Feminist Art Conference of Toronto

FAC Conference Poster 2017
Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 5:00am

FAC is a volunteer-based organization that brings together artists, academics, and activists to consider feminist issues through art. 

Our upcoming conference is taking place on January 21st, 2017, with an accompanying exhibition running from January 10th to January 21st.  .

Special FREE CODE for any OCADU students wishing to attend: OCADUSTUDENT

FEMINIST ART CONFERENCE OF TORONTO

An international and intersectional celebration of multidisciplinary arts

Feminist Art Conference (FAC) is a Toronto-based organization that brings together artists, academics, and activists to consider feminist issues through art and dialogue. Join us at OCADU on January 21st, 2017 for an incredible line-up of artists, speakers, and panels. The conference registration is on a sliding scale, with PWYC options available by emailing FACpwyc@gmail.com.

Learn more at www.factoronto.org including FAC satellite events, which are free to attend!

 

Artist Panels:

Toys, Tools, and Tricks of the Trade: Redefining the Domestic Sphere

Bare Bodies: Metaphor, Expression and Self-Realization

Resilient Bodies: Class, Work and Worth

Shared Secrets and Systemic Violence Exposed

Stories of Power: Observations of Becoming

Cultural Hybrids: Decolonizing and Reconstructing Identities

Community Panels:

Liisbeth: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Black Futures Now: Organize This! The Ethics, Politics and Joys of Organizing a Black Feminist Conference
Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario
Feminist Art Gallery/York University: Queering Feminist Art

Closing Keynote Performance: Sadie Buck interviewed by Erika Iserhoff Kwe Performance Series presented by Native Women in the Arts. 

Other FAC Events (No Registration Required - Open to the public and Free or PWYC)

January 8th - Exhibition at OCADU, Runs Until January 22nd
January 15th - Sketch Exhibition Satellite Show at York University (Crossroads Gallery), Runs until February 6th FREE 
January 16th - IRIS Satellite Show at University of Toronto - OISE, Opening January 16th 5:30 - 7:30 with Panel Discussion - FREE
January 17th - Activate TO Panel: Art(s) & Crafts & Feminism 7:00 pm, location TBA - FREE
January 18th THE MAGIC HOUR - Theatre Performance by Jess Dobkin at the Theatre Centre at 8:00 pm (Note an ASL performance will take place on January 13th ) 
January 19th - Reception for Exhibition at OCADU, 7:00 - 10:00 pm with performances TBA - PWYC 
January 20th - Screening of The Apology at OCADU Room 190 at 7:00 pm (pay what you can at the door)

 

 

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University
Website: 
http://factoronto.org/

FEMINIST ART CONFERENCE OF TORONTO

Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 5:00am to Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 5:00am

An international and intersectional celebration of multidisciplinary arts

Feminist Art Conference (FAC) is a Toronto-based organization that brings together artists, academics, and activists to consider feminist issues through art and dialogue. Join us at OCADU on January 21st, 2017 for an incredible line-up of artists, speakers, and panels. The conference registration is on a sliding scale, with PWYC options available by emailing FACpwyc@gmail.com.

Learn more at www.factoronto.org including FAC satellite events, which are free to attend!

 

Our upcoming conference is taking place on at OCAD University on January 21st, 2017, with an accompanying exhibition running from January 10th to January 21st. 

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Special FREE CODE for any OCADU students wishing to attend: OCADUSTUDENT

REGISTER HERE

 

Artist Panels:

Toys, Tools, and Tricks of the Trade: Redefining the Domestic Sphere
Bare Bodies: Metaphor, Expression and Self-Realization
Resilient Bodies: Class, Work and Worth
Shared Secrets and Systemic Violence Exposed
Stories of Power: Observations of Becoming
Cultural Hybrids: Decolonizing and Reconstructing Identities

Community Panels:

Liisbeth: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Black Futures Now: Organize This! The Ethics, Politics and Joys of Organizing a Black Feminist Conference
Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario
Feminist Art Gallery and York University: Queering Feminist Art Class Presents and Interactive Panel

Closing Keynote Performance: Sadie Buck interviewed by Erika Iserhoff - Kwe Performance Series presented by Native Women in the Arts. 

Other FAC Events (No Registration Required - Open to the public and Free or PWYC)
January 8th - Exhibition at OCADU, Runs Until January 22nd
January 15th - Sketch Exhibition Satellite Show at York University (Crossroads Gallery), Runs until February 6th FREE 
January 16th - IRIS Satellite Show at University of Toronto - OISE, Opening January 16th 5:30 - 7:30 with Panel Discussion - FREE
January 17th - Activate TO Panel: Art(s) & Crafts & Feminism 7:00 pm, location TBA - FREE
January 18th THE MAGIC HOUR - Theatre Performance by Jess Dobkin at the Theatre Centre at 8:00 pm (Note an ASL performance will take place on January 13th ) 
January 19th - Reception for Exhibition at OCADU, 7:00 - 10:00 pm with performances TBA - PWYC 
January 20th - Screening of The Apology at OCADU Room 190 at 7:00 pm (pay what you can at the door)

 

 

Venue & Address: 
The Great Hall, OCAD U
Feminist Art Conference Poster

IAMD Grad Student Featured in Feminist Art Conference

Feminist Art Conference Poster
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 4:00am

Valerie Carew (MFA '16), a graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Master's of Art, Design and Media, will have work featured in the Feminist Art Conference Multidisciplinary Art Exhibition, which opens Sept. 24 in the Great Hall at 100 McCaul.

As part of the exhibition, Valerie will be part of a panel on Sept. 26 from 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., discussing “Motherhood: Roles, Expectations and Identity,” and will also be presenting her "Body Coiling" performance the same day at 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., followed by a moderator-led Q & A with the audience.

The exhibition runs until Sept. 27, with an accompanying conference from Sept. 23-27, 2015.

About the Artist:
www.valeriecarew.com

Feminism Art Conference:
http://factoronto.org/

Feminist FOMO NOMO

Black and green poster
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 5:00am to Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 5:00am

OCAD U: Feminist Art Exhibition, November 2015

Artists, this is your chance to show what feminism means to you. From November 10 to December 6, The Learning Zone at OCAD U will exhibit the collaborative creativity of artists reflecting on feminism. For a month, interact within a feminist space that connects artists across ages, mediums and perspectives. Don’t let the word feminism dissuade you. This is an all-inclusive event.

GET INVOLVED Artists, email us for more information as we will require some information from you as an artist before the show, including name, school, copyright and redistribution rights. Groups, this is the perfect time and space to host discussions, presentations and events relating to feminism. Submit a date on which you would like to host an event during the exhibit along with a description of it. Submit your interest by November 3rd, and for any further information contact feministfomonomo@gmail.com. A call for the online exhibition will follow so if you can't get it ready for this one.

This exhibition is sponsored by WIAprojects at CWSE/OISE University of Toronto, the OCAD University Library’s Learning Zone, OCAD U's Office of Diversity, Equity and Sustainability Issues (ODESI) and the Feminist Art Conference (FAC).

Venue & Address: 
The Learning Zone at OCAD U
Email: 
<p>feministfomono@gmail.com</p>
fomo nomo poster

Feminist Art Collective

Feminist Art Collective
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 5:00am to Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 5:00am

Submission Deadline: January 8, 2014
Conference: March 8, 2014 in partnership with the OCAD U Student Union

Call for Submissions: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Feminist Art

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.

Submission Deadline: January 8
Review Submission Guidelines

Interested in volunteering to organize FAC? We need help with:
event organizing, fundraising, wordpress, funding and sponsorship outreach, video editing, graphic design, film and photography.
Email: torontofac@gmail.com

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University 100 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario