Red Dress Productions

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Cornerstone future site

PROMISE IN THE PARK:
CORNERSTONE: OPEN STUDIO
Winchester Square Park Pebble Mosaic Project

JOIN OUR Creative Community: This 2-week studio intensive is open everyone. Join one or all open studio workshops for this legacy project and be part of bringing new public art to Winchester Square Park. Drop by anytime during our open hours. The pebble mosaic will be installed and unveiled in October, followed by a community celebration. Launch and unveiling date to be announced.

September 15th to 30th:
Diane Frankling Co-op, Community Room 85 Bleecker Street

Tuesday September 15, 5pm to 9pm
Wednesday September 16, 5pm to 9pm
Thursday September 17, 5pm to 9pm
Saturday September 19, 1pm to 5pm

Tuesday September 22, 5pm to 9pm
Wednesday September 23, 5pm to 9pm
Thursday September 24, 5pm to 9pm
Saturday September 26, 1pm to 5pm

What is Cornerstone?
Cornerstone is an 8' diameter pebble mosaic that will be made in a welcoming open studio, and then installed in Winchester Square Park. Corner Stone is one component of a larger community-based art project that has engaged 600+ community members since January 2014.

Future site of Cornerstone pebble mosaic

History and Future of Promise in the Park and Cornerstone
Born from this large-scale, multiyear, community engaged art project:

Year 1:ARTS-BASED research and CONSULTATION with 200+ adults, children, seniors, and youth in the Wellesley/ Carlton/ Sherbourne area to develop overall concept and themes and motif for project.
Year 2: PUBLIC ART: with 400+ community members, making and unveiling of Hatch (Winchester Public School 14’ x 8’ mosaic pubic artwork) and Birds of a Feather (Ernescliffe Housing Co-op mosaic public artwork multi-component installation) in May 2015, and upcoming in September and October 2015, and Corner Stone
Year 3: WORKSHOPS: song, movement, creative writing, visual art, and fabric and hand-stitching art
Year 4: COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE: utilising the prior three years of programming and community building Promise in the Park culminates in a public community performance work!

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

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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.