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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Artist's Talk
3:15 pm
At the DMG's stop during the Contemporary Art Bus Tour, exhibiting artist Simone Jones led an exhibition tour of Within Distance. |
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
12 - 5 pm
Following a tour at the Koffler Gallery's Off-Site project at 48 Abell St., bus departed for Blackwood Gallery, Art Gallery of York University, Doris McCarthy Gallery and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Within Distance Opening Reception
7 - 9 pm
Free shuttle bus departs Hart House at 6:30 pm, to return at 9 pm
The DMG celebrated the opening of Simone Jones: Within Distance, the 2013 University of Toronto Masters of Visual Studies (Curatorial) Thesis Exhibition. The artist and curator were both in attendance. |
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Scarborough Fair Launch
5 - 7 pm
The DMG hosted the launch of the 2013 Scarborough Fair. A UTSC tradition since its first publication in 1968, Scarborough Fair is an anthology of literary work by students. Get your copy - hot off the press! - while enjoying readings, refreshments and the company of others. Everyone in the whole entire world is welcome! |
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Bernie Lubell
1:15 - 2:15 pm
BV340, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by ACM Studio, Arts & Events Programming & DMG
San Francisco-based artist Bernie Lubell's interactive installations have evolved from his studies in both psychology and engineering. He spoke about a selection of works from his 30 year practice, including a phone booth-confessional communications network, simulations of the human heart and brain, and a cooperative knitting machine. A mix of art and science, the talk also touched upon one of Lubell's inspirations, the work of 19th century physiologist Etienne-Jules Marey. |
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Art Smarts: Photo Documentation Workshop
10 am - 2 pm
AA303, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-presented with ACM Studio, Scarborough Campus Artists' Network & Gallery 1265
In this workshop, led by artist Toni Hafkenscheid, participants learned the principles and practice of digitally photo documenting both two- and three-dimensional artworks for inclusion in a professional portfolio. Focusing on lighting, the course also covered composition and camera and lens selection. |
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Ron Benner
3:30 - 5 pm
AA303, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by ACM Studio, Arts & Events Programming & DMG
Informed by texts and books on themes such as agriculture, bio-engineering, capitalism, colonialism, history and politics, Ron Benner has created unique body of garden installations comprised of plants, photographs and textual elements that question and critique industrial agriculture, embedded anthropology, euro-centric knowledge and the global economy. |
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Film Screening: Lifelike
1 - 2 pm
Considering the use of taxidermy in David R. Harper's work, the DMG presented a screening of the documentary Lifelike (Dir: Tally Abecassis, 52 minutes). This funny, touching and sometimes absurd film follows a group of taxidermists as they work to perfect their exhibits for the Canadian taxidermy championship. The screening was open exclusively to UTSC staff, faculty and students. |
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Children's Artmaking Workshop: Animal Masks
10 - 11 am
The DMG welcomed the kindergarten class from the local child care centre, N'sheemaehn, for an artmaking session. After a tour of Entre le chien et le loup and a discussion about animals & art, the children created paper animal masks - inspired by David R. Harper's 2012 installation A Fear of Unknown Origins (II).
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Culture Cloaked in Skins: How Contemporary Art Brought Taxidermy Back From the Dead
Lecture by Morgan Mavis, Director/Curator, Contemporary Zoological Conservatory
1 - 2 pm
This lecture explored the evolution of taxidermy, from its roots as the trinkets of noblemen to its prevalence in trendy consumer culture. Mavis discussed how contemporary art has given taxidermy a rebirth, changing how we look at these loaded animal objects.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Leesa Streifler
11 am - 1 pm
AA304, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by ACM Studio, Arts & Events Programming & DMG
Supported by WIAProjects & Cultural Pluralism for the Arts
An artist and Professor in the Visual Arts Dept. at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Leesa Streifler will speak about her feminist practice: drawing, painting and photography focused on the body and resistance to normative constructions of the feminine. Streifler will also discuss her creative process, studio and teaching practices. |
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Artist's Talk
3:30 pm
At the DMG's stop during the Contemporary Art Bus Tour, David R. Harper led an exhibition tour. |
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
12 - 5 pm
Following a tour at the Koffler Gallery Off-Site exhibition, bus departed for the Blackwood Gallery, Art Gallery of York University and DMG, ending with a tour of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. |
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Embroidery Workshop
11 am - 4 pm
Led by David R. Harper, this workshop taught participants the basics of embroidering on photo-based images transferred to fabric. Harper also delivered a lecture on the evolving use of embroidery in his work.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Entre le chien et le loup Opening Reception
5 - 9 pm
Artist Talk by David R. Harper at 7 pm
The DMG celebrated the opening of our newest exhibition Entre le chien et le loup with an artist's talk by David R. Harper. |
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Monday, January 28, 2013
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: David R. Harper
1 - 2 pm
BV340, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by the DMG and Arts & Events Programming
Upcoming DMG exhibiting artist David R. Harper spoke about his practice and the artists that have influenced and inspired his work. |
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Reading by Andrew Westoll
10:15 am
As part of the Department of English's Creative Writing Lecturer search, the DMG hosted a reading by Andrew Westoll, the Charles Taylor Prize winning author of The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary. |
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Film Screening: My Winnipeg
1 pm
Considering how living in Winnipeg impacts the work of Mélanie Rocan, the DMG screened filmmaker Guy Maddin's portrait of the city, My Winnipeg (2007, 80 min.) for UTSC staff, faculty and students. |
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Psychology of Memory: Lecture by Professor Steve Joordens
1 - 2 pm
Award-winning University of Toronto Professor Steve Joordens spoke to the themes of memory, recollection and nostalgia found in Souvenir involontaire. A cognitive psychologist whose primary research interests focus on the interaction between conscious and unconscious memory processes, Joordens' talk highlighted the role that certain retrieval cues can play in terms of “involuntarily” resurrecting past memories, whether we like them or not!
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Children's Painting Workshop
10 - 11 am
The DMG welcomed the kindergarten class from the local child care centre, N'sheemaehn, for an artmaking session. After a tour of the exhibition Souvenir involontaire, artist Alexander Irving led a lesson on colour and asked the children to paint images from their dreams (inspired by the paintings in the exhibition). |
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Making a Living, Making Art
10 am - 12 pm: Live storytelling & poetry recording session
1 - 4 pm:
Panel discussion on maintaining art-work-life balance
Co-presented by Cultural Pluralism for the Arts, Scarborough Arts, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Arts & Events Programming, DMG
A free day of creativity and connection about maintaining the balance between being an artist and making a living. In the morning, selected Scarborough artists participated in a live storytelling and poetry recording session. In the afternoon, there was a networking session, following by panel discussion with three local artists about their experiences. |
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Jonathan Shaughnessy
3 - 4 pm
AA204, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by the DMG and Arts & Events Programming
Jonathan Shaughnessy is Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC). Jonathan has worked with numerous Canadian and international artists and organized exhibitions that tour nationally. His current project is Builders, the NGC's biennale of recent acquisitions. |
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Total Recall Chapbook Launch
6 - 7:30 pm
A celebration of COW's (whose?) first ever chapbook (also a DVD!) The event featured poetry readings from the book, plus bonus sketch comedy. |
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Curator's Talk by Ann MacDonald
3 pm
Souvenir involontaire Curator Ann MacDonald delivered a talk, pulling out themes from the exhibition. |
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
12 - 5 pm
Following a tour at the U of T Art Centre (15 King's College Circle), bus departed for the Blackwood Gallery and DMG, ending with a tour of Koffler Gallery’s Off-Site exhibition at 249 Crawford Street. |
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Souvenir involontaire Opening Reception
5 - 9 pm
Artist Talk by Mélanie Rocan at 7 pm
The DMG celebrated the opening of Souvenir involontaire with a walking tour of the exhibition led by Mélanie Rocan, who spoke about several works and the progression of her practice. |
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Wednesday, October 24
Food Talk
The Ones Who Walk Away from Cheeseburgers: Thinking critically about our food choices by David Alexander of the Toronto Vegetarian Association
12 - 1 pm
A lecture/workshop exploring "carnism", the psychological phenomenon behind why we love some animals and eat others. David Alexander led a discussion about the consequences of living in a society that assumes eating meat is normal, natural, and necessary, including the effects of modern factory farming on the planet and human health. |
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Monday, October 22, 2012
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Eleanor King
10:15 am - 11:15 am
BV340, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by the DMG and Arts & Events Programming
Eleanor King presents installations and performances nationally and internationally, most notably at Nuit Blanche Toronto, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Eastern Edge Gallery (NL) and Galleri F15 in Norway. She is currently shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award. |
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Biljana Ciric
2:30 - 3:30 pm
BV340, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by the DMG and Arts & Events Programming
Biljana Ciric currently works as an independent curator based in Shanghai. Recent projects include Contemporaneity–Contemporary Art of Indonesia (Shanghai MoCA) and Body as a Museum (Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm). She was co-curator of Asia Triennale Manchester 201 and was nominated for the 2012 ICI Independent Vision Curatorial Award. |
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
Artist Talk: Tonia di Risio
2 pm
Presented as part of the conference Foodways: Diasporic Diners, Transnational Tables, and Culinary Connections, University of Toronto, October 4 - 6
Free admission, open to the public
Tonia di Risio presented a slide and video presentation about her project "Feed". In her work, she engages people in discussions and activities about food, discovering the similarities and differences of how people reinterpret the aural/oral tradition of collecting and sharing recipes. |
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
Documentary Film Screenings: Loncheros Unidos & The Canvas in the Wok
11 am - 12:30 pm
Presented as part of the conference Foodways: Diasporic Diners, Transnational Tables, and Culinary Connections, University of Toronto, October 4 - 6
Free admission, open to the public
Loncheros Unidos: Taco Trucks and the Mexican Diaspora in California (Dir: Claire Madrone Weissbluth, 10 min) provides insight into the lives of loncheros, hard-working small-business entrepreneurs struggling to compete with the social media-facilitated businesses behind the “gourmet food truck revolution”. The Canvas in the Wok (Dir: Diedie Weng, 42 min) presents conversations with artist/restauranteur Sam Lam about his life journeys and his understanding of his practice through video, cooking and restaurant design. |
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Lion's Share Reception & Performance by Rita McKeough
Ongoing performance from 6 - 8 pm
Reception from 7 - 9 pm
Rita McKeough delivered a performance to accompany The Lion's Share. As the chef at The Lion's Share Diner, she needed fresh stock for the feedlot buffet, so herded wild hot dogs from the wooded areas of campus to the DMG. Following the performance, a reception was held in the gallery. Presented in conjunction with ARTSIDEOUT, the annual student-run, campus-wide festival of the arts.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
ACM Studio Visiting Speaker: Rita McKeough
12 - 1 pm
SW105, University of Toronto Scarborough
Co-produced by the DMG and Arts & Events Programming
Audio, media installation and performance artist Rita McKeough has exhibited extensively in Canada since 1977 and has presented her work internationally. She has taught at various art institutions throughout Canada. McKeough has maintained a commitment to artist run centers, community based art and music initiatives. |
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Artist's Talk by Rita McKeough: Practice & Process
3 - 5 pm
AA303, University of Toronto Scarborough
Rita McKeough delivered a slide presentation on her process and approach to developing art projects. |
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Artist's Talk by Rita McKeough
4 - 4:30 pm
Rita McKeough led a walking tour and discussion of her exhibition The Lion's Share. |
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
12 - 5 pm
Following a tour at the Koffler Gallery Off-Site exhibition at Honest Ed's, bus departed for the Blackwood Gallery, Art Gallery of York University and DMG. Guided tours or artist/curator talks were offered at each venue. |
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Children's Artmaking Workshop: Food & Art
10 - 11 am
The DMG welcomed the kindergarten class from the local child care centre, N'sheemaehn, for an artmaking session. After a tour of the exhibition The Lion's Share, considering the relationship between food and art, the children made their own collaged and painted paper hot dogs under the guidance of artist Alexander Irving. |
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Food Talk
Urban Beekeeping
12 - 1 pm
Co-presented with the UTSC Farmers' Market and Sustainability Office
Using the case study of the UTSC Honeybee project, Beekeeper Brian Hamlin provided an introduction to apiculture and its significance to environmental health. Participants tasted a variety of local honeys and discovered how honeybees contribute to food sustainability. |
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September 18 - October 25
Food on Film Series
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1 pm
The DMG presented a series of feature-length films and documentaries to accompany Rita McKeough’sThe Lion’s Share, bringing together film and art lovers to expand on ideas of consumption, the food industry and other urban and environmental concerns.
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