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PERFORMANCE ART AND SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS TRANSFORM
PARKDALE DURING THE 5TH ANNUAL QUEEN WEST ART
CRAWL
-- TORONTO -- Search for the mysterious mushrooms of
Parkdale, a friendly bus stop attendant distributes mints
and moist towelettes, the glow of black lights illuminates
the local thrift store and the first annual
tailgatecrasher party invites you to let off some steam!
The Parkdale Town Square (1303 Queen St. W. at Cowan Ave.)
will serve as PLAY/GROUNDS' home base for site specific
installations and performance art that engage and interact
with passers-by. PLAY/GROUNDS takes place Saturday,
September 15 from 10am - 11pm and Sunday, September 16
from 10am - 8pm. Detailed information is available on
Artscape's website at www.torontoartscape.on.ca/qwac.
PLAY/GROUNDS is curated by Elaine Gaito and Chris
Reynolds. Presented by Parkdale Liberty Economic
Development Corporation and Parkdale Village BIA for
Artscape's Queen West Art Crawl, an annual weekend-long
festival celebrating Toronto's Queen Street West,
happening September 14 - 16, 2007.
Parkdale's streets, empty store fronts, vacant lots, and
parks reveal intriguing and adventurous work including:
Nick Tobier's Bus Stop Attendant welcoming passengers on
board the ubiquitous 501 Queen Street streetcar - this
unofficial ambassador of the TTC transforms The Better Way
into a place where riders can connect in usual ways; Joy
Walker's private studio wall is moved into the public
viewing of a storefront space inviting viewers to view her
art, and the work that goes into making it, from the other
side of the display case; Katie Bethune-Leamen's life-size
and miniature Mushrooms of Parkdale appear in the nooks
and crannies of the neighbourhood; and Parkdale's Art All
Stars and their fans invite you to "kick-back in the lot" long after the wine
and cheese
marathon ends - bands, beer, pick-up trucks and performance mayhem will
converge on the patio
of The Rhino, one of Parkdale's favourite local bars - it's time to cheer on
the home team!
PLAY/GROUNDS will include work by: Oliver Husain, Katie
Bethune-Leamen, Katherine Lannin, Nick Tobier, Jon Sasaki,
Laura Nanni, Adam Paolozza, Joy Walker, Anthea Foyer and
the Gladstone Cooperative.
PLAY/GROUNDS is presented by the Parkdale Liberty Economic
Development Corporation (PLEDC) in partnership with
Artscape's Queen West Art Crawl. Gladstone Variations,
Time Out/Game On and Hidden Toronto: Intimate Walking
Tours are co-presented by Artscape & PLEDC. PLAY/GROUNDS
is sponsored by the Toronto Arts Council, the Parkdale
Village Business Improvement Area, Employment Ontario and
the Ontario Trillium Foundation. www.parkdaleliberty.com
ALL ARE INVITED! The Queen West Art Crawl kicks off with a
LAUNCH PARTY at the Gladstone Hotel on Friday, September
14, starting at 7pm. You can take in all of the Gladstone
Hotel's Queen West Art Crawl events and party until the
last person is left standing!
ABOUT THE QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL
Organized by Artscape, the fifth annual Queen West Art
Crawl is one of the largest multi-disciplinary, community-
based festivals that Toronto has to offer. In association
with Artscape's community partners, Parkdale Liberty
Economic Development Corporation, Parkdale Village BIA,
Gladstone Hotel, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
Workman Arts, West Queen West BIA, and 401 Richmond, the
Queen West Art Crawl celebrates the buzz, character, edge,
authenticity and soul of historic Queen Street West with
an annual weekend-long festival happening September 14 -
16, 2007. www.torontoartscape.on.ca/qwac
Artscape is grateful to our Queen West Art Crawl
Supporters: ING Direct, NOW Magazine, CHUM 104.5 FM; Queen
West Art Crawl Funders: City of Toronto - Community
Festival & Events Grant, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto
Community Foundation; Artscape Operational Funders: TEDCO,
City of Toronto, Ontario Trillium Foundation
Media contact:
Liz Kohn, Director of Communications, Artscape
T: 416-392-1038, ext. 25
E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ABOUT ARTSCAPE
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Artscape is a
not-for-profit enterprise engaged in culture-led
regeneration. Artscape's work includes anchoring creative
communities within affordable spaces and building
authentic and dynamic places by connecting creative and
cultural resources.
Artscape set down serious roots in the Queen West
neighbourhood in 1995 with the purchase of Toronto's first
legal artist live/work building at 900 Queen Street. For
more than a decade, this location has provided space for
22 artists and their families as well as six artist work
studios including the * new * gallery. Three years later,
we opened the Parkdale Arts and Cultural Centre at 1313
Queen Street; our first foray into a mixed-use development
in a project that combines artist live/work studios with
business associations, social service organizations and
Gallery 1313.
Launching the Queen West Art Crawl in 2003 was a natural
and fitting next step. The Crawl fosters local networks,
celebrates and cultivates the unique character and
diversity of Queen West; one of the city's most precious
cultural resources - a natural habitat for individual
artists, non-profit arts organizations, artist run centres
and a dynamic range of creative enterprises and
enterprising creatives. www.torontoartscape.on.ca
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