Local Option Art Awards
Guided Walking Tours
When: Saturday, August 9, and August 23, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm
Start: at the Junction City Square & Train Platform
2960 Dundas Street West at Pacific Avenue.
Take a free art tour led by Nathan Stroud and Tia Gillespie
Twenty Local Businesses along Dundas Street West Showing 27 Artists!
"Vote on your favourite Junction Art!" The Villager
Win the Spirit of the Junction by Reid English.
Please visit WTJHS.ca or Latitude 44 for a list of participating businesses.
Have a wonderful tour.
links:
Toronto Junction's Rich Living Exposition of Art: the Local Option
Vital Links Between Arts and Business: Toronto Junction Local Option
Explore the Local Toronto Art Scene and Vote for Your Favourite Artist
insidetoronto.com: Celebrating art is the function at the Junction
by Lisa Rainford, July 31, 2008
About 100 Flags Campaign and Local Option Art Awards
The West Toronto Junction Historical Society Centennial Committee is launching the 100 Flags Campaign. It is our goal to have at least one hundred flags flying on the day of the Centennial, April 14, 2008: any flag you like. Or create your own Junction Flag. We’ll keep the campaign rolling through the summer with the hope of 1,000 flags up throughout the community for the Arts Festival in September. The 100 Flags Campaign was designed to promote the Local Option Art Awards and to bring the community together for the Centennial. At this point we have 16 Junction Business Improvement Area venues lined up to host artwork for the Local Option Art Awards which are sponsored by Mariposa County artist Michael Reeves. More than 40 artists who have responded to a public call will vie for $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize and $250 third prize which will be awarded to winners determined by public vote throughout the Junction between the Centennial weekend and the Arts Festival in September. A winning voter will receive Reid English’s sculpture, “Spirit of the Junction,” specially commissioned by the Institute of Canadian Popular Culture. All winners to be announced on the last day of the Arts Festival and awards will be presented at a WTJHS fundraiser in October. WTJHS is launching this campaign in the memory of Enoch Ward, who flew a solitary flag to commemorate the birth of “Junction City,” so that we might celebrate the independent spirit in all of us and participate in the Art of Democracy.
photos:
The 'Junction City' Centennial Event: the Local Option Art Awards TourArtist: Reid English
Junction Theme: "Spirit of the Junction"
"A winning voter will receive Reid English’s sculpture, "Spirit of the Junction," specially commissioned by the Institute of Canadian Popular Culture."
~wtjhs.ca
~wtjhs.ca
The 'Junction City' Centennial Event: the Local Option Art Awards TourEntry #: 12
Artist: Emmanuel Mifsud
Junction Theme: ... unique buildings, ... vibrancy of people, ... diverse community
"The photographs by Emmanuel Mifsud at Super Submarine are a delightful experience when you appreciate the juxtaposition through the window."
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