Canada Council for the Arts - Professional Development Grant

Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts for the Professional Development Grant, which has afforded me the opportunity to take various printing workshops at Open Studio this spring and into the summer. Below is their blurb that acknowledges their fundamental support to the arts. I can't help but notice the last time I posted a thank you that their funding was 157 and not 153 million. Let's hope that their new funding strategy and the current government rectify this (which I think is in the works).

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseila investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Collagraph

I've just finished taking a workshop on collagraph printing. Instructor Loree Ovens taught us about plate making at Open Studio.

Interactive Installations in Max7

February is learning month! I'm taking a series of workshops at InterAccess in Interactive Installations in Max 7. This three-part workshop teaches Intro to Max 7, how to use live audio to make sound reactive work and detect movement with real-time video.

Open Field Collective

Final install of the year! Check out "Ephemeral Sculptures" at the corner of High Park Blvd and Roncesvalles. It's part of Open Field Collective who brings contemporary art to communities around Toronto. This work will be traveling to different neighbourhoods for the next 6 months. Open Field's website can be found here: https://openfieldcollective.wordpress.com

LEGS, TOO, - ARTSCAPE SANDBOX in cooperation with FADO

I'll be presenting Impossible Conversations at LEGS, TOO, an all-day performance art relay. The form of the event is dictated by a chosen duration (in this case 8 hours), which is then divided equally by the number of performance artists from the local community who have chosen to participate.

Participating artists are invited by other participating artists, snowballing a self-organizing event that is disinterested in traditional curation. Founded on a belief in community trust, performative dialogue and artistic self-determinacy, the resulting collective event lets participating artists be responsible not only for the continuous stream of idea- and image-making, but also for the realization of event itself. There is no staff, no coordinator, no stage manager, only artists working together.

October 3, 11am- 7pm at Artscape Sandbox.

Contemporary Craft - Pittsburgh

I'm exhibiting Ephemeral Sculptures as part of Community Voices at Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA. The exhibition, September 18 - December 7, is a companion exhibition to Mindful: Exploring Mental Health through Art.

Shifting Practices

Shifting Practices is the inaugural exhibition at the new Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, part of Brock University. The exhibition will open as part of the Alumni Homecoming and official Grand Opening.

The evening will include an exhibition of 6 recent alumni curated by Emma German. The night will also include performances and musical events. All are welcome to attend and to tour the new MIWSFPA facility.

Hamilton Supercrawl

I'm presenting the durational performance I'm Ambitious When Giving Up at the Hamilton SUPERCRAWL at HUNDREDvDOLLARvGALLERY, 4 Cannon St. E., Hamilton. I'll be riding my stationary bicycle September 12, 12-6pm. The festival runs September 11 - 13 September with a host of events. Check the internet for more details!

NAC Member's Gallery

Niagara Artists Centre | Dennis Tourbin Members Gallery
354 St.Paul St., St.Catharines

We've Forgotten Where Our Hearts Have Been
Opening Reception Friday June 12, 5-8pm
Exhibition Friday 12 June - 26 June, 2015

Exhibition of new and previously unseen work - photographs, prints, ceramics & multiples.

Free LTD Edition Multiple will be available at the Opening Reception.

Tiny Art Show

Tiny Art Show
114 Forrest St., Brooklyn, New York
Group show part of Bushwick Open Studios of art 3 inches or smaller.

Opening: Friday 5 June, 7-9pm
Saturday 6 June, 12-7pm
Sunday 7 June, 12-7pm

de Young Museum - Art Slam

Ephemeral Sculptures will be part of an event held in the Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum on March 14. This event marks the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act.

The Banff Centre

Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Intensive is an immersive period of studio practice and artistic exploration that combines the artistic freedom of BAiR programs with the supportive benefits of an organized thematic program. As well as having the space to create, research, and experiment, participants are part of a community of artists, curators, and creative researchers, each committed to their practice.

Throughout a period of four weeks, participants will benefit from studio visits, participant-driven critiques, artist presentations, and workshops.

In addition, participants may explore Visual Arts facilities regardless of their primary discipline, with a goal of opening up new possibilities and directions in the production of their work. Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to offer technical support and provide access to facilities in photography, sculptures, printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, fibre, and more.More information about The Banff Centre can be found here.

You're Not Here

I'll be exhibiting Because Someone Had to Believe at the Feminist Art Conference at OCADU in September. Artists were invited to submit work that examines community housing redevelopment, land disputes, immigration conflicts, and threats of violence specifically those within a feminist framework. The exhibition runs March 3 - 31 March at Daniels Spectrum, Artscape at 585 Dundas St. E. Opening reception is March 3, 7-10pm.