R E D + D R E S S + P R O D U C T I O N S: 2010-01-03

Monday, January 4, 2010

Archival photo from Poetry Is Not a Luxury, a collaborative installation with Sandra Alland, Anna Camilleri, and Karen Augustine, pesented by Mayworks Festival.

Poetry Is Not a Luxury is the title of an essay by Ms. Audrey Lourde.

RED DRESS PRODUCTIONS (RDP) creates and disseminates original interdisciplinary performance, and works with/in communities on large-scale, community-engaged public artworks.
Founded in 2005 by Artistic Co-Directors Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston, RDP is particularly interested in the relationship between community narratives and urban public space.

CONTACT
Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston
Artistic Co-Directors

reddressproductions@gmail.com
Toronto (Canada)
UPCOMING & CURRENT
Bleecker Coop Memorial Project, a community-engaged public artwork with Bleecker Coop, 2011-2012 ;

CTCHC Project, a community-engaged public artwork with Queen West Community Health Centre and Shout Clinic, 2011-2012;

Trace, a performance and media installation co-created by Tristan R. Whiston and Moynan King, production in August 2012.

 ASSOCIATE ARTISTS
Chantelle Gobeil
Katie Yealland
Heidi Cho
Domanique Grant
Henry Campos

Pascal Trudel
Shamila Miller
Andrew Henderson
Jay Stewart
Emily Jones
Dorian Johnson

PUBLIC ARTWORKS

Many Hands Make Light Work, 2011, a community engaged public artwork in partnership with the Sherbourne Health Center (18'long x 8'tall); Flux, 2010, The 519 Church Street Community Center, based in the Church/Wellesley neighbourhood, Toronto (27’ long x 5’ wide) ; Making Art and Community Together, 2009, The Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto project, based in the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood, Toronto (4 panels, each 5' wide x 2.5' high); Scape, 2007, Bleecker Street Co-operative community, based in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, Toronto (17' wide x 5' high) ; Mosaic: A Community Tribute, 2006, Bleecker Street Co-operative community, based in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, Toronto (12' high x 8' high)

PERFORMANCE WORKS

Sounds Siren Red, workshop production in December 2004 (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre) : Sounds Siren Red, full professional production in January 2006 (Alchemy Theatre) ; Sounds Siren Red tour: Victoria, Vancouver, Kingston, Boston and Seattle ; The Acting Out Against Violence Project, a multi phase Ontario-wide public education arts initiative in partnership with Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, and the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres ; State of the Queer Nation, staged reading in February 2008 (Buddies in Bad Times Theatrre) ; Never Man’s Land, full production in February 2008, Alchemy Theatre ; Still Breathing Fire, full production in July 2008, Vancouver’s 10th Annual Pride in Art Festival. 
Camilleri and Whiston have collaborated on many community art projects since 2004, including Central Toronto Youth Services’ Gender Play Theatre Project for 6+ years as Artists in Residence.
SUPPORTERS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Neighbourhood Arts Network, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Arts Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, Laidlaw Foundation. Sherbourne Health Centre, the 519 Church Street Community Centre, St. Lawrence Community Centre, Central Toronto Youth Services, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto, Bleecker Street Housing Co-operative, OWN Co-operative, the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Pride in Art Festival, Stone Tile International Inc, and Tile City Inc.

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