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Join Envision - the
Koffler Centre of the Arts' Membership Program. |
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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Study the extraordinary world of Middle Eastern and Eastern European Jewish musical traditions with internationally acclaimed musicians and music educators, Yair Dalal and Frank London.
Tuesdays
March 20 and 27
7:30 - 10 PM
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Take a free class of flamenco, the proud, passionate dance from the South of Spain.
Instructor:
Susan Walker.
Thursday, March 29
8 PM.
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Working with a costumed model, students can work in any painting or drawing medium they wish, including watercolour, pastel, oil or acrylic. Instructor: Sadko Hadzihasanovic.
Fridays
9 AM - 1 PM
March 16 - May 25
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HONEYCOMB WAY:
A MUSICAL JOURNEY INTO THE SACRED
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 8 PM
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! WILL SELL OUT!
Be the first to experience a one-of-a-kind journey mixing and melding the musical traditions of Middle Eastern Jews together with Eastern European Jewish music. Yair Dalal and Frank London will compose and perform new music together with Waleed Abdulhamid, Aviva Chernick, Rick Lazar, Lenka Lichtenberg, Demetrios Petsalakis, Debashis Sinha, and Maryem Tollar.
Plus: During their weeklong residency, Dalal and London will offer master classes, lecture-demonstrations and interactive talks for musicians and music lovers alike.
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KOFFLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA:
MUSIC OFF THE MAP
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3 PM
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W.
Featuring bold contemporary Canadian composers mapping the cosmos of new music together with Canadian soprano Melanie Conly. The program's theme is taken from the Koffler Gallery exhibition Museum of the Represented City.
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FLAVIO TREVISAN:
MUSEUM OF THE REPRESENTED CITY
Continues to April 8, 2012
Koffler Gallery Off-Site at 80 Spadina Ave., Suite 501
Toronto artist Flavio Trevisan creates an immersive museum environment with three-dimensional maps and playful objects, inviting visitors to explore different ways of engaging with the cityscape and Toronto's built history.
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REPRESENTING TORONTO:
MAPPING THE ROLE OF THE ARTIST IN THE CITY
Koffler Gallery Off-Site at 80 Spadina, Suite 503
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | Artist-led exhibition tour 6:30 | Panel 7 PM
A panel discussion among creative urban thinkers and civically-minded creators examines the essential role of art in the city's continuous evolution. Moderated by journalist/author John Lorinc (Spacing, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Atlantic Cities) and featuring Amy Lavender Harris (author of Imagining Toronto), artist Flavio Trevisan, and more.
Presented together with Diaspora Dialogues in association with the Koffler Gallery exhibition Museum of the Represented City.
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JOIN OUR TEAM OF ART INSTRUCTORS!
Starting in the summer and fall of 2012, the Koffler will offer classes in visual art and ceramics in the brand new, state-of-the-art studios at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre on Lebovic Campus in Vaughan.
We are looking for dedicated and experienced instructors to teach workshops and full-term courses to adults and children in the following areas:
- Painting/Drawing: classical and contemporary
- Ceramics: wheel throwing, sculpture and functional
- Crafts: high quality crafts such as sewing, knitting, jewelry making, etc.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
The Print Process: Monotypes on Paper
February 24 - March 31, 2012
Open Studio, 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 104
A group exhibition focusing on the use of the monotype print process by three artists: Susan Collett, Elena Roginsky, and Koffler painting instructor Sadko Hadzihasanovic.
Icons of Loss: The Art of Samuel Bak
March 1 - April 30, 2012 | Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre 901 Lawrence Ave. W.
The first major exhibition of Samuel Bak's work in Canada consists of several dozen important paintings - roughly half of them based upon the May 16, 1943 photograph depicting a little boy at gun point during the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto. The other half of the works explore a different icon - Albrecht Durer's 1514 engraving Melancholia 1.
Presented with the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Pucker Gallery, Boston in cooperation with the artist, Samuel Bak.
Fern Lindzon Juno Send-Off
Saturday March 10, 6 - 9 PM | Chalkers Pub
Fern Lindzon, producer/bassist George Koller, flautist extraordinaire Bill McBirnie, and Mark Segger on drums will play excerpts from Lindzon's 2012 JUNO Award-nominated jazz album Two Kites.
Kiosk
March 10, Doors 7 PM, Show 8 PM
Mod Club, 722 College St.
Known as "the pioneers of Iranian rock", Kiosk is a band praised for their sharp and satirical lyrics, as well as their unique blend of musical styles, from rock to gypsy jazz to Iranian folk.
Anton Apostolov & Balkania Orchestra
March 17, Doors 7 PM, Show 8 PM
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W.A unique and involving musical experience of Bulgarian folk music with diverse jazz and global music influences.
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