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Volume 22 - Issue 1 - March 2016

The Artists Resale Right

A drawing by Jean-Louis Forain published in a Parisian newspaper in 1920 to support the original Droit de Suite. Illustrated is a
beggar and his child outside an auction house where the fathers painting is being resold for a high price.

Features: The Artists Resale Right & its Effect on Canadian Artists | The
Artists Resale Right: Advocacy for Fair Compensation | Tax Tip - Your Tax
Questions Answered!
Plus: CARFAC Ontario Members Exhibition Listings | Grants Calendar | Keeping
you connected ... Local News from Across the Province

Content:
Executive Directors Report | P 1
Presidents Report | P 2
The Artists Resale Right and Its Effect on Canadian
Artists | by Dana Kalisky | P 3
Tax Tip - Your Tax Questions Answered! | by
Sunny Widerman | P 4
The Artists Resale Right: Advocacy for Fair
Compensation | by Caitlin Lapea | P 5
Keeping you connected ... Local News from Across
the Province | P 8
CARFAC Ontario Members Exhibition Listings |
P 10

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Grants Calendar | P 15

Meet Our New Intern

Caitlin Lapea, Administrative and Archival Intern
Caitlin Lapea graduated from Queens University with an Honours
Bachelor of Fine Art in 2014 and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies
at Humber College in Arts Administration and Cultural Management. She
is a visual artist working in mixed media and painting, combining issues
of femininity with the abject. Over the past year, she has volunteered and
interned with the Art Gallery of Mississauga, The Artists Newsstand and
Nuit Blanche.

The Visual Artists' The Visual Artists Guide to Estate Planning examines the steps that you can
take towards generating a strong artistic legacy that has persistent visibility and
Guide to
state Planning
By Karilynn Ming Ho for CARFAC Ontario

Published by CARFAC Ontario

protection. It is meant as a guide to maximize the potential of your work, and to

minimize the complications that come with the process.
Members Price: $32.25 (Book: $25 + GST: $1.25 + S&H: $6)
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Executive Directors Report

The first quarter of 2016
has been a very busy
one for everyone at the
CARFAC Ontario office.
We bid a fond farewell to
Administrative Assistant
Bri Salmena, who had
originally joined us on
contract back in early
2014 as Publications
Assistant. We wish Bri all the best as her band
Frigs gets busy releasing music and touring
Europe in the coming months. Thankfully, 2015
Publications Assistant Venessa Harris was able
to stay on at the end of her contract to take on
Bris responsibilities in the newly created position
of Membership and Communications Coordinator.
We also took the opportunity to promote Victoria
Glizer to the position of Operations Manger. Victoria
first joined CARFAC Ontario as a volunteer in
February 2009 before being invited to join as a
staff member later that year. Over the past six
years, Victoria has moved steadily up the ranks
to take on increasing levels of responsibility, most
recently as Membership Manger, the title she held
before her recent promotion. Im also delighted to
introduce you to our latest intern, Caitlin Lapea,
who has been assisting us in managing our archives
and with general administration as part of her field
work component in the Arts Administration and
Cultural Management program at Humber College,
where she is currently enrolled.

From left to right: Yael Brotman (CARFAC Ontario President),

Julie Dzerowicz (MP Davenport), and Sally Lee (CARFAC
Ontario Executive Director)

and MP Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport). These two

meetings went well, with both MPs demonstrating
positive interest and assuring us that they would
have a more careful look at the issue while giving
serious consideration to our request that they
advocate for the ARR among their colleagues in
Ottawa. Special thanks to our Board President
Yael Brotman for making it a priority to attend
both the above meetings and artist Joanna Strong
for stepping forward to get us in the door and
attending the meeting with MP Julie Dabrusin,
who is her federal representative. Yael and I will
be meeting with MP Adam Vaughan (Spadina-Fort
York, the riding for our office) in April, together with
Darrah from CARFAC National, who was a longtime resident of the riding. A number of additional
artists and members have indicated their interest
in meeting with their MP to advocate for the ARR
and we look forward to providing more updates as
we move forward.

CARFAC National has also seen a personnel

shuffle, with Marcia Lea stepping in as Interim
Executive Director while Executive Director April
Britski takes maternity leave. Darrah Teitel has
also been hired as the new Communications and
Advocacy Director, replacing Melissa Gruber, who
will be missed.
With MPs settled in on Parliament Hill following
last falls election, we have resumed our lobbying
efforts around the Artists Resale Right, with
visits to MP Julie Dabrusin (Toronto-Danforth)

Sally Lee
Executive Director

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Presidents Report
Please read the following articles about the ARR,
what it means for you and the benefit you may
attain from it in the future. Included is a discussion
of how you can engage in the push to achieve it.
Sally (Executive Director Sally Lee) and I have
been visiting various new Liberal MPs in the GTA
to discuss the issues with them around the ARR
and to get them to commit their support once this
is introduced in the legislature. CARFAC National
and all the affiliates are meeting with MPs in their
provinces as well. We have had very encouraging
meetings with the new MPs they are supportive
of the idea and wonder why this has not been
instituted already. Its been fun to meet them and
discuss the presence of the art community in their
ridings.

Dear members,
We have all just come through
a winter that was intense
and unpredictable. There was
a difficult flu going around,
people suffered headaches
from the strange changeability
of the weather; artists worked
hard in their studios toward exhibitions and at jobs
that support their time in the studio. Now with the
arrival of spring, it feels like a good time for a deep
cleaning and a reassessment. In other words, the
cleaning up is both a physical act and an intellectual
exercise. It is essential that after an exhibition has
been mounted or after a concentrated period of
work time in ones studio, you should re-organize
the work and storage areas within your studio. But
it is also important to look through older work to
reacquaint yourself with what you were thinking
about in previous bodies of work and to consider
where you think you are going conceptually.

So while you are organizing your workspace and

thinking about the trajectory of your practice, think
about where you are now and what you will need
in the future to maintain your practice. CARFAC
believes that you as a self-employed artist should
receive a small percentage if your work sells in the
secondary market. It is only fair, since the increased
value of your work is based upon your blossoming
reputation as an artist.

In a future issue of Dispatch we will focus on

personal and institutional archiving, which is one
outcome of spring-cleaning on a micro and macro
level. But in this issue we are focusing on another
aspect basic to artists rights and the ability to
continue practicing income equality. While you
are growing your practice and your reputation
and, therefore, the value of your work, CARFAC
is working hard on your behalf to get the Federal
Government to add a clause to the Copyright Act
of Canada about the Artists Resale Right.

Artists'
ontracts
Agreements for
Visual and Media Artists

Happy spring, everyone!

Yael

Artists Contracts: Agreements for Visual and Media Artists is a

comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to the dos and donts of
written contracts. Artists Contracts is a valuable resource to all artists,
emerging and established, on their legal rights.
Print Version:
Member Price : $58.25 (Book: $45 + GST: $2.25 + S&H: $11)
Non-Member Price : $79.25 (Book: $65 + GST: $3.25 + S&H: $11)

by Paul Sanderson & Ronald N. Hier

"The more artists use these contracts, the
greater will be their general acceptance by
galleries, community organizations, dealers
and other institutions.
- Robin Pacic, Artist

Published by CARFAC Ontario

Electronic Version:
Member Price : $47.25 (Pdf: $45 + GST: $2.25)
Non-Member Price : $68.25 (Pdf: $65 + GST: $3.25)
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The Artists Resale Right

and its Effect on Canadian Artists
by Dana Kalisky
Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Drake, Rachel
McAdams, and Celine Dion all Canadian artists,
who each benefit from their respective fields through
artist royalties. How is it that almost everyone who
creates art has access to these rights apart from
those in the fine visual arts, arguably the most direct
form of creativity within the arts? While writers
and performing artists have the benefit of earning
enormously from their copyright protected work
such as books and DVDs, visual artists usually
create singular works, making it more difficult to
financially benefit from any additional uses of such
works. CARFAC and RAAV have taken initiative
by raising awareness to the Minister of Canadian
Heritage and requesting that the Artists Resale
Right (ARR) be included to the Copyright Act.

It is proposed that any works sold for $1,000 CAD

and above are to be eligible for the ARR. This will
guarantee a 5% flat rate of the gross sale prior to
taxation that is to be collected from the art market
professional selling the work in the secondary
market through collective management who will
then direct the funds to the artist. Lets take a look
at a fictitious example: Jane is a painter selling
works directly out of her studio while struggling
to find gallery representation. A friend introduced
her work to a colleague who bargained the price
down to $1,200, a fraction of the $2,400 she usually
sells for, but times are tough and rent is due. Fastforward 15 years and Jane is a successful midcareer artist with representation in both Canada
and the United States. The original buyer decides
to put the painting up for auction knowing that it will
amass a great profit and sell for $40,000. Under
current legislation, Jane has no access to any of
these earnings, which doesnt make any sense to
her, and rightly so.

Currently, the Copyright Act holds many of the

same terms that the ARR would include, such as
the types of artworks to be covered, the eligibility
of the artists and their heirs, and the recognition of
the artists moral rights of authorship. This proposal
matches a precedent set with a variety of countries
including many members of the European Union,
thus allowing consultation with other nations when
drafting and implementing these rights going
forward.

Canadas Indigenous artists would most likely

gain the most from the ARR, as they live in some
of the countrys most impoverished and isolated
communities. Although their artworks are recognized
internationally, the community rarely ever sees any
profits because the majority of the sales are made
in the secondary market. The visual art market is a
primary driving force of the Indigenous community
and both their artists and government are supportive
of the ARR. Furthermore, senior artists should also
be taken into consideration, as they tend to earn
the lowest with those over the age of 65 having
median earnings of $5,000 with 32% of these elder
artists at high financial risk. It is common belief that
established artists are well-to-do in their old age,
but this isnt so if the value of their artworks only
soar in price after the primary sale.

It is no secret that, on average, fine artists earn

relatively low salaries, making it sometimes impossible
to rely on their primary work for consistent income.
The ARR would allow artists to continue earning
through the sale of their works in the secondary
market. While this may not affect artists without
works currently being resold, it protects them for any
incurred inflation in their futures. It is proposed that
these rights be available to all Canadian citizens
and permanent residents whose work is protected
under the Act, including paintings, drawings,
photographs, and sculptures. Furthermore, these
rights will be respected to international artists
residing in Canada whose home countries respect
this legislation. It is important to note that the
ARR are non-transferable and continue within the
usual copyright limitation period of 50 years after
an artists death as a mode of maintaining their
estate.

Lets talk about a less obvious but important

benefit that the ARR would provide Canada with:
international reciprocity. 93 countries have already
adopted the ARR, yet Canada, a leader in so many
other fields, is lagging behind in protection for our
artists. The European Union has been on board
since 2012, Australia since 2009, and California

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since 1977, while a federal bill is being pushed in the

rest of the United States, China, and Switzerland.
The ARR would only strengthen our relationships
with international trade partners with no additional
costs for the government to take on, as it is not a
tax but a copyright royalty.

over the world have made this a simple and quick

adjustment. Costs will be a minimum within the rest
of the Canadian art market, which many believe are
worthwhile for the benefit of the artist. It is important
that we recognize the value of our artists and allow
them to earn fairly from their work.

The majority of contemporary artists and members

of the art market are in support of the Artists
Resale Rights, and it is critical to continue putting
pressure on the government to implement them in
the near future. Guidelines through precedents all

Source:
CARFAC. Policy Proposition: Recommendations for an
Artists Resale Right in Canada.
www.carfac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ArtistResale-Right-Proposal-Oct-2015.pdf

Tax Tip - Your Tax Questions Answered !

by Sunny Widerman

one year, and the payoff comes in a later year. The

money you receive for selling reproductions isnt a
direct fee paid for a service, not the way you might
get paid for an original artwork.

How are reproduction

royalties treated for tax
purposes?

Tax law has different rules for earned income

versus investment income, which is why the tax
return usually separates these two kinds of income.
Royalties on your own work fall into either category
depending on how you look at them, so you have
the option of reporting them either way.

The short answer is that they are treated as part of

business/professional income, just like all the other
fees-for-artistic-services.
However it should be noted that royalties can
alternately be seen as a form of investment income,
and accordingly are sometimes reported via a T5
slip -- the same kind of slip that reports your interest
earned on a bank account, for example.

For most artists, reporting royalties as part of

business income is preferred, because it means the
income boosts your pensionable earnings and your
RRSP contribution limit, as well as the perceived
legitimacy of your business. Reporting royalties
as part of investment income has none of these
advantages.

In fact, T5 income of all kinds is much more likely to

be declared as investment income than as earned
income (i.e., income that is paid to you in return
for work, which includes income earned through a
salary, or through business).

~~~~
Sunny Widerman heads Personal Tax Advisors, a
tax preparation and consultation firm with strong
ties to the artistic community. Since 2002, she has
been providing tax services and practical advice
in a calming, judgment-free environment. Visit
www.personaltaxadvisors.ca to learn more and to
sign up for the free Two Minute Tax Tips newsletter.

Its important to know this, because sometimes

CRA will become confused when they have a T5 on
file, but dont see the income reflected where they
expect it, which is with all the other T5 income.
Why are royalties treated like investment income?
Because the work you do on the piece is invested in

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The Artists Resale Right:

Advocacy for Fair Compensation
by Caitlin Lapea
When an artists work is sold through an auction
house or commercial gallery with no compensation
for the creatorintellectual and creative integrity
is devalued. There is an essential relationship
between makers and their objects, and when a
work is resold with no repayment to the artist, there
is a break within that bond. Visual artists deserve
to participate in the economic success of the art
market through their artistic achievements. Over
time, artists reputations often grow and their work
appreciates in cost, without reward for the artist. The
absence of an Artists Resale Right in the Canadian
art marketplace is affecting the precarious livelihood
of artists.

Nunavut arts and crafts set its economic impact at

$52 million spent per year on Inuit art. This does
not include wholesale sales, and many of these
transactions were made in the resale market.2
Marcel Barbeau, a Governor General Award winning
artist from Montreal, would have received $3,750
on his work Ouvri, resold in May 2008. One of the
works I produced in 1956, which I had given to a
friend was sold by his heir at auction for $75,000. I
did not receive one cent from this sale. Others are
getting rich on my works, while my situation remains
very insecure at 85 years of age.3 Many artists have
to juggle several sources of income to support their
practice. Half of all visual artists in Canada earn less
than $18,000 a year. Senior visual artists (over 65)
are only earning around $5,000, and 32% of this
sector is living in financial risk.4

CARFAC and RAAV are currently campaigning to

bring the Artists Resale Right to Canada through
legislation that would make additions to the
Copyright Act of Canada. In short, the artist would
receive 5% on a public sale of their work in the
secondary market on any value over $1,000. In this
way, creators earn a fair share from the resale of
their works, a royalty that is only a small percentage
of the resale price. This modest compensation can
be an incredibly important source of income for
visual artists, half of whom earn less than $18,000 in
Canada. If the Artists Resale right is implemented,
artists still profit from international sales in countries
where the ARR exists. Reciprocal arrangements
are made with countries where the work is sold and
the artist receives their portion of the sale through
collections agencies.

If the Artists Resale Right were to be legislated

in Canada, most royalties would range from a
few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Although
not every artists work will enter the secondary
market, those whose works do, will benefit from fair
compensation.5 The money an artist would receive
from the resale of their works is a critical source of
income.6 At least 93 countries have implemented
the Artists Resale Right, the first of which was
France in the 1920s.7 The entire European Union
and most recently, Australia, are included in this
number. Between 2010 and 2012, Australian artists
have received over $600,000 in royalties from
the ARR, and more than 60% of those artists are
Indigenous.8

The Artists Resale Right will also provide income

equality for senior artists and Indigenous artists.
Seniors may not be physically able to make work as
they had in the past, and as self-employed artists,
are often without private pensions to see them safely
through their retirements. Canadian Indigenous
artists, many who reside in northern and remote
communities, often sell their work to middlemen at
low prices. Indigenous artists have an established
identity in the art market. Once their art reaches
top tier or international markets, their works value
increases, and if supported by the ARR they would
receive payment from reciprocal agreements with
the countries the works are sold.1 A 2010 study of

Artists need to speak with their local Members of

Parliament to increase awareness, and encourage
them to enshrine resale rights into the law.
Awareness can be raised by simply participating
through email--CARFAC Nationals website
provides a web form to contact local MPs with an
advocacy pitch. However, meeting with an MP is
the best way to make progress on this issue, and
the more MPs know about the resale right, the
faster it can be passed as legislation that makes
changes to the Copyright Act. Since the election,
artists of all kinds are renewing their efforts to

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demand increased recognition and respect from

their government. Now is a great time to excite
politicians around the Artists Resale Right.
Tips for Meeting with a Member of Parliament
Inform a staff member at CARFAC when booking a
meeting with a Member of Parliament. Beforehand,
research the riding and party so the presentation
is directed specifically. It is helpful to prepare an
organized agenda in advance, as well as a shorter
version in case the meeting is time-sensitive.
Members of Parliament are often very busy and can
meet for usually 30 minutes maximum. If more than
one person is attending the meeting, agree who will
speak, keep notes, or take time.
Start the meeting with why the Artists Resale
Right is a notable issue in the artists community.
Use personal and local anecdotes and success
stories to support information. This is a persuasive
way to engage with the MP and convey why the
Artists Resale Right is a significant topic. The ask
Will you write a letter of support to the Heritage
Minister? can be framed around the MPs critic or
cabinet portfolio, the committees they serve on,
or the needs and priorities of their constituents.
During the conversation, try to secure a verbal
commitment from the MP. Be sure to learn the
contact details of which staff member to address
for follow-up. Do not be afraid to let the MP know
if you are not sure about the answer to one of their
questions. Accurate answers to their questions
can be sent back to them during a follow-up email.

From left to right: Yael Brotman (CARFAC Ontario Board

President) , Joanna Strong (artist), Julie Dabrusin (MP) and
Sally Lee (CARFAC Ontario Executive Director)

Board President Yael Brotman to meet with her

Member of Parliament, Julie Dabrusin, MP for the
riding of Toronto-Danforth. Strongs motivation for
supporting the Artist Resale Right is a matter of
justice for creators who have made famous pieces
of work. It doesnt make sense that artists, unlike
writers or musicians who get royalties on sales,
get no money when the images they created
become more recognized and valuable and resold for greater and greater sums. They should
get a percentage of the increasing value; they
created the image in the first place! Strong says.
I am particularly grateful that CARFAC has taken
this on and is lobbying on behalf of the right of
Canadian visual artists to benefit from their own
valuable work.

After the meeting is over, provide the MP with

informative handouts, which are provided on the
CARFAC website. It is also important to thank
the MP at the meeting, and vocalize appreciation
for their time and support. Send the MP a thank
you letter to remind them of the commitment they
made. Continuation of the relationship between
MP and constituent beyond the meeting is strong
way to keep the conversation going. Attend events
hosted by local MPs such as town halls, as well
as inviting the MPs to arts events relevant to their
community. Human interaction and consistency
is the best way to remind an MP about the
significance of the Artist Resale Right. CARFAC
also has a Meeting Report to track support and
assist with any follow up after the meeting.9

Some Canadian galleries and auctioneers, such as

Cube Gallery in Ottawa and Ritchies in Toronto are
voluntarily implementing the Artists Resale Right as
a matter of principal. If the ARR were implemented
in Canada, artists would be acknowledged as key
contributors to their works value. It would provide
senior artists support and financial independence
for their later years when they are not able to
produce work with the same kind of consistency.
Indigenous artists would also benefit hugely from
sales of their work both in Canada and abroad with
reciprocal arrangements. Conversation about the
Artists Resale Right needs to keep being raised
in order to bring about change in governmentto
support and honour the work of valued Canadian
artists.

Artist Joanna Strong was accompanied by

CARFAC Ontario Executive Director Sally Lee and

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References

news/2013/05/28/the-artists-resale-right-the-impact-onartists/

1 CARCC. The Artists Resale Right in Canada.

Accessed March 2016. http://www.carcc.ca/artist-resaleright.html

6 CARFAC. Frequently Asked Questions about the

Artists Resale Right. Accessed March 2016. http://www.
carfac.ca/news/2013/05/14/frequently-asked-questionsand-misconceptions-about-the-artists-resale-right/

2 CARFAC. Policy Proposition: Recommendations for an

Artists Resale Right in Canada. Accessed March 2016.
http://www.carfac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ArtistResale-Right-Proposal-Oct-2015.pdf

7 CARCC. The Artists Resale Right in Canada.

Accessed March 2016. http://www.carcc.ca/artist-resaleright.html

3 CARFAC. Policy Proposition: Recommendations for an

Artists Resale Right in Canada. Accessed March 2016.
http://www.carfac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ArtistResale-Right-Proposal-Oct-2015.pdf

8 CARFAC. The Artists Resale Right: The Impact on

Artists. Accessed March 2016. http://www.carfac.ca/
news/2013/05/28/the-artists-resale-right-the-impact-onartists/

4 CARFAC. Recent Resales and Comments from the

Artists. Accessed March 2016. http://www.carfac.ca/
initiatives/help-bring-the-artists-resale-right-to-canada/
recent-resales-and-comments-from-the-artists/

9 CARFAC. Tips for Meeting with Decision Makers.

Accessed March 2016. http://www.carfac.ca/wp-content/
uploads/2011/11/Internal-Tips-for-Meeting-with-MPs.pdf

5 CARFAC. The Artists Resale Right: The Impact on

Artists. Accessed March 2016. http://www.carfac.ca/

Email your MP about the Artists Resale Right. For more information:
www.carfac.ca/initiatives/help-bring-the-artists-resale-right-to-canada

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Keeping you connected ...

Local News from Across the Province
Victoria Ward from the Peterborough area

in 1935 along with new Local Store, slated to open

this spring in a restored 19th century dairy barn.

Haliburton County-based SPARC (Supporting

Performance Arts in Rural Communities) was granted
$500,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to
grow their event & they are looking for an event
coordinator. The Canoe Museum in Peterborough
picked their architect for their new building;
Heneghan Pang & Kearns Mancini will develop the
new museum in a new location. Many local galleries
and arts organizations have concerns regarding the
Canada Council for the Arts New Funding Model.

Spark Box Studio, a charming artist residency

run by Queens University grads, Chrissy Poitras
and Kyle Topping, offers a focused environment
to encourage the cultivation of new ideas. Every
year, twelve emerging artists, aged 19-35 receive
a free one week residency! Submission deadline
for next years awards will be in the fall. Current off
site projects include mini-gallery cabinets featuring
The Littlest Print Exchange from all over the world,
and community based fort building workshops
at the Drake Devonshire Hotel. The Drake is also
featuring an icefishing hut painted by Artist BirdO
in collaboration with Bay of Quinte Living, and an
outdoor installation with collaborative team LeuWebb
Projects.

Clayton Windatt from the Nipissing region

It shouldnt be surprising that there are all sorts of
major developments taking place across Canada.
The new federal budget has got everyone buzzing
like bees as we wait with anticipation for the Canada
Council for the Arts to potentially receive double
their current funding. Many artists and arts groups
in Northeastern Ontario are wondering what that
increase could mean for them. As a more remote and
rural region of Canada with additional geographical
and socio-economic constraints than our urban
counterparts, can this funding news mean that help
is on the way? Perhaps, or perhaps not No matter
how things go for the Canada Council for the Arts,
one thing is clear; we have to be self-reliant and
focus on our own respective regions for development
and support. A big federal increase would be great,
but it will not solve any of the regional issues in our
communities. That job is our collective responsibility
and we must all remain diligent and determined.

For more information about the mentioned galleries

and initiatives please visit: www.local-pec.com
www.houseoffalconer.com | www.maddoggallery.ca
www.sparkboxstudio.com | www.drakedevonshire.ca
David W. Jones from Ottawa
It is always good to see opportunities for Ottawa
visual artists in CARFAC Ontarios weekly e-bulletin,
CARFAC Online. A recent opportunity is the City of
Ottawa Direct Purchase Program with its application
deadline fast approaching on April 4, 2016 at 8 pm.
You can find detailed information about it at http://
ottawa.ca/en/liveculture/direct-purchase-program
Construction continues on the Ottawa Art Gallery
(OAG) Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment.
Currently, the contractor is finishing the concrete
foundations of the parking levels and will begin the
OAGs concourse level, or first floor, in March. The
OAG has announced several major gifts associated
through their Art Now/ lart ici capital campaign
including $100,000 from current Board Chair
Lawson A. Hunter, and similar gifts from the McInnis
and Turnbull families of Ottawa. The Gallery also
recently celebrated a gift of $50,000 from the RBC
Emerging Artists Project to support the gallerys
ongoing commitment to fostering a new generation
of Indigenous artists and curators.
The Ottawa 2017 Arts, Culture and Heritage

Sophie De Francesca and Susan Wallis from

Prince Edward County
Celebration of local history is reflected in the
preservation and restoration of many of the historical
County homes and barns and is closely linked to the
local art scene. Alex Fida of the House of Falconer
offers pop-up studio space and hosts periodic art
shows in his quaint 1858, Victorian styled cottage in
Picton. Art in restored barns is also a unique County
experience. Mad Dog Gallery, which celebrates
26 years in the County, offers both group and solo
shows in their uniquely restored barn originally built

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Investment Program (Ottawa 2017 ACHIP) is a new,

one-time funding opportunity available to eligible
groups in Ottawas bilingual and culturally diverse
arts, cultural and heritage sectors for projects in
Ottawa celebrating Canadas sesquicentennial in
2017. The application deadline just closed at the
end of March and I am looking forward to seeing
which project is selected. More information about
the program is available at www.Ottawa2017.ca

of Monuments by Colin Lyons (April 29- June 11).

Colin Lyons exhibit is Artcites anchor exhibit for the
MayWorks Windsor Festival 2016.
MayWorks planning always creates synergy in
our community and the 2016 Festival is bringing
together original scripts and performances (A
Big Green Sky and A Workers Story), artists
and migrant workers mixed media project (After
Work), posters and mapping projects (Stories to
the Streets and Were Working on It), Artists are
Workers round table discussions, Artists of Colour
exhibition and a Cuban solidarity event.

Susan Gold Smith from the Windsor region

Mash ups, collaborations, innovative partnerships
and collective action are in the mix for the creative
activity in our region. Our alternative studios, regional
galleries, grant supported projects and festivals are
working with others to make art happen.
Levigator Press - Jodi Green along with Michelle
Soulliere are being funded by OAC and Windsor
Culture Heritage Funding for the project: Up the
Mesh Count: DIY Screen Printing for Musicians.

The Thames Gallery in Chatham and the

Leamington Art Gallery have an innovative nonjuried project, Breaking Barriers and is calling
for submissions from emerging artists on breaking
barriers, and overcoming marginalization and
poverty through creative practice.
Artcite and other arts groups, non profits and
charities including bingo proceeds among their
sources of income continue their class-action
lawsuit against the City of Windsor for what they say
have been excessive bingo licensing fees charged
by the City over the years. Artcite estimates that
the organization has seen the loss of $50,000 in
potential revenues since 2007 as a result. A judge
recently issued a cease and desist order to the City
which had launched a media campaign, including
billboards, encouraging groups to opt-out of the
class action suit. The judge said the campaign
created undue influence and said groups that had
opted out should be able to opt back in.

Another OAC funded collaboration project, My View,

will run parallel with Mail Art Correspondence
activities out of Centre[3] in Hamilton and in Windsors
one ten park: a working space. In Windsor, Susan
Gold will be partnering with Windsor Women Working
with Immigrant Women (W5).
one ten park will also install Light as a Feather, a
sci art installation, showcasing the scientific work
of artist/scientist Kewy Janisse, collaborating with
Collette Broeders and Susan Gold.
Exhibitions at Artcite Inc., Windsors artist run centre
for contemporary art include: Pink Room by Shannon
Scanlan (March 11 April 22) and A Modern Cult

Starving Artist
www.canvasfoundation.ca

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CARFAC Ontario Members Exhibition Listings

Any CARFAC Ontario member can be included in these free listings. The deadline for inclusion in the
next issue is Friday, May 14, 2016 for shows running during July, August and September 2016. Please
submit listings for shows running only during these months through the on-line form: http://tinyurl.com/
dispatch-exhibitions
The listing should include: your name; title of your show; gallerys address and contact information; date for
which the show will be on display; and a brief artists statement or description of the work. Your exhibition
listings will also be posted to the members section on our web site: www.carfacontario.ca

Maria Saracino

deliver a contemporary approach to the tradition of

landscape paintings, whose purpose was once to
accurately document places and events for historical
truthfulness. In contrast, this series aims to describe
an atmospheric sensation in relation to the sublimity of
landscapes and ultimately, to capture nature in its
authentic state through the human eyes filtering system consisting of fading memory and a sense of longing.

Moments in Time

Thursday, February 18 - Sunday, March 6, 2016

Orange Art Gallery
290 City Centre Drive, Ottawa ON K1R 6K7
Moments in Time is a collection of sculptures in polymer clay and textiles by figurative artist Maria
Saracino. Marias sculptures are about triggering a
memory, a feeling - they are familiar. Realistic and
whimsical, they explore everyday moments in everyday lives. My influences include Joe Fafard and Ron
Mueck, and I am often compared to Norman Rockwell.
Through sculpture I often channel his illustrative style
of capturing candid moments in time.

Margaret Rodgers
Crossign Borders 2

Friday, April 22 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Reception: Thursday, April 28 at 7:00pm
BluSeed Studios
24 Cedar Street, Saranac Lake, New York 12983,
United States

Oryst Sawchuk

The second phase of a dialogue that began at VAC

Clarington in 2015. For 2016, Canadian artists
exhibit at BluSeed. The artists travelling to BluSeed
Studios include Chai Duncan, Liz Parkinson, Janice
Taylor-Prebble, Sally Thurlow, Todd Tremeer, and
The Youmeus Project (Jean-Michel Komarnicki and
Helen Bajorek-MacDonald). In consideration of
locale, each artist explores a variation on the natural
world within a contemporary context. Project is
curated by Margaret Rodgers.

Precarious Work

Sunday, May 1 - Monday, August 1, 2016

Reception: Sunday, May 1 at 1:00pm
Gallery 6500
66 Brady Street, Sudbury ON P3C 1M7
Group show on the new normal, precarious work,
living from pay cheque to pay cheque, juggling a
multiple part time jobs, personal & family stress, and
living with exhaustion & fear.

Carole Cond and Karl Beveridge

Gabriela Avila-Yiptong
In the Beginning

Public Exposures: Art-Activism of Cond

+ Beveridge

Thursday, April 14, 2016 - Saturday, May 21, 2016

Reception: Thursday, April 14

Saturday, May 14 - Saturday, June 25, 2016

Reception: Saturday, May 14 at 2:00pm

Studio Sixty-Six
66 Muriel Street Unit 202, Ottawa ON K1S 4E1

A Space, Trinity Sq. Video

110-401 Richmond Street West, Toronto ON M5V 3A8

In the Beginning is a series that explores natural landscapes through contemporary painting. These works

A survey of the work of Carole Cond and Karl

Beveridge from the past 40 years.

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Taimi Poldmaa

Laurent L Vaillancourt

Friday, March 4, 2016 - Friday, April 22, 2016

Artists Talk: Friday, April 22, 2016 at 7:30pm

Tuesday, May 3 - Saturday, May 7, 2016

Artist Talk: Saturday, May 7 at 11:00am

A Northern Perspective

Fair of Alternative Art in Sudbury (FAAS5)

Temiskaming Art Gallery

325 Farr Drive, Hailebury ON P0J 1K0

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (GN-O)

Elgin/Medina parking lot in Downtown Greater
Sudbury, Sudbury ON P3E 4N5
http://gn-o.org/en/expo/faas5/

I am motivated by the colours and texture of rock

formations, the weathered colours of old wood, the
shapes and shadows of trees and plant life and the
sharp and soft edges of these images along the
coastal shores of Lake Superior. A Northern
Perspective is an exhibition of oil paintings that
encompasses the periphery of Lake Superior,
examining the geological phenomena from
Batchawana Bay, north to Pukaskwa National Park,
Nipigon, Red Rock and the South Western shores
in Michigan.

For the fifth FAAS, artists will occupy a parking lot in

the heart Downtown Sudbury. Each artist will work
with a canvas shelter that fits inside an individual
parking space.With a wink and a nod to the concept,
and a reference to the infamous magical
incantation,Abracadabra the GNO has nicknamed
the 5th FAAS Abricadabri (abri being the French
word for shelter). The concept of my work will be
determined on site.

Susan Gold Smith

Maralynn Cherry

Light as a Feather ; a sci art collaboration Kewy Janisse + Collette Broeders +

Susan Gold

Water Stations: A river pilgrimage

Sunday, April 24 - Sunday, May 22, 2016
Reception: Sunday, April 24 at 2:00pm

Monday, March 7, 2016 - Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington

143 Simpson Ave., Bowmanville ON L1C 3KB

one ten park : a working space

110 Park St West, Windsor ON N9A 7A5

I wander the landscape in search of the morphology of water, earth and rock. Each form becomes
a containment of force, a field of mnemonic knowledge. Just what is this desire to recreate from
natural forms? It is an unknown becoming, an in
reserve of what my body and mind witness.Taking
the river inside like a creature, an organism that
has invaded my mind. All its movements imprint
visions.

Artist, Kewy Janisses scientific work is celebrated in

a window installation at one ten park : a working
space. The three artists collaborate on the subject of
the nanostructure of iridescent feathers, refraction
and reflection. one ten park is an experimental community engaging art studio located in Windsors
downtown core. Kewy recently completed her masters thesis on this subject and this collaboration
introduces her scientific work to the artist community.

Susan Jephcott

Pat Durr

Outside the Envelope: Letters from Home

Annual May Art Show Four Friends

Exhibition

Alberta Printmakers Gallery

205 8th Avenue, Calgary AB T2G 3G3

Three Owls Studio & Gallery

151 Main St. East, Vankleek Hill ON K0B 1R0

A postcard sized abstract black and white relief

print in an edition of 10 prints. Two prints will be on
display and eight will be exchanged among participating artists.

Recent paintings from my Dream Blanket series

and new work from the Through The Looking
Glassseries will be exhibited for the first time...My
work is inspired by poetic phrases, dreams and
spontaneous streams of consciousness......the
images seem to come from another demension and

Saturday, May 21 - Sunday, May 22, 2016

Reception: Saturday, May 21 at 12:00pm

Wednesday, April 13 - Saturday, April 16, 2016

Reception: Friday, April 15 at 7:00pm

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are not always understood at first and can be

disturbing.I will be exhibiting with Robin Hutchinson,
potter, Maggie Roddan, ceramist and Marie Dumais,
landscape architect sculptor..

Phillida Hargreaves

Lauren McKinley Renzetti

Taylor Studios Gallery

285 King Street East, Kingston ON K7L 3B1

Sisters across the Atlantic, part 2

Wednesday, June 15 - Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Reception: Thursday, June 16 at 6:00pm

Textures of My Soul

Sunday, May 29 - Sunday, September 11, 2016

Reception: Sunday, June 5 at 12:00pm

Phillida Hargreaves and Kate Stewart are sisters separated by adult emigration. They are both textile artists
who have developed their work independently of each
other, an ocean apart. Their art has reached a surprisingly similar point despite this distance. This exhibition
is the second opportunity they have had to see their
work side by side, but their first joint show in Canada.

Neighbourhood Gallery, Neighbourhood Unitarian

Universalist Congregation
79 Hiawatha Avenue, Toronto ON M4L 2X7
Works by Lauren McKinley Renzetti, Joan Walder
and Abigail Johnson in mixed media. Paint, Print,
Altered books, conceptual Spoon art, and quilting
are all mediums with texture in them. These three
artists explore colour and design to make spiritual
works. Some are interactive and so we invite the
viewer to actively participate. Gallery is by appointment Mon,Wed, Fri from 10-3pm or on Sunday from
10-1pm, www.laurenmckinleyrenzetti.ca or www.
nuuc.ca

Lorraine Roy
in blossom

Thursday, April 14 - Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Craft Ontario Shop
118 Cumberland Street, Toronto ON M5R 1A6
Textile artist Lorraine Roy is best known for her
colourful and insightful depictions of trees in all
forms. For this feature show: native trees and
shrubs in blossom, welcome harbingers of spring.

Zora Buchanan

Spring Awakening

Monday, March 21 - Friday, April 8, 2016

Denise Levesque

Commerce Court West Lobby

199 Bay Street, Toronto ON M5B 2J7

Coup de coeur canadien

Thursday, June 16 - Monday, July 4, 2016

Reception: Friday, June 17 at 5:00pm

Zora Buchanan is delighted to have been invited to

exhibit her vibrant acrylic paintings in the West
Lobby of Commerce Court. Her acrylic paintings are
joyful and filled with colour and movement. The
works in this exhibition welcome spring with a
series of semi abstract flower paintings that dance
on each painting. Zora will be present every
Thursday, March 24, 31 and April 7 from 11:30 to
1:30 p.m. to answer questions and talk about her
work. www.zorabuchanan.com

Galerie Imbert
7, rue Jacques de la Roque, Aix-en-Provence,
13100 Aix en Provence Fr 381144401, France

Tracey-Mae Chambers

This exhibition shows landscapes from Provence. My

research involves redefining shapes, painting the
subjects essence, atmosphere, character and the
mystery within. I want the image to reflect my belief
that material and spiritual consciousness are inseparable. Movement, rhythm, light and balance are focal
points in my work. They provide the image with life.

Sunday, May 1 - Sunday, May 29, 2016

Rowena Tolson

about eve

Canada China Arts Council Group Arts

Exhibition

Niagara Pumphouse Gallery

247 Ricardo Street, Niagara on the Lake ON L0S
1J0

Friday April 15 Sunday April 17, 2016

Reception: April 17, 2016 at 2:00pm

Art exhibition addressing negative female body

image.

International Arts Gallery

2083-88 West Pender Street, Vancouver BC V6B 6N8

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Yvonne Wiegers in two person show:

and exposure, the high-contrast silver gelatin prints

take on a look of other mediums. There is no digital
manipulation or intervention involved in the process. It is through Dale M Reids execution of darkroom artistry that an illusion is accomplished.

Oceanic

Thursday, April 28 - Sunday, May 22, 2016

La Fab - Centre des Arts, de la Culture et du
Partimoine de Chelsea
1-212, chemin Old Chelsea, Chelsea QC J9B 1J3

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre

Aryen Hoekstra, David Court and Shane

Krepakevich

Eiko Emori works in pte de verre creating works

that evoke the natural forces of water. Yvonne
Wiegers presents drawings and paintings that
investigate the ideas of presence, accumulation,
and proliferation.

Saturday, March 5 - Saturday, April 16, 2016

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre

305 - 370 King Street West, Kingston ON K7L 2X4

Dale M Reid

Modern Fuel is pleased to present a group exhibition

with collaborative and independent works by Aryen
Hoekstra, David Court and Shane Krepakevich. In
Modern Fuels Main Gallery, the artists reflect on
prevailing modes of representation-on format and
framing-in an attempt to situate cultural production
within the social structures and spaces through which
it unfolds. The artists question the formal and material boundaries of the work and its exhibition space,
extending this questioning to the role of boundaries
more broadly.

Transcending Medium

Tuesday, May 3 - Saturday, May 28, 2016

Reception: Thursday, May 12 at 6:00pm
Montgomerys Inn
4709 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M9A 1A8
Transcending Medium creates the illusion of a
sketch or painting via photography. Through the
selection of the subject and the artistic use of light

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Wednesday, May 18 - Sunday, May 29, 2016

Reception: Thursday, May 19 at 6:30pm

Thursday, May 19 - Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Reception: Sunday, May 22 at 1:00pm

Rebirth, transformation, reconciliation

META4 - Unlikely Stories

Propeller Gallery
30 Abell Street, Toronto ON M6J 0A9

Shenkman Arts Centre

245 boulevard Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa ON K1E 0A

META4 - Unlikely Stories is an exhibition of photographic and photo-based work by four Ontario
artists including the work of Joseph Muscat;
Muscats work concentrates on a group of night
shots highlighting the play of light on rain-wet surfaces.
Some of the work included collage interventions using
tar paper.

Paintings that draw on influences from the sacred

art of Western, Eastern, Middle Eastern and
Aboriginal traditions, as well as the grammar of the
artists own subconscious-based on experiences
during meditation, extended fasts, ceremony, and in
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Maryse Maynard

Cross Stitch Paintings

Thelma Rosner

The White Show

Saturday, May 21 - Sunday, June 12, 2016

Reception: Sunday, June 12 at 6:00pm

Saturday, May 14 - Saturday, October 1, 2016

Reception: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 4:30pm

Loop gallery
1273 Dundas St W, Toronto ON M6J 1X8

Gallery 200
The School of Dance 200 Crichton Street, Ottawa
ON K1M 1W2

My work is a response to conflict, in particular in the

Middle East. Large (8x6) labour intensive paintings
refer to both Palestinian cross stitch embroidery and
Afghan war rugs. Images of weapons and abstract
areas of turbulence mirror fearful reality for innocent
civilians. The repetitive ritualistic marks reflect the
individuals desire for control in war situations,
where security is an impossible hope.

This is an invitation to friends, photographers, painters, sculptors, fibre and mixed media artists who
were asked to create something white. Included in
this group of talented people is a dancer who will
interpret a poem read by the poet herself. New York
composer, Carman Moore, will perform a work
based on the theme of white.

Patricia Moore in exhibitions:

Shirley V. Ting

Studio Gallery Featuring Gallery artists

Coming Together 2016

March 28 - April 10, 2016

Friday April 15 - Monday, May 2, 2016

Reception: Tuesday April 19 at 6:30pm

Studio Gallery Featuring Gallery artists

April 15 - May 15, 2016

Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery (Lower Gallery)

Columbus Centre
901 Lawrence Avenue West Toronto ON M6A 1C3

Summer in the City

June 17 - July 10, 2016

The art exhibition Coming Together 2016 showcases

seven artists of different cultures with a variety of
artistic backgrounds. The work of seven artists is
presented: Sook Chang, Stella Kang, Louisa Lau,
Shamsi Shahrokhi, Shirley V. Ting, Rati Vajpeyi and
Vera Walton, as they come together. Unbound
without conforming to a theme, artists express their
own creative discovery and inner dialogue, all
which embodies art to be unique in parallel to ones
individuality.

Gallery on the Bay, Studio Gallery

231 Bay Street North, Hamilton ON L8R 2R1
www.galleryonthebay.com
Painter of movement, of entropy, of the world
becoming, of the landscape and all the time and air
that surrounds it.

Members Exhibition Listings continues

on the back cover ...
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Grants Calendar
The CARFAC Ontario Grants Calendar is published in every issue, allowing you to plan in advance for
grant deadlines. All the information published here has been edited for space, and is meant to give you a
general sense of the types of grants available. Deadlines and eligibility criteria are subject to change at any
time. Visit the funders websites to verify deadlines and to find out more about application requirements.
CARFAC Ontario makes every effort to provide information which is up-to-date and accurate. Neither
CARFAC Ontario nor any of its employees can be held responsible for any errors or omissions, or for
any losses, costs or claims which arise as a result of relying on this information.

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350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047, Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Phone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or at their individual numbers | Fax: (613) 566-4390
TTY (TDD) machine for hearing-impaired callers: 613-565-5194
www.canadacouncil.ca/grants

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

15 April

Artists and Community

Collaboration Program in the
Visual Arts

Franois Dion
Visual Arts Section

613-566-4414 ext. 5268

1 May

Inter-Arts Office: Grants to

Artists

Sue-Ellen Gerritsen
Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 4679

sue-ellen.gerritsen@canadacouncil.ca

15 May

Aboriginal Peoples Collaborative

Exchange: National and
International Project Grants

Nol Habel
Aboriginal Arts Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 4178

1 June

Travel Grants to Professionals in

the Visual Arts

Franois Dion
Visual Arts Section

613-566-4414 ext. 5268

1 June

Governor Generals Awards in

Visual and Media Arts

Jennifer Cherniack
Visual Arts Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 5265

jennifer.cherniack@canadacouncil.ca

Ian Reid
Media Arts Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 5203

ian.reid@canadacouncil.ca

Anytime

Travel Grants for Aboriginal

Collaborative Projects

Nol Habel
Aboriginal Arts Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 4178

Anytime

Audience and Market

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Koba Johnson
Audience and Market
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613-566-4414, ext. 4216

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Travel Grants to Media Arts

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Media Arts Section

613-566-4414, ext. 5914

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ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL

121 Bloor Street East, 7th floor, Toronto, ON M4W 3M5
Phone: 1-800-387-0058 (toll-free in Ontario) or 416-961-1660 | Fax: 416-961-7796
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Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

15 April

Mid Career & Established

Media Artists

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Program Administrator

416-969-7461 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7461

agravestock@arts.on.ca

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Maya Bedward
Program Administrator

647-258-5081 |1-800-387-0058 ext. 5081

mbedward@arts.on.ca

3 May

Established Visual Artists

Caroline Cotter
Program Administrator

416-969-7455 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455

ccotter@arts.on.ca

17 May

Northern Arts

Terry Gitersos
Program Administrator

416-969-7401 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7401

cakrong@arts.on.ca

Marilyn McIntosh
Northwestern Consultant

807-622-4279 | 1-866-391-2221
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Darlene Naponse
Northeastern Consultant

705-222-0263
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1 June

Chalmers Professional
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Carolyn Gloude
Associate Awards Officer

416-969-7423 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7423

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15 June

Chalmers Arts Fellowships

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416-969-7422 | toll free 1-800-387-0058 ext.

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DISPATCH

Aidan Urquhart

DISPATCH is published by

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V o l u m e 22, I s s u e 1, M a r c h 2016
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TingFest 2016

in exhibitions:

Tuesday, April 26 - Saturday, May 14, 2016

Reception: Saturday, April 30 at 6:00pm

TingFest 2016 showcases the works of comic, graphic and

visual artists in celebration of the life and continuing work of
cartoonist, Merle Ting Tingley. Aidans contribution, Life in the
city consists of 3 large planks of wood on which are collaged,
painted and drawn a wild array of city life images--the good, the
bad and the ugly.

New Canadian Cabins

Saturday, June 18 - Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Reception: Saturday, June 18 at 2:00pm
St. Thomas-Elgin Art Centre
301 Talbot Street,St. Thomas ON N5P 1B5

CARFAC Ontario Board of Directors

This solo exhibition features both mixed media paintings as

well as actual structures on the theme of New Canadian
Cabins. Are these cabins something you can truly live in?
Manipulating ideas of architecture and construction, Urquhart
poses multiple questions on the dynamics of what a Canadian
cabin can be?

CARFAC Ontario Staff

Johnnene Maddison

Yael Brotman (President), Devon Ostrom (Vice

President), Kohila Kurunathan (Treasurer),
Kristen Fahrig (Secretary), Ashley McKenzieBarnes, Sophie DeFrancesca, Dave Kemp,
Leesa Bringas and Michelle Forsyth.

Sally Lee (Executive Director), Victoria

Glizer (Operations Manager), Diann Missal
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and Caitlin Lapea (Administrative and
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Ontario Ministry of Culture, the Ontario
Trillium Foundation, and by our members.

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CARFAC Ontario is the association of

professional visual and media artists in
Ontario, Promoting the legal and economic
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CARFAC Ontario knows the needs of artists
and has developed services and programs
to assist artists at every stage of their career.

Book Launch

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Reception: Sunday, May 1 at 2:00pm
McIntosh Gallery
UWO campus, London ON N6A 3K7
The book Losing Dave, an artists journey through loss will
be launched on May 1, 2016 at the McIntosh Gallery,
London, Ontario. The book is written and fully illustrated by
artist Johnnene Maddison. The artist will be present to sign
copies of her book.