Kingston Artist Ben Darrah featured in The Globe and Mail

Quoted from The Globe and Mail article:

An elegy to those 'dark, satanic mills'

Ben Darrah at Gallery at 129 Ossington

$450-$1,200. Closes today, 129 Ossington Ave., Toronto; 416-532-1310, www.1290ssington.com

This handsome little show of paintings by a veteran Kingston-based artist is titled Lost & Found, possibly because of the artist's tendency to make pictures with vertically striped backgrounds onto which are placed flared areas of colour that support – if you look attentively – the shape of a deer (or, as in Double Beckett Band , a knot or, in Royal Pine , a tree). Mostly though, there are deer – as small as if you were viewing them through a rifle-sight.

This might be a sentimental idea –this deer-in-the headlights-or-in-the-gun-sight imagery – if it weren't for the fact that Darrah is such a lovely colorist.

His saturated, unabashed pinks and greens and creams underscore the feeling you get, looking at his paintings, that the artist is an aesthete first and an ecologist and environmentalist second.

Darrah seems quite given to "northern" subjects (I have seen Adirondack chairs and campfires filling the bright space now allotted mostly to deer), but it is clearly a matter – as it was for the Group of Seven – of the ways the north can nourish and enrich the palette.

"A Student Exhibition" at The Kingston School of Art

Friday December 18th 2009
Opening Reception From 7:00 - 9:00pm
Everyone Welcome!

Our Winter Term Classes begin January 18th 2009
Please check out our website: www.ksoa.info for details
or Call 613-549-1528 to register

CALL FOR ARTISTS - ARTISANS AT THE DISTILLERY SHOWS - TORONTO

ARTISANS AT THE DISTILLERY

The Distillery District, Toronto

2010 Craft Shows:

May 22-24 and July 31/August 1 & 2

2010 Art Show:

September 3-6

Registration forms are now posted on the web site.

Please sign up early, as these shows will be sold out.

www.artisansatthedistillery.com <http://www.artisansatthedistillery.com/>

Note:

These are outdoor events.

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looking for the arts in kingston? get your word out!
events - literature, film, music, visual arts and more - log on to www.kingstonartscouncil.ca

Art at Rideau - Workshop Opportunity

ARTVENTURE 2010

Art @ Rideau P.S.

January/February/March 2010

            For the past three years, the Parent Council, teachers and Kingston area Artists have organized the 'Art Experience' – a series of arts workshops at Rideau P.S.  This program provides all Rideau students with opportunities to experience and participate in a broad range of visual and performing arts projects while interacting with members of the Kingston arts community.  Past workshops have included Drama, Belly Dancing, Musical Performance, Papermaking, Papier Maché Sculpture, Weaving, Animation, Ink Drawing and Conceptual Sculpture.

 
Last year's workshops culminated in Rideau's first annual ARTVENTURE Spring Arts Festival and Visual Arts Show featuring live Performance, Creative Art Workshops, BBQ, Face Painting, Buskers, Used Book Sale and Artists' Marketplace. 

 
The kids LOVE these workshops and are very proud of the work they create

 
Rideau Parent Council invites interested artists, artisans and educators from all Visual and Performing Arts disciplines to create and implement workshops that will enhance our student's arts education and exposure to the Kingston arts community.  Work created or documented throughout the winter sessions will be showcased at our second annual ARTVENTURE in Spring 2010. 

 
Interested in participating or know someone who may be?  

We need you!

Workshops must contain an educational element and can be geared towards grade groups K-1, 2-4, 5/6 and/or 7/8. Two hour workshops will be scheduled each Tuesday, beginning in February. Classroom and gym space will be available for these activities.  

 Contact Catherine Styles at brodiegirl8@cogeco.ca  for more information and to discuss project ideas, honorariums and logistics. 

 
Rideau Public School, 9 Dundas Street, Kingston

Artist Trading Card Swap at the Sleepless Goat Cafe

The Sleepless Goat, December 20, 8:00 - 11:00 pm

Come down to the Sleepless Goat, Sunday, December 20, from 8:00 - 11:00
pm to meet with other artists in Kingston for a fun, interactive night
of swapping Artist Trading Cards and ideas. An Artist Trading Card
(ATC) is a miniature work of art created on 2 ½ X 3 ½ inch or 64 X 89 mm
card stock (or similar material) which are originals, small editions,
and most importantly, self-produced works created with the intention of
exchanging them, for free, with other artists. This is a great chance
to experiment without the risk associated with larger pieces, to get
feedback and make connections with others working in similar mediums or
on similar subjects, and to share your work with other artists!

So make some cards and bring'em down to trade!

Deadline Reminder: 2010 Festivals and Events Guide

*Reminder: Friday, December 11, 2009 is the deadline to submit your
events online.
See below for details.*

EXCITING NEWS FOR 2010 FESTIVAL AND EVENT SUBMISSION!

Festivals & Events Ontario will be producing the 2010 edition of the
Festivals & Events in Ontario Guide, in partnership with the Ontario
Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMPC). This one-of-a-kind
consumer publication is the ultimate source for festival and event
listings throughout Ontario.

This digest-sized, easy to carry, full-colour publication will have a
12-month shelf-life and will list festivals and events taking place from
April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. Distribution of 250,000 copies is
scheduled to begin early March 2010 and will be available for download
in .pdf format on the www.ontariotravel.net
<http://www.ontariotravel.net/> and www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca
<http://www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca> websites. The printed guides
will be available for order at the 1-800-ONTARIO (668-2746) call centre,
through Ontario Travel Information Centres, Destination Marketing
Organizations and other distribution channels in the province as well as
through the Festivals & Events Ontario office.

SUBMITTING YOUR EVENT / SELECTION CRITERIA

Get noticed by thousands of festival and event goers. Visit the OTMPC
partner website at www.tourismpartners.com
<http://www.tourismpartners.com/> and submit or update your event
listing(s) by *DECEMBER 11, 2009*. Follow these steps to access your
account:
1. Log-in to your account on www.tourismpartners.com
<http://www.tourismpartners.com/>
2. Select Manage Organization from the box on the right of the screen
3. Select Manage Events and follow the steps to update or add events
for your Organization.

Please review the guidelines and criteria for Submission of Events.
<http://www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca/page.asp?catid=7>

If you do not have an account, please REGISTER first on
www.tourismpartners.com <http://www.tourismpartners.com>. Once you have
been approved, you can log-in and submit your events.

If you have any questions or need assistance, email
info@tourismpartners.com <mailto:info@tourismpartners.com>.

PLUS:

Please ensure that your event(s) are also submitted to the *FESTIVALS
AND EVENTS ONTARIO* website at *www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca*
<http://www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca/> by the *DECEMBER 11, 2009
DEADLINE.* This is *ESSENTIAL *as the statistical information you are
requested to provide is considered in the selection process. Events
*MUST *be submitted to BOTH the www.tourismpartners.com
<http://www.tourismpartners.com/> website and the
www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca
<http://www.festivalsandeventsontario.ca/> website.

Billboard Tax passed in Toronto

CARFAC Ontario

Billboard Tax Passed!!

Next Stop - Budget Committee
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Toronto city councillors have approved a new tax on billboards in the city.

Council voted 29-12 on Monday to accept a staff recommendation to
implement the tax, which is expected to generate about $10.4 million for
the city.
Part of that money is expected to be used to pay for arts programs in
the city. City staff, Mayor David Miller and artist advocacy groups all
welcomed the move.
Devon Ostrom, who is part of a group called beautifulcity.ca, took up
the cause to introduce the tax as a means to raise money for public art
and improve the city's visual landscape.
He said council's decision to support the tax is a major win.
"Most other forms of advertising, they give something back in exchange
of attention," he told CBC News.
"If you look at TV, you get 45 minutes of content for 15 minutes of
advertising. With magazines, it's about 50-50, and with newspapers it's
the same."
But that rule doesn't apply to billboards a wrong that the new law
rectifies, he said.
Council will still have to make a final decision during next year's
budget process on how to spend the new money.
Coun. Rob Ford said supporters of the tax shouldn't count on all the
money being spent on the arts.
"I've got news for you," he said. "The arts and culture people that
think you're getting this money you're not getting this money."
Ford said billboards help businesses grow and create jobs, and he lashed
out at the supporters of the tax who had gathered at city hall's viewing
gallery on Monday.
"I'm curious to know if they actually have a job," Ford said. "They
obviously don't, if they can sit here every day and heckle those who
disagree with them."
The billboard advertising industry calls the tax unfair, and it's
considering legal action.

The new tax takes effect next April.

December 12th Holiday Sing-Along at the GNO

Hope you can all join us for a Holiday Sing-Along at GirlzNightOut (guyz
welcome) at Ben's Pub, 105 Clergy Street which is on *Saturday, December
12th** with* *Lynne Hanson, Kate E.White, Kris & Dee, Just Hanging
Out, Girlz Like That, Stephanie Bird, Christine Quenneville and more.....

*Show starts at 8 p.m. Get there early as space is limited. $5.00 cover
and as always. The food is great and guys are welcome too!

*AND....WHAT ARE _YOU_ DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE?
*** _Raise the Roof Women's Music Festival New Year's Eve Women's
Gala/Gayla_ (Thursday, Dec. 31st, 2009 - 8:00 pm to 1:00 a.m.) Limestone
Hall - Peachtree Inn, 1187 Princess Street, Kingston. Tickets are $40
each which will include: fabulous live music with "GIRLZ LIKE THAT", DJ
music, hot and cold buffet at midnight AND complimentary champagne to
ring in the New Year...
and THEN IN 2010: MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND GET READY TO ROCK!!!!

** _2010 Raise the Roof Women's Music Festival_....right here in
Kingston, at Myles Acres, Abbey Dawn Road - July 23-25, 2010. Tickets
will be available early in the new year.

Cinderella at the Playhouse

 

 

 

Thousand Islands Playhouse to produce ‘homegrown’ Cinderella

Local pantomime sure to become an annual tradition in the region

 

November 30, 2009...The Thousand Islands Playhouse presents Gananoque’s first ever pantomime, Cinderella, on stage at the Firehall Theatre, December 12th-23rd.  Intended for audiences young and old, this production is truly a new Christmas tradition in the making. 

 

“This production marks a continuation of the strong partnership between the town of Gananoque and the Playhouse.  One that began with this past summer’s community celebrations during ‘Up the Creek Week’," says Playhouse spokesperson Hollie Stewart, “and one that we hope to enjoy with many more similar events in the future.  The town has always been an integral part of the Playhouse’s successes and we felt that this was a great way to say how much we appreciate them.”

 

The Playhouse put out its first-ever “open audition call” to the local communities attracting a wide variety of people who wanted to be involved.  The cast, who are currently in daily rehearsals for the children’s show, truly reflect the community, ranging in age from 11-75 years old.  “This has been such an incredible experience,” says Lesley Woodman, who plays Cinderella’s evil stepmother, “its a great group of people and the style of performance is so ridiculous that I have a lot of trouble not laughing at the people on stage around me.”

 

Pantomime is a holiday tradition almost as old as Christmas itself.  The shows, geared to children and families, take the plot of a common fairy tale and mix in local references, slapstick, audience participation, and a few bawdy jokes.  In the spirit of the holiday season, the entire event (egg nog, cookies, candy canes and all!) will be pure entertainment.  In the end, it makes for a hilarious hour of silliness and fun for people of all ages. 

 

Don’t miss this great new family experience!

CINDERELLA: a children’s holiday pantomime
December 12th - 23rd, 2009
Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
Firehall Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, ON
For tickets call (613) 382-7020
Tickets:  $10.00 for adults/seniors, $5.00 for students/children
www.1000islandsplayhouse.com

Mayworks Kingston Festival of Labour and the Arts

The* Mayworks Kingston Festival of Labour and the Arts* is looking for
volunteers and feedback!

The Kingston Mayworks Collective is a community collective of workers,
students and artists who believe that bridging art and labour can bring
powerful social change. The Mayworks *Festival will take place May 1-8,
2010 in Kingston*.

We seek to:

1. Use art as a medium to explore and understand one's identity as a
worker and one's experience in the workplace.
2. Increase exposure to and appreciation of creative expressions of
work and labour justice issues
3. Provide the space and opportunity for individuals and communities
who commonly face marginalization and oppression in the workplace
to explore and express their experiences in the workplace through
creative means

We are looking for volunteers for graphic design, event planning,
promotions and more! We are also seeking suggestions for events you
would like to see during the festival. Event ideas include film
screenings, public lectures, artistic showcases, etc. Please email
MayworksKingston@gmail.com <mailto:MayworksKingston@gmail.com> by
*Friday January 29th* to let us know if you would like to volunteer or
to suggest a specific event for the festival. Visit
www.opirgkingston.org/mayworks <http://www.opirgkingston.org/mayworks>
for more details.

The Mayworks Kingston Festival is made possible through the support of
the Kingston Arts Council and the City of Kingston.

Bring an artist into your classroom

25 hours of art appreciation and studio activities

" ART in CANADA…then and now"

This art workshop series is sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council and is
therefore available to you for $300, materials included, from January
through June 2010.

Book now to view portfolio of learners' work and to reserve workshop
dates to suit your schedule.
Contact: Aida Sulcs aidasulcs@kos.net <mailto:aidasulcs@kos.net> or 613
544-3526

Activities meet *grade* *9-12* Ontario School Board Curriculum requirements

"Aida…connects art with a student's world so that the experience is
meaningful and joyful."

Jeri Harmsen

Retired education officer, Agnes Etherington Art Centre

"She is able to encourage students to trust their impulses, and to
notice rather than judge features in their work…to use art history and
theory to deepen the artistic experience."

Katharine Smithrim

Professor, Arts Education, Faculty of Education, Queen's University

Sorting Daemons, Agnes Etherington Art Centre

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

Sorting Daemons

Art, Surveillance Regimes and Social Control

16 January to 18 April 2010

 

The encoded determinations of information-gathering systems increasingly affect our lives, tracking our movement and preferences, and selectively shaping opportunities; such “sorting daemons” reinforce existing streams of influence and quietly create new ones. The artists in this exhibition take measure of our relationship to surveillance by addressing its social, political and aesthetic dimensions. Photographer David Kemp’s Data Collection project, for instance, probes attitudes towards the circulation of personal information, while David Rokeby’s haunting Sorting Daemon poses the question: what invisible mechanisms are triggered by the information harvested?

 

Curated by Jan Allen with Sarah E.K. Smith, and presented by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Sorting Daemons brings current research into the public domain through works of art. Its themes complement Queen’s University’s multi-faceted research project: The New Transparency.[1] The video program draws on artists’ tapes about surveillance produced over the past two decades. The exhibition extends off-site with presentation of Kathleen Ritter’s Hidden Camera at the Union Gallery in Queen’s University’s Stauffer Library. 

 

Artists: Brenda Goldstein (Toronto), Antonia Hirsch (Vancouver), David Kemp (Toronto), Tran T. Kim-Trang (Claremont, CA), Germaine Koh (Vancouver), Arnold Koroshegyi (Toronto), Ruthann Lee (Toronto), Michael Lewis (Toronto), Jill Magid (Brooklyn), Walid Ra’ad (New York); Kathleen Ritter (Vancouver), David Rokeby (Toronto), Tom Sherman (Syracuse), Cheryl Sourkes (Toronto), Ryan Stec (Ottawa) ), and John Watt (Toronto).

A Symposium bringing together leading artists and thinkers on surveillance in contemporary society will be held at the launch of Sorting Daemons. A keynote lecture will be followed by a series of round table discussions examining artistic practices plumbing the methods and implications of surveillance technologies. The film program will feature works by the Bureau of Inverse Technology (Delaware), Tran T. Kim-Trang (Claremont, CA), Walid Ra’ad (New York), and Ryan Stec (Ottawa). This program will be held in conjunction with Camera Surveillance in Canada: A Research Workshop, 14-16 January, organised by The New Transparency through the Surveillance Camera Awareness Network (SCAN). Cross registration and attendance will be encouraged.

Publication: An illustrated multi-authored book with critical essays on artists and the culture of surveillance, social sorting and data-aesthetics by Jan Allen, Sarah E.K. Smith and Kirsty Robertson is under development.

 

This exhibition and its programs are supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Kingston and the Kingston Arts Council through the Kingston Arts Fund, SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI), and the George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund, Queen’s University.

 

 

 

Matthew Hills  |  administrative coordinator 

Agnes Etherington Art Centre | Queen's University | Kingston ON | K7L 3N6

t 613.533.6000  x 77049  |  fax 613.533.6765 |  www.aeac.ca

   

 

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[1] Queen’s University’s SSHRCC-funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI), The New Transparency 2008-2015 under the leadership of Dr David Lyon.

Family Program, Sunday 6 Dec, 1:30 & 3 pm

 

 

Family Program

Sunday 6 December 1:30 to 3 pm or 3 to 4:30 pm

We welcome young and old to explore the magical world created by artist Diane Landry in her exhibition Diane Landry: The Defibrillators.  Our program begins with an interactive tour to discover how the artist uses light, motion and sound to enchant us.  In the studio, we’ll have fun creating a luminous sculpture from everyday objects.

 

Suitable for children 6+, with adult accompaniment.  Program is free but space is limited.  Please call 613.533.2190 to reserve.

 

Supported by the Ontario Arts Council an agency of the Government of Ontario, the City of Kingston Arts Fund and the Iva Speers Fund for Art Education.

 

Image courtesy: Jocelyn Robert

 

Matthew Hills  |  administrative coordinator 

Agnes Etherington Art Centre | Queen's University | Kingston ON | K7L 3N6

t 613.533.6000  x 77049  |  fax 613.533.6765 |  www.aeac.ca

   

Jazz Great Dianne Reeves Makes Kingston Debut

Dianne Reeves makes her Kingston debut with a special holiday performance at

the Grand Theatre on Friday, December 11, at 8 p.m.

This sensational four-time Grammy Award winner performs music from her own
Christmas Time is Here album as well as selections from her latest release,
When You Know.

Reeves, described by The New York Times as "the only jazz singer with a
voice big enough to rival Sarah Vaughan's," sings "Carol of the Bells," "Let
it Snow," "The Christmas Song," and other tracks from her latest album, When
You Know. A review of the recording praised Reeves as being "able to capture
a universal spirit and open it up for all to enjoy."

In March 2002, premier jazz and blues vocalists and recording artist Dianne
Reeves was appointed Creative Chair for Jazz the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Association- then a newly established position. In this role, Reeves
oversees the scheduling of jazz programming for the Association at both the
Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
A Blue Note/EMI recording artist since 1987, Reeves has earned five Grammy
nominations. She won consecutive Best Jazz Vocalist Grammy Awards in 2000
and 2001 for her albums In the Moment and The Calling and in 2003 for A
Little Moonlight. But the greatest tributes to her artistry come from the
musicians - Clark Terry, Sergio Mendes, Harry Belafonte, and the late, great
Joe Williams - who have actively championed Reeves throughout her career. In
1987, Reeves became the first vocalist signed to the newly reactivated Blue
Note label, for which she has since recorded many albums, including those
that garnered her Grammy recognition. In 2002, she performed at the closing
ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The 2002 season finale
of HBO's Sex and the City also featured an appearance and performance by
Reeves.

Tickets for Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time is Here can be purchased online at
<http://www.kingstongrand.ca>, or through the Grand Theatre Box Office at
218 Princess St., 613-530-2050. The Grand Theatre Box Office hours are
Monday through Saturday 12-6 p.m. on non-show days; 12-8:30 p.m. on
performance days and 3 hours prior to the performance on Sundays and
holidays.

Please help us help others and bring a donation of a non-perishable food
item to the performance and support the Salvation Army's Annual Christmas
Food Drive. Help the Salvation Army reach out to those in need in our
community...together we can make a difference!

With the winter season just around the corner and the downtown streets
buzzing with holiday spirit and shoppers, why not treat friends and family
to a gift you know they'll treasure and use? The gift of imagination,
intrigue and amazement... the gift of live entertainment. Great for any
special occasion, the holidays and much more... Gift certificates are Grand!
Gift certificates are available online at
<http://www.kingstongrand.ca/gifts> or through the Grand Theatre Box Office.

The Grand Theatre Foundation would like to acknowledge CIBC Wood Gundy as
the performance sponsor. The Grand Theatre offers its appreciation to its
Season Partners including The Kingston Radisson as its Official Hospitality
Underwriter, CKWS Television as its Official Television Partner and Kingston
Life as its Official Print Media Partner. The Radio Partner for this
performance is 93.9 Classic FM.

For more information on the 2009-2010 Grand Theatre Presents season,
including dates and prices visit <http://www.kingstongrand.ca>.

Media contact information:
Julie Fossitt, Marketing Administrator, 613-546-4291 ext. 1143 Hi-Resolution
images of all the artists performing as part of the 2009-2010 Grand Theatre
Presents Season are available online at <http://www.cityofkingston.ca/media>

Extended Deadlines for Union Gallery Submission

*EXTENDED to DECEMBER 11, 2009 * | Deadline for written proposals
/TAG/ | The Union Gallery Off-Site Project 2010

For its 2010 off-site project, the Union Gallery invites video art
submissions from individuals or collectives of students on the topic of
surveillance. The completed work should be between 5-15 minutes in
duration, in a DVD or format that can be displayed on a monitor and
should be moving images only - no sound. Have you got an idea for an
art video that explores this theme? Take advantage of this great
opportunity to get your work out there in the public eye.

/For more information:/
http://uniongallery.queensu.ca/NEWS/TAGPressRelease.html

Cantabile Ushers in Holiday Season

Cantabile Celebrates Christmas with Candlelight and Carols

The Cantabile Choirs under the direction of Dr. Mark Sirett ring in the holiday season with a joyful concert entitled “Green Grows the Holly” on Friday, December 18^th at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 19^th at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 

 

The concert-opener will be an exciting new composition, “Hodie” by Dr. Sirett inspired by his recent visit to Ghana.  Two hundred and fifty voices combine with piano, organ, woodwinds and African percussion for this exuberant carol. 

 

Highlights of the concert will be the Children singing the very moving contemporary carol “A Child” by Bob Chilcott and the combined Men and Women’s Chorus in Eric Whitacre’s stunningly beautiful “Lux aurumque.”  The Youth Singers will delight audiences with newer carol arrangements complemented by innovative staging.  The audience will also have an opportunity to sing-along in favorite carols.

 

Traditional carols from Austria, Germany, Russia, France and Britain will be featured as well as newer holiday songs from Canada. The candlelight portion of the concert will showcase the Cantabile choristers in the charming “Sussex Carol” and Willcock’s glorious arrangement of “See Amid the Winter’s Snow.” 

 

Had difficulty getting tickets for Cantabile in previous years?  These wonderful concerts that have become a Kingston tradition are very popular and are often sold out early.  However THIS YEAR, due to popular demand for Christmas tickets the Cantabile Choirs are pleased to offer an additional matinee performance especially for young families and seniors.  The Cantabile Training Choir, ages 7-9, will perform at this concert in addition to the other choirs.

 

Tickets are now on sale at the Grand Theatre Box Office Tel: 613-530-2050

 

cantabile choirs of kingston | mark sirett, artistic director

box 2273 | kingston, on | K7L 5J9 | 613 542-9616 x 24

info@cantabile.kingston.net | cantabile.kingston.net

Collaborate with Sarawut Chutiwongpeti!

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
    
An opportunity to work with visiting artist
Sarawut Chutiwongpeti on an art project 



Investigations of wishes, lies and dreams – a cross-cultural collaborative project

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, in collaboration with the Union Gallery, presents the work of visiting Thai artist Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, and collaborators, in a multimedia installation focusing on the hybridity of new media and cross-cultural exchange. The piece will represent the artist’s explorations of the in-between of nature and science, contemporary art and traditional culture.  In his recent work, Chutiwongpeti asks the question, “What are our thoughts, doubts, fears, uncertainties, and reflections as we head towards the new material and immaterial territories which we are to inhabit in the future?” His residency in Kingston will contribute to the 'real-life' research he has undertaken in the development of his practice and will further the investigations of his “Wishes, Lies, and Dreams” projects.

Chutiwongpeti will work with selected individuals to produce a collaborative installation, for the project room at the Union Gallery and for the internet through Modern Fuel ARC. Various items, from the religious to the profane, will be contributed by participants and combined in a mixed media installation.  Participants will also select outdoor locations for performances on a specific theme that will be documented and included in the installation. Chutiwongpeti’s visit runs from the 1st to the 9th of December 2009, and a reception for the installation-in-progress will be held at the Union Gallery on the 5th of December.  

Deadline for submissions to participate: 28 November 2009

Contact: Michael Davidge or Bronwyn McLean
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre
21A Queen St, Kingston, ON, K7K 1A1
(613) 548-4883
modernfuel@bellnet.ca
www.modernfuel.org

Sarawut Chutiwongpeti graduated from the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at Chulalongkorn University in 1996. Since graduation, he has been working as a media artist with Cyber Lab at the Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. He has traveled extensively as a visiting artist/researcher and has exhibited at numerous sites including the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), the ImaginAsia Project, the Smithsonian Institution, the ZKM Project, the Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre, and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.  He was most recently a participating artist at the Biennale Réunion 2009.

Studio22 Show

Studio22 Open Gallery

Open Collection
runs through February 28th, 2010

A changing exhibit of established and emerging visual artists from
across Canada. Featuring new works by our core of artists, pieces
culled from past exhibitions and new works by artists new to our gallery.

• Robert A. Blenderman (Kingston) • David Bayly (Sydenham) • Peter
Coffman (Halifax) • Sandra Davies Corrigan (Kingston) • Frank Danielson
(Sudbury) • Krzysztof Doniewski (Montreal) • Andrew Danson Danushevsky
(Change Islands, NF) • Jeremy Ennis (Kingston) • L.W. Foden (Galiano
Island, BC) • Hersh Jacob (Kingston) • Diane Laundy (Halifax) • Molly
McClung (Kingston) • Bruce Millen (Kingston) • Elias Mina (Toronto) •
Teresa Mrozicka (Sydenham) • Jacquiline Staikos (Belleville) • Stanzie
Tooth (Toronto) • Susan Wallis (Toronto) and others.

*Special Holiday Hours: December 16th - 23rd, 12 to 6 pm everyday
(As a gift to our buyers, we will pay the taxes on purchases made
between December 16th and 23rd.)
The gallery will be closed from December 24th to January 5th, 2010

*Gallery Hours:* Wednesday to Sunday afternoons 1 to 5 & Friday
evenings 7 to 10. Anytime by appointment.

320 King Street E. - 2nd Floor
613-546-7461
www.s22.ca <http://www.s22.ca/>

Studio22 Open Gallery

320 King St. E. , Kingston, Ont.
613.546.7461
866.842.9895
.
s22.ca

Kingston Symphony presents the Nutcracker

*The Nutcracker*
*
*
*Friday, December 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.*
*Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.*
*Grand Theatre*
**
*The Kingston Symphony presents Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with the
Ontario Ballet Theatre in three performances only. With
glorious costumes, full-scene backdrops, a company of professional
dancers and musicians, the Kingston Symphony and Ontario Ballet
Theatre's production of the Nutcracker is the perfect way to celebrate
the holiday season. Tickets are available at 613-530-2050 or
www.kingstonsymphony.on.ca <http://www.kingstonsymphony.on.ca/>.*
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