March 2021
Artist’s Voice presents… Social and environmental concerns in the work of Blue Republic
Blue Republic is a collaboration of artists Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski, based in Toronto, Canada, and Krakow, Poland. Blue Republic’s research is concerned with discourses around globalization, contemporary experience, and disruption of the binary that divides art from a broader social space. Their artistic practice consists of trans-media and site-specific installations, public interventions, as well as land art, new media, performance and participatory projects.
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Free registration until April 8: Carolyn Jongeward’s Lecture ‘Weaving a Way of Life’
Carolyn Jongeward—Weaving a Way of Life—April 15, 1–2 p.m. $10 for members, $15 for guests FREE registration until Thursday, April 8, 2021 Register by emailing waac@womensartofcanada.ca or call the WAAC office 416-922-2060 Abstract artist, tapestry weaver, researcher and writer/editor. Following threads of her life experiences, Carolyn Jongeward shares stories of people, places and ideas that have shaped her creativity, including Navajo weavers and world view, forms and patterns in nature and art, diverse non-Western art traditions, and research in India,…
Find out more »Free registration until April 21: Jon Dellandrea’s Lecture ‘The Great Canadian Art Fraud’
WAAC Luncheon Program ZOOM lecture with Jon Dellandrea. $10 for members, $15 for guests FREE registration until Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Register by emailing waac@womensartofcanada.ca or call the WAAC office 416-922-2060 In early 1961 a prominent Canadian art collector from Western Canada sent five “Tom Thomson” sketches to the Canadian Curator at the National Gallery of Canada for authentication. The paintings were found to be fakes! Russell Harper, the curator alerted the Ontario Provincial Police about what he…
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Free registration until June 10: Anne O’Callaghan’s Lecture ‘The Changing Face of Pubic Art in Toronto’
The Changing Face of Pubic Art in Toronto Thursday June 17, 2021 1:00 p.m. FREE registration until Thursday, June 10, 2021 $10 for members, $15 for guests Over the past 3 decades there has been a radical change in Public Art in Toronto. Anne O’Callaghan will take us on a walking tour of Public Art in the GTA visiting some old friends and discovering new ones. Register by emailing waac@womensartofcanada.ca or call the WAAC office 416-922-2060 Anne O’Callaghan is a…
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