PROMISE IN THE PARK:FLIGHT PATH UNVEILING

Unveiling and celebration of Flight Path October 24th 2015!

 A community engaged/made public mosaic work installed outside of

The St. James Town Community Corner at 200 Wellesley St East, Toronto

 

 

Special Thanks to St James Town Community Corner,

Diane Frankling Cooperative Homes,The Toronto Arts Council,

The Ontario Arts Council and The Ontario Trillium Foundation

 

photo credits: Martin Reis (c) 2015

Promise In the Park: Behind the Scenes, Getting Things Set Up

 

After many months of preparation we are finally getting all the pieces in place for the celebration and unveiling of two community engaged/made public artworks! Here are some behind the scenes photo's of us getting things set up for the events on October 24th.

RAIN WON'T KEEP US DOWN!!!

Special Thanks to St James Town Community Corner,

Diane Frankling Cooperative Homes,The Toronto Arts Council,

The Ontario Arts Council and The Ontario Trillium Foundation

 

photo credits: Martin Reis (c) 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! 

Album: An Intersection of Human Rights and Community Arts for The Pan Am Path

The Pan Am Path is an 83km trail connecting Toronto’s communities: an active-living legacy of continuous path for walking, running, biking and wheeling. The Art Relay takes artists from across the city to animate and activate sections of the trail. Red Dress Productions and Arts Etobicoke collaborated to produce Album, a permanent public artwork for The Art Relay, in conjunction with Friends of the Pan Am Path and Amnesty International's Project: Urban Canvas—a mural series celebrating the 60^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

Album is inspired by Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and have a family -- and aims to expand the notion of family to include people of all genders, sexual orientations, and families of all compositions as defined, created, and chosen by families.


THANKS!

We particularly want to recognize and thank the founders of Friends of the Pan Am Path for working over many years to create The Pan Am Path and Art Relay, a visionary project of colossal scale which has afforded opportunities to countless organizations, artists, and communities across Greater Toronto from north Etobicoke to Toronto's lakeshore to Scarborough east. A heartfelt thank you to Friends of the Pan Am Path, our presenting partner Arts Etobicoke for yet another wonderful collaboration, and Lambton House for hosting our unveiling event. 

ALBUM CREDITS:

Anna Camilleri, Artistic Director & Designer (Red Dress Productions)

Tristan R Whiston, Artistic Co- Director & Co-Lead Artist (Red Dress Productions)

Katie Yealland, Production Lead & Installation Technician (Red Dress Productions)

Kike Olajumoke, Mosaic Maker (Red Dress Productions)

Wy Joung Kou, Mosaic Maker (Red Dress Productions)

Doug Reid, Installation Technician (Red Dress Productions)

Heidi Cho, Site/ Production Assistance (Red Dress Productions)

Shami Nkundineza, Site/ Production Assistance (Red Dress Productions)

Parker Dirks, Site/ Production Assistance (Red Dress Productions via Jumblies Theatre)

Kimberley Williams, Production Assistance (Red Dress Productions via CREATE)

Leslie Peters, Social Media (Red Dress Productions)

Shira Spector and Heather Ervin, Coordination (Arts Etobicoke)

Louise Garfield, Executive Director (Arts Etobicoke)

Devon Ostrom, Curator (Friends of the Pan Am Path)

Gracia Dyer Jalea, Programming Manager (Friends of the Pan Am Path)

Andrea Chrysanthou-Charles, Marketing & PR Manager  (Friends of the Pan Am Path/ Lotus Leaf)

Elena Dumitru, Toronto Regional Development Coordinator

(Amnesty International Canada)

Susan Ashukian, Photographer (Amnesty International)

Martin Reis, Photographer (Friends of the Pan Am Path)

June 10, 2015 - unveiling event - Photo credit: Martin Reis

  Ill NANA DiverseCity Dance Company performs at our unveiling event!
 Photo credit: Martin Reis

  Ill NANA DiverseCity Dance Company

Devon Ostrom,  Curator (Friends of the Pan Am Path)