Past Programs & Events
EVENTS
Starborough, June 2010, cultural showcase and SAC fundraiser. Featuring performances from Barry Szeto, Kevin Ormsby, the ANASA Collective, Elevated Grounds, members of the Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra.
Art in the Park: Art in the Park is a juried one-day outdoor community arts festival held in the parkland surrounding the Scarborough Arts Council. Fifty artists have the opportunity to connect with the community to sell their work and discuss ideas and practices. Art in the Park is open to member and non-member artists working in all media.
The New Art of Suburbia – Video & Podcast (2009): Once seen as quiet bedroom communities far from the noise of the urban core, Toronto’s inner suburbs have become centres of activity – culturally vibrant, diverse and ever changing. The New Art of Suburbia, a two-evening panel discussion and forum recorded for podcast, addressed these changes and implications for the arts and culture. A joint venture of Scarborough Arts Council, The Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College and the School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culture, Centennial College. Spacing Magazine is the media partner for the series.
Creative Visions Art Show & Sale, September 25 & 26, 2009: Presented by Port Union Seniors, Scarborough Arts Council is proud to provide support for Creative Visions Art Show & Sale.
Making a House a Home: SAVAC Drawing Workshop, September 20, 2009: Presented by South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC) and hosted by Scarborough Arts Council, Making a House a Home is an exploration of memory and oral narrative through drawing. Share and recreate the homes that you have memories of, or ones you have only heard of. Free! Hosted by Scarborough Arts Council
Community, Culture, Connection: Celebrating 30 Years of Scarborough Arts Council June 4, 2009: An eclectic evening of Scarborough arts filled with guest speakers, various performances, and a silent auction. Our special guests for the evening include Impresario & Social Activist Farley Flex, 3PK Plasma Recording Artist 17-year old Daniel Panetta, Juno Award Winner Simone Denny and many more., The Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College, 951 Carlaw Av
PROGRAMS
Youth Scholarship Awards for Art: Our annual youth scholarship program provides talented youth living in Scarborough and east Toronto with the opportunity to develop their skills, expose their work to the community and receive recognition for their artistic accomplishments. Students from grades 9-12 in east Toronto schools are invited to submit their artwork for review by a professional juror. Participants have the opportunity to see their work exhibited at the Scarborough Civic Centre and The Bluffs Gallery, and are eligible for a number of scholarships.
The Borough Most Thorough: Presented in partnership with Beatz to da Streetz, The Borough Most Thorough is an urban music and culture program for youth that visits three Scarborough neighbourhoods. The Borough Most Thorough will consist of a mobile program that visits Steeles-L’Amoureaux, Malvern and Kingston-Galloway with intensive one-week urban music workshops. Each one-week workshop program will allow 10 youth participants to collaborate on one track, which will be recorded in the final session of the week. The program will culminate in a launch event and listening party, where youth and the community will come together to listen to the finished tracks.
The Monarch Project 2009: The Monarch Project is an interactive arts and environment project that engages youth in the Scarborough community, to reflect on environmental concerns and social issues through artistic practices. This year, Scarborough Arts Council collaborates with the youth of Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Youth Drop In to create a photomontage installation consisting of several environmental art projects. The youth participants will have the opportunity to explore their creative vision through mentored artistic activities, gain vital skills with a series of educational workshops and instigate positive community change. The Monarch Project creates opportunity for young people of Scarborough to enrich the social, cultural and economic life of their community while developing vital skills for the future.
Inner City School Modern Batik Art Workshops & Exhibition February 17 to 28, 2009: Over several months, youth from three inner city schools participated in workshops for Modern Batik art – a unique style of artwork that originated in Indonesia and East Africa. The works produced by these youth showcase the complexity of this cultural art form, as well as the talent and creativity of local young people. In celebration of Black History Month, a selection of the work produced by these youth was on display at the Scarborough Civic Centre Rotunda from February 17th to 28th , 2009. The work was created by youth of Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School, Military Trail Public School, and Willow Park Junior Public School. Inner City School Modern Batik Art Exhibition was a project of David Kibuuka, Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School, Military Trail Public School, and Willow Park Junior Public School, with support from Scarborough Arts Council.
ART EXHIBITIONS
Recall: SAC 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, March – April 2010: A visual exploration of things that shaped the past decade. The Corridor Gallery – The Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College, 951 Carlaw Avenue0 Participating Artists: Jaime Angelopoulos, Brian Barrer, Kevin Bishop, Linda Chalmers, Irene Cymbal, Colin Doyle, Daniel Durocher, Penelope Edgar, David French, Denise Jayawardene, John Kokkinos, Katrina MacKew, Quin McColgan, Christian McLeod, Liz Menard, Viktor Mitic, Laura Moore, Wesley Morris, Maryann Murphy, Liane Odze-Silver, Allan O’Marra, Derrick Piens, Alejandro Rabazo, Joanne Rich, Mark Stebbins, Ceilidh Stidwill, Aditi Swaminathan, Bai Ting Wun, Tod Tremeer, Charles Wakefield, Ron Wild, Catherine X. Blank, Xiaojing Yan. Jurors: Erin Peck (Exhibitions & Outreach Coordinator at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough) and Katrina Enros (Gallery Administrator for the Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough).
Spring Fever, SAC Members Show – Exhibition April 2010: Featuring the work of 27 SAC members, The Bluffs Gallery
Art Needs: SAC Annual Juried Art Exhibition - March 19 – April 2, 2009: We need art, but what does art need? What can you as an artist bring to the art world? Artists were encouraged to use their unique perspective as an artist and encourage viewers to consider a new way of thinking about art. Artists working in all media were invited to submit their work for Art Needs. Scarborough Arts Council was honoured to again be partnering with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto for the exhibition. Artists: Caitlin Erskine-Smith, Denniston Ewan, Kae Sasaki, Lin Xu, Esther Simmonds-McAdam, Nicole Dina Naddak-Ivanov, Ann Marie Hadcock, Paul Grajauskas, Louisa Lau, Neil Harrison, Samuel Choisy, Sheila J. Mitchell, Andrea End, Catherine X Blank, Mary Kroetsch, Christina Dowell, Joyce Lau, Henna Hyunhwa Kim, Sheetal Sehgal, Gary Crawford, Robert Sandieson, Ingrid Saaliste, Raine Davis, Katarina Marinic, Viktor Mitic, Istvan Lendvay, Rita Choy-Ng, Ranjit Sidhu, Tony Yin Tak Chu, Jennifer Smithwell, Sandra Dever, Aditi Swaminathan, Tasira Strimban-Barishev
Elements: SAC Members’ Show, June 25 – August 4, 2009: Reflecting on the various elements of their work. As in the natural world, art contains a number of essential elements that comprise the whole. The Bluffs Gallery