Call for Submissions: Exhibit in The Junction for CONTACT Photography Festival 2016

Capture: Call for Submissions: Photography in The Junction 

for Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2016

Credit: www.thejunctionbia.ca

Submission Deadline: November 6th, 2015

Artists will be notified by November 19th, 2015

Exhibitions will take place from May 1 – 31, 2016
The Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016.

There are opportunities for artists seeking venues to exhibit with one of the neighbourhood Business Improvement Area (BIA) groups that partner with the festival each year. The BIAs send out calls for submissions in autumn, and match up artists with venues. The 2016 Call for Submissions from the Junction BIA can be found here.

~ www.scotiabankcontactphoto.com/participate

Are you a seasoned photographer? Or just starting out?

The Junction Business Improvement Area will be hosting Open Exhibitions as part of CONTACT 2016. Submit your photographs for an opportunity to exhibit in one of several venues throughout the neighbourhood!

The Open Exhibitions provide a platform for artists from emerging to established, to exhibit their work. These exhibitions include a wide range of projects, promote independent artists and collectives, and facilitate community collaboration. Register your exhibition to be part of this citywide celebration of photography!

Submission Deadline: November 6th, 2015

More details on the submission process how to apply and arrange exhibition details
thejunctionbia.ca: Call for Submissions: Exhibit in The Junction for CONTACT 2016

The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival is a month-long celebration of the art and profession of photography in Toronto.

Celebrate the Summer Solstice in the Junction: Saturday, June 20, noon - midnight!

2015 Annual Junction Summer Solstice Festival

Saturday, June 20, 2015, noon-midnight

Image: thejunctionbia + thejunctionsummersolstice

Summer is around the corner and it's time to celebrate the longest day of the year!

The Junction BIA presents the fourth annual Junction Summer Solstice Festival, which take place Saturday, June 20th from noon until midnight!

You can learn all about the Junction by enjoying a full day of activities and events showcasing the best the Junction has to offer.

With fantastic summer themed entertainment, sunny energy and a shopping experience like no other in the city; The Junction Summer Solstice Festival is the place to be.

Celebrate DIY culture, urban interventions, and a love for art, design and music.

A green powered event showcasing our neighbourhood’s passion for healthy lifestyles and love for fresh quality food.

Day to Night enjoy family friendly shows and workshops, take a spin on a Ferris Wheel and taste the unique street food from our local businesses.

Stay around for a special events, projection show and the bustling nightlife.

The Junction Summer Solstice Festival Festival Program, Map and Directions:

Junction BIA Summer Solstice Festival Map

Credit: http://www.thejunctionsummersolstice.com/map-directions/

June 20th - noon to midnight experience the magic allure of the West Toronto treasure - The  Junction!


More details and updates can be found online at www.thejunctionsummersolstice.com

Visit the The Junction Summer Solstice Event on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thejunctionsummersolstice

Join us for the Junction Summer Solstice Festival: June 20th noon- midnight! http://t.co/cjheEzCLy0 #JunctionSolstice pic.twitter.com/dlaMSOvbx4

— JunctionSummer (@JunctionSummer) June 4, 2015

Check out our deliciously fresh Junction Farmers Market that will be opened from 9 am till 1 pm at the Junction Train Platform (2960 Dundas Street West).

Toronto's Junction Art Hot Spot: Craft Market, Crema Coffee and Sky Factory Studio: Fine Art & Workshops

Collage: You Are Here: The Toronto Junction Art Hot Spot
Credit: Wise Daughters Craft Market + Crema Coffee + SkyFactory Studio + Google Latitude

Recently, a new studio was opened in the Junction - SkyFactory Studio. The studio is located above Crema and Wise Daughters. It is studio workspace for Toronto artist Sandra Muscat, but it is also used as gallery space, and it is large and bright enough to be ideal for hands on workshops. At present, Sandra is offering "Journal With Fluid Paint" and "Create An Altered Book" creative workshops along with Junction fellow artist Rhonda Nolan. They plan on
developing workshops for moms and kids to do together, but for now, the workshops are open to everyone.

Journal With Fluid Paint
flow...grow...forget what you know
Learn the tools and techniques for creative practice without any of the old boring rules. As well as working and exploring with fluid paint, you’ll learn a variety of techniques using collage, ink, pastels and dry media. Next sessions will be held:

Session One: Saturday, October 31, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Session Two: Saturday, October 31, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Cost: $145 includes all materials, as well as your own journal kit to take home.

No artistic training or experience is necessary.
For more information or to register call 647-628-4354
or email: JournalWithFluidPaint@gmail.com

Create An Altered Book
The Altered Book: Any book, old or new, recycled by creative means into a work of art
Three part 8 hour workshop:

Session One: November 10 & 12, 7pm-9:30pm & November 14, 10am-1pm
Session Two: November 17 &19, 7pm-9:30pm & November 21, 10am-1pm

Cost: $225 includes materials

No artistic training or experience is necessary.
For more information or to register call 647-628-4354
or email: sandra.muscat@gmail.com

Workshop Leaders:

• Rhonda Nolan is an artist and illustrator with over 30 years experience in creative media. She is an expert paper and card maker, a graphic designer and successful mixed media fine artist. Rhonda has been practicing a daily fluid paint journal for five years and is an accomplished workshop leader.
• Sandra Muscat began practicing intuitive painting following an art pilgrimage through New Mexico in 2005. She is a successful visual artist and co-author of “Return On Imagination” – a Financial Times business book focusing on the power of imagination for business innovation.

SkyFactory Studio
Studio, gallery, workshops in the heart of Toronto’s Junction
3081 Dundas Street West, 2nd floor,
Toronto, ON M6P 2Z9
Tel: 647-628-4354
Email: sandra.muscat@gmail.com

Screenshot: SkyFactory Studio Home Page
Credit: skyfactorystudio.com

links:
Sandra Muscat's blog: Sky Factory Studio: Fine Art & Workshops
Rhonda Nolan's blog: My Lighter Side
The Arts Junction: Welcome Wise Daughters
by Neil Ross

Press-Release: The Junction Arts Festival - Street Performance Artists are everywhere and they're sizzling hot! - September 12 and 13

Screenshot: Junction Arts Festival - Weaving Mosaics - September 9 to 13, 2009
Dundas West Street Closure - Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13, 2009
Credit: junctionartsfest.com

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THE JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL:

Street Performance Artists are everywhere and they're sizzling hot! -
September 12 and 13

Toronto, ON, August 18, 2009 - The 17th annual Junction Arts Festival (September 9 - 13, 2009) presents a mosaic of unique visual, dance, literary and musical arts, and performance artists are everywhere, winding and weaving their way in and out of 'Red Hot Art Spots' (shops, galleries and restaurants) and on the street; Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13.

Performance artists will be found all along Dundas Street West, from Keele Street to Quebec Avenue, and are featured in three categories (exact places and/or times, to be discovered):

• Street Performance Artists: Dance, Performance Art and Comedy;
• Travelling Minstrels
• Community Stage

Junction Arts Festival creative producer Michael Menegon states, "People of all ages experience and discover performances, which, in these unique settings, they might not otherwise see anywhere else. This may be the one element that no other festival in Toronto has to offer."

Street Performance Artists - Dance:

• Hercinia Arts Collective - "Urban Growth" is a guerrilla aerial based performance, where roaming acrobatic performers (dressed as plant life) execute parkour-infused dance on found objects/structures.
• Gadfly - Head choreographers Apolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Portillo discover the true essence of passion using hip-hop, contemporary, vogue, jazz, B-boyin', locking, house and acrobatics.
• r.a.d. - Festival favourites Random Acts of Dance, return for the third year roaming Dundas West and exposing the crowd to their colourful improvised pieces.
• Aaron Water - Performing from New York City to Montreal, Water is an expert in mime, robot and hip hop popping dance and will draw on ballet, martial arts and African dance.
• Jay9 Dance Projects - Created by Jannine Saarinen, Jay9 Dance will present "Faerie-Go-Round"; a dance theatre piece involving two performers (whose look is inspired by the artwork of Brian Froud) portraying fun and flighty faeries.
• Angola Murdoch - A veteran in movement including capoeira and aerial dance, Murdoch presents "Look Up Theatre", where the Energy Triplets (using a low-rider bike and each other) are circus acrobats searching to balance the earth.

Note: The dancers will also be scheduled in to perform on the community stage (times, TBA).

Street Performance Artists - Performance Art:

• Art Fuzion - While the audience watches, a group of five artists, "Fuzionists", use the free-style drawing approach and collaborate to create a single, free flowing and improvised piece.
• Annie Si-Wing Tung - York University BFA honours graduate Tung paints, while a jazz combo (keyboardist, vocalist, percussionist, bassist) plays and the improvised collaboration demonstrates how artists can influence each other.

Street Performance Artists - Comedy:

Bain and Bernard - Toronto's vaudeville comedy duo present "Bain & Bernard & Son's, You've Never Seen Anything Like It Show!"

Travelling Minstrels:
Seven travelling minstrels (groups and soloists) perform throughout the weekend along Dundas West in various indoor and outdoor locations;

• Doin' Time (duo, Ramblin' Reg and Five Fingers Pete)
• Courtney Farquhar
• Samantha Martin
• ZimZum (jazz quartet, Colin Flint, Ian Lazarus, Louise Le Coche, Mark Teixeira)
• Heather Chappell and Vincent Peets
• Maneli Jamal
• Adam Wilson and Ayron Mortley

Community Stage:
Located on the Junction City Square train platform (2960 Dundas St. West at Pacific Ave.), community groups perform daily from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - exact group times, TBA;

• Fit2Dance
• High Park Martial Arts
• Hip Kik Belly Dance
• Rhythm and Motion (ballroom, tango)
• Vivace Studios (Joanne Camilleri belly dance)

Please Note: Further festival details and more artist announcements are coming soon.
For schedule updates please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

Attracting 200,000 visitors in 2008, the Junction Arts Festival (produced by the Junction Forum for Art and Culture) takes place along Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue, and features five free days of artistry and innovation; Visual Art Exhibits (Sept. 9 to 13), Live Music Concerts (Sept. 11 and 12), and during the weekend - Street Performance Artists, Literary Artists, KidZone, Green Village and Artisan/Vendor Market (Sept. 12 and 13).

The 2009 Junction Arts Festival is generously supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area and the active involvement from Junction area businesses and residents.
The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is a non-profit arts presenting organization and its main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. The hands-on JFAC Board of Directors, chaired by Councillor Bill Saundercook, consists of dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians, all of whom are based in the Junction.

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For media information, interviews and photos please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist; 2009 Junction Arts Festival
GET THE MESSAGE Publicity
Tel: 416-988-2530 / E-mail: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Website: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general and vendor information, please contact:
2009 Junction Arts Festival office
Tel: 416-767-5036 / E-mail: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Website: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Toronto Tourism News: 18/08: JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL
Junction Arts Festival Blog: Information on the festival as it is created WEAVING MOSAICS
The Arts Junction: Press-Release: The 2009 Junction Arts Festival Sends out Call to Artists
The Arts Junction: Press-Release: 2009 Junction Arts Festival: Weaving Mosaics! - Toronto’s one-of-a-kind arts fest takes over Dundas West, September 9 to 13
The Arts Junction: Press-Release: Junction Arts Festival - Weaving Mosaics: A Creative Adventure of Vast Proportions; September 9 to 13, 2009
The Arts Junction: Press-Release: The Junction Arts Festival - Justin Rutledge concert, with Jason Collett & The Beauties, September 12, 2009
The Arts Junction: Press-Release: The Junction Arts Festival - Street Performance Artists are everywhere and they're sizzling hot! - September 12 and 13

Press-Release: The Junction Arts Festival - Justin Rutledge concert, with Jason Collett & The Beauties, September 12, 2009

Press-Release: The Junction Arts Festival - Justin Rutledge concert,
with Jason Collett & The Beauties, September 12, 2009
Credit: junctionartsfest.com

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THE JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL:

Justin Rutledge concert, with Jason Collett & The Beauties, September 12, 2009

Toronto, ON, August 13, 2009 - The 17th annual Junction Arts Festival (September 9 - 13, 2009) presents a mosaic of unique visual, dance, literary and musical arts, where internationally renowned singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge plays headliner and host to a special night of rockin' country music, friends and live collaboration on Saturday, September 12 at 7:00 p.m.

The concert will feature specially invited guests Arts & Crafts recording artist Jason Collett and The Beauties, and will take place on the outdoor festival main stage in the Junction City Square (2960 Dundas Street West at Pacific Avenue).

Proud Junction native Justin Rutledge states, "I've witnessed the Junction grow over the years into a community teeming with creative businesses and a vibrant cultural core. The Junction Arts Festival is, in my opinion, Toronto's best street fest. The great spirit of the festival represents the optimism and renewed energy of one of Toronto's oldest and greatest neighbourhoods. Please come celebrate it with us."

Juno nominated Rutledge, who has crafted three albums to critical acclaim; No Never Alone (2005), The Devil On A Bench In Stanley Park (2006) and Man Descending (2008), is equally famous for his mesmerizing live performances and will be supported by his band; Bazil Donovan (bass), David Baxter (guitar), Blake Manning (drums) and Burke Carroll (steel).

Jason Collett, whose sentimentality for songwriting and ability to capture daily life with his own classic poetic style, is an artist that Rutledge looks forward to performing with for the first time.

A key figure in Toronto's indie scene and a member of Broken Social Scene, Jason Collett recently released his newest solo album Here's To Being Here (2008), as the anticipated follow-up to 2005's critically acclaimed Idols of Exile.

Collett explains, "I feel this is a Rock 'n Roll music record. Rock 'n Roll music encompasses all sorts of influences - country, blues, gospel... all those things, and I'm just part of that tradition."

The Beauties are a group of prolific musicians made up of Darin McConnell, Jud Ruhl, Shawn Creamer, Paul Pfisterer, Derek Downham and The Bogoo, who, every Sunday night are the house band at Toronto's Dakota Tavern (a favourite hangout of Justin Rutledge) for a night of tar-kickin', twang-rockin', spirits and barn-dancin'.

Please Note: Further festival details and more artist announcements are coming soon.
For schedule updates please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

Attracting 200,000 visitors in 2008, the Junction Arts Festival, produced by the Junction Forum for Art and Culture, takes place along one kilometre of Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue, and features five free days of artistry and innovation; Visual Art Exhibits (September 9 to 13), Live Music Concerts (September 11 and 12), and the Street Performance Artists, Literary Artists, KidZone, Green Village and Artisan/Vendor Market (during weekend street closure, September 12 and 13).
The 2009 Junction Arts Festival is generously supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area and the active involvement from Junction area businesses and residents.
The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is a non-profit arts presenting organization and its main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. The hands-on JFAC Board of Directors, chaired by Councillor Bill Saundercook, consists of dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians, all of whom are based in the Junction.

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For media information, interviews and photos please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist; 2009 Junction Arts Festival
GET THE MESSAGE Publicity
Tel: 416-988-2530 / E-mail: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Website: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general and vendor information, please contact:
2009 Junction Arts Festival office
Tel: 416-767-5036 / E-mail: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Website: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

Press-Release: Junction Arts Festival - Weaving Mosaics: A Creative Adventure of Vast Proportions

Press-Release: The Junction Arts Festival: Weaving Mosaics: A creative adventure of vast proportions; September 9 to 13, 2009
Credit: junctionartsfest.com

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THE JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL

Weaving Mosaics: A creative adventure of vast proportions; September 9 to 13, 2009

Toronto, ON, July 21, 2009 - Like a mosaic, the 2009 Junction Arts Festival (produced by the Junction Forum for Art and Culture, JFAC) will weave a multitude of eclectic cultural and artistic elements together to create one big celebration; September 9 to 13 in Toronto's west-end Junction neighbourhood.

Now in its 17th year and attracting 200,000 visitors in 2008, the Junction Arts Festival takes place along one kilometre of Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue, and features five days of unique artistry and innovation presented in many unusual ways; Visual Art Exhibits (September 9 to 13), Live Music Concerts (September 11 and 12), and the Street Performance Artists, Literary Artists, KidZone, Green Village and the Artisan/Vendor Market (happen during the weekend street closure on Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13).
The Junction City Square at 2960 Dundas Street West at Pacific Avenue is the epicentre to all activities. Its train platform (specially built for the 2008 Junction Centennial, based on the CPR train station that once stood at Annette and Dupont) acts as the main stage this year, where, as a festival highlight, Junction native, acclaimed singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge will present a special evening of music with invited guests (Saturday, September 12 at 9:00 p.m., guests TBA).
JFAC Chair Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto) states, "It is the Junction Forum for Art and Culture's honour to present the very successful annual Junction Arts Festival, on behalf of the entire Junction community. This year, while we integrate a variety of extraordinary artists from many sources, we also continue to showcase the incredible pool of talent and creative brilliance available to us in our own neighbourhood."

Escapade of discoveries:

• Visual Art Exhibits: The 2009 Juried Art Exhibit will showcase this year's 75 entrants at the Academy of Realist Art (2968 Dundas St. W.), plus established and impromptu galleries along Dundas West present additional artists for the full five days (Sept. 9 to 13).
  Visual highlights also include many extraordinary installation artists such as Robert Hilts and Reid English; placed in outdoor and indoor locations during the weekend street closure (Sept. 12 & 13).
• Live Music Concerts: The Junction City Square's train platform (the Main Stage) will host two nights of live music performances; Afrobeat band Mr. Something Something headlines the Friday evening concert (Sept. 11) and Americana troubadour Justin Rutledge and friends headlines the Saturday evening show (Sept. 12).
• Street Performance Artists: There will be dance, theatre, live painting, music and comedy performers winding there way in and out of Dundas West shops and buildings (Sept. 12 & 13).
  Highlights include festival faves Toronto comedy duo Bain & Bernard (second year), and dance troupe r.a.d. (random acts of dance) return for the third time.
  Additionally, many travelling minstrels (soloists or groups) will strum and hum in unanticipated settings along Dundas West.
• Literary Artists: Back for the second year with an increased presence and sponsored for the first time by Junction publishing company BookThug (http://www.bookthug.ca/), the literary component will feature over 20 writers and poets, who will present public readings in unusual and experimental ways; including using megaphones from rooftops and roaming paperboys (Sept. 12 & 13).
• The KidZone: Centrally located for 2009 on Pacific Avenue at Dundas West, the KidZone is a fun zone featuring family-friendly arts, painting and interactive design workshops, a giant slide, a jumping castle, a sports complex and more (Sept. 12 & 13).
• The Green Village: Leading the march of the third annual Green Village participants is the green conscious, bicycle powered Afrobeat band Mr. Something Something, who encourages audience cooperation to demonstrate their pedal powered sound system, the SoundCycle.
  The area also presents materials, talks and workshops on environmental initiatives (Sept. 12 & 13).
  The Junction Arts Festival practices reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the entire location.
• Artisan/Vendor Market: Creative types, artisans and yummy food and drink vendors make for interesting and fun weekend shopping (Sept. 12 & 13).
• The Junction City Square: It's the spot for the weekend beer tent, the Main Stage evening concerts and the weekend daily community group performances and more (2960 Dundas St. W.).

Please Note: Further details and more artist announcements are coming soon. For schedule updates and to access the new Junction Arts Festival Blog please visit regularly at
http://www.junctionartsfest.com/.

The 17th annual Junction Arts Festival is generously supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area and the active involvement from Junction area businesses and residents.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is a non-profit arts presenting organization and its main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. The hands-on JFAC Board of Directors consists of dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians, all of whom are based in the Junction.

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For media information and interviews, please contact:
Laurie Lockhart, Publicist
Tel: 416-988-2530 / E-mail: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Website: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general and vendor information, please contact:
2009 Junction Arts Festival office
Tel: 416-767-5036 / E-mail: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Website: http://www.junctionartsfest.com/
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Press-Release: 2009 Junction Arts Festival: Weaving Mosaics!
Press-Release: The 2009 Junction Arts Festival Sends out Call to Artists

Call to Artists Toronto Junction Arts Festival 2008: Juried Art Exhibit

The Junction Arts Festival - September 3 to 7, 2008

Snapshot: junctonartsfest.com Call to Artists

This year the Junction is celebrating its 100th anniversary marking its incorporation as West Toronto in 1908. Celebrations are being planned all year, but none as big as the annual Junction Arts Festival.

Our aim is to organize the artistic line-up keeping in mind, but not limited to, the festival theme – Historic Mind / Modern Eye. At a time when we are celebrating the Junction's past we do so with one eye on the present and one on the future. The interpretations, visions, stories, hopes and dreams presented will transform this theme into a reality and help define who we are. The Junction.

We are currently accepting applications for the following categories -
Juried Visual Art Exhibit; Street Performing Artists; Art Installations;
KIDZone/Junction Community Stage; Writers and Readings; and Music.
Get your application at www.junctionartsfest.com

JURIED ART EXHIBIT

Over 75 top artists in three fields; painting/drawing - sculpture/mixed media & photography will be feature in the top Junction Gallery settings.

Need application assistance? Have any questions?
Contact Michael Menegon, Festival Producer,
416-767-5036 or junctionartsfest@on.aibn.com

Please send application to:
Junction Arts Festival
Juried Art Exhibition
3042 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON, M6P 1Z3

links:
artshow.com: Juried Art Exhibitions
toronto arts council.com: Grant Programs: Community Arts, Dance, Literary, Music, Theatre, Visual and Media Art

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