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Take Back the Night Art
Fest Call for Artists! Calling all artists!
If you are looking for a great opportunity to perform music, dance or spoken
word, or exhibit your art, then the Take
Back the Night Art Fest Event, in
partnership with Mississauga Arts Council's Culture
Days programming is for you! The deadline for submissions has been extended
to Wednesday, August 22, 2012. The Take
Back the Night Art Fest is an annual community rally and march hosted by
the Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis centre Peel, in partnership with MAC and other
community agencies, to raise awareness around sexual violence and violence
against women, children and trans folk. The goal is to spark a fundamental
shift in the manner that young people interact to create healthy relations that
respect dignity of all women. The actual event will take place on Friday,
September 28, 2012 from 3 p.m. to 9: 30 p.m. and will include everything from
music, dance, visual arts and spoken word! It will take place at the Lincoln M,
Alexander Secondary School, located in Malton. In order to submit your
application, please fill out the registration form that can be found on the MAC
website- www.mississaugaartscouncil.com. For more information, please email info@mississaugaartscouncil.com.
Create, Enjoy
& Celebrate at MAC’s 30th Celebration! The Mississauga Arts Council
Please ‘like’
our official Facebook page, Create, Enjoy
and Celebrate at MAC’s 30th Celebration and stay tuned for
frequent updates and spotlights on all of the performers leading up to the
event. Celebration Square is located at 300 City Centre Drive. For more
information on this event or if you would like to get involved, please contact
the Mississauga Arts Council at 905-615-4278 or by emailing info@mississaugaartscouncil.com.
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The Mississauga Arts
Council in partnership with the Mississauga YMCA are pleased to announce a call
to artists for submissions for the next Limelight Art Exhibit at the
Mississauga YMCA. This exhibition is aimed to give public exposure
to contemporary youth artists in the GTA to a wide audience of visitors to the
YMCA space. We seek to create a diverse and stimulating cultural environment
that enriches the lives of the Cityʼs residents, visitors and employees by
integrating art and the residents of Mississauga and area. Eligibility: Original work in any
medium, excluding video and sound; Work must be smaller than 4ft x 4ft; Artist should be emergent, meaning not commercially represented; Artist must be between the
ages of 12 and 25 years of age, or be senior in high school/studying in an undergraduate related
program; Submitting artists must reside or be working in the greater
Mississauga; Must be able to drop off and pick up works; Students may submit;
No fee for submission. Conditions: Work must have been
produced after January 2011; While only
digital submissions will be accepted, selected works must be exhibition ready (framed, mounted where
necessary – no loose prints or paper); Work submitted should be safe for a
public and family space. Guidelines
for Submission: Only digital submissions
will be accepted; Each artist may submit up
to five (5) works. Technical Requirements: JPG files, 1-4MB in size; Filenames must be formatted as follows:
“lastname_imagetitle.jpg.” Submissions must be accompanied by separate file
containing an image list including: Title of work; Medium; Date completed; Dimensions (in inches); Edition (if applicable); Submission must include a
short artist bio/cv (100 words) and artist statement (500 words) to support works
submitted, or artistic practice. Submissions must be emailed to ebony.jansen@mail.utoronto.ca by August 24 at 5 p.m. Selected artists will be notified August 28. The
exhibition will open August 31 and run until November 23. The Mississauga YMCA
is located at 325 Burnhamthorpe Road West. All questions should be directed to ebony.jansen@mail.utoronto.ca.
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Enjoy live music by the water all summer
at Port Credit Memorial Park at this year’s 2012 Sunset Concert Summer
Series! This concert series is brought to you in partnership with
the Culture Division, the Port Credit BIA and the Mississauga Arts Council. Every
Sunday evening from 6:30 p.m. to sunset, an exciting line-up of talented local
Mississauga artists will be taking centre stage. The Mississauga Pops Concert
Band will conclude the Sunset Concert Summer Series on August 26. Make sure to
bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the beautiful sweet sound of music! The
Port Credit Memorial Park is located at 22 Stavebank Road. For additional
details, please get in touch with the Mississauga Arts Council at info@mississaugaartscouncil.com.
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Calling all singers! The Boston Pizza Idol Competition has started and will take
place every Tuesday for the rest of the summer until August 28. The event is proudly
sponsored by The Mississauga Arts Council, Metalworks Institute and InSauga.com.
Boston Pizza Idol is a 10 week
karaoke competition. Seating starts at 9 p.m. and the competition begins at 10
p.m. The winner will receive a $5000 Grand Prize and the top 3 finalists will
receive studio time from Metalworks. The event is hosted by Joel Martin
(www.joelmartin.ca) and features industry professional judges from Warner
Music, iLLScarlett, the Arkells, Canadian Idol and Metalworks. If you would
like to participate in Boston Pizza Idol, please send an email to
bpidolsq1@gmail.com to register for the auditions. This is the biggest Boston
Pizza Idol ever with a $5000 Grand Prize and studio time from Metalworks for
the top 3 finalists. This is a 10 week contest with weeks 1, 2 and 3 being
tryouts to make the top 10 finalists. The 10 finalists will be announced week
4. They will then sing for the following 7 weeks competing for the best score
from our industry professional judges. The winners of the $5000 and the studio
time at Metalworks will be announced at the big finale on August 28. Boston Pizza
Square One is located at 35 Square One Drive. For more information, please
email bpidolsq1@gmail.com.
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The
Mississauga Arts Council is delighted to continue to work with Whole Foods
Market Square One in Mississauga. Art and cuisine has collided in this
beautiful new partnership dedicated to promoting healthy living and artistic
expression in Mississauga. The Mississauga Arts Council has been selected as
Whole Foods Market Square One’s featured charity for its One Dime at a Time
Program.
For the months of August and September, customers can choose to donate 10 cents
to MAC when they re-use their own shopping bags. What a beautiful opportunity
for MAC! We are delighted!! Thank you Whole Foods! We are also pleased to
announce that MAC and Whole Foods will have an inaugural Whole Foods Market
Arts Café on August 29 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join us and the
Mississauga Arts Council as we offer this free event for the community where
the spoken word and acoustic tunes will collide. The event will be hosted by
spoken word artist Matt Miller from the Mississauga Arts Council's Limelight
Association of Young Artists. There will performances of spoken word, as well
as special acoustic performances by up-and-coming local musicians. Stop into
the café for a relaxed, fun evening of performing arts. For more information about this event, please
email the Mississauga Arts Council at info@mississaugaartscouncil.com.
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The
Contemporary Jamaican Art exhibit, circa1962/circa2012 will
be featured at the Art Gallery of Mississauga until September 8, 2012, in
celebration of Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of their
Independence from Britain. On August 6, 1962, Jamaica became a nation and officially received its Independence from Britain. It is with an immense
amount of pride that the Jamaican Diaspora
in Canada joins with the island nation in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Independence. Under the Patronage
of the Jamaican High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Sheila Sealy Monteith
and Jamaican Consul General to Toronto,
Seth George Ramoco with the Jamaica 50 Celebration Inc. will unveil
a summer of events in the areas of Art, Literature, Dance and Theatre, which
will celebrate the island's vibrant cultural
heritage. The exhibition explores
changing ideas about art in Jamaica from the period from Independence in 1962 to the present day, placed in the context of broader developments in Jamaican
culture and society.
Poupeye has curated
juxtaposing work that was produced
by influential Jamaican
artists in the period around Independence with groundbreaking
national artists of the early 21st century. The
exhibition presents a "then" and "now" view of Jamaican
art. There will be a series of events scheduled every day throughout the summer, over 50 activities culminating on September
8, 2012. Produced
by the Art Gallery of Mississauga, in collaboration with the
Jamaica 50 Celebration Inc., these events celebrate 50 years of Jamaica's Independence. The
Art Gallery of Mississauga is located at 300 City Centre Drive. For more
information on the opening ceremony or a list of the events taking place throughout
the whole summer until September, please call the Art Gallery at 905-896-5088
or contact Jaclyn via email at jaclyn.qua-hiansen@mississauga.ca or Stuart at stuart.keeler@mississauga.ca.
www.artgalleryofmississauga.com
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Artists and artisans are invited to
participate in the Visual Arts Mississauga’s Art in
the Park Call for Submissions this unique opportunity to display and
sell their work in the splendour of Riverwood
and Visual Arts Mississauga’s picturesque Art Centre. Spaces will be available
in the Art Centre, in the Historic MacEwan Barn or on the front lawn. Guests
will enjoy musicians, a community art project as well as instructor’s demonstrations
throughout the day. Space is limited. The deadline for registering is September
3. The event is on September 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For
more information, please email 35th@visualartsmississauga.com or call 905-277-4313.
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Call for Artist Proposals: The Gaze! Philosopher Jacques Lacan complicates
the understanding of our view in the mirror by distinguishing between the eye's
look and the Gaze. The Gaze speaks to the uncanny sense that the object of our
glance is somehow looking back at us of its own will. The AGM seeks artists
working in the form of video, short form animation or digital based inventions
which define, broaden and contribute to the concept. Works will be on
Mississauga Celebration Square screens for 3 to 12 months. The deadline is
September 15 at midnight. Interested artists can view it on the website. The
Art Gallery of Mississauga is located at 300 City Centre Drive.
www.artgalleryofmississauga.com/callthegaze
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The 14th annual Tim Horton’s Southside Shuffle
Blues & Jazz Festival will be held from September 7 to 9 this
year and will bring a world of blues and jazz music to Port Credit once again –
and this year the entertainment is bigger than ever! This year, there are four
stages in Memorial Park and the entertainment will be non-stop as performances
on one stage ends and starts up on another. Dubbed the Five Buck Blues, it
costs only $5 to get into the park to experience these four stages of endless
music. A weekend pass is $10. The Heath
and Sherwood main stage will feature some of the top blues acts from across
Canada, including Cameo Blues Band, Fathead, Jack de Keyzer and Stacy
Mitchhart. Cheryl Lescomb returns with
the Tucson Choir Boys and Downchild Blues Band closes out the weekend for the
14th straight year…a show not to be missed! The Mississippi ‘Find
Your True South’ main stage will feature an amazing lineup of musicians from
the True South – Mississippi - proving once again that the Southside Shuffle is
a world class festival with the talent to back it up. The ‘Wasaga Beach
Stonebridge’ main stage hosts its own impressive lineup with Jimmy Bowskill,
the Scott Holt Band, Loco Zydeco and the incredible Shakura S’aide, among many
others. As the gateway to the Festival, the ‘Holmar Plumbing, B&D Auto
Recycling’ sponsored Dave de Eyre Square will welcome visitors to the festival
with some amazing acts, including Al Lerman, Tucson Choir Boys and Paul James.
There’s much more throughout the weekend, including the ever popular Beggar’s
Banquet Banquet, which will also kick off the weekend festivities on Thursday,
Sept. 6, with host Johnny Max. Everyone’s favourite festival attraction, The
Street Shuffle, is also back this year.
On Saturday, the Street Shuffle will host more than 30 bands along
Lakeshore Road between Hurontario Street and Stavebank Road from 2 to 6 p.m.,
including blues, jazz, Dixieland and more.
Don’t miss the biggest street party in the city. The Junior Jam, Harps
for Kids, Vendor Village, Molson Beer Gardens and Food Court can also be found
in Memorial Park. With more than 175
bands in 20-plus clubs and venues in Port Credit holding live music
performances, along with the Legion Jam stage, you may be stressed as you decide
who to see first. This year’s Southside Shuffle will be a weekend full of
incredible talent and wonderful people.
Don’t miss out. For more information, please contact Linda Leatherdale
at 416-206-2818 or email linda.leatherdale@cambriacanada.com.
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The Joshua
Creek Heritage Art Centre is proud to present, 4 The Sake of Art,
a new exhibition and visual adventure into the contemporary artwork
of Sandra George, Jo Ann Haynes, Mary Rischke and Maria Weir. This
exhibition showcases vibrant expressive art created through the exploration of
self-expression, encompassing the mediums of print making, water colour,
acrylic, mixed media and sculpture. Diverse works of art are presented in
spectacular colour, texture, form and imagery. The exhibit will run from August
17 to September 19, 2012 at Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre. Opening reception
is on August 19 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with Special Entertainment by Frank Lloyd
Wrong, featuring: Matthew Rampen, Spencer Waugh and Ben Sprawson. Sandra George
enjoys using found objects in her artwork, making something new out of the
discarded and forgotten. Jo Ann Haynes' artwork is a channeled endeavor where
she dwells in endless possibilities of color, medium and light. Mary
Rischke loves the creative process, the excitement of experiencing new mediums
and techniques, colour, texture and movement spilling onto the canvas.
Maria Weir finds that emotion is the essence of life and art is her ultimate expression
that connects her to the world. The Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre is
located at 1086 Burnhamthorpe Road East in Oakville. For more information,
please email info@joshuacreekarts.com.
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