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Benefits include discounts on classes and programs, invitations to special members-only receptions and events, and more. PLUS get a MIX Card - with fabulous discounts across the GTA.
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Weekly deals for our Facebook and Twitter followers on Koffler classes. A new deal posted every Monday, each deal is good for 1 week only.
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A comprehensive workshop for artists looking to deepen their understanding of landscape painting.
Open to students with previous art experience.
Instructor: Valerie Kent.
Saturday & Sunday
9 AM - 4 PM
December 10 & 11
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Designed for students with basic drawing skills, this course focuses on applying critical measuring methods, proportion and alignment when depicting the human face and figure. Instructor: Glenn Bernabe.
Tuesdays
9:30 AM - 12:30PM
January 10 - March 13
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CHAGALL THROUGH TORONTO'S ARTISTS
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 | 8 PM
Art Gallery of Ontario, Weston Family Learning Centre, 317 Dundas St. W.
$20.50 Koffler Envision & AGO Members | $22.50 General Public
$17 Students
A not-to-be-missed evening of music, dance, performance, spoken word and more with Toronto's brightest avant-garde artists, creating exciting new Jewish culture that reaches back to the world of Chagall for flavour, colour and inspiration. Featuring the jazz fusion ensemble The Thing Is, selections of contemporary choreography from Kaeja d'Dance, accordionist Sasha Luminsky with Jonno Lightstone, and the Canadian debut of highlights from Bella: The Colour of Love, written and performed by Yiddish jazz chanteuse Theresa Tova together with celebrated Montreal pianist Matt Herskowitz. Plus surprise art bursts in the galleries!
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CONTEMPORARY ART CIRCLING THE MANDALA
FINAL WEEKEND! Closes December 4, 2011 | FREE
Koffler Gallery Off-Site at 80 Spadina Ave., Suite 501
Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 12 - 6 PM
Your last chance to experience this international multimedia exhibition - a NOW Magazine "Must-See Show" - where the everyday is sacred, the ancient is contemporary, and the art is meditative. Six artists of different backgrounds present a new spin on the centuries-old motif from Hindu and Buddhist tradition, the mandala.
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KOFFLER FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL
Sunday, December 11, 2011 | 10:30 AM - 4 PM | FREE
Prosserman JCC, 4588 Bathurst Street
Everyone is invited for an all ages end-of-season art bash with music, treats and all kinds of creative fun and free workshops. Plus, the opening of the Winter Koffler Student Art Exhibition and live performances by Koffler students and faculty. And a FREE pizza lunch!
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SIGN UP FOR WINTER/SPRING CLASSES!
This Winter/Spring, the Koffler offers all your favourites, plus over 30 new classes in visual art, music, dance, writing, photography and ceramics - including new classes for kids and families.
The full class schedule and details are posted on our website. Winter classes start in January 2012. New students get 10% off. Register now before classes fill up!
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FLAVIO TREVISAN:
MUSEUM OF THE REPRESENTED CITY
January 19 to April 8, 2012
Koffler Gallery Off-Site at 80 Spadina Ave., 5th Floor
Opening Reception: January 19, 2012, 6 - 9 PM
Examining planned and idiosyncratic urban development, Toronto artist Flavio Trevisan stages an immersive environment within the gallery space - an ephemeral "museum of the present" - inviting visitors to retrace familiar paths and discover surprising new ways to explore the cityscape.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
Kishka for Koppel Book Launch
December 4, 10:30 AM | Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill
Aubrey Davis launches his new book Kishka for Koppel at The PJ Library's Chanukah Celebration. Winner of the Sydney Taylor Award, The Mr. Christie Award and a Canadian Jewish Book Award, Davis 'tells tales' that are simple and enticing and mesmerize audiences together with lively poems, chants and language games. Roman Polanski: A 7 Film Retrospective December 17-25 | TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W. In a career spanning more than fifty years, Roman Polanski has firmly established himself as one of the contemporary masters of cinema. Leading up to TIFF's presentation of Polanski's much anticipated new film, Carnage (starring Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster), this retrospective looks back at some of the highlights of his career and traces the recurring themes and obsessions that have shaped his singular vision. For tickets and full film line up: tiff.net/polanski ENTER TO WIN: One of two pairs of tickets to Chinatown, December 18, 3 PM at TIFF Bell Lightbox, introduced by Adam Nayman. The first two Koffler subscribers to reply to this e-newsletter with "Chinatown" in the subject line win! A Tiny Piece of Land by Joni Browne-Walders and Mel Weiser
January 4 - 15, 2012 | Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.
After the untimely death of his wife, American dentist Barry impulsively makes his first trip to Israel to visit his long-estranged younger brother Yosi. Happiness at the reunion is immediately challenged by clashes in politics.
Presented by Teatron Toronto Jewish Theatre. Tickets & info: www.teatrontheatre.com or 416.781.5527. Mention Koffler and receive all tickets at $25! |
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