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Being//Becoming//Being
EEL Gallery, 1 Spadina Crescent

August 8-August 22
Opening Reception August 8, 6-8pm

Transformation is a condition that shapes many areas of perception. From the

movements of culture to transitions in the natural world, we observe a constant state of

flux. Being//Becoming//Being explores processes that occur over time, and how these

become integrated into lived experience. It also takes into consideration the effects that

modalities of change have on the production of art. How can the transformation of a

work of art reflect broader cultural operations? How does a ‘temporary’ artwork

challenge the notions of aura and value (existentially or economically)? On the other

hand, how does the ephemeral nature of art initiate the desire for archive and

preservation?

The exhibition presents a selection of artworks created by students at the University of

Toronto. It is the first in a new series of student curated exhibitions to be held at the EEL

gallery in 1 Spadina Crescent.

Work by

Ellen Chang

Q Michael Chen

Michelle Haines

Corrie Jackson

Konstantine PolyzoisSherry Pom

Andrew Rutherdale

Ellyn Walker

Rachel Yoes

Curated by Katherine Hong and Andrew Rutherdale

The Use of Colour in 20th and 21st Century Art

Gardiner Museum

May 3, 2011
6:00pm

The use of colour as something particularly expressive in itself has been unleashed in the past hundred and fifty years. Professor Elizabeth Legge – Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Toronto – will explore the way a number of artists, including Van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Judd, Pollock, Warhol, Damien Hirst and Betty Woodman have used colour to very different ends in the modern period. 

Prices: $12 General Public / $10 Gardiner Members 

FASU

FASU is currently looking for an events coordinator to

join our team. If you are interested, e-mail utfasu@gmail.com.

It takes everyone to no one

	It takes everyone to no one Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto 7 Hart House Circle Toronto, ON
07 April at 18:00 - 21 May at 17:00

MVS Graduate Exhibition at UTAC

 

March 31- April 16

BOTH/AND

Opening Reception April 7th

The Education and Outreach Sub-Committee of the Hart House Art Committee Presents: Portfolio Review Workshop With John Massey Have your portfolio reviewed by a practicing artist and professor. Learn the dos and don’ts of compiling your portfolio. Date: Friday March 25th Location: South Sitting Room (3rd Floor), Hart House Time: 1-3:30 pm Free. Registration is required. Students Preferred. Spaces Limited. Register at hh.educationcommittee@gmail.com

COTERIE 21

Opening: April 8, from 7 – 10pm
Hours: April 9 & 10 from 11am – 5pm

The University of Toronto Visual Studies Thesis Class (2010-2011) brings together a unique mix of students from various cultural, academic and stylistic backgrounds. As a group they aim to continue the excellence that U of T encourages, while staying true to their individual artistic visions. This year’s class uses painting, drawing, installation, photography, performance and video to highlight their conceptual groundings, as well as their context within the international art world.

Academic Seminar Recap

Here are some links to artists and works discussed during our academic seminar. Check out some great work:

Contemporary Chinese photography: http://www.parisbeijingphotogallery.com/

Wang Qingsong: http://www.wangqingsong.com/

Seminar

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THESIS

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University of Toronto Thesis Art Exhibition

Toronto, Ontario, April 8-10 2011

The University of Toronto Visual Studies Thesis Exhibition will take place April 8-10 at the Borden Building located at 563 Spadina Avenue in Toronto. The title of the exhibition is Coterie 21, which refers explicitly to the diverse group of twenty-one people who compose the Thesis class this year.

The University of Toronto Visual Studies Thesis Class (2010-2011) brings together a unique mix of students from various cultural, academic and stylistic backgrounds. As a group they aim to continue the excellence that U of T encourages, while staying true to their individual artistic visions. This year’s class uses painting, drawing, installation, photography, performance and video to highlight their conceptual groundings, as well as their context within the international art world.

Opening: April 8, from 7 - 10pm

Hours: April 9 & 10 from 11am - 5pm

Contact: thisisthesis.promo@gmail.com

THURSDAY

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Call for Photographers

Hello,

I seem to recall at an ASSU meeting a few months ago that a representative
from your course union mentioned that there were photographers interested in
gaining experience, and that interested clubs should contact you. If this is
the case, would you be able to put me in touch with a student photographer?
We are a U of T student organization hosting an event this coming weekend,
March 12-13, and part of the following week, March 16-18. For more
information, visit our website at www.utmodelparliament.org.

Best regards,

--
Michael Sarty
Director of Registration
University of Toronto Model Parliament
Munk School of Global Affairs
Room 004N
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3K7
michael.sarty@utmodelparliament.org
+1(647) 884-4569
http://www.utmodelparliament.org

HAPPENING

SUBMISSION CALL

PARTY IN THE PEACOCK

"Party in the Peacock" is an event taking place in Robarts Library on the night of Friday, March 4th. As students, many of us frequently spend dreary hours and long nights within the library, always under the pretense of studying and academics. This event is designed to make students want to spend the night in the library by throwing a huge party to which all UofT students are invited.

The study space on the first and second floors will be transformed into a party venue for the duration of the night, and a significant amount of space has been reserved for the display student artwork. If you would like your work to be displayed at this event please reply to this message with images of the work including your name and title.

Send Submissions to utfasu@gmail.com

EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION: WORK IN PROCESS

Thursday March 3, 2011
6 - 8pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
15 Kings College Circle
http://www.utac.utoronto.ca/visiting

Featuring: K. Dorothea Hines, Sebastian Koever, Andre Markovic, Emily Mahon,
Patti Meris, Meaghan O'Brien, Breann Ritchie

A contemporary art exhibition featuring works by emerging artists from the
UTM/Sheridan Art and Art History Program.

Curated by Masters of Museum Studies students, Sarah Heim, Rachel Keeling,
Jilana Stewart.

ARTIST TALK: NADJA SAYEJ The Gospel of Artstars*

Friday March 4, 2011
5 - 7pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
15 Kings College Circle
http://www.utac.utoronto.ca/visiting

The GOSPEL OF ARTSTARS* reveals the secrets of a self-made woman on her
journey to obtain the Holy Grail of the art world in Berlin. NADJA SAYEJ,
host and producer of ArtStars*, has transformed the scrappy Toronto web-TV
show into an international travel blitz parading across Europe, and beyond.

http://artstarstv.com/
http://twitter.com/ArtStars
http://nadjasayej.tumblr.com/

$20 at the door

Ed Pien

Instructor Profile

Ed Pien//Current Exhibitions

The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool: Underwater

The Victoria and Albert Museum: China Through the Looking Glass

The Storey Art Gallery, Lancaster: Memento Touring Exhibition

Personal Websight Ed Pien

FASU TEA TIME

Beginning March 3rd
every Thursday,
Free and All Welcome

Featured Student Artist
Work By Courtney Kurysh

NAME: Courtney Kurysh
BIRTHDATE: September 12, 1987
AREA OF INTEREST: Performance art, video performance, large format photography
PRACTICE: Using self-imagery through the mediums of photography, video performance, and live performance, Kurysh questions issues of temporality and identity through her work. As she began to read more about photographic theory, particularly Sontag’s idea of “photography as the inventory of mortality”, Kurysh began to view her self-images as document of her presence and eventual absence and her own record of mortality, which led to an exploration of impermanence and temporality. These ideas are continually explored through her series photographs of fresh unmarked graves, “The Ground Will Forget”. As the body dissolves into landscape, it will eventually be physically absent while the memory remains present for those of the deceased. Having difficulty dealing with change, Kurysh appears to focus on the largest physical change we face in life: eventual death.

Her video and live performance practice comes from a fiercely feminist instinct and a constant questioning of female roles and expectation in Western society. Using her body as the canvas and drawing upon the use of masochism in performance art in the 1970s, she seeks to find a place for the confrontational art of that era in the twenty-first century. Drawing theoretical and physical inspiration from Martha Rosler and Vito Acconci respectively, Kurysh subjects her body various tortures of everyday female realities regarding body image, challenging the trappings of the female sex and hoping to come to grips with her own place in the continuum of female identity.

Call For Submissions

Gallery 1313

ECO ART 2011

Exhibit Gallery 1313

Earth Hour – March 26 8:30

Gallery 1313 is seeking artists whose art practice and discipline explores issues and concerns of the environment for an exhibition March 16-27 2011.

Reception March 17 7pm

This exhibit seeks art works that addresses issues of urban sprawl , buy local , eat local , air quality , water quality, energy conservation, clean renewable energy, global warming and other environmental concerns .

The exhibition will be curated by Gallery Director , Phil Anderson . Submissions will be accepted via email to director@g1313.org or philanderson@rogers.com

Please send a current CV , artist statement and 1-5 jpegs of works for consideration

Accepted artists will pay a admin fee of $45 per selected work .

Deadline March 9 2011

Gallery 1313 is also accepting new members in 2011 . Please go to our web site for details .

For more information please call 416-536-6778 or email director@g1313.org

Gallery 1313 1313 Queen St. West www.g1313.org

Gallery 1313 is celebrating 13 Years of operating in 2011 .

Inviting all

VISUAL ARTISTS

to submit their

work to the…

Multi-Faith Centre’s

Juried Art Show

Topic:

“Faith & Spirituality in Student Life: how students see their spiritual life or journey”

Contest Prizes:

1^st Prize $300

2^nd Prize $150

3^rd Prize $75

Deadline: 4pm Monday, March 1^st, 2011

For full Call for Submissions, or to submit your work, visit:
www.multifaith.utoronto.ca

Ron Terada: Who I Think I Am

January 20 to March 20, 2011
Reception: January 19, 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Curated by Helen Legg, Barbara Fischer and Kitty Scott

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery is pleased to announce the first major Toronto exhibition of the work of Vancouver-based artist Ron Terada.

Ron Terada has come to international attention for his deadpan appropriations of vernacular texts typically drawn from street signage, popular music, television and advertising. Through their reproduction in media such as painting, graphic posters and video projections, Terada’s work harkens back to the cool, language-based formats of 1960s conceptual art but elicits decidedly contemporary questions. Does the name of a city confer its meanings to those who live there? Do the sponsors of an exhibition inform the identity of the artist? Is the play-list on his iPod a cue to his generational alignments or an expression of his most intimate longings? Just how, or even whether such circumstantial evidence can become an index of subjectivity, these are some of the constant puzzlements in Ron Terada’s propositions. The evidence may seem to deliver the ‘artist’ as a definable entity to the world around him – but in actuality it comes in the form of provocative passivity, itinerant chains of references, and comedic displacements, such as in Terada’s appearance as a poster boy in the form of a modular stack of cardboard boxes that contain multiple copies of his exhibition catalogue Ron Terada: Who I Think I am.

Shary Boyle

The 5th Annual GUStA SYMPOSIUM

REBELLION: SUBVERSIVE PERSPECTIVES. This conference will encourage the fruitful exchange of cross-cultural research as panelists seek to explore the implications of controversial visual practice from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. Keynote address, January 27, given by SHARY BOYLE at the Art Centre.

Day Trip to Buffalo

The Education and Outreach Subcommittee for the Hart House Art Committee presents: Bus Trip to Buffalo!

January 29th, 2011
8AM- 8PM

Join us in visiting the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, or explore Buffalo on your own, or do both!
The bus will leave Hart House at 8 am and return to Hart House by 8 pm

Included:
*Your very own Buffalo visitors guide
*Art Videos will be playing on the bus
*Snacks for the bus ride

Price for round trip bus ride: $30+HST*
*To go to Albright-Knox Art Gallery it will be an additional $6 for students or $8 for adults

All are welcome.
Reservation is required. Space is limited. Please book tickets at the Hub in Hart House starting January 12th.
For more information contact hh.educationcommittee@gmail.com or check out the facebook group

Featured Artist

Featured Student Artist

Work by Viosana Shkurti

NAME: Vjosana Shkurti
BIRTHDATE: April 13th, 1989
AREA OF INTEREST: Video, Photography, Painting, Writing
PRACTICE:

Characters and stories
Characters in things.
Personal stories.
Impermanence is constantly there, paradoxically.
I am always there but moving around.
Scratching the wounds that seem to have healed.
Can you see them bleeding?

check out more by Viosana Shkurti here

Hart House Film Challenge

Can you make a film in 74 hours?
Every Friday at 10:00am a new challenge will be posted.
Films must be uploaded by noon the following Monday to be eligible for prizes.
An advance schedule of genres and special themes is posted.
Too busy this weekend? We can wait. A new challenge posted every week.
Enter as often as you like.
For details: www.harthousefilmchallenge.com


The weekly themes/genres are:

December 17-20 Comedy
December 24-27 Tragedy
December 31 – Jan 3 Party
January 7 – 10 Action
January 14 – 17 Horror
January 21 – 24 Unknown
January 28 – 31 Fantasy
February 4 -7 Western
February 11 -14 Romance
February 18 – 21 Film Noir
February 25 – 28 Awards
March 4 – 7 Science Fiction
March 11 – 14 Thriller
March 18 – 21 Melodrama
March 25 – 28 Musical
April 1 – 4 Fooled

Trin

the trinity college art show-open call











If the art-making impulse speaks to you, please contact us at trinitycollegeartshow@gmail.com by January 28. We request that you attach images/videos etc. of some previous work, and a brief statement indicating why you want to make work for the 2011 TRINITY COLLEGE ART SHOW!

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