Red Dress Productions: Bleecker Co-op Memorial Project Reception: Sunday March 25 | 2pm!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Bleecker Co-op Memorial Project Reception: Sunday March 25 | 2pm!

Our final day of open studio at Bleecker Co-operative is taking place on Thursday March 8, from 5 to 9pm.

Open studio has been a bustling environment with 20+ adults, youth, and children contributing at each and every studio, along with a team of artistic leaders.

In tandem with building a large-scale dimensional artwork, several smaller projects have been created specifically for our reception including the production of a large cauldron-like object for title suggestions, and a print studio that has yielded more than 200 custom thank you cards for contributors.

It's been a remarkable journey in collaborative art! Please join us:

The Bleecker Co-op Memorial Project

Unveiling & Reception

2 – 5 pm | Sunday March 25, 2012

200+ community members came together over several months to create the Bleecker Co-op Memorial Project. Our collaborative effort honours founding manager Diane Frankling in this 20th year of Bleecker Co-op's proud and inclusive community.

Please join us in unveiling this new large-scale artwork led by Red Dress Productions with Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston (lead artists and project directors), Henry Campos (ceramic artist), Chantelle Gobeil and Katie Yealland (associate artists), Heidi Cho (community artist), Andrew Henderson (intern), Domanique Grant (youth apprentice), and Dorian Johnson and Emily Jones (youth ambassadors).

Unveiling & Reception

2 – 5 pm | Sunday March 25, 2012

Bleecker Street Co-operative Homes, 85 Bleecker Street

north of Carlton, one block east of Sherbourne Street

Refreshments, Special Guests & Spotlight Performances

+ an opportunity to suggest a title for this new artwork!

The Bleecker Co-op Memorial Project has been made possible thanks to the Toronto Arts Council and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto, and private donors.

Information:

t: 416-920-7340 ext 24

e: reddressproductions@gmail.com

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

URL reddressproductions.org

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CURRENT

Promise in the Park: The Winchester Park Public Art Project, a 4-year community engaged permanent and ephemeral public art project.

 ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

Katie Yealland

Wy Joung Kou

Sage Willow

Jelani Ade-Lam

Alana McLeod

Ill Nana DiverseCity Dance Company

Syrus Marcus Ware

Heidi Cho

Parker Dirks

Alvis Choi

Shaunga Tagore

Kike Olajumoke

Moynan King

Andrenne Finnikin

Domanique Grant

Henry Campos

Pascal Trudel

Shamila Miller

Andrew Henderson

Jay Stewart

Emily Jones

Dorian Johnson

PUBLIC ARTWORKS

Everyone. Everwhere., 2013, a community engaged mixed media public artwork project in partnership with Arts Etobicoke, Creative Village Studios, and Amnesty International;

Dwelling, 2012, The Diane Frankling Housing Co-op Memorial Project, a 4'x12' mixed media visual project;

centre, 2012, the CTCHC Community Engaged Public Artwork Project;

Many Hands Make Light Work, 2011, a community engaged public artwork in partnership with the Sherbourne Health Center (18'x 8');

Flux, 2010, The 519 Church Street Community Center, based in the Church/Wellesley neighbourhood, Toronto (27’ x 5’) ;

untitled, 2009, The Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto project, based in the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood, Toronto (4 panels, each 5' x 2.5' high);

Scape, 2007, Bleecker Street Co-operative community, based in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, Toronto (17' x 5') ;

Tribute, 2006, Bleecker Street Co-operative community, based in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, Toronto (12' x 8').

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.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Ontario Trillium Foundation, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Arts Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, Laidlaw Foundation, FADO Performance Centre, New Adventures in Sound Art, Park People, Arts Etobicoke, Amnesty International, Emmanuel College (University of Toronto, The Church Street Murals Project, Sherbourne Health Centre, the 519 Church Street Community Centre, St. Lawrence Community Centre, Central Toronto Youth Services, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto, Diane Frankling Housing Co-operative, OWN Co-operative, 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.