 0. their career, of every background and recommendation. This is a part-time
24 months proceeding July 5th, 2010 Onboz (Beirut, Lebanon), is initiating Bank on Art - Call for Submissions every medium. Submission materials position with a flexible work schedule.
and not exhibited previously at the Flip-City, a new project that combines Ongoing deadline. Bank on Art fea- should be sent by e-mail to submis- Candidate must be able to work from
Gallery. Submissions may include flip-books, media screens, and story- tures artworks produced by contem- sions@outinthesticks.ca or by mail to: home on their own Mac computer
works executed in two or three telling to bring to life the urban porary artists on the display screens “Submissions” P.O. Box 174, Yarker, and come into the office at least one
dimensional form. Entry Fee : $20 secrets, hidden histories, and present of functional ATM bank machines. ON, K0K 3N0. Please find detailed day a week. Hours are approximately
for one entry, $5 for each additional preoccupations of the cities we inhab- Visit www.bankonart.net to submit guidelines at www. outinthe- 20-28 per week at a starting wage of
entry with a maximum of 4 entries. it. We are seeking proposals from Bank on Art ATM locations in Toronto: sticks.ca/submissions.html. $15./hr with room to negotiate. For
Submission requirements: Please artists to create flip books about spe- Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Project 165 is seeking rental pro- more information on the artist:
provide digital and print copies of: cific Toronto neighbourhoods. Alexander Street (New Location) & posals for exhibitions and events in www.midionodera.com Email applica-
Artist biography, 100 – 200 word max, Projects can be created in any medi- 952 Queen St. West (the Art and its storefront exhibition site in tions or questions to:
CV, 1- 2 pages maximum, Inventory um so long as the final product can be Design District) Kensington Market, for the Spring, annie@midionodera.com (no
information, Slide or CD of images, reproduced to meet the specifications The Doris McCarthy Gallery, Summer and Fall programming peri- inquiries by phone please). Job
image files must be 300 dpi in jpeg of the flip-book. The books are tenta- University of Toronto Scarborough ods. Exhibitions are scheduled for starts at the end of May.
format; 1200 pixels in the largest tively envisioned to consist of 60 Permanent Public Art Work. Call to one- or two-week periods. Work may Job Opportunity Curatorial
dimension. For each two-dimensional pages, with each page measuring Artists Expression of Interest, An be in any media, including painting, Projects Manager Deadline: May
work please include one image and 10.5 cm x 7.5 cm (4¼" x 3"). Your Instructional Centre is being built at drawing, photography, sculpture, 30, 2010 The Art Gallery of Alberta is
for each three dimensional work proposal should include the following: the University of Toronto installation, performance and new the oldest cultural institution in Alberta
please include three images taken a one-page project proposal explain- Scarborough (UTSC). With an media. Please include in your pro- and the province's only solely dedi-
from different aspects. Submissions ing your choice of neighbourhood or expected completion date of March posal: Name & contact info, Desired cated art museum. Reporting to the
may be hand delivered, or mailed to: location in Toronto. In addition to your 2011, the new facility will support the Date(s) & Alternate Date(s), Project Deputy Director / Chief Curator, the
Marianne van Silfhout Gallery chosen location or subject, please emergence of UTSC as a vital hub for Synopsis (500 words max), Bio(s) & Curatorial Projects Manager will pro-
Gallery, , St. Lawrence College, describe the final project, 3-5 visuals cultural and intellectual activity in the CV(s) of Participating Artist(s) & vide administrative assistance for the
Brockville Campus, 2288 Parkedale - please submit digital images that eastern region of the Greater Toronto Curator (if applicable), Logistical & production and presentation of AGA
Avenue , Brockville , ON, K6V 5X3 convey what your flip-book pages will Area. The Doris McCarthy Gallery, Technical Requirements, Support exhibitions and special curatorial pro-
Gallery TPW welcomes presenta- look like. Visuals must be submitted University of Toronto Scarborough is Material: 5 – 10 digital images (max. jects. This responsibility includes:
tion proposals from local, national as JPEG files and must not exceed inviting local, national and internation- 72dpi) of proposed work or work sim- developing and administering exhibi-
and international artists and curators 1200px x 1200px, an image list with al Artists or Artist Teams to submit. ilar to that which you propose. If tion production schedules and files;
in all stages of their careers. Call for any relevant information., a bio or CV Include: resume(s),6-8 visuals of emailing images, please entitle each liaising and coordinating with visiting
Proposals Deadline: June 15 To including contact information., a link recent, relevant work; and Artist’s JPEG with # and title of work artists, guest curators and lending
apply, please submit: to your website OR 5-10 images of statement outlining interest in the pro- (title#.jpg). If you are proposing video- institutions; administering and coordi-
Artist or curatorial statement with previous work. Email your proposal ject and experience. The Selection or time-based work, send us a link to nating: art work loan requests, loan
exhibition, screening or event propos- to: flip-city@circuitgallery.com Committee will finalize its decision in video of your work. Note: The Title of forms, contracts and list of works.
al, 15 to 20 images - digital format on BMO SHORT Shorts: A Short Film November 2010. Please direct any your email submission should read The successful candidate will pos-
Mac accessible CD / DVD, (images Competition Deadline: July 5, 2010, questions to the Doris McCarthy “Project 165 Rental Proposal” Email sess a university degree in art history
must be labeled with dimensions of 5 pm. The 4TH annual Grand River Gallery at 416.287.7007 or your proposal to: methinkspre- or a related subject; a minimum of
work, media, title and year of produc- Film Festival is pleased to offer dmg@utsc.utoronto.ca . sents@gmail.com For more info on five years working experience in an
tion), C.V. with full contact informa- Ontario filmmakers the opportunity to Call for lectures, workshops and Project 165’s exhibition site, rental art or related cultural museum; a
tion, Copies of press reviews and submit a short film for a chance to win artist talks This summer, the rates and availability: Ryan Ringer , proven ability to communicate effec-
other support material, if relevant, If cash prizes, courtesy of Christie Whitehouse (in Kensington Market, Director, Project 165 + Methinks tively, both orally and in writing;
you want your submission returned Digital Inc., film stock courtesy of Toronto) would like to hold work- methinkspresents@gmail.com strong organizational and administra-
you must include a self-addressed Kodak Canada Inc., and equipment shops, lectures, and artists talks by methinkspresents.org/project165 tive skills; project management expe-
stamped envelope. DO NOT submit packages courtesy of William F. you dear fellow artists and hardwork- rience; a knowledge of exhibition
original artwork or slide format sub- White International Inc., and the ing individuals, for a series of Monday EMPLOYMENT installation and art work handling pro-
missions. For further questions Multicultural Cinema Club, Kitchener. night talks starting in June 2010 - cedures; and the ability to work under
please contact Kim Simon, Curator: The SHORT Shorts competition has Sept 2010. PT Film/Video Artist Assistant general direction and in a team envi-
kim@gallerytpw.ca. and visit two categories: an Open category You can give a presentation about DEADLINE: Friday May 14. DUTIES: ronment. Submit resumes to
www.gallerytpw.ca Gallery TPW 56 and, an 18 and Under category (18 your cat or about your art or about Assist with various film/video pro- careers@youraga.ca Art Gallery of
Ossington Ave.Toronto, ON M6J and under by July 5, 2010 proof of outer space if you like. You can tell a jects. General administrative and Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill
2Y7, 416.645.1066 age required with submission). The manifesto or read from your blog or clerical tasks. Website updating. Square, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2C1
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