Koffler Arts

This Thursday December 5th at 6:30pm join us for the last guided tour of Another DECADE with exhibition curator David Liss! The exhibition closes on December 15th. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gc5vJqAE David Liss is an independent curator, writer and artist currently living in Toronto. From 2000 to 2020 he was Director, Curator and Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto.

This past week we welcomed two artists with work featured in our current exhibition, Another DECADE, to create live at our gallery: LALA and Nile X! Learn more about the exhibition here: https://lnkd.in/dDpdFTnZ LALA's art is heavily influenced by African Art, animation and Realism, as fundamentals to his own unique style. Often creating in Toronto's Kensington's Market, his process consists of using pens and pencils with black and white acrylic paint. Nile X’s deep passion for live painting led him to create detailed artwork on the streets of Toronto. He creates intricate paintings in busily trafficked areas of the city such as Yonge-Dundas Square, Yorkville, St. Lawrence Market, Kensington Market, High Park, and even on the TTC.

In issue 11 of Arcade! If singers and musicians are our culture’s de facto philosophers of love, what do their sometimes headline-grabbing relationships tell us about the art of creating together. Carl Wilson explores this subject in the newest issue of Arcade. Read on: https://lnkd.in/gKS9d8U6

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the opening of Another DECADE last week! The exhibition is open Wednesday - Sunday 12pm - 5pm. Visit us for two public programs this week: Nile X will be painting live in the gallery on Thursday November 14 from 6-8. And LALA will draw live in the gallery on Sunday November 17 from 2-4. More info on kofflerarts.org! Photography by Shay Markowitz.

Last night our Office Manager Maria Segura graduated from Humber College Arts Administration and Cultural Management! Congrats, Maria!

Another DECADE is NOW OPEN! This Sunday at 2pm join us for a guided tour of the exhibition with curator David Liss! Sign up: https://lnkd.in/gY7rTVM7

The work of Intergalactic Arts Collective will be featured in Another DECADE! 🎉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dDpdFTnZ Intergalactic Arts Collective (IGAC) is a dynamic group of movement-based artists who come together with the shared purpose of uplifting each other and the community through sharing resources and creating space for people to engage with Dance. Another DECADE will include a video art pieces by IGAC’s six artists: Maxine Heppner Across Oceans, Jessie Garon, Suzanne Liska, Tracey Norman, Sara Porter, and Jessica Runge.

Check out the work of dis assembly in Another DECADE, opening on November 7th! 🎉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dDpdFTnZ dis assembly is a lab for neurodiverse artistic experimentation involving processes that explore the conditions and techniques for human and more-than-human relation and support. Another DECADE will include work by non-speaking autistic poet and filmmaker, Adam Wolfond, co-founder and co-director of dis assembly and Estée Klar, PhD, co-founder and co-director of dis assembly.

SKETCH Toronto will be featured in Another DECADE, opening November 7th! 🎉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dDpdFTnZ The SKETCH portion of the show will be curated by artist and creative Renaissance in partnership with exhibition curator David Liss, and include Renaissance’s own work as well as artworks by LALA and Nile X. SKETCH Working Arts is a community arts organization that engages young Queer, Trans, and Black, Indigenous and other racialized young people navigating poverty, living houseless, or on the margins to experience the transformative power of the arts; build leadership and economic self-sufficiency in the arts; and cultivate environmental and social change through the arts. The DECADE a project highlights 10 years of creation at Youngplace and shines a light on the importance of spaces for the arts in our city.

We're hiring a Communications and Outreach Coordinator! Reporting to the Director of External Relations and Head of Artistic Engagement, the Communications and Outreach Coordinator is a key member of the Koffler Arts team, coordinating communications plans, outreach activities, and public programming. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gS6FgucT