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Northbound: Unraveling Dreamscapes | 2021

Northbound: Unraveling Dreamscapes | 2021

NOTICE: Exhibition Postponed due to COVID-19. Date TBD.

Unraveling Dreamscapes

by: Aqsah Shah

The exhibition explores the concepts of surrealism, the human subconscious, and dream interpretation. Aqsah uses surrealist techniques juxtaposed by images of underwater life to symbolize potent yet not entirely fathomable subconscious possibilities, while also exploring themes pertinent to her own lived experiences. Her work gives the audience insight into thoughts that move through our dreamscape; she invites viewers to look beyond the outside world and focus on their inner selves. 

About Aqsah Shah

Aqsah Shah is a visual artist. Born in Toronto, she acquired her BFA degree from Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan, before returning to Toronto to pursue a career in art. Her work takes inspiration from the impact of dreams on human reality and vice versa. The unification between the dreamscape and real-life in her work is shown predominantly through subaquatic symbols and void-like imagery.

Date: TBD

Exhibition Opening: TBD

Place: North York Centre

Address: 5150 Yonge Street

Contact: cecilia@northyorkarts.org

Price: Free  

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5040 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON, M2N 6R8

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Northbound: Lacrima: /ˈla.kri.ma/ | 2021

Northbound: Lacrima: /ˈla.kri.ma/ | 2021

NOTICE: Exhibition Postponed due to COVID-19. Date TBD.

Lacrima: /ˈla.kri.ma/

by: Anna Kavehmehr

Stories matter. We experience an array of emotions through stories and learn to experience the world through another’s perspective. Stories connect us as humans and let us empathize with one another. This exhibition follows a story of a girl in different stages of her life where she is experiencing feelings of loss, loneliness, displacement and the hopelessness that comes with them. She is fully aware of us and finds herself gazing back at our reflection.

About Anna Kavehmehr

Anna Kavehmehr was born in Tehran, Iran. She moved to Toronto in 2013 to pursue a career in art. She holds a master’s degree in Digital Media and a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design. Her art is largely based on poems, music, and literature. Telling stories through art has been her lifelong passion. She loves to depict complex human emotions and is constantly inspired by people’s conflicts and relationships with one another and with nature.

Date: TBD

Exhibition Opening: TBD

Place: North York Centre

Address: 5150 Yonge Street

Contact: cecilia@northyorkarts.org

Price: Free  

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Northbound: MERAKI Project | 2021

Northbound: MERAKI Project | 2021

NOTICE: Exhibition Postponed due to COVID-19. Date TBD.

MERAKI Project

by: MERAKI Project

Meraki Project is based on showing natural workplaces, colourful landscapes, and Colombian people. Many of the subjects are working men and women who are of a low socioeconomic level but, at the same time, rich in wisdom, internal power, and the ability to get ahead in a country with such high socio-cultural problems. Our concept highlights the unrecognized side of Colombia and shows that it has a thriving and unique culture.

About MERAKI Project
Meraki is a creative tandem founded by Paula Marin and Felipe Noriega, Colombian photographers, Toronto-based since 2016 due to the Colombian armed conflict. The project is a call to transform the social stigma that Colombians have due to drug dealers and the armed conflict. Part of the solution proposed by the artists is to reveal new faces through documentary images in which the camera becomes an instrument to connect with these inhabitants.
Date: TBD
Exhibition Opening: TBD
Place: North York Centre
Address: 5150 Yonge Street
Contact: cecilia@northyorkarts.org
Price: Free  

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Northbound: A Series of Mythological Narratives | 2021

Northbound: A Series of Mythological Narratives | 2021

NOTICE: Exhibition Postponed due to COVID-19. Date TBD.

A Series of Mythological Narratives

by: Ashley Beerdat

Mythological Narratives is a series of paintings created through the process of searching. Ashley believes we are all searching for something meaningful but often, we’re not sure about what that “something” is. Ashley treats each painting as an individual story that unfolds when the viewer seeks to find meaning. While the work explores concepts of climate change, evolution, dreams, and the environment, these mythical worlds also hold hidden stories for the viewer to uncover.

About Ashley Beerdat

Ashley Beerdat is an emerging artist of Guyanese descent who grew up in Brampton, Ontario. Ashley uses painting as a creative outlet to narrate mythical stories based on her childhood, dreams, and life experiences. The narratives do not follow a specific tale – rather, Ashley treats each painting as an expedition and takes bits of information from each in search of hidden meaning. Ashley’s work toys with the line between imagination and reality.

Date: TBD

Exhibition Opening: TBD

Place: North York Centre

Address: 5150 Yonge Street

Contact: cecilia@northyorkarts.org

Price: Free  

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Northbound Exhibition Program: Artist Open Call

Northbound Exhibition Program: Artist Open Call

North York Arts is excited to announce that Northbound Exhibition Program 2020 applications are now open!

Northbound Exhibition Program was created to support the professional development of emerging artists. Priority will be given to new-generation (18-29 year olds) artists/groups, newcomer artists/groups, and artists/groups with a connection to the North York community. Artists selected will receive FREE exhibition space at North York Centre in 2020!

Deadline to apply: November 17 2019, 11:59pm.

Northbound 2020 applications are officially CLOSED

Please read the application and guidelines thoroughly. If you have any questions, please contact Program and Volunteer Manager Cecilia at cecilia@northyorkarts.org or 416-733-9388 x 7067.

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Toronto, ON, M2N 6R8


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Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

Uptown Kid Lit

Uptown Kid Lit

Uptown KidLit

Uptown KidLit is a new FREE children’s literary festival in North York for kids aged 12 and under, offering comic drawing and storytelling activities, kidlit and comic exhibitors, and feature presentations by top comic and literary artists!

Featuring George O’Connor, Deborah Kerbel, Richard Scrimger, Britt Wilson, Ted Staunton, Lesley Livingston, Kean Soo, Lis Xu, John Martz, Tory Woollcott, Chad Solomon, Anoosha Syed, Brian McLaughlan, Hilary Leung, and many more!

Date: Saturday, Sept 28th

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Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm

Address: North York Central Library 5120 Yonge Street, North York

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Price: Free

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5040 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON, M2N 6R8

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Northbound: Who is Lady York, Anyway?

Northbound: Who is Lady York, Anyway?

Who is Lady York, Anyway?

By: Alessandra Pozzuoli

Who is Lady York, Anyway? is a multi-media exhibition that uses Lady York Foods (an 60 year old Italian grocery store in North York) as a focal point to discuss larger daily rituals surrounding family, the individual, consumerism, food, and home in Italian culture. Alessandra uses the grocery store to analyze the long history of Italian immigration to Toronto, and namely, how different generations come to understand each other.

About the Artist

Alessandra Pozzuoli is an interdisciplinary artist. As a Canadian of Italian heritage, her work is influenced by notions of ethnic identity, gender, rituals stemming from popular religion, folk culture, and the importance of grandmothers. Through repetitious work using paint, stencils, fabric, and found materials, Pozzuoli creates patterned scenes and curated collections that disrupt perceptions of sacred and secular within the context of the (Italian Catholic) home.

Date: February 27 – April 14

ART ALLEY WILL BE CLOSED MARCH 8 AND 9

Time: Tuesday to Friday 1pm to 6pm

Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts, Art Alley

Address: 5040 Yonge St. North York, ON

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Email: info@northyorkarts.org

Website:

alessandrapozzuoli.weebly.com

Price: Free

 

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Work Smarts March Workshops

Work Smarts March Workshops

WORKSHOP 1
Working with Communities through an Equitable & Anti-Oppression Lens

Learn how to be a thoughtful community collaborator, project-maker and make positive transformations in diverse communities. Explore and learn 5 Key Practices in Applying Equity to Community Programming & Engagement and reflect on various arts equity techniques and approaches that will influence design, delivery and evaluation. Learn ways of applying anti-oppression in community work. This workshop will have interactive components and require self-reflection.

Audience Focus: Emerging Arts Leaders
Incentives: Skill-based and hands-on learning;
Accompanying workbook and exercises

Facilitated by: Parul Pandya
Community Consultant,
Community Impact Non-Profit Consulting

Date: March 7, 2019

Time: 10am – 5pm

Place: North York Central Library

Address: 5120 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 5N9

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Email: stephanie@workinculture.ca

Website: https://www.workinculture.ca/WorkSmarts

Price: Free

Venue: Wheelchair Accessible, Free Wifi

 

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WORKSHOP 2

Emerging Leadership in Non-Profit through Effective Strategy

This full-day workshop investigates the qualities and factors of an effective change-maker. Exploring how to develop a robust strategic plan that promotes strong leadership and addresses issues specific to non-profits.

Participant will also discuss how those stepping into senior roles and board members can implement models and approaches to make a sustainable impact when investing in communities. Participants will walk away with practice resources including a framework designed to help guide them.

This workshop is delivered as part of WorkSmarts – a WorkInCulture series featuring learning opportunities that teach individuals working in arts, culture, libraries, and heritage, skills related to organizational capacity and management.

Facilitator: Parul Pandya
Community Consultant, Community Impact Non-Profit Consulting

Date: March 21, 2019

Time: 10am-5pm

Address: 70 Canuck Ave, Toronto, ON

Place: Downsview Hub 

Price: $25

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5040 Yonge St.
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Northbound: Patria Potestas

Northbound: Patria Potestas

Patria Potestas

by: Michelle Peraza

Patria Potestas a series of portrait paintings of the men in Michelle’s father’s family from Costa Rica. The work reflects family lineage, hierarchy, succession, authoritative heads of family, and Latino male identity and ethos. Through painting the complexities and subtleties of skin of her family, Michelle hopes the viewer can see the uniqueness of the Latino as interestingly varied in appearances because of history; a consideration often ignored.

About the Artist
Michelle Peraza is a recent graduate of OCAD University. She is second-generation female Latin American artist and her work is a reflection of her education, identity and family story. Michelle creates large-scale, high-realism portraits using a methodical mathematical point system. She analyzes ethnicity, origins, culture, tradition, skin colour, values, customs, identity, migration, integration, and familial hierarchy and bonds, particularly in the Latino race/ethnicity.

Date: March 28 – April 14
Opening Reception: March 28

THE GALLERY WILL BE CLOSED APRIL 2 AND APRIL 12

Opening Reception: 6pm – 9pm

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1pm to 6pm

Thursday, April 4th the Gallery will be open until 8pm
Saturday, April 6th the Gallery will be open from 1:30pm to 5pm
Place: Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery
Address: 5040 Yonge St. North York, ON
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Email: info@northyorkarts.org
Website:

https://www.michelleperaza.com

Price: Free

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North York Arts (NYA)  collaborates with artists, arts organizations, and partners to develop, strengthen, and promote cultural programming and initiatives for North York communities

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North York Arts
(Toronto Centre for the Arts)
5040 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON, M2N 6R8

(416) 733-9388

info@northyorkarts.org
Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm