Contemporary Video Artist to Mine AGO Collection and Toronto’s Cultural Community
(TORONTO – May 15, 2012) The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is delighted to announce Hiraki Sawa as its next artist-in-residence. The London, U.K.–based, internationally recognized contemporary artist will be based in the AGO’s Weston Family Learning Centre through the end of June 2012. The Gallery’s Artist-in-Residence Program, the first of its kind at a major [...]
Heritage Helmet Art Project Honours Queen’s York Rangers Patrick Connors – Aurora: On May 9, the second annual Lieutenant Governor Simcoe’s Levee in Honour of Our Rangers took place at the beautifully restored Church Street School in Aurora. The evening began with His Honour The Honourable David Charles Onley, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, greeting [...]
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Today, Toronto Arts Foundation (TAF) announced the fifteen finalists for the 2012 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards, celebrating those individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to Toronto’s vibrant artistic and cultural life. This year’s nominees were chosen by a stellar multi-disciplinary jury which included Francisco Alvarez, Hilario Duran, John Farrell, Darlene Gilliland, Angela Grabham, [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: Last night the 2012 Scotiabank Photography Award (SPA) was announced at the Design Exchange in Toronto. Arnaud Maggs was honoured for a lifetime career of capturing culture with his lens. Four years ago Ed Burtynsky, one of Canada’s most respected photographers and Jane Nokes, Director of the Fine Art Collection and Corporate Archives [...]
Continue reading …OMG! LMFAO Party-Rock the Block as Co-Hosts and Performers at the 2012 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS, Live on MuchMusic, June 17
May 9, 2012 No Comment
TORONTO, May 9, 2012 /CNW/ – The 2012 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS is about to get even sexier with the announcement by MuchMusic today that American electro-pop duo LMFAO are shufflin’ their way to Much HQ to co-host and perform at the biggest awards show in the country. They’re sexy and they know it! There’s no [...]
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KJ Mullins: The man behind the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are”died this morning from complications of a stroke last Friday in Danbury, Connecticut. Maurice Sendak was 83. “I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more.” – Maurice Sendak [...]
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First album in series to highlight the songs of Sam Cooke First single “Do It Better” to be released on May 8 and is CBC Radio’s Song of the Week May 7-14 TORONTO, May 7, 2012 /CNW/ – Jarvis Church can be defined in one word. SOUL. From the beginning of his musical career as [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto:A lifetime embodiment of one’s work is the blood of an artist. Such is the case of the first winner of the Scotiabank Photography Award, Lynne Cohen. Four decades of her work is now on exhibit in Toronto at the Design Exchange through June. In 2011 the Scotiabank Photography Award was established, conceived by [...]
Continue reading …Viscera Film Festival Makes Toronto Debut Projection Booth’s Monthly Series “Fright Nights” Plays Host to All-Female Horror Movie Festival
May 2, 2012 No Comment
Toronto (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)- After screening at museums, universities, art galleries and cinema houses internationally, Viscera Film Festival is finally coming to Toronto on Tuesday, May 15th at 8pm as part of the Projection Booth (1035 Gerrard Street East) monthly horror series “Fangoria Presents Fright Nights.” The Viscera Film Festival is a non-profit [...]
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KJ Mullins-Toronto:As part of Scotiabank CONTACT, an annual festival of photography in Toronto that take place during May, Pattison, Scotiabank and the TTC are joining together to bring art to TTC riders with four public installations with Make CONTACT on the TTC. The four installations will consist of both above ground and subway level exhibitions. [...]
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