A Showcase of Student Work from Ron Wood's Black & White Photo 1 Classes

black and white photo of a hand
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 12:00pm to Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 12:00pm

A showcase another set of student work from my two Black & White Photo 1 classes (Ron Wood, Associate Professor). This 2nd assignment is called “Light & Shadow”. The students use analogue cameras, develop their own film and work in wet labs to produce their own prints. For most of the students, this class is their 1st time in the darkroom. The originals of this work are showing in the display cases 4th floor, Photography Department, 100 McCaul Street until April 11th. Link below is to the work on FLICKR.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskXeagHY 

Venue & Address: 
OCAD U Photography Department display cases 4th floor, 100 McCaul Street Toronto, ON
Website: 
https://flic.kr/s/aHskXeagHY

Alumni Lounge at GradEx

Alumni Lounge at GradEx 2017
Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 11:00am to 5:00pm

OCA/OCAD/OCAD U alumni are invited back to campus on May 6 for the 6th annual Alumni Lounge at GradEx.

Come enjoy catered refreshments and a comforting space to take a break from the hustle and bustle of GradEx. Meet and mingle with fellow alumni from across departments and the decades. There will be kid-friendly activities available. We'll also have members of the volunter-run Alumni Association so you can meet them and learn more about how to get involved as a volunteer.

**New location for 2017** Please note we'll be in Room 284 (Level 2) at 100 McCaul.

Please note that while this event is complimentary, registration is required via the secure link above in order to enter the Alumni Lounge.

Alumni Lounge at GradEx is presented by OCAD U Alumni Relations with generous support from TD Insurance.

 

Venue & Address: 
Room 284, 100 McCaul Street Toronto ON
Website: 
https://6698.thankyou4caring.org/pages/alumni-relations/2017-alumni-lounge-at-gradex
Email: 
alumni@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Complimentary.

Lessons for Polygamists by b.h. Yael premieres at the Images Film Festival

illustration of young woman writing
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 7:00pm

Lessons for Polygamists premieres at the Images Film Festival.
If you are planning to go it is advisable to get tickets sooner rather than later.

Premiere
April 23, 7 pm, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. (St George and Bloor)
Hangout after the screening: District Oven, 842 College Street (at Ossington)

Lessons for Polygamists

Employing animation and collage, Lessons for Polygamists takes place inside the diary of an adolescent girl growing up in a polygamous household. She lists the lessons she would convey to Dad, if only she could.

Lessons for Polygamists reflects the righteous voice of adolescence as the young narrator attempts to make sense of her family dynamics, and more so her Dad’s behaviour. Through animated playfulness and bits of family stories she extracts directives, lessons she would like to impart to Dad, the polygamist. While drawing on stories, photographs and documentation from her own family context, the filmmaker broadens the lessons to a much wider audience.

No Lies, a one minute short and silent version, won the “Most Original Film by a Local Female Director” award at the 2016 Toronto Urban Film Festival.

B.h. Yael is a Toronto based filmmaker, video and installation artist, whose work has shown nationally and internationally. She has been an instructor at OCAD since 1989. She also served as Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Art between 1997 and 1999.

 

Venue & Address: 
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. (St George and Bloor) Toronto, ON
Website: 
http://www.bhyael.ca
illustration of three young children and text

The Magic Gumball Machine of Fate presents: Gumball Tattoo Narratives

Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 12:30pm to Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 12:00pm

The Magic Gumball Machine of Fate is an artist’s multiples project that distributes works by Canadian creators and makes art affordable for everyone.  Look for the gumball machine at the top of the spiral staircase at 100 McCaul Street, featuring “Gumball Tattoo Narratives” created by students from Prof. Candida Girling’s Digital Practice GART-1010:  Body Technology class.

Bring your twoonies, and collect them all!

Proposals for future editions from students and faculty are welcomed!  Contact: catherineheard@faculty.ocadu.ca

Venue & Address: 
The gumball machine at the top of the spiral staircase OCAD U, 100 McCaul Street Toronto, ON
Email: 
catherineheard@faculty.ocadu.ca
illustrations of common tattoo images in background with text foreground

frame;works :  A 3rd Year INTM Studio Practice Exhibition

Sunday, April 2, 2017 - 8:00am to Saturday, April 8, 2017 - 9:00am

frame;works :  A 3rd Year INTM Studio Practice Exhibition

Opening Reception: April 4th, 2017 7-9PM in the Great Hall

The exhibition will run from April 2nd to April 8th.

Website:   www.frameworksshow.com

Instagram @frame.works (or www.instagram.com/frame.works)

Hashtag:  #frameworks.

 

Venue & Address: 
The Great Hall OCAD University 100 McCaul St., 2nd floor Toronto, ON
Website: 
http://www.frameworksshow.com
White text on black background

Bogdan Luca exhibiting in: Guidance

stylized painting of multiple people sitting in a room
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 12:00pm to Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 5:00pm

Guidance
Bogdan Luca, Nancy Anne McPhee and Trudy Perks
 
March 25 – May 13
Opening Reception: March 25, 2:00 – 5:00 pm
 
Nancy Anne McPhee – Cotton Factory Talks: April 29, 2:00 pm at the Cotton Factory (270 Sherman Ave N. Studio 236 in the Storehouse Building.)
 
What results when an art work can guide itself? No longer determined solely by the hand of the maker or the circumstances of creation, accidents and flaws inevitably shape the outcome of a work. Is it a collaborative process with chance? An exploration in potential? Bogdan Luca, Nancy Anne McPhee, and Trudy Perks each allow material process to guide and surprise them in the creation of their work. Luca’s mixed media paintings combine collage, abstraction and figurative representation into a liminal field that evokes the ambiguity and shifting identities of the subjects he portrays. At times, a comment on how societal contexts and mass media can effect a shifting sense of self, and the power relations at play. McPhee’s ink washes juxtapose satellites against the vastness of space. These large-scale drawings exemplify the willfulness of the materials used, ink running and collecting into chance constellations. Simultaneously, the viewer is asked to ponder the resulting sense of loneliness, and, at the same time, the mass surveillance evoked by these satelite images. Inspired by NASA re-entry parachutes, Perks’ subtle textural canvases evolve into soft structures evidencing mark making, the relational history of a body being moved, and the canvas’ response. As demonstrated by the works on display, when expertise can lead to a predictable outcome, a willingness to relinquish control can allow for the development of new approaches, pathways, ideas, and connections.

This exhibition will be accompanied by a critical essay written by Benjamin Prus.

Bogdan Luca is a Toronto based artist interested in the ecology of images that constantly shapes our consciousness and sense of reality. Bogdan uses painting, drawing, collage, and photographic techniques to create images that reflect a sense of contemporary disorientation in relation to an over abundance of visual information. He has shown his work in Canada, Romania, Germany and the US. Bogdan also teaches drawing and painting at OCAD University and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Nancy Anne McPhee is a textile installation artist originally from Alberta and now based in Hamilton, ON. McPhee has exhibited nationally and internationally and has received funding from the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.  Recent exhibitions include the Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf (QC), SUPERCRAWL Hamilton (ON), and upcoming solo shows at Agnes Jamieson Gallery (ON) and Grenfell Campus Art Gallery (NL).

Trudy Perks is a painter from California living in Barrie, Ontario, making work about folds. She is interested in the emergence of patterns and soft structures with flexible geometries. Her BFA (2016) is from OCAD University and Hon.B.Sc.(2000) from the University of Toronto. She studied at Loughborough University’s School of Art & Design (2010) in East Midlands, UK, and has exhibited recently in Midland, Orillia and Toronto, Ontario, and in Florence, Italy.

 

Venue & Address: 
Hamilton Artists Inc. 155 James Street North, (at the north west corner of James and Cannon Streets) Hamilton, ON
Website: 
http://www.theinc.ca/exhibitions/bogdan-luca-nancy-anne-mcphee-trudy-perks-guidance/
Email: 
info@theinc.ca
Phone: 
905 529 3355

Impulse Control: Julia Boothroyd, Michael Aaron Casey, Mike Sirois, Debora Puricelli

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 1:00pm to Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 6:00pm

2017 Sculpture/Installation Thesis Exhibitions' Series

OCAD University's Sculpture/Installation Program is presenting a series of eleven exhibitions featuring the multi-media artworks of its 4th-year Thesis students in professional galleries in Toronto. This series is made possible by the generous support of the Nora Vaughan Bequest to the Sculpture/Installation program and of the Faculty of Art Innovation Fund.

April 12 – April 23, 2017: Julia Boothroyd, Michael Aaron Casey, Mike Sirois, Debora Puricelli (INVC)

Opening: Thursday, April 13, 7 – 10 pm

GALLERY 1313

1313 Queen Street West                        

Wed to Sun, 1 pm to 6 pm

G1313.org

Venue & Address: 
GALLERY 1313 1313 Queen Street West Wed to Sun, 1 pm to 6 pm
Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/impulsecontrol
Email: 
nleo@ocadu.ca
red text on yellow background

Impulse Control: Vincenzina Nunziatina Caré, Jade Reyes Guerrero, Dax Vorona

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 1:00pm to Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 6:00pm

2017 Sculpture/Installation Thesis Exhibitions' Series

OCAD University's Sculpture/Installation Program is presenting a series of eleven exhibitions featuring the multi-media artworks of its 4th-year Thesis students in professional galleries in Toronto. This series is made possible by the generous support of the Nora Vaughan Bequest to the Sculpture/Installation program and of the Faculty of Art Innovation Fund.

March 29 – April 9, 2017:  Vincenzina Nunziatina Caré, Jade Reyes Guerrero, Dax Vorona

Opening: Thursday, March 30, 7 – 10 pm

GALLERY 1313

1313 Queen Street West                        

Wed to Sun, 1 pm to 6 pm

Venue & Address: 
GALLERY 1313 1313 Queen Street West Wed to Sun, 1 pm to 6 pm
Email: 
nleo@ocadu.ca
red text on yellow background

Francisco-Fernando Granados created a Commissioned Work for the SPACE Billboard Project

digital drawing, colourful geometric shapes and lines
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 8:00am to Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 10:30pm

SPACE: Francisco-Fernando Granados
30 March – 22 June 2017  
Launch: Friday 31 March, 7-10PM

The next artist to create a commissioned work for our SPACE billboard project will be Francisco-Fernando Granados.
 
Francisco-Fernando Granados’ multidisciplinary critical practice spans performance, installation, cultural theory, digital media, public art, curatorial and community-based projects. He has presented work in galleries, museums, theatres, artist-run centres and non-traditional sites including; Art Gallery of York University; Blackwood Gallery; Gallery TPW; Vancouver Art Gallery; Darling Foundry (Montreal); the Hessel Museum of Art (Bard, NY); Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico City); and Kulturhuset (Stockholm), amongst others. He completed a Masters of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto in 2012, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Critical and Curatorial Studies Program at OCAD University.
 
SPACE is a series of commissioned works for the billboard space at the corner of St Clarens Avenue and Bloor Street West, the side Mercer Union. The series began in the spring of 2014, previous contributing artists include: Liz Knox (CA), Giles Round (UK), Walter Scott (CA), Olivia Plender (UK/SE), Maggie Groat (CA), Carlos Motta (NYC), and most recently Deborah Edmeades (CA).

Mercer Union. Cultivating artists and challenging audiences since 1979.

Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
1286 Bloor Street West (one block east of Lansdowne TTC Station)
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M6H 1N9
T: + 1 416.536.1519
F: + 1416.536.2955
www.mercerunion.org

 

Venue & Address: 
Billboard space at the corner of St. Clarens Avenue and Bloor Street West, Side of Mercer Union 1286 Bloor Street West (one block east of Lansdowne TTC Station) Toronto, ON
Website: 
http://www.mercerunion.org
Phone: 
416.536.1519

A Showcase of Student Work for Ron Wood's Black & White Photo 1 Classes

Black and white photo of legs straddling a puddle
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 6:00pm

A showcase  of student work from two Black & White Photo 1 classes (Ron Wood, Associate Professor). This 2nd assignment is called “Depth of Field”. The students use analogue cameras, develop their own film and work in wet labs to produce their own prints. For most of the students, this class is their 1st time in the darkroom. The originals of this work are showing in the display cases 4th floor, Photography Department, 100 McCaul Street until March 29th.

Link below is to the work on FLICKR.  https://flic.kr/s/aHskSRwvbN

 

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street, 4th floor_Photography Department display cases
Website: 
https://flic.kr/s/aHskSRwvbN

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