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| Check out Art Fag City for a Q&A I did with curator Lisa Myers. This is my first post at AFC. The series is called Report from the Academy. Blogging can be fraught for academics because they are understandably proprietorial about their research, and many bloggers have a hate-on for academics because they sometimes use terrible jargon. Academics have the luxury of not needing to be up-to-minute with all the latest news, and they have permission to really sink into an idea or topic, and examine issues that aren't part of the artworld buzz. But blogging needs to be short and sweet and footnotes are generally frowned on. I like the tension of trying to straddle both worlds. The interview with Lisa is about her curatorial approach to power (among other things). Next month I'll be talking to Patrick Macaulay from Harbourfront Centre. After that, I'm going to nerd out on some art & science theory. Many thanks to Paddy for the opportunity! And especially thanks to Lisa for her patience, generosity and hard work in putting this first interview together. |
COMMON PULSE Multi-Arts Festival and Symposium Friday June 10 to Sunday June 12, 2011 at Durham Art Gallery, 251 George Street E., Durham ON
Ken Gregory: Lick My LEDs
Kim Assendorf - Mountain Tour
Brandon Jan Blommaert - A Poorly Punctuated Story About Astroids at ANI GIF
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FEAST 02 Toronto at XPACE Cultural Centre 58 Ossington Ave, Toronto
From their facebook page:
FEAST is happening Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at XPACE Cultural Centre from 7-10 PM.
What is FEAST?
FEAST (Funding Engaging Actions with Sustainable Tactics) Toronto is a series of community dinners and micro-funding events. During each dinner, artists, designers and groups are invited to present proposals for art- or design-based projects. Everyone attending the dinner votes on which project they would like to fund, and the project with the most votes is given a grant from the money raised from the ticket sales.
The ticket cost for the locally-sourced, vegetarian dinner is a sliding scale of $20-30 (and $10 for students with valid student ID).
FEAST works on the basis that the more that people can share, the larger the grants are that we can provide. At our last FEAST event we were able to fund two fantastic projects by Sean Martindale and Matt Moreland.
Toronto’s FEAST is in its infancy. With your support we hope to see this event continue to grow.
How it works:
Buy a ticket for the dinner on June 15, 2011 at XPACE Cultural Centre
Enjoy dinner and conversation with your friends and community
Over the course of dinner artists present project proposals for your consideration
Everyone votes for which project they would like to fund
The project with the most votes is funded from the money raised from ticket sales
Tickets are first come, first serve so get your tickets now! Available online at bookwhen.com/feast. For any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact us at info@feast-toronto.com.
(if I was hosting FEAST, I'd try to make it look like this)