SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) in partnership with the Living Arts
The Annual
July 9 - August 21, 2011
The Annual, SAVAC’s members’ juried exhibition, is an exciting showcase of the scope of contemporary practices embraced by artists in SAVAC’s membership. Selected through an open call for submissions, the exhibition highlights the exploration of eclectic concerns SAVAC’s member-artists address through the creation of their work.
The pieces presented in The Annual draw inspiration from a range of everyday experiences in our contemporary culture. One of the most powerful themes emerging in this juried exhibition is a desire to explore hand-made, labor-intensive and process-based methods. Artists using craft and time-based processes resist mainstream trends found within of our instantaneous, digital culture. The gamut of vibrant and relevant artworks exhibited enable innovative ways of seeing, engaging and understanding contemporary society.
Participating artists include: Anne Devitt, Surendra Lawoti, Afshin Matlabi, Heidi McKenzie, Smriti Mehra & Tahireh Lal, Janine Ramlochan, Mona Sharma & Pudy Tong.
Celebrity Still Life
June 4 - July 3, 2011
Explore celebrity culture and the influence of public perception on the lives of heroes and heroines.
NEXUS
April 26 - May 26, 2011
The Living Arts Centre Resident Artists collaborate across studios and alongside community members in a discussion on the broadening of contemporary practice. This exhibition reveals a cross-section of activity within the Centre and bridges the gap between visual arts and other vocations. Through unique research and presentation methods, issues in craft, design, biological science, and ecology are brought to the forefront. Nexus reflects changing trends in collaboration and refutes an inaccessible art regime. The showcase features work in glass, flameworking, wood, ceramics, textiles, photography, painting, installation, and new media.
Walk the Art
March 26 - April 14, 2011
Water is critical for the health and well-being of our planet. Humans currently utilize over half of the world’s accessible freshwater and it is estimated that seven billion people may be faced with water scarcity by the middle of the 21st Century. This exhibition gives student artists from the Peel Region the opportunity to examine the increasingly critical situation of the global water supply. Working in a wide range of art media, these student-activists confront issues of inequitable distribution and the need for eco-conscious decision-making across communities.
Shift
January 29 - March 20, 2011
In this exhibition, contemporary Chinese artists Fei Jun, Phoebe Lo, Yangyang Pan and Burigude Zhang muse on the notion of transitional space. Working in various facets of abstraction, these artists confront the social and physical boundaries that influence how we perceive our surroundings. Through sculpture, photography, painting and video installation, SHIFT reflects on the desire to sustain momentum within a complex global culture.
SHIFT celebrates the unresolved. It is a broad examination of the concept of transition that engages the viewer on both conscious and unconscious levels. As a diverse collection of media, this showcase represents the combination of tradition and innovation that typifies cross-cultural practices today.
Story of Stuff
November 20, 2010 - January 23, 2011
During the industrial revolution, items were produced to survive across several decades. In contrast, modern-day patrons demand an ever-changing palette of consumables, products whose shelf-lives are increasingly short and intended for disposal.
The Uprising Collective is a Mississauga-based group of artists and designers who have put forth a conversation on the temporarily of the everyday object. The artists breathe new life into notions of the discarded through the creation of art objects that boast new functional and aesthetic potencies.
Nurses at Work
September 7 - November 7, 2010Nurses at Work is an exhibition of photographs by fourteen members of the Mississauga Camera Club. Each artist was granted special access to the Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga to document the day-to-day lives of the nurses employed there. The images capture the joy, dedication, confidence, and humility exhibited by the nurses while they interact with patients and contemporaries. This diverse group uses a variety of photographic techniques and interpretive devices to craft a compelling statement on the complex nature of human relationships.
Art Gala Forum: Duality
June 26 - August 15, 2010Art Gala Forum (AGF) is a Mississauga-based collective whose members meet to exchange knowledge of art matters and express their creativity through painting. In this exhibition, the artists converge on the topic of duality, each exploring their individuality through conscious and subconscious representations of the “self.” These residual impressions - reflections on moments in time, people, and places - have become important tools for reinforcing the artist’s identity. Exhibiting a diversity of painting methods, the AGF members draw from the history of the art form, using its wealth of visual languages to better describe the complexities of the human psyche.
Participating Artists include: Sofia Amaro-Elliott, Mario Angel, Emma Aragon, Amparo Bernate, Susy Danelon, Cristina Garza, Nella Gomez-Capitaine, Mira Martinez, Maria Esther Pentke-Olivera, Giola Pressacco
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Visual Voices Diversity
May 29 - June 20, 2010Using their own "Visual voices", Peel elementary students artistically explore "diversity" in all its forms.
Participating Schools: Allan A. Martin, Copeland, David Leeder, Eagle Plains, Earnscliffe Sr., Edenbrook Hill, Erin Centre, Fairwind Sr., Forest Avenue, Forest Glen, Garthwood Park, Glenhaven Sr., Greenbriar Sr., Homelands Sr., Homestead, Huntington Ridge, Lisgar, Palgrave, Queen Elizabeth Sr., Ridgeview, Roberta Bondar, R. H. Lagerquist Sr., Ruth Thompson, Riverside, Sherwood Mills, Silverthorn, The Valleys Sr.
RENGA
Japanese Influences, Global PracticesMay 1 - 23, 2010
This unique exhibition fuses Japanese textiles, ceramics,ikebana, brush painting and calligraphy with modern media to represent the immense creative potential that results when cultures converge. Because of global advancements in communication, cross-cultural practices have become accessible in a profound way. The artists of RENGA have discovered a muse in the traditional arts of Japan, revealing an epic dialogue between the aesthetic values of the East and the contemporary practices of the West.
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WALK THE ART!
2010 Towards Social Justice: Empowerment = ChangeMarch 27 – April 25, 2010
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, WALK THE ART! is a Peel-wide secondary student art exhibition giving students an opportunity to examine social justice issues through their artwork. WTA! has adopted The Future We Want, a Peel District School Board approach to equity, as a framework to help students' voices to be heard in the discourse surrounding these tough issues. WTA! urges students to move beyond the perpetuations of victimization, empowering them towards social change.
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HINDSIGHT
2010 Resident Artist ExhibitionJanuary 30 - March 21, 2010
In the premier 2010 exhibition HINDSIGHT, The Living Arts Centre Resident Artists re-examine the artistic triumphs of the past through the lens of the present. Each emerging and mid-career artist has been challenged to choose a movement from art history in order to update it with their own creative sensibilities. HINDSIGHT presents a remarkable collection that reinvents iconic works through a variety of media including glass, flameworking, wood, textiles, photography, ceramics and painting & drawing.
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BOOM
Juried Exhibition of Emerging ArtistsNovember 28, 2009 – January 24, 2010
BOOM! is the anti-recession. In the wake of the global financial meltdown, artists are emerging to experiment with new ideas and expand our cultural repertoire. BOOM! is an exhibition trumpeting exciting creative possibilities to help lift spirits and expose the artists of tomorrow. Exhibition jurors include: multi-disciplinary artist Cesar Forero; independent curator Shauna Thompson; and Living Arts Centre Resident Artist Rachael Wong.
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HotBox
September 5 – November 15, 2009Artist Sonja Hidas has invited community partners to recall the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history, looking back to the historic train derailment and subsequent evacuation of Mississauga in 1979. Interdisciplinary media including painting, textiles, sound, installation and performance are used to celebrate the strength and unity among the esidents of Mississauga. The exhibition provides an illuminating glimpse of the community for the future.
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ever green
June 27 – August 16, 2009Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 1 ~ 2 – 4 pm
New MFA graduates Melissa General, Emily Gove, and Jennie Suddick utilize photo and installation-based artworks in a disucssion on personal identity. Ever Green draws intimate comparisons between the lives of each emerging artist and her relationship with Canadian culture. Embracing the nostalgic allure of days gone by, the exhibition illuminates the parodox of youth as humour and heartbreak blend seamlessly amidst the backdrop of the Canadian Landscape.
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Visual Voices- Diversity
May 30 – June 21, 2009Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4 ~ 7 – 9 pm
This Peel-wide elementary school student art exhibition gives students the opportunity to artistically explore diversity in all its forms. Inspired by the Future We Want mandate that has been adopted by the Peel District School Board, students are encouraged to think critically about the concept of diversity and to celebrate the various ways in which diversity takes shape in their everyday lives.
The New Hybrids
Juried Exhibition in Mixed Media
May 2 to May 24, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 2009 ~ 7 pm to 9 pm
The New Hybrids is an exhibition exploring new and creative ways of combining media to give voice to a rapidly changing world. Each participating artist has been subject to a rigorous evaluation process by a team of esteemed artists and curators.
Exhibition jurors include: Aleks Bartoski, contemporary artist and 2008 Juried Art Show finalist; Brigitte Ferracane, Resident Artist in the Ceramics Studio at the Living Arts Centre; and Tara Marshall, Director of Redhead Gallery and Outreach Programmer for the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
Selected Artists Include:
Alejandro Arauz, Susan Avishai, Amy Bagshaw, Gerten Basom, David Blackmore, Carrie Chisolm, Edith Dakovic, E.Marco D'Andrea, Johnathan Davis, Marieke De Roos, Jordan Dunlop, Denniston Ewan, Stephen Paul Fulton, Pat Hertzberg, Carmen Hickson, Robin Hollingdrake, Connie Marie Howard, Michelle Lewin, Viktor Mitic, Faye Mullen, Johnson Ngo, Monika Raciborski, Tammy Salzl, Kae Sasaki, Amanta Scott, Daniel St. Amant, Robert Tannahill, Xiaojing Ya
First Place
Artist: Alejandro Arauz
Title:Transfers and Take offs (II)
Medium: Offset lithography and performance
*Accompanying image: Cantinos (Canadian Latinos), Alejandro Arauz, mixed media
Second Place
Artist: Carrie Chisholm
Title: Advance Australia Fair
Medium: Acrylic and pen on board
Advance Australia Fair
Third Place
Artist: Edith Dakovic
Title: e pluribus unum
Medium: Silicone, pigment, air and human hair
e pluribus unum
The New Hybrids - Colleen McArdle
WALK THE ART!
Towards Social Justice: Empowerment = ChangeMarch 28 – April 26, 2009
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 ~ 7 pm to 9 pm
Walk the Art! is a Peel-wide secondary student art exhibition giving students an opportunity to examine social justice issues through their artwork. WTA! has adopted The Future We Want, a Peel District School Board approach to equity, as a framework to help students' voices to be heard in the discourse surrounding these tough issues. WTA! urges students to move beyond the perpetuations of victimization, empowering them towards social change.
Participating Secondary Schools
Applewood, Applewood Heights, Bramalea, Brampton Centennial, Cawthra Park, Central Peel, Chinguacousy, Erindale, Fletcher's Meadow, Harold M. Braithwaite, John Fraser, Lincoln M. Alexander, Mayfield, Meadowvale, Mississauga, Peel Alternative South, Peel Alternative West, Port Credit, Stephen Lewis, Streetsville, T.L. Kennedy
Child Soldiering Is – Edward Kanerva
REFORM
January 31 to March 22, 2009
Opening Reception
Thursday, February 12, 2009
7 pm to 9 pm
Curator’s Statement
Jangmee Park’s Approaching 1: A Conceptual Beginning – Colleen McArdle
The Medium is the Message – Jessica Anderson
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING
September 13 to November 2, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 18 @ 7 pm to 9 pm
"We know ourselves through making art."
Ten artists, ten lives, creating and celebrating with figuratively inspired works of art.
Nancy Cuttle
Susan Dain
Karen Darling
Robin Hollingdrake
Kim Lee Kho
Sharon Labbett
Marcia Lantagne
Rena Sava
Patricia Singer
Karen Walker
Youo Verma (Canada)
COLORS - 5 MODERN ARTISTS
June 28 - August 15, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 3, 2008 @ 7 pm to 9 pm
In collaboration with Sutlej Art Gallery.
Participating Artists:
Jeet Aulakh (Canada)
Mahirwan Mamtani (Germany)
Shiv Singh (India)
Surjit Akre (India)
Youngo Verma (Canada)
"COLORS - 5 MODERN ARTISTS" features the works of 5 eminent modern artists of Indian origin. One of the pioneer exhibitions of this kind, it showcases the Perpetual, Spiritual, Conceptual, Cosmic and Tantra in art. The form and formless in the inner and outer space of life will be highlighted
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Participating Schools:
Allan A. Martin, Allan Drive Middle, Camilla Road Sr., Darcel Avenue Sr., David Leeder Middle, Earnscliffe Sr., Erin Centre Middle, Fairwind Sr., Fallingbrook Middle, Forest Avenue, Garthwood Park, Greenbriar Sr., Homelands Sr., Huntington Ridge, Levi Creek, Lisgar Middle, Oscar Peterson, Osprey Woods, Palgrave, Plowman's Park, Queen Elizabeth Sr., R.H. Lagerquist Sr., Riverside, Roberta Bondar Rowntree, Settler's Green, Shelter Bay, Sir Winston Churchill, The Valleys Sr., Thomas Street Middle, William G. Davis Sr.
JURIED ART SHOW
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Aleks Bartosik, Mark Boylan, Kim Chan, Pavel Charousek, Amanda Clyne,Ella Cooper, Sarah Cullen, Alex D'Arcy, John Albert Doherty, Brian Donnelly, Penelope Edgar, Carole Edwards, Scott P. Ellis, Jana Estabrooks, J.A. Fligel, S. Paul Fulton, Pat Hertzberg, Jarrett E. Hather, Syed Iqbal, Simon Jensen, Carol Johnson, Kristina Kirkwood, Jenny Kuri, Ania Machudera, Rebecca Manias, Richard Manilla, Katarina Marinic, Laura Marotta, Adam Matak, Eileen Menzel, Robert Milani, Christine Montague, Melissa Morrow, Chizu Nakajima, Jangmee Park, James D. Parkhill, Julie Pasila, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Ron Pitts, Nathalie, Quagliotto, Jennifer Randall, Michael Romaniuk, Halina Rozpedowska, David Constantino Salazar, Jeremy Sale, Greg Scoble, Jacqueline Swanek, Magda Trzaski, Catherine Vamvakas Lay, Laura Vegys, Erin Vincent, Steve Volpe, Julie Waterhouse, Bonnie Whitehall, Thomas Zukowski
This exhibition is in celebration of the Living Arts Centre's 10th Anniversary.
WALK THE ART!
Towards Social Justice: Empowerment = Change
March 29 - April 27, 2008
Opening Reception:Wednesday, April 2, 2008 ~ 7 pm to 9 pm
Walk the Art! is a Peel-wide secondary student art exhibition giving students an opportunity to examine social justice issues through their artwork. WTA! has adopted the Future We Want, a Peel District School Board approach to equity, as a framework to help students' voices to be heard in the discourse surrounding these tough issues. WTA! urges students to move beyond the perpetuations of victimization, empowering them towards social change.
Participating Secondary Schools
Applewood Heights, Applewood School, Bramalea, Brampton Centennial, Cawthra Park, Central Peel, Chinguacousy, Erindale, Fletcher's Meadow, Harold M. Braithwaite, John Fraser, Lincoln M. Alexander, Mayfield, Meadowvale, Port Credit, Rick Hansen, Sandlewood Heights, Stephen Lewis, Streetsville, T.L. Kennedy, The Woodlands
RESIDENT ARTIST EXHIBITION - Cultural Landscapes
January 26 – March 23, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 7, 2008 ~ 7 pm to 9 pm
Cultural Landscapes explores the ways of seeing and using built and natural environments to emphasize the interaction between human beings and nature over time.
Mediums and Materials:
Glass, Wood, Painting, Textiles, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics and Performance
In Cultural Landscapes, the Living Arts Centre Resident Artists will explore current issues around their personal environments and create works in glass, wood, painting, textiles, ceramics, photography and performance, which will highlight their interactions and creation of cultural landscapes.
Matthew Agostinis, Alex Anagnostou, Cali Balles, Robert Chan, Stopher Christensen, Brigitte Ferracane, Cesar Forero, Filomena Gasparro, Tara Gilchrist,
Saniya Hamad Khan, Noni Kaur, Karen Krupa, June Pham, Nari Poluvan, Lucy Roussel, Christopher Rowe, Sandra L. Scott, Karli Sears, Dawn Straface, Ishrat Raza Suhrwardy, David Thai, Catherine Vamvakas Lay, Paula Vandermey, and P. Marco Veltri
VISIONS AND VIEWPOINTS
November 17, 2007 – January 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 29, 2007 ~ 7 pm - 9 pm
Visions and Viewpoints features the work of the Springbank Artists collective. This exhibition showcases a wide range of subject matter and the artists' varying visions and viewpoints. Together for 15 years, this group now works in a variety of media including oils, watercolour, acrylic, and pen and ink.
Participating Artists
Denise Declerc, Rick Taylor, Lynn Leger, Adriana Rinaldi, Gabby Tutak, Ed Kornachuk, Mary Anne Dente, Cathie Gellatly, Barb Patterson, Deidre Sansone, Hooshang Zahiri.
camera works
An exhibition of works from a Month of Photography 2007
September 15 - November 4, 2007
Opening Reception - Saturday, September 29 - 1 pm - 3 pm
camera works will showcase new photographic artwork from artists based in Mississauga and the surrounding area. The exhibit will feature an eclectic mix of styles and techniques from established to emerging artists, traditional to modern works, and documentary to inventive practices.
OPEN
”your eyes and heart to see what is inside the living art”
June 30 - August 19, 2007
Laidlaw Hall Gallery
(2nd floor of the Living Arts Centre)
Four Mississauga-based artist use their inner lives and perspectives as the inspiration for abstract works that represent new beginnings and possibilities.
Participating Artists
Sonja Hidas
Robin Hollingdrake
Lydia Panart
Doreen Renner
Opening Reception
Sunday, July 1- 1 pm to 3 pm
VISUAL VOICES DIVERSITY
June 2 - June 24, 2007
Laidlaw Hall
(2nd floor of the Living Arts Centre)
Using their own 'visual voices', Peel elementary students artistically explore "diversity" in all its forms.
Opening Reception
Thursday, June 7 - 7 pm to 9 pm
Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday - 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday - 1 pm to 4 pm
Monday Closed
Open for selected evening performances
Located on the 2nd floor of the Living Arts Centre
All are welcome - Free admission
In Partnership with:
Schools Included: Allan A. Martin Sr., Allan Drive Middle, Camilla Road Sr., David Leeder Middle, Earnscliffe Sr., Ellengale, Fairwind Sr., Forest Avenue, Glenhaven Sr., Greebriar Sr., Hillside Sr., Homelands Sr., Huntington Ridge, Lisgar Middle, Munden Park, Oscar Peterson, Queen Elizabeth Sr., R.H. Lagerquist Sr., Ridgewood, Riverside, Roberta Bondar, Sheridan Park, Springdale, Tecumseh, The Valleys Sr., W.G. Davis Sr.
2 X 2 COLOUR AND FORM SOCIETY
May 5 - May 27, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 5 - 1 - 3 pm
In celebration of their 55th anniversary, the prestigious Colour and Form Societypresents the touring exhibition 2 x 2. A showcase of its members' work, this exhibition will display works in a variety of artistic media all 2"x2" in size.
Collaboration
January 27 to March 25, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 8, 7 - 9 pm
Collaboration (co+labor+ation) refers abstractly to all processes wherein people work together – applying both to the work of individuals as well as the collectives and societies.
In Collaboration, the Living Arts Centre resident artists partner with each other as well as artists from the community to produce mixed media works that combine and highlight their skills in glass, wood, painting, textiles, photography, metal, ceramics and performance.
During the Opening Reception, enjoy a special performance by Resident Artist Cesar Forero with Michelle Moylan and the Carousel Dance Company Troupe at 8 pm. Free admission.
Participating Artistskelly couture+cali balles
karen krupa+robert chan
david thai+stopher christensen+tara marsh
maciej dyszkiewicz+magdelana wilk-dyszkiewicz
cesar forero+michelle moyland+carousel dance company
june pham+dominique prevost/noni kaur+aman panu
don maclennan+christine mitchell/saniya khan+susan stopps
chris rowe+ange yake/sandra scott+ishrat raza suhrwardy
rachael wong+britt olauson/kelly couture+joel van
lucy roussel+matt agostini+joel harrison-off
catherine vamvakas lay+joel alexander
alex anagnostou+peter reynolds
cesar forero+lisa murzin
karen krupa+karli sears
