Ilene Sova is coordinating Framed by Feminists with her art collective FAC

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Sunday, October 28, 2018 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Ilene Sova, Ada Slaight Chair of Contemporary Painting and Drawing is coordinating Framed by Feminists with her art collective FAC. This marketplace is a partnership with the Gladstone Hotel. 

Feminist Art Collective (FAC), in partnership with the Gladstone Hotel, presents Framed by Feminists

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom October 28, 10am - 4pm

www.factoronto.org

www.gladstonehotel.com

A market of affordable feminist art with socially-minded programming that will run as an alternative art experience to the weekend of Art Toronto. Framed by Feminists provides an egalitarian and inclusive space for artists and art lovers to engage without the high cost of participation.

20 visual artists will offer their works for sale including paintings, drawings, sculptures, collage, and more! Following the art market will be a panel discussion at 7pm, Feminist Art: A Hard Sell? The participatory conversation will run for ninety minutes among panellists and audience members. Check here for updates on panellists.

The Feminist Art Collective engages in several community partnerships dedicated to the promotion of feminist art across artistic disciplines in Toronto and abroad. By providing an opportunity for feminist artists to meet and share their work, we believe we can provide opportunities for networking and future artistic collaboration that can inspire progressive change and empowerment.

The Gladstone Hotel believes buying local, seasonal and championing and facilitating opportunities for artists, entrepreneurs and micro producers is necessary to support our local environment and our local economy. The GH Marketplace is focused on showcasing independent and emerging entrepreneurs and social enterprises as part of the hotel's cultural programming strategy to shine a spotlight on innovators, movers and shakers.

 

Venue & Address: 
The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom 1214 Queen Street West Toronto ON
Website: 
https://factoronto.org/
https://www.gladstonehotel.com/
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Feminist Art Conference

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Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 5:00am to Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 5:00am

A Multidisciplinary Art Conference Inspired by Feminism

Conference Timeline
March 3-8 Exhibition 12:00 - 6:00 pm
Beaver Hall Gallery, 29 McCaul Street

March 6, Reception 7:00 - 11:00 pm
Beaver Hall Gallery, 29 McCaul Street

March 7, Screening 6:00 - 10: 00 pm
OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street

March 8, Conference 12:00 - 7:30 pm
OCAD University, 100 Mc Caul Street

Conference Video
http://vimeo.com/86289106

Registration
PWCY at the door: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feminist-art-conference-2014-tickets-10510568393

Feature artists include d'bi young, who will open the conference with a keynote, and Suzy Lake, who will close the conference in conversation with Johanna Householder.

About
Feminist Art Conference (FAC) is a Toronto-based organization that brings together artists, academics and activists to consider feminist issues through art. Founded in 2013
by artist Ilene Sova, FAC began initially as an event to link feminist artists with each other, as well as to provide a forum in which to discuss our content. A call for organizing help was included in the first call for submissions and a large committee
was formed to organize FAC 2013 on March 9th for International Women's Day. The first Feminist Art Conference caught the interest of over 70 participating artists and 175 attendees from Canada and the US. With astounding interest both nationally and internationally, the FAC Committee made an on-going commitment to facilitating interdisciplinary and inclusive arenas for feminist art.

Mission
The mission for the Feminist Art Conference (FAC) was inspired by the recent spate of attacks on women’s and transgender rights in Canada, the US and abroad. Issues such as rape culture, trans phobia, racism, violence, media representation, cultural appropriation, reproductive rights, environmental degradation, impact on Aboriginal lands, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and Islamophobic policies are areas of deep concern. These infringements on our right to agency and independence have been occurring in alarming numbers in our governments, in the media and in our communities. This conference provides an opportunity for these issues to be explored and communicated artistically in a unique and inclusive space that encourages sharing, creating and discussing. In the centuries old tradition of people organizing, we believe that by coming together and communicating about these issues through our artistic practice, that we can initiate progressive change.

Vision
We aim to showcase like-minded, multi-disciplinary art including: visual art, film, theatre arts, music, dance, design, spoken word and literature. We will create a space that is celebratory, positive, intellectually engaging and provocative. We are committed to this space being trans inclusive, antiracist, and intersectional. Furthermore, by providing an opportunity for feminist artists to meet and share their work, we believe we can provide opportunities for networking and future artistic collaboration that can inspire social change and empowerment. We have the vision that the ripple effect from this type of artistic sharing and learning can provoke positive transformations in both our communities and our minds.

Venue & Address: 
Beaver Hall Gallery 29 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario  
Website: 
http://www.factoronto.org
Phone: 
<p>647-919-7336</p>
Cost: 
Registration - PWYC at the door