FUTURE + ONGOING
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Friday, August 27- Sunday, August 29
Cruel Therapies/ Traitements Cruels
as part of BOOM-CHIX-A-BOOM #10
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse
4296 boulevard saint-laurent, Montréal
Consumption as entertainment, cruelty as product. From $1 to $50, you can purchase an experience from myself and Zeesy Powers, for better or worse.
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POOR PILGRIM ISLAND SHOW 4 : THE LEGEND OF SNAKE ISLAND
(maps now available at Soundscapes)
Attention Post-G20 Torontonians:
I am happy to announce the return of the Poor Pilgrim music festival on Toronto Island.
Over the past 3 years PP concertgoers have explored the island armed with guide maps, flashlights (and a few well concealed beverages) to discover some of the greatest local musicians in the city. Past contributors have included $100, Castlemusic, Bruce Peninsula, Feuermusik, Nadja, The Silt, N!fty, Wyrd Visions, Awesome and many more out on the fringes of folk, noise and improvised music. I am happy to say that this year’s line-up includes many new faces and some of my favourite sites of the past 3 years including a special sunset celebration on Snake Island, where you will find one of the best views of our postcard skyline anywhere. I hope to see you all there:
Ferry Information:
The Toronto Island Ferry Docks are located just South of Bay St. and Queen’s Quay. Bikes are allowed on both the Ward’s Island Ferry and the Hanlan’s Ferry but NOT the Centre Island Ferry (weekend rules). If you are planning on biking then plan to come a bit earlier…it’s about a 10-minute bike ride from either dock to the first site.
If walking, take the 4:00pm or 4:30pm ferry to Centre Island.
There is also an Island Marina Boat that leaves at regular hour intervals which you can catch from the base of York St. (south of the second cup)
If biking, 1) take the 4:15pm ferry to Hanlans Point and bike to the first site.
Or 2) take the 4:00pm ferry to Ward’s Island and bike to the first site.
Who’s Playing and When?
5:00 pm Picastro (Franklin Children’s Storybook Garden)
5:45 pm Puppet Show by Jamie Shannon (Gibraltar Centre for the Arts)
6:00 pm Eucalyptus (Gibraltar Centre for the Arts)
6:45 pm Buried Boomboxes by Jeff Garcia (Beach West of the Pier)
7:00 pm Not the Wind Not The Flag (Centre Island Pier)
7:45 pm Snowblink (St. Andrew-by-the-lake Church)
8:30 pm THOMAS (Snake Island)
9:00 pm Tasseomancy with Yuula Benivolski (Snake Island)
9:30 pm Daniel Romano (Snake Island)
10:30 pm Alex Lukashevsky Trio (Ward’s Island Beach)
11:15 pm Drumheller (Ward’s Ferry Docks)
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HIGH SPIRITS -- Pleasure Dome's New Toronto Works Show
curated by Yuula Benivolski, Victoria Cheong and Jimmy Palferro
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Young Blood
Curated by Yuula Benivolski and Les Territoires
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SOLID GOLD
Annual Member's Show & Sale!
SOLID GOLD
December 17, 2009 - December 17, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday 17 December 2009, 8PM
Mercer Union again delivers its big gift to small collectors in this year's SOLID GOLD rendition of the annual member's show & sale. Nothing but SOLID GOLD quality works, all priced at $149.99. Watch the gold rush when the sale begins.
Bar opens 6 PM. Sale begins 8 PM. The earlier you join the line, the better your chances of getting the exact nugget you've been waiting to sink your teeth into!
WE WANT YOUR GOLD!
Artists: bring us your art and we'll split the dividends from the sale of the work. Feeling generous and love what we do? Give us 100% of the proceeds from the sale and we'll a) love you for ever and b) give you a tax donation for the amount. Partial donations are also accepted. To participate, fill out the PDF form, indicating your current membership status or sign up for a new one! Work must be dropped off no later than Tuesday 15 December.
GOLD 4 CASH!
Line up to get your own little nugget for just $149.99. Cash, visa and cheque accepted for payments. We will wrap the work for you and you can take it away same day!
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Jon Abrams, Jackson Abrams, Christine Baigent, Kyle Beal, Yuula Benivolski, Xenia Benivolski, Katie Bethune-Leamen, Adam David Brown, Tammi Campbell, Josh Cleminson, Tanya Cunnington, Jay Dart, Taku Dazai, Kenneth Doren, Mark Dudiak, Alex Durlak, Chris Faulkner, Rebecca Fin Simonetti, Brette Gabel, Eric Glavin, David Hanes, Kathleen Hearn, Lee Henderson, Robert Hengeveld, Barbara Hobot, Jen Hutton, Marcia Huyer, Kelly Jazvac, Laurie Kallis, Rita Kamacho, Shari Kasman, Jean-Paul Kelly, Nancy Kembry, Julia Kennedy, Matt King, Helena Kvarnström, Kriistina Lahde, Ginette Legaré, Marianne Lovink, Corwyn Lund, Sarah Massecar, Beth McEachen, John McLaughlin, Jennifer McMackon, Janet Morton, Crystal Mowry, Suzanne Nacha, Natalie Olanick, Roula Partheniou, Tanya Read, Rhond Riche, Emily Rosamund, Jamie Ross, Jade Rude, Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai, Liam Sanagan, Liana Schmidt, Jennifer Rose Sciarrino, Chris Shepherd, Lisa Smolkin, Miles Stemp, Derek Sullivan, Aislinn Thomas, Christy Thompson, Flavio Trevisan, Joy Walker, Jennifer Wardle, Jonny Wheeldon, Donna Willard, Margaux Williamson, Laurel Woodcock.
CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 17 DECEMBER TO BUY THINGS FROM MERCER UNION?
Consider purchasing an artist’s multiple or dedicate one of our custom mercer chairs to a friend or foe.
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ART METROPOLE
GIFTS BY ARTISTS
Multiples for the Holidays
Full Run of Exhibition and Sale:
December 12 to 24, 2009
Special Saturday Events:
December 12 & 19, 2009
Mail Order Sales
Place your orders through orders@artmetropole.com
Images of available works will be posted online as soon as possible.
Call 416-703-4400 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 416-703-4400 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 416-703-4400 end_of_the_skype_highlighting for details.
This year Art Metropole’s Gifts By Artists exhibition and sale of multiples, artist books, ephemera, audio and video will also feature surprises and special events highlighting new works by both local and non-local artists. During the exhibition all work is available for viewing and sale at our downtown Toronto location at 788 King Street West and through our website www.artmetropole.com.
GBA Surprise Packs
New surprises are in store for you lucky art shoppers in the form of special GBA Surprise Packs. Each of these packages contain a different selection of 4 multiples produced by 4 of the 8 incredible artists who have come together to support Art Metropole. Seth Scriver’s unique artist’s giftwrap adds the final touch making this the perfect holiday gift.
Participating artists include; Stephen Andrews, Janis Demkiw, Andy Fabo, Amy Lam, Tanya Mars, Sandy Plotnikoff, Seth Scriver, and Cheryl Sourkes. These boxed gifts are available in a limited edition of 20 for $100 each.
Saturdays Are Special
GBA parties will be held on two special Saturdays; December 12th & 19th in addition to our regular sale. Cecilia Berkovic will be offering a complimentary artist gift wrapping station alongside the CN Tower Liquidation crew, who specialize in the dematerialization and reconstitution of customers cherished objects into archival cubes.
Try these links for more on the CN Tower Liquidation project...
#1, #2
The exhibition continues during our regular shop hours (Wednesday – Saturday 11:00 – 6:00) for the 13 days leading up to December 25, when Art Metropole closes for the holidays.
Orders from out-of-town please note the cut off dates for guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve:
Canada - Regular Parcel December 11, Xpresspost December 22
USA - Xpresspost deadline December 14
Europe - Priority Worldwide December 19
For orders placed after these dates guaranteed delivery will be available only via FedEx.
Confirmed Artists for Gifts by Artists 2009 include:
ArtStars*, Christine Baigent, Barbara Balfour, Noah Becker (Whitehot Magazine), Yuula Benivolski, Cecilia Berkovic, Katie Bethune-Leamen, CN Tower Liquidation, Lyndsey Cope, Maura Doyle, Annie Dunning, Robert Fones, Jules Francisco,
Danielle Greer, Janice Gurney, Anitra Hamilton, Andrew Harwood, Jamelie Hassan, Kevin Hegge, Peter Hobbs, Emily Hogg, David Horvitz, The Invariant Set, Jay Isaac, Emily Gove + Alison Kobayashi + Jennie Suddick, Michael Maranda, Kelly Mark,
John Marriot, John McLachlin, Will Munro, Maurizio Nannucci, Sarah Nasby,
Daniel Olson, Andrew James Paterson, Sandy Plotnikoff, David Salazar, Jon Sasaki,
Jennifer Rose Sciarrino, Emiko Sekiguchi + Andrew Waite, Paul Mpagi Sepuya,
Thom Sevelrud, Kevin Rodgers, Julie Voyce, Jacob Whibley, Antoni Wojtyra,
and Nikki Woolsey.
For more information contact (416) 703 4400 or info@artmetropole.com
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Sang Neuf // Young Blood
Call for videos (max 3 min)
Submission deadline : January 15, 2010
Exhibition : Sang Neuf // Young Blood, February 27, 2010
As part of the Montreal All-Nighter of the MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival
Les Territoires invites all artists under 35 to submit short videos for the exhibition Sang Neuf // Young Blood, which will be presented for one night only on February 27, 2010 in conjunction with Nuit Blanche à Montréal.
Les Territoires will select about ten to fifteen single-channel works that will be playing in the gallery space during the winter event. Videos selected will loop and be presented through one large format projection. This exhibition offers young local and international artists the opportunity to show independent and/or experimental video works. There are no restrictions of theme or on the number of works that one artist can submit. Each single-channel work submitted must not exceed 3 minutes.
The gallery will contact the selected artists about two weeks following the deadline.
SUBMISSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE :
• an artist statement (1 page maximum)
• a curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum)
• A 720 x 480 Quicktime NTSC (high resolution) please send high resolution QuickTime files. If chosen, your original submission will be used when compiling a DVD for the exhibition.
• A self-addressed, postage-paid envelope for return of materials if you wish them to be returned (Les Territoires will dispose of non-claimed materials.)
MAIL TO :
Les Territoires / Submission for exhibition
372 Ste-Catherine O. suite 323
Montreal, QC. H3B 1A2 Canada
For more information: info@lesterritoires.org
Les Territoires is a non-subsidized and non-profit gallery whose mandate is to support emerging artists, present professionally curated projects and festivals.
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MOM JEANS!
Are all mom Jeans the same? Are all moms the same? Did everyone in the 70s dress the same? Yes the answer is YES. Just kidding of course not, duh!
By wearing vintage and current borrowed from their mothers, in "Mom Jeans" young men and women are going to debunk your "mom clothes" myths. This fashion show will feature the following artists/models:
Gwendolyn Bieniara
Cameron Lee
Brette Gabel
Raymi Lauren White
Krysta-Lee Karenina
Vanessa Rieger
Amelia Ehrhardt
Yuula Benivolski
Anna May Henry
Alicia Nauta
Heather McTavish
Elizabeth Ewanchuck
Eva Kolcze
Lauren Bride
David F.M. Hanes
Helena Kvarnstrom
Zoë Alexis-Abrams
Sarah Bodri
Eric Shinn
Brainstormed and organized by guest artist Xenia Benivolski for MASSIVE SALE: YYZ MALL ; a series of events by Daniel Borins and Jennifer Marman concluding their residency at the YYZ artist centre.
This is not about making fun of moms! This is about embracing what you will become or will not become! Drawing a clear line between then and now rather than avoiding it! See for yourself.
8 PM!
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15
CINECYCLE 129 SPADINA
TORONTO
www.xeniabenivolski.com
www.marmco.com
www.yyzartistsoutlet.org
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Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of one of Toronto's oldest landmarks and the 10th anniversary of Artscape Gibraltar Point with a series of memorable events.
September 25 - October 17, 2009
100th and 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY: FRIDAY, SEPT. 25/09 6pm-10pm
Join Artscape for an art-infused evening commemorating our 10th anniversary at Gibraltar Point and the building’s 100th! Enjoy the opening night reception for the Toronto Island Archives exhibition in addition to performance-art tours of the building, artist open studios, music around the bonfire by Artscape artists, cash BBQ & bar and more…
To ensure we have enough food and beverages, we'd appreciate if you would RSVP by Sept 22 at www.AGP100th.ca
FREE (cash BBQ & bar)
100th ANNIVERSARY FAMILY DAY
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26/09 12pm-7pm
Islanders, mainlanders, artists and alumni are invited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic building and former home of the Toronto Board of Education one room Island schoolhouse with a full day of festivities featuring musical entertainment & artist open studios by Artscape artists, lighthouse & building tours, Toronto Island Archives exhibition, kids games & activities, a historic scavenger hunt, cash BBQ & bar and more…
FREE (cash BBQ & bar)
TORONTO ISLAND ARCHIVES EXHIBITION
SEPT. 25 to OCT. 17/09
10am to 3pm Wednesdays through Saturdays only.
A three week exhibition featuring photographs from the Toronto Island Archives collection. Witness the past 100 years of Island history at this curated show.
FREE
All proceeds raised on the anniversary weekend will benefit Artscape Gibraltar Point.
In 1999, a group of passionate Toronto residents contacted Artscape when the historic building and former home of the Toronto Island School was threatened with demolition. Working with the City of Toronto, Artscape converted the building into Artscape Gibraltar Point, preserving an important part of the Island’s heritage and creating an inspiring retreat for artists and creative thinkers.
Artscape is a not-for-profit, urban development organization that revitalizes buildings, neighbourhoods and cities through the arts.
Artscape gratefully acknowledges the instrumental support provided by the City of Toronto, Toronto District School Board, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Arts Council and Laidlaw Foundation in the creation of Artscape Gibraltar Point.
With the participation of the Government of Canada.
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August 29, 2009. 7 pm
A quarterly Exhibition by Current Residents and Guest performers at the White House:
Victoria Cowan
Vanessa Rieger
Christy Kunitzky
Jonny Wheeldon
Andrew Zukerman
Brandon A. Dalmer
Emily Cook
Donna Irvine
Megan Speers
Cameron Lee
Sara Titanic
Drew Belsky
Tomas Del Balso
Julia Dickens
Dan Rocca
Xenia Benivolski
Gwyneth Fischer
Aaron Li-Hill
Adam Bradley
Adam Cowan
Margaret Jean Broughton
Abena Asomaning
PERFORMERS:
Tim Comrie
Carl W. Heindl
The CN tower liquidation
Matt Davey
Elizabeth Infante
Yuula Benivolski
THE WHITE HOUSE
377 lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, ON.
+++ Looking for collaborators for a secret summer project in Toronto.
Project will take place between June-August 2009 and will involve building temporary but livable "summer" housing at hidden locations within the city's parks. I'm looking for 2-4 people who know their way around the city and can help build a safe shelter.
If interested, please email tindronomel@yahoo.ca
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"Spring Fling" is the first in a series of salon nights celebrating the 100th anniversary of the historic Toronto Island building that is home to Artscape Gibraltar Point.
Artscape Gibraltar Point
443 Lakeshore Avenue, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island
April 25, August 15th, September date TBA
6 pm – 11 pm
Participating Artists:
Anne Barber & Brad Harley, Lo Bil, Jim Bravo, Yuula Benivolski, Ron Caisley, Manuel Cappel, Susan Coolen, Ella Cooper, Alastair Dickson, Megan English, Robert Erlich, Talia Erlich, Mitch Fenton, John Greyson, Merlin Homer, Leon Kingstone, Pat Jeffries, Lien-Chen Lin, Barb Lindenberg, Emily Walker Thorton, Dale Morningstar, Velcrow Ripper, Jacky Sawatzky, Ramon Serrano, Zeesy Powers, Dieter Wagner and more!
White Owl is pleased to present a screening of works by Toronto artists HeavyWater, Iris Fraser and Yuula Benivolski on Saturday July 25th and Sunday July 26th.
Screening and reception: Saturday 8:30 pm[/b]
White Owl Gallery = 61A Bellevue
Saturday, July 25, 2009
8:30pm - 11:00pm
+++PROJECTION SHOW AT GOOD BLOOD BAD BLOOD
FEATURING PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS BY
ALICIA NAUTA & JOELE WALINGA
story and projected pictures
BITA JOUDAKI
one half of Vancouver improv team Sister Act
REID JENKINS
reading some poems
SARAH DANGELO
powerpoint presentation
XENIA BENIVOLSKI AND YUULA BENIVOLSKI
video screening
REBECCA FIN
poetry
ROBERT DAYTON
story telling
MUSIC BY
ROMO ROTO
MATT DUNN (AND FRIENDS)
INSTALLATION BY
CHRIS SPECK
EKATERINA IVANOUCHKINA
AND MORE CHECK BACK
13 KENSINGTON
JULY 7th 9:30
9:30
PWYC
+++INVISIBLE CITY Issue 02 will be available to download here from April 13.
I have some photographs in it and Marlaina Read wrote beautifully about work I made last summer.
Issue 02 theme is Transience/Transgression and features fiction / photography / painting / illustration and poetry.
Cover image by Kim Winderman.
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Saturday May 30th, 2009
Happening in various locations in Toronto's West end
for maps and info go to http://nuitblanchedevereaux.blogspot.com/
A PWYC all-day/evening/night program of works that represent a variety of female perspectives in a multi-disciplinary style. Bring a blanket, a cooler with wheels, some friends and enjoy the amazing performances/screenings/awesomeness.
Hosted by Victoria Cheong & Allison Peacock
Video screening, installation and performance by
YUULA+XENIA BENIVOLSKI, IRIS FRASER featuring Adrienne Kammerer, Keith Jones & mystery man, LINDSEY GILLARD, ALICIA GRANT & CARA SPOONER, DANIELA GESUNDHEIT w. Luxury Pond & Isla Craig, JOYCE LAU, AMY LEARMONTH, LAURA MCCOY, DAVIDA NEMEROFF, ZOJA SMUTNY w. Guntar Kravis, Carlos González-Vio, UPDARLING INTERLUDE_(AIMEE DAWN ROBINSON & BARB LINDENBERG)
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Saturday May 2nd, 8pm
The White House, 377 Lansdowne
QUARTERLY ART EXHIBITION BY THE WHITE HOUSE RESIDENTS; SPRING 2009
Art by.
Aaron Li-Hill
Adam Cowan
Andrew Zukerman
Ashley Long
Brette Gabel
Cameron Lee
Christy Kunitzky
Donna Irvine
Drew Belsky
Fran Allen
Gwyneth Fischer
India Amara
Isla Craig
Jonny Wheeldon
Jimmy Limit
Kate Miller
Noel Middleton
Vanessa Rieger
Victoria Cowan
Xenia Benivolski + Yuula Benivolski
Performance by
Heather McTavish
Zeesy Powers
SR Palm
Steph Davidson
Trudy Poot and Tina Ratface
Sarah Bodri
+++VENI VIDI O 4 : MARCH 28 2009
Khyber Center for Art in Halifax
Screening of videos made by young people!
+++TIME OFF - Concordia University’s Annual MFA Exhibition
Art Mûr March 21 to April 4, 2009
Vernissage Saturday, March 21, 13-17h
Art Mûr 5826 rue St-Hubert Montréal 514 933 0711
Gallery Hours T-W 10-18h -F 12-20h Sa 12-17h
Outdoor performances Saturday, March 28 13-16h
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Josie-Anne Lemieux Chris Boyne Jim Holyoak Anna Jane McIntyre Steve Bates Vency Yun Angela Silver Kathryn Delaney Steven Woloshen Yuula Benivolski Nicole Grinstead Andrea Carvalho Erik Nieminen Pavitra Wickramasinghe Twyla Exner Sabrina Russo Amélie Brisson-Darveau Adam Budd Sarah Barr Sherry Walchuk Danielle Davies Tara Nicholson Caroline Boileau Ma hieu Sabourin Suzie Synno Katherine Pickering Javiera Ovalle-Sazie Richard Cornelisse omas Wangsmo Sarah Mangialardo Nahed Mansour Alisha Piercy Aaron Zak Sandra Volny Alison Slack Geneviève Ruest Suzen Green Vitaly Medvedovsky Nancy Ann McPhee Meghan Hepburn Emma Waltraud Howes Malena Szlam Scott Chandler Laura Simpson Maria Doering Aydin Matlabi Devon Beggs Maria Chronopoulos Lenka Novakova Marigold Santos Simon Brown Patrick Dunford Elisabeth Picard Bevan Ramsay Sean Montgomery Summer Geraghty Dominic Papillon Zoë Jaremus Ronald Simon Sally Lee Jean-François Ouellet Macarena Ruiz-Tagle Flower Marie Lunn Kate Hutchinson Sarah Pupo Jamie Campbell Clare Samuel begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting Dan Gibbons Pierre Leichner Taien Ng Chan Mark Igloliorte
+++I'm working on 4 projects at the same time, one of them requires 12-15 collaborators. I'll elaborate(+pictures) soon!
+++Chris from gallery b42 in Oakville froze one of my Yuula-Claras and it will be displayed outside the gallery space until the end of winter (when it melts)
+++FIRST FUCK Call for Submissions STILL ACCEPTING STORIES
I decided to extend the deadline until the end of March.
+++Holiday Double Issue
Switch Contemporary
Opening Friday December 12, 2008
2217 Dundas West (at Roncesvalles)
I made a watercolour about feeling remorseful.
(detail)
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+++Art Metropole Gifts By Artists 2008
December 1, 2008 to
January 10, 2009
OPENING
Thursday, December 4, 2008
6 - 8 PM
I replicated handmade band shirts (hand drawn with black marker on white shirt) that I had or could have had when I was in highschool. It's called Jewish Rock Band.
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Call For Submissions!!
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+++Zeesy Powers Live From Japan
Switch Contemporary
Wednesday December 10, 2008
2217 Dundas West (at Roncesvalles)
Zeesy is broke in Japan, this is a fundraiser!
Works donated by:
Yuula Benivolski
Xenia Benivolski
Bill Burns
Jubal Brown
Stan Kryzanowski
Amy C Lam
Elle McLaughlin
Simone Schmidt
Fiona Smyth
Nikki Woolsey
Zeesy Powers
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+++Ground Frame Released
Switch Contemporary
Opening Reception
Friday November 21st, 2008
7:00PM-11:00PM
2217 Dundas West (at Roncesvalles)
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+++Unsettled
Installation works by emerging artists Yuula Benivolski, Melissa Fisher and Risa Horovitz.
Oct 19-Nov 30, opening Sun 19 Oct, 3-9pm
www.b42gallery.com
Documentation photos here.
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+++Nov 11 2008
stylejerk.com
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+++EXPOZINE 2008
Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 2008
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
at 5035 St-Dominique
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More images added here.
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+++Wednesday Oct 1
A couple of photos added here from a work in progress.
Weather's getting colder!