Press-Release: The Kidzone is Hands-on at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

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THE KIDZONE is HANDS-ON
at the 2008 JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL

Welcome the Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto, ON, August 20, 2008 – The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural extravaganza like no other and the KIDZONE, taking place during the weekend Dundas Street West street closure on Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) and Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.), encourages participation and creation and is interactive, entertaining and engaging for the entire family.

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival, which practices and encourages reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the entire festival location, is set to throw the party of the year as the Junction celebrates its centennial of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908.

The KIDZONE (supported by Scotia Bank of Canada), located at the west end of the Dundas West festival footprint (Quebec Avenue entrance), will present free daily workshops, demonstrations and performances featuring activities in the visual arts, movement, music, film, martial arts and more including the Art Gallery of Ontario (brand new to the festival this year), the National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque, the Academy of Realist Art and the Junction community stage.
There is no registration required for all workshops.

States Junction Arts Festival Executive Director Michael Menegon, "We’re parents ourselves, so we created a KIDZONE that we think parents want to bring their children to; a place where kids can use their imaginations, get physical and learn about their community. And it’s free!"

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present their Community Home Mural program and Home Button Project in the AGO tent (Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.).
Join the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Gallery School in creating a mural celebrating home and inspired by the Junction Arts Festival, and draw or write what home means to you and then make it into a button! Learn about the new AGO, win tickets to visit and talk to our 'AGO is A GO' community ambassadors.

The National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque (NFB) will present their Get Animated workshop at the NFB Family Animation Station (Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.).

Participants will bring their ideas to life using simple animation tools and techniques and learn about the world of animation filmmaking, exciting animation films and activities. Use your hands and try out fun animation tricks, games and more with your family and the NFB animation workshop team.

The Academy of Realist Art (ARA) will present Kids Art Lessons at the Academy of Realist Art tent (Saturday, 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.).

ARA Instructor Diliana Popova will teach the children and teens who would like to begin developing their artistic skills. Participants are introduced to a variety of mediums and techniques through educational and fun projects including portrait drawing, painting with pastels and watercolours.

JUNCTION COMMUNITY STAGE LINE-UP (Dundas St. West and Quebec Ave.).
Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7 (various times, check updated schedule):

• Aathi Muni Agasthiya Silambakkoyil Martial Arts
• Creative Children Dance Studio
• High Park Martial Arts
• Hip Kik Belly Dance
• Rhythm and Motion
• Vivacci Dance Studio

PLEASE NOTE: For more details and updated schedules of all events please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), the outdoor Live Music Stages (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KidZone, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information, artist biographies and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general information, please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair


links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Live Stages Rock for Three Days at 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: Dance and Street Performers Come Alive at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The Kidzone is Hands-on at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
toronto4kids.com: THE KIDZONE is HANDS-ON at the 2008 JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL

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Press Release: Dance and Street Performers Come Alive at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

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Photo: Larchaud Dance Project

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Dance and Street Performers Come Alive
at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Toronto, ON, August 18, 2008 – The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural explosion second to none and the outdoor dance and street performances will burst to life during the weekend street closure on Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) and Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.).

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival is set to throw the party of the year as the Junction celebrates its centennial of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908.

Throughout the one kilometre festival footprint on Dundas Street West (between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue), local and national dance groups, specializing in street performance, will present site-specific, random and roaming flash performances, contemporary interpretive pieces, street theatre pieces, performance art pieces and improvisational ensemble pieces spontaneously animating the Junction Arts Festival streetscape.

Former artistic director of fFIDA International Dance Festival (16 years) and Junction Arts Festival executive producer Michael Menegon states, "The one thing that people have repeatedly talked about and was hugely popular from last year's festival were the dance street performances. So, for 2008 we're bringing back some of last year's groups and adding some new ones; all specializing in street performing. They will transform the street into a carnival of surprises and everyone loves a surprise!"

WEEKEND DANCE/STREET PERFORMER LINE-UP (listed in alphabetical order)
Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) and
Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.):

• ASM Dance (featuring Jasmyn Fyffe, Adene Blackwood, Andrew Blackwood, Ashlee Deweerd, Solange Fermin, Kathy Lewis, Amanda Nicole).
• BAIN & BERNARD COMEDY (featuring Warren Bain, Matthew Bernard).
• JAY9 DANCE PROJECTS (featuring Jannine Saarinen, Anton Pasquarella, Tara Roberts, Jeff Stevenson).
• LARCHAUD DANCE PROJECT (featuring Robyn Alfonso, Jase Cozmic, Markus Laczk, Mayumi Lashbrook, Jennifer Robichaud, and youth performers Dylan Harding, Kacy Temple, Sidney Temple).
• NAGBOT – New Age Ghetto Ballet of Toronto (featuring Eroca Nichols, Kristina Udegbunam).
• OCTAMEROUS (featuring Brodie Stevenson, Amanda Acorn, Emily Law, Jennifer Lécuyer, with original music composed by Christopher Willes).
• PRAIRIE SKY PRODUCTIONS (featuring Catherine George McLaughlin, Kate Stashko).
• r.a.d. (featuring Laura Bolender, Julie Grant, Ivana Matovina, Liisa Murray, Zita Nyarady).
• TORONTO AERIAL DANCE.
• VERONIQUE MACKENZIE’S CITIZENS (featuring Veronique Mackenzie, Lisa Phinney, Susan Cook, Melissa Lively, Jacinte Armstrong, Kim Kraushar).

Ten ensemble companies from Toronto and provinces including Alberta and Nova Scotia will showcase unique performances.

ASM Dance founded by Jasmyn Fyffe presents a piece which explores the meaning and idea of materialism and addresses the societal norms and behaviours associated with the obsession of material things. Using contemporary movement, text/poetry and songs the idea of obsession and possession over material goods is displayed.

Bain & Bernard; a high-energy vaudevillian duo perform a comedy sketch. Drop by their wooden wonder cart and sample their “This Thing, That Thing, Everything Anything Elixir”.

Jay9 Dance Projects present the amazing automatons in “Wound About”, where life-sized wind-up toys come to life and dance around when audience members are invited to wind them up.

The Larchaud Dance Project will succeed once again in astounding all with their extreme physicality and unstoppable presence imagining what would happen if individuals of the punk movement were to travel back in time to influence the future and formation of society.

"NAGBOT", described as beat impromptu and superheroes of rhythm, have united into one tribe and will make their way as nomads across the universe taking over one street corner at a time.

Octamerous uses a group choreographic process and presents a site-specific installment entitled "Everything Ordinary", in which a group of strangers arrive in an alien culture and must learn how to make their way in this new environment.

Prairie Sky presents "Lucy’s Living Room", which is structured improvisation and a choreographer’s play with words, based around the central idea of urban green space and inspired by a game of Boggle.

r.a.d continue to create relationships with those who are not usually exposed to dance and will perform "Any Woman, Any Time" (four different comical vignettes), which will serve a taste of female etiquette and its evolution over the past century.

The Toronto Aerial Dance will present "Century"; a performance art piece retelling the story of the Junction Triangle in Toronto. Inspiring aerial choreography is woven with innovative modern dance to a back drop of projected images and original visual arts depicting the region.

Veronique Mackenzie’s "Citizens", inspired by the flash mobbing phenomena, will gather in an undetermined location perform some brief action, and then quickly disperse. As quickly as people realize there is something going on, the performance will have scattered only to reappear somewhere else.

PLEASE NOTE: For more details, artist biographies and updated schedules of all dance/street performance artists and all events please visit www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), and the outdoor Live Music Stages, the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KidZone, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
For general information please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Live Stages Rock for Three Days at 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: Dance and Street Performers Come Alive at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Dance Ontario: Bringing Dance Information & News to Ontario
torontolife.com: Arts & Entertainment Guide: Junction Arts Festival
"To help cele­brate the Junction’s 100th anniversary, organizers have invited 10 groups from across Canada and the United States to form the dance component of this annual performance and visual arts festival. With last year’s demise of the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists, the Junction’s party is now the only wildly diverse showcase for dance in Toronto."—Paula Citron
When: Sep. 3/08 - Sep. 7/08
Free Event
Location: The Junction: from Keele St. to Quebec Ave

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Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

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The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Happy 100th to the Junction!

Toronto, ON, August 27, 2008 - The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural extravaganza like no other and the Historic City is a new area at the 16th annual festival (taking place during the weekend street closure on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7), which will honour the 100th anniversary of the Junction officially becoming the City of West Toronto by the Province of Ontario in 1908.

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival, which practices reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the entire festival location, is set to throw the largest party of the Junction's centennial year as the area remembers its significant history and looks forward to the future.

The Historic City, located at High Park Avenue and Dundas Street West (Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.), will feature fun events for the entire family and will present live stage performances including Boom Times Cabaret - Heart of the Junction Talk Show (with local actor/historian Neil Ross as Junction journalist A. B. Rice) and guitar and banjo duo Doin' Time, plus West Toronto Junction Historical Society walking tours, archival photo exhibits, turn-of-the-century children's games, photo opportunities in period costume, vintage fire and police vehicles and the Toronto Aerial Dance Company will present "Century"; a performance art piece.

Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto) and JFAC Chair states, "The Junction has an incredible past, which has had an undeniable influence on the area's vibrant present. It has been the Junction Forum for Art & Culture's (JFAC) honour to have presented the year long centennial celebrations in the Junction, on behalf of the Junction BIA and all of its residents."

West Toronto Junction Historical Society centennial committee chair Neil Ross states, "The Historic City is a true merging of story and place. The new zone is situated beside the old Avenue Hotel and behind is the track of the old Carlton Race Course (location of the first Queen's Plate). It is an interactive, informative musical comic dialogue, which may give us a rollicking insight into the Junction's future."

On the Historic City stage (September 6 and 7 at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.), the Boom Times Cabaret - Heart of the Junction Talk Show will take to the stage for six performances with host Neil Ross as Junction journalist A. B. Rice, Samantha Martin as Dr. Minerva Reid (the first lady of medicine) and the Boom Times Band. Their guests are a cavalcade of historical, contemporary and musical originals.

The Cabaret audience will be up close and personal with the 'Legends of the Junction'; the conmen, lawmen, musicians, politicians and scribes who built "Junction City" will come alive. Discover the Junction's railway roots; sample its breathtaking diversity of culture and character in a monologue, interviews, sketch and song.

Doin' Time (also on the Historic City stage on Saturday, September 6 only, at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.), featuring "Five Fingers Pete" and "Ramblin' Reg" now crisscross the country on their musical road to redemption atoning for passed indiscretions by singin' and playin' rather than coning and cheating.

The West Toronto Junction Historical Society (WTJHS) will invite visitors to experience "Junction City" through the eyes of the men and women who built it. The Society will present the 'Legends of the Junction Walking Tours', which will leave from the WTJHS booth at the Historic City (Saturday, September 6 at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 7 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.) and proceed back in time to rendezvous with historical characters enroute, who will give participants a first hand account of their lives and times in the thriving railway town.

The Toronto Aerial Dance Company is extremely proud to be presenting "Century"; a performance art piece retelling the story of the Junction Triangle in Toronto (Sunday, September 7 only, at 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at the Historic City area.

Inspiring aerial choreography is woven with innovative modern dance, to a back drop of projected images and original visual arts depicting the region. "Century" will retrace the steps of three transformative eras: The ongoing consolidation of an integrated community, the expansion of urbanization and finally, the first sparks of industry.

A live visual artist will paint onstage, creating improvisational pieces in response to each era, representing the ongoing history, growth and diversity of the area. Recorded music will be accompanied by live instrumentation.

For more Historic City information go to,
www.junctionartsfest.com/2008/sites/historiccity/.

Also, join current and former Junction residents at the 'Junction Homecoming'; a celebratory picnic marking the Junction centennial (Saturday, September 6 in Vine Avenue Park, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

If anyone has ever lived or worked in the Junction they will be able to re-connect, meet celebrities, political figures, historians and make new friends, and visitors of the Homecoming can bring their Junction stories and be eligible to win great prizes, generously donated by local businesses, or can send their stories ahead of time to junctionhomecoming@yahoo.com or call 416 767-9068.

For more 'Junction Homecoming' information go to,
www.junctionartsfest.com/2008/sites/homecoming/.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), the outdoor Live Music Stages (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KIDZONE, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

PLEASE NOTE: For more details and updated schedules of all events please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general information please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Live Stages Rock for Three Days at 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Junction Homecoming: Invitation to Centennial Bash
martinflowers.com: Boom Time Cabaret: "The Boom Times Cabaret merges arts and heritage, making legends of the Junction's past come to life. The Cabaret will be performed on the "Historical Stage" during the 16th Annual Junction Arts Festival on September 6 and 7, 2008. Come and see historical characters like D.W. Clendenan, A.B. Rice and Minerva Reid as they share stories and songs based on the Junction's colourful past.
There will be two Martin ladies and one Martin gentleman taking part in one performance. The young ladies will be dressed in floral gowns. Stacey will wear an interpretation of an 1890's dress, and Chloe will model a 2008 creation. Julian will be taking part in the Cabaret, playing the role of his great-grandfather, Alfred Martin."
virginradio999.com: Events: 2008 Junction Arts
torontolife.com: Arts & Entertainment Guide: Junction Arts Festival
"To help cele­brate the Junction’s 100th anniversary, organizers have invited 10 groups from across Canada and the United States to form the dance component of this annual performance and visual arts festival. With last year’s demise of the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists, the Junction’s party is now the only wildly diverse showcase for dance in Toronto."—Paula Citron
When: Sep. 3/08 - Sep. 7/08
Free Event
Location: The Junction: from Keele St. to Quebec Ave

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Toronto Junction Arts Festival 2008 Website Launched!

Screenshot: Junction Arts Festival 2008
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The JAF 2008 has unveiled on July 24, 2008, an extensive new web site. Congratulations to the festival staff.
The main streamlines of the JUNCTIONARTSFEST 2008 are junction centennial ~ nostalgic cinema ~ historic city ~ historic mind ~ modern eye ~ street performance art ~ live stages ~ visual art ~ green village ~ kidzone.

The programming for this year's festival is in the final stages of development. In the interim please review the press release highlighting notable performances you can expect in September.

For applications that are still open, such as Green Village and Street Vendors, please go here.

Check out what is new this year!

JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL
September 3 to 7, 2008

Live Stage
Five-time Juno winning Canadian recording artist David Usher headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival: September 6 at 10pm

Juried Art Exhibition
The Visual Art Exhibits ignite the party: Beginning September 3

Junction Galleries

Installation Art

Street Performances

Green Village
The 2008 Junction Arts Festival Centennial Edition is pleased to announce its Green Village focus - HOME GREEN HOME.

Hands-On KIDZONE
The KidZone: The Junction Arts Festival welcomes the Art Gallery of Ontario (A-GO team), September 6 & 7

Historic City
The Historic City: Happy 100th to the Junction, September 6 & 7

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Junction Arts Festival Announces Call to Artists: Press Release

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"CALL TO ARTISTS - TORONTO"

2008 Junction Arts Festival 'Centennial Edition'

Toronto, ON, May 15, 2008 - The 2008 Junction Arts Festival 'Centennial Edition', set for September 3 to 7, is sending out a "Call to Artists".

Applications are currently being accepted for the following categories: Juried Visual Art Exhibit; Street Performing Artists; Art Installations; KIDZone/Junction Community Stage; Writers and Readings and Music (all genres). The deadline is May 30, 2008.

In 2008 the Junction is celebrating its 100th anniversary of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908. Celebrations are being planned all year, but none as big as the annual Junction Arts Festival.

Our vision is to program the artistic line-up around the 2008 festival theme - Historic Mind / Modern Eye. At a time when we are celebrating the Junction's past, with 2007's record breaking attendance (200,000) and ground breaking artistic expression, we do so with one eye on the present and one on the future. The interpretations, performances, stories, hopes and dreams presented will transform this theme into reality and define who we are; The Junction.

For applications and more information visit,
www.junctionartsfest.com.





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For media information and interviews please contact:

Laurie Lockhart
GET THE MESSAGE Publicity
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca

For general information contact:

Junction Forum for Art and Culture
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@on.aibn.com
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), J.F.A.C. Chair

Call for Artists: Toronto Junction Arts Festival Centennial Edition

The Junction Centennial Celebrations 1908 - 2008
Call to Artists: Junction Arts Festival: Historic Mind/Modern Eye
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Call to Artists:
Junction Arts Festival September 3 to 7, 2008
Festival Theme: Historic Mind / Modern Eye

Deadline: May 30, 2008
New EXTENDED Deadline: June 13, 2008

The Junction Arts Festival Centennial Edition - is accepting applications for its 2008 Juried Art Exhibit and indoor/outdoor installations to be held from September 3 to 7. Those artists working with photography, painting/drawing, sculpture and multi-media installations are invited to submit their work by the deadline of May 30th. Application forms are also available for performers and writers. To obtain submission forms, exhibit policies, and additional information please visit our web site at www.junctionartsfest.com. If you have any further inquiries please contact the festival office at junctionartsfest@on.aibn.com or call 416-767-5036.

The Junction is celebrating its 100th anniversary since being incorporated as West Toronto in 1908. Numerous events are being planned for the Centennial including special presentations at this year’s Junction Arts Festival. Over 150,000 people attended the 2007 festival and an increase in numbers is expected this year. Street artists, a Hands-On KidZone, the environmental Green Village and the Artists’ Market will transform Dundas Street West and the Junction into a carnival of creativity. Juried Exhibit Galleries, Impromptu Galleries and other indoor sites will be open for all 5 days. The Artists’ Market (outdoor vendors) will present their work as part of the street closure Saturday and Sunday September 6th & 7th.

Junction Forum for Art and Culture
3042 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M6P 1Z3

Michael Menegon – Executive Producer
416-767-5036
junctionartsfest@on.aibn.com

About the Junction Arts Festival: JAF 2008

2008 marks the 16th Annual Junction Arts Festival with the focus on the Junction’s first Centennial Celebrations. It is quite a story. In 1908 the Junction was incorporated as Toronto City West. It rivaled the City of Toronto in size and history states that is was the last link in the rail lines that connected Ontario, Ontario North and Quebec with the rest of the country. The Junction area was a vital point for all immigrants entering into this part of the Country. As the story goes the Junction only remained incorporated for less than a year when in 1909 it amalgamated with Toronto (to help keep Toronto from bankruptcy.)

In between then and now the Junction has transformed itself many times over with on of the most recent events being the return of licensed establishment in the late 1990’s. In 2008, as the Junction is once again being touted as the biggest up and coming district in Toronto ( Toronto Life Magazine) the Junction Forum for Art and Culture is Planning Celebrations that will mark the significance of the rich history and contribution that the Junction has made to the fabric of the City.

All ARTISTS Application Forms Link
Juried Visual Art Exhibit
● Application Criteria (pdf)
● Juried Visual Art Application Form (pdf)
Street Performing Artists
● Street Performing Artists Application Form and Info (pdf)
Art Installations
● Art Installations Application Form and Info (pdf)
KIDZONE/Junction Community Stage
● KIDZONE/Junction Community Stage Application Form and Info (pdf)
Writers and Readings
● Writers Application Form and Info (pdf)
Music - All Genres
● Music Application Form and Info (pdf)

All VENDOR Application Forms Link
● Green Village Application Form (pdf)
● Artist Vendor Application Form (pdf)
● Commercial Vendor Application Form (pdf)
● Food Vendor Application Form (pdf)

links:
The Junction Centennial Celebrations: thejunctioncity.com
The Junction Arts Festival: junctionartsfest.com
The Junction Business Improvement Area: junctionbia.ca
The West Toronto Junction Historical Society: wtjhs.ca

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