Artscape is a not-for-profit organization that
makes space for creativity and transforms communities.
Artscape is a not-for-profit organization that
makes space for creativity and transforms communities.
September 27, 2012
One weekend, two great art festivals! Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (September 29) and Culture Days (September 28-30) activities are happening all weekend at Artscape Wychwood Barns, Artscape Distillery Studios and the new Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park. Here’s what’s on…
One weekend, two great art festivals! Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (September 29) and Culture Days (September 28-30) activities are happening all weekend at Artscape Wychwood Barns, Artscape Distillery Studios and the new Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park. Here’s what’s on…
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2011 at Artscape Distillery Studios. Photo: Garrison | McArthur Photographers
For one sleepless night, experience the city transformed by hundreds of artists for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto's annual sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art.
Project Title: Our Lights Are On!
The tenant organizations at the recently-opened Daniels Spectrum (formerly the Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre) come together to illuminate and enliven their new home. Parades of fire and neon, shadow puppetry, interactive music, dance, theatre and more!
Individual Projects
Native Earth Performing Arts (7:00 pm to 7:00 am)
One man's beacon is another man's sirensong. Native Earth invites First Nations artists working in all disciplines to create interpretations of Thomas King's A Short History of Indians in Canada. Thomas King will start the evening at 7:00 pm with a reading of his work that was the inspiration for the artist's interpretations. Then it's an exciting evening of viewing the recorded interpretive work by participating artists enrolled in Native Earth's Animikiig and Thundering Voices Program, students at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, established artists, elders, Storytellers and community members.
ArtHeart (7:00 pm to 7:00 am)
ArtHeart Community Art Centre presents INTO THE LIGHT, a shadow puppet theatre experience. ArtHeart will be constructing 2D and 3D shadow puppets and environments during Nuit Blanche. Sharing stories of the ever-changing Regent Park, ArtHeart participants will build a shadow theatre environment projected onto a screen, which reflects the evolving Regent Park skyscape. Come build a shadow puppet with us and tell your own story.
Regent Park School of Music (7:00 pm to 4:00 am)
Join the Projector Jam! While The Nuit Blanche Citizen’s Band plays, the lyrics and music for familiar tunes will be projected on a large screen so the public can sing and play along on guitars, shakers, tambourines and other random instruments.
Regent Park Film Festival (7:00 pm to midnight)
Artist Amy Siegel works in collaboration with five young women from the Regent Park Focus Divas Girls Group to create an installation near the Dundas Street entrance to the building.
COBA Collective of Black Artists (10:00 pm to 11:00 pm)
COBA Collective of Black Artists presents, Lite de Flambeaux, an interactive parade and performance. Flambeaux is an urban telling of the story of the Canboulay Riots in Trinidad and Tobago in 1881. In the 1800's this riot signified a protest of oppression by British colonials by burning the cane fields. Fevered chants were sung while walking through the plantations, very much same is done now to protest injustices to all. Flambeaux symbolizes the light of the oppressed and a beacon of new beginnings.
Christian Resource Centre House Band (11:00 pm to 1:30 am)
The band, Inspired Souls with lead singer Raymond Malozziis, is a group of community members who jam once a week at the Christian Resource Centre at 40 Oaks. Their group is open to all that know how to play an instrument or sing, playing soft rock music from the 1960s to 2000s. Their goal is to create community in the Regent Park area. The band has attracted talented musicians from the southeast Toronto area and will be playing in the Artscape Lounge.
Regent Park Focus - Last Fridays (6:30pm to 10:30pm)
Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre will host its free monthly community event in the Artscape Lounge. The evening will showcase some of Toronto’s best local talent, including performances by the Regent Park Focus House Band, Jennifer LFO, The Memberz, Shara Claire & David Aubrey Berger, Aslam Shaheen, Murr featuring Rosina, and Good Clean Feeling. The featured musical genres include reggae, Punjabi pop, electronica, folk, and Afro-Cuban drumming. In addition, the event will include four free raffle draws for tickets to the next Toronto Argonauts Football Club’s home game. The raffle will be assisted by the Argonaut’s mascot “Jason” from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. If you don’t win, you’ll still be eligible for a special 30% ticket discount, so come on by and join the fun. All ages are welcome. This event is made possible with the support of the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, Artscape and the Daniels Corporation.
Small Audiences by Theatre Local
Barn 2 (7:00 pm to 7:00 am)
A social sculpture by Theatre Local, the group who brought you Nuit Blanche 2011’s Tell YOUR Story. Late night “Truth or Dare”, storytelling, Shakespeare, sound art, puppetry, snacks, film stars, opera, and more.
Ruth Tait, who has a studio at Artscape Wychwood Barns, is one of several artists taking part in the project. At 11:00 pm, Tait will be premiering the chalk-board animation film Fallback Position. This film arises out of work done with a paraplegic man as a personal support worker (PSW). In the film the artist speculates on the existential relationship between his situation and her own. Things that don't generally exist at the top-most layer of conscious thinking are given focus.
Morpheme
Barn 2 (7:00 pm to 7:00 am)
Collaborate, create and contribute in developing morpheme, where text and images morph and unfold through our collective raw imagination as we explore the writing process to produce a unique single work of fiction containing multi-narratives. Artist: Magdalen Lau.
GeoArt Collective presents Paralandscape
Theatre Direct’s Wychwood Theatre, Suite 176 (7:00 pm to 7:00 am)
This interactive adventure explores imaginative geographies through Google Earth projections onto a parachute. Through the classic game of 'popcorn', going anywhere is but a shake away. GeoArt Collective is Marissa Largo, Daniel Pierre and Sean Bennell.
The Virtual Metropolis
Community Gallery (7:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
An interactive artwork combining traditional ink drawings and animations with state of the art video game technology by Mike Parsons & Michael Peters.
Open Studios
Le Labo presents Doubles by Manuel Chantre (7:00 pm to 7:00 am)
Le Labo Gallery, 9 Trinity Street, Suite 317
Specially commissioned for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Doubles is a progressive and immersive installation questioning the concept of Double between singularity and multiplicity.
Open Studios
COBA at Culture Days launch at Daniels Spectrum | Ernesto Di Stefano/WireImage for Culture Days
The third annual Culture Days weekend features thousands of free, hands-on, interactive activities across Canada that invite the public to participate “behind-the-scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, designers and other creative people in their communities.
Storytent by Storytelling Toronto
September 29, 2012 from 10:00 am to noon
Drop by the Storytent outside at The Stop’s Farmers Market to listen to stories. Tell a story or two yourself, if you would like! All ages.
Studio 154 Inspires with Zeina Dghaim
Saturday September 29, 2012 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Studio 154
This activity focuses on the idea of 'Inspiration'. What happens when we are inspired? Participants in this activity will create unique art pieces inspired by objects placed in the studio. Participants will experiment with different colour combinations, styles, form and texture drawn from their surroundings. What happens when we put all the art pieces together at the end of the Activity? Let’s find out!
How Does Culture Influence The Arts? September 30, 2012 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
B Current, Studio 251
A Panel Discussion with artists and art professionals will address how culture influences their line of work. Does our cultural upbringing have any bearing on our creative expression? Does it belong in the equation? As part of the three day Culture Days extravaganza, this interactive session will allow community members to discuss the relevance of cultural differences and its impact on creativity.Panelists include Robert Small (visual artist), Stacey Marie Robinson (writer), J. Nichole Noel (spoken word artist).
DrawToronto with Zeina Dghaim
Sunday, September 30, 2012 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Studio 154
Create your interpretation of the City of Toronto on postcard style paper. Our city is charming, diverse, and multicultural, with many vibrant and unique facets that make it very special for us Canadians and for visitors from all around the world. Artwork will be showcased during a future exhibit on Cities & Spaces.
DISH GALLERY + STUDIO presents ART OF TEA
September 28 – 30, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
15 Case Goods Lane, Studio 112
DISH GALLERY+STUDIO invites you to TEA. Compare eastern and western traditions in serving tea. An exhibition of contemporary ceramics: Teacups and Tea Bowls.
Saturday, September 29 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Teacup/Tea Bowl Workshop
Create your own teacup or tea bowl in clay Saturday afternoon
Sunday, September 30 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Japanese Tea Ceremony Green Tea Demonstration
Taste Usucha tea with ceramic artist Yumiko Katsuya, Sensei of Urasenke tea tradition, as she demonstrates preparing tea for a Japanese Tea Ceremony.
