OCAD U STUDENTS DISPLAY WORK IN: WATER ADVISORY!

Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 12:00pm to Sunday, March 25, 2018 - 4:00pm

Just in time for Water Week (March 20 – 27) and World Water Day (March 22), Loop Gallery and Wellington Water Watchers are proud to announce WATER ADVISORY! Featuring work by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, WATER ADVISORY! combines art and activism to explore the disconnect between society and the water that sustains it.

WATER ADVISORY! is an intersectional call to action that urges viewers to interrogate their own relationship to the natural world through banners, print, and mixed media installations. Exhibiting artists include Beehive Collective, Crystal Sinclair, Tannis Nielson, Claudia Wong, Sally Pang, Erika James, Carol Cheong, Paul Morin, Sarit Cantor, and more

WATER ADVISORY! launches on Sunday March 4 at 1 pm with a conversation with the artists, followed by a performance by hip-hop group Test Their Logik. The exhibition will be open to the public from 12-5 pm Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12-6 pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 1-4 pm on Sundays, until March 25. Educators wishing to arrange a classroom visit should contact Tim Welsh at tim@loopgallery.ca, or call the gallery directly at 416 516-2581.

WATER ADVISORY! is curated by Crystal Sinclair and Loop artist Rochelle Rubinstein. A co-founder of Idle No More and recipient of the OPSEU 2016 Human Rights and Equity award, Crystal Sinclair has a long history of art and activism around clean water campaigns for Indigenous communities. Rochelle Rubinstein is a printmaker, painter, fabric and book artist, environmental activist, and community arts facilitator.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday and Thursday, 12pm to 5pm
Friday and Saturday, 12pm to 6pm
Sunday, 1pm to 4pm
or by appointment.

Venue & Address: 
Loop Gallery 1273 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON
Website: 
http://www.loopgallery.ca/2018/02/26/loop-gallery-wellington-water-watchers-water-advisory/
Email: 
info@loopgallery.ca
Phone: 
416 516 2581
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