ART:

POLICING:

As in keeping "someone's peace.

LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:
MEET THE ARTIST-BARBARA KOENEN- AT THE WAG:


Coming up tomorrow, November 3, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery 300 Memorial Blvd... meet with artist Barbara Koenen. Here's the promo.
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Meet the Artist: Barbara Koenen
Time
Wednesday, November 3 · 12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Location Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Blvd.
Winnipeg, MB

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More Info
Join us tomorrow at 12:10pm for a special artist talk by Chicago-based artist Barbara Koenen. Admission to the talk is $5.

Since 2001 Koenen's work has involved recreating Afghani war rugs in public performances. The rugs were created out of spices and seeds using a technique similar to that of sand mandalas created by Buddhist monks.

Koenen is in Winnipeg to participate in the conference My City's Still Breathing organized by the Winnipeg Arts Council where she will be speaking about the role of art in city-making. Her talk at the WAG will focus on her own art practice.

LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:
THE WATER OF LIFE BENEFIT:

Coming up on Friday, November 19, at the Rudolf Rocker Cultural Centre, Third Floor 91 Albert St.. A Benefit for the Boreal Action Project so they can raise money for their share of the A-Zone Co-op. Yes, that is the project to purchase the premises at 91 Albert Street via a member owned cooperative.

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The Water of Life Benefit
Time
Friday, November 19 at 5:00pm - November 21 at 6:00pm

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Location
The Rocker
91 Albert St.
3rd Floor
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Created By The Boreal Action Project

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More Info
Join us for art; music; speakers and more and help us raise money for a member share in the A-Zone collective, home of our new office! Confirmed artists are: James Hogaboam, paintings and photos of Lake Winnipeg; Thomas Fricke, photographs from Lake Winnipeg, Hecla and more. His work is in last month's Canadian Geographic, has been in the Globe and Mail and the New York Times; Roger Rempel- aerial photos of the east side of Lake Winnipeg running up to Poplar River, taken from a float plane in June and have never been shown publicly: soap stone carvings by Michael ManyEagles: Music by Twin, with Dave Fort and company speaking on their floating armada last summer and the upcoming California armada; Speakers Dave Nickarz of the Sea Shepards. invited guests include Beth Martens for kirtan and the Council of Canadians. More to be announced: BorealKids activities Sunday afternoon. Watch for schedule details. Admission by donation...sliding scale. Hope to see you there!

MOUVEMENT ANARCHISTE DU CANADA/CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:

APPEL AUX ARTISTES ET ANARCHISTES/CALLOUT TO ARTISTS AND ANARCHISTS:

De le salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal 2009/From the Montréal Anarchist Bookfair 2009.

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[English below]

ART ET ANARCHIE

au Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal 2009:

Appel aux artistes et anarchistes:

Envoyez-nous votre proposition d’exposition d’art pour le 10e Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal.

--> Le Salon du livre aura lieu la fin de semaine du 16-17 mai, 2009.

--> La date limite pour soumettre votre proposition est le 1e avril, 2009. Veuillez envoyer votre proposition à info@salonanarchiste.ca

Des oeuvres d’art touchant le sujet de l’anarchisme ou de luttes autogérées / libertaires seront exposées lors du Salon du livre de Montréal. On vous invite donc de nous faire parvenir vos propositions d’expositions de photos, d’affiches, d’oeuvres d’art, de sculptures ou toutes autres formes d’art – bref, tout ce qui peut être accroché sur un mur ou autrement exposé au Salon du livre.

Les propositions doivent respecter les principes du Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal: http://www.salonanarchiste.ca/fr/node/43

--> Nous invitons ceux et celles qui s’identifient comme “artistes” ainsi que toutes ceux et celles qui créent de l’art dans le contexte de leur travail d’organisation populaire ou lors de leur exercices créatifs.

--> Cette année nous encourageons l’exposition d’oeuvres à l’extérieur. SVP prenez le temps de penser à cette option lors de la préparation de votre proposition.

--> Nous mettons la priorité sur les artistes qui n’ont jamais exposées leurs oeuvres au Salon du livre de Montréal.

--> La date limite pour soumettre votre proposition est le 1e avril, 2009. Veuillez envoyer votre proposition à info@salonanarchiste.ca

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ART & ANARCHY

at the 2009 Montreal Anarchist Bookfair

Callout to Artists & Anarchists:

SUBMIT a proposal for display at the 10th Montreal Anarchist Bookfair

-> The Bookfair will take place on the weekend of May 16-17, 2009.

-> The deadline to make proposals for artwork to be displayed is APRIL 1, 2009. Please send your proposal to info@salonanarchiste.ca

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair will be displaying artwork relating to anarchism as well as autonomous or anarchist-supported struggles. Please consider proposing an exhibit of photos, posters, original art, sculpture or other forms of art – anything that can be mounted on a wall or displayed in a public space at the Bookfair.

Submissions to Art & Anarchy must fit within the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair principles: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/en/node/4

-> We encourage submissions from both those who self-define as "artists" and those who find themselves making art – broadly defined – as part of their ongoing organizing and creative pursuits.

-> This year, we are also encouraging artwork that can be displayed outdoors (weather-permitting). Please consider this as a possibility when submitting a proposal.

-> We are prioritizing artwork from individuals who have not previously displayed at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair.

-> The deadline to make proposals for artwork to be displayed is APRIL 1, 2009. Please send your proposal to info@salonanarchiste.ca

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Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal

Montreal Anarchist Bookfair

tel: 514-679-5800

e-mail: info@salonanarchiste.ca

web: www.salonanarchiste.ca

CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-MONTRÉAL:

AUDITIONING FOR NEXT YEAR'S ANARCHIST THEATRE FESTIVAL:

To be or not to be in Montreal for next year's fourth annual Anarchist Theatre Festival. Got a play up your sleeve ? Looking for the adulation of the audience ? Think you have at least one great performance in you ? maybe the following is for you.

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WANTED: PLAYS FOR MONTREAL'S 4th Annual Anarchist Theatre Festival May 11-14, 2009:

Montreal's fourth annual International Anarchist Theatre Festival is seeking submissions of anarchist theatre pieces to be staged May 11 - 14th, 2009. We are looking for theatre pieces in English or French, from 5 to 60 minutes long, about anarchists, anarchist ideas and history, or any subject related to anarchism including anti-state, against capitalism, racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. We will consider plays or monologues that are original work, ones that have already been performed, or that have been written by anarchists (historical or contemporary).

---- In the past, the festival has staged work by members of The Living Theatre, The Bread & Puppet Theatre, Monique Surel, author of Au temps de l'anarchie, un théâtre du combat, Nicole Mourer, Norman Nawrocki, Joseph Shragge, etc. Last year's festival drew 400 people each night.

The festival is part of Montreal's annual Festival of Anarchy that leads up to the city's 10th annual Anarchist Bookfair, May 16 & 17, 2009, the largest anarchist event in North America.

All work performed is without remuneration. The Festival will provide publicity, an appropriate indoor venue, plus a guaranteed interested audience. All proceeds from ticket sales are used to cover event expenses and for staging future Festivals.

If interested, please send a synopsis, the script or script excerpts, a bio/resumé, a DVD or video (or link to on-line clips) of the piece, reviews of past work, your technical requirements, an artists' vision statement, and explain why your proposal would fit in the Festival. If you want your materials returned, please send a SASE envelope with sufficient funds for postage.

www.myspace.com/anarchisttheatre_montreal

DEADLINE:

NO LATER THAN January 1, 2009 to either: anarchistefestival@yahoo.ca

or, mail to:

@ Theatre Festival,

c/o S. Laplage,

6797, rue de Normanville,

Montréal, Quebec,

Canada,

H2S 2C2

MOUVEMENT ANARCHISTE DU CANADA/CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:

ARTDISSIDENTART IN MONTREAL:

Le Dissident art / Art Dissident exposition à Montréal est en train de devenir un événement annuel. , À l'occasion de sa deuxième année, l'exposition une fois de plus, tente de présenter une alternative à la classique "Galerie de scène". Voici leur annonce.

The Disssident Art/ Art Dissident exhibition in Montreal is becoming an annual affair. During this, its second year, the exhibition once more attempts to present an alternative to the conventional "gallery scene". Here's their announcement.

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Art DISSIDENT Art (5 au 28 septembre 2008, MONTREAL)‏:
INFO: http://www.artdissidentart.com/

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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:31:20 -0400

From: Dissident Art dissidentart@live.ca

English message below

:: ART DISSIDENT ::

5 - 28 SEPTEMBRE 2008

VERNISSAGE : VENDREDI LE 5 SEPTEMBRE, 17 H - 21 H

55 NOTRE-DAME OUEST (METRO PLACE D'ARMES)

Diana Arce, Mathieu Beauséjour, Caro Caron, Howard Chackowicz, Kathryn Delaney, Ronen Eidelman, Freda Guttman, Gord Hill, Dayna McLeod, JessePurcell, Michael Rakowitz, The Shining Mantis, Jackie Sumell / Herman Wallace, Rick Trembles, Tania Willard

Le comité Art + Anarchie Montréal 2008 est heureux de vous inviter au vernissage de l'exposition Art Dissident, qui se tiendra le vendredi 5 septembre, de 17 h à 21 h, au 55 rue Notre-Dame ouest (dans le Vieux Montréal, métro Place d'Armes). Pendant le vernissage, Diana Arce (Allemagne) animera Politaoke, une performance mêlant karaoké et discours politiques présentée pour la première fois au Canada, alors que le collectif The Shining Mantis (New York) produira Kangarok 3, une « guerre du dessin »à la craie blanche sur mur noir.

Suite au succès fulgurant de l'exposition Art + Anarchie, qui présenta les œuvres de 230 artistes locaux et internationaux en mai 2007, quinze artistes provenant des quatre coins du monde furent invités à participer à l'édition 2008. Art Dissident présente une panoplie de démarches artistiques pour exprimer une grande variété d'idéologies, allant de l'œuvre de Caro Caron (Montréal), qui dénonce l'embourgeoisement de sa ville natale, à celle de Jackie Summell (Brooklyn) en collaboration avec l'ex-Black Panther Herman Wallace (dont l'incarcération à perpétuité est aujourd'hui réexaminée). Enplus des quinze artistes invités, une portion de l'espace d'exposition sera ouverte à tous ceux et celles qui désirent exposer une œuvre à caractère dissident pendant toute la durée de l'exposition.

ÉVÉNEMENTS

*Vendredi le 5 septembre, 17 h - 21 h :

Vernissage avec performances de Diana Arce et The Shining Mantis

* Mercredi le 10 septembre, 19 h - 21 h :

Encre sur papier sur poteau, avec David Widgington

Le montréalais David Widgington, fondateur de la maison d'édition Cumulus Press, auteur du livre Picture This! et membre du collectif Les Lucioles,mènera une discussion de groupe sur l'affiche en tant qu'outil de résistance sociale.

*Samedi le 13 septembre, 14 h - 16 h :

C'est écrit : L'art du graffiti urbain, avec Sterling Downing

Quelles sont les limites de la liberté d'expression? Joignez-vous à Sterling Downing, fondateur du magazine Under Pressure et de l'événement annuel du même nom, pour une présentation haute en couleurs suivie d'une discussion modérée par Isa Tousignant sur les ramifications politiques et légales du graffiti au Canada.

*Jeudi le 18 septembre, 19 h - 21 h :

Le Cinéma engagé, avec Santiago Bertolino

Cet événement de deux heures comportera une projection de courts métragessuivie d'une période de discussion avec le cinéaste Santiago Bertolino etses invités.

* Jeudi le 25 septembre, 19 h - 21 h :

Marionnettes et protestation, avec Mark Sussman Mark Sussman est co-fondateur du collectif artistique new-yorkais Great Small Works, un groupe qui organise des spectacles de marionnettes géantes et de figurines miniatures traitant de problématiques contemporaines. Lors de cette soirée, Sussman et ses invités discuteront de leur approche artistique interactive dont l'un des buts premiers est de resserrer lesliens sociaux des communautés dans lesquelles ils présentent leurs spectacles.

* Dimanche le 28 septembre, midi à 20 h :

Réception de clôture

Performance de Dayna McLeod, 14 h - 18 h

Tous les événements sont gratuits.

Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez consulter notre site web

http://www.artdissidentart.com/.

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:: DISSIDENT ART ::

SEPTEMBER 5 - 28, 2008

VERNISSAGE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 5 - 9 PM

55 NOTRE-DAME WEST (METRO PLACE D'ARMES)

Diana Arce, Mathieu Beauséjour, Caro Caron, Howard Chackowicz, Kathryn Delaney, Ronen Eidelman, Freda Guttman, Gord Hill, Dayna McLeod, Jesse Purcell, Michael Rakowitz, The Shining Mantis, Jackie Sumell / Herman Wallace, Rick Trembles, Tania Willard

The Art + Anarchy Montreal 2008 collective is pleased to invite you to the opening of a new exhibition in Montreal, Dissident Art, on September 5th from 5 pm - 9 pm at 55 Notre-Dame West (in Old Montreal, metro Place d'Armes). The vernissage(private viewing-Molly) will feature performances by Diana Arce (Berlin), showcasing her political speech karaoke Politaoke in Montreal for this first time, and The Shining Mantis (New York), engaging in a spontanteous chalk-on-black-wall drawing war between the collective's two members.

Returning after the success of the Art + Anarchy exhibition in 2007, which saw 230 local and international artists exhibit their work, this year'sexhibition represents a more curated turn with fifteen artists. From CaroCaron's (Montreal) excellent artistic musings on the gentrification of Montreal's artist neighbourhoods to the pairing up of artist Jackie Sumell(Brooklyn) and Herman Wallace, a Black Panther member whose life sentence is currently up for review, the exhibition offers variety in concept, style and contribution to the meaning of dissidence in art. In addition to the fifteen chosen artists, the exhibition will be offering a room in which unsolicited artists are invited to come hang their own political work.

EVENTS

*Friday, September 5, 5 - 9 pm:

Vernissage with performances by Diana Arce and The Shining Mantis

*Wednesday, September 10, 7 - 9 pm:

David Widgington on Ink on Paper on Poles Montrealer David Widgington - author of the publication Picture This!, founder of Cumulus Press and member of the activist filmmaking collective Les Lucioles- joins guests in a discussion of the history of the poster as both political tool - ideal for its rapid, efficient and powerful dissemination of information - and visual culture object, artifact and evidence of Montreal's historically rich cultural landscape.

*Saturday, September 13, 2 - 4 pm:

The Writing on the Wall with Sterling Downing

Join Under Pressure founder, publisher and spokesperson Sterling Downing for a high colour, in gallery slide show and moderated discussion with Isa Tousignant about the legal ramifications and political quagmire of graffiti in Canada. Where does freedom of expression end?

*Thursday, September 18, 7 - 9 pm:

Radical Cinema with Santiago Bertolino

This two-hour event will be a screening of short films followed by a discussion period with the filmmaker Santiago Bertolino and guests.

*Thursday, September 25, 7 - 9 pm:

Puppets as Protest with Mark Sussman

An introduction to the community-based approach of Great Small Works and to the creation of political and socially-minded performances that animate public space, while renewing the spirits of participants and audiences alike, and promoting participation in public life. Mark Sussman is a theatreartist, scholar and co-founder of New York's celebrated Great Small Works collective, producing giant community-based puppet shows, and miniature toy theatre spectacles.

*Sunday, September 28, 12 - 8 pm:

Closing Reception

Performance by Dayna McLeod from 2 - 6 pm

All events are free.

For more information, please visit us online at

http://www.artdissidentart.com/.

LOOKING OFFICIAL: TORONTO DESIGN STUDENT DRAWS ATTENTION TO HOMELESSNESS IN TORONTO:

Fourth year graphic design student Mark Daye created more than a little stir with his "thesis project" . Suddenly official looking signs began to appear along major downtown intersections with advisories like "Homeless Sleeping:Quiet", "Please Have Change Ready For Homeless",and "Please Keep Our Streets Clean: Over 826 People Have To Sleep On Them" amongst others. In explaining his project Daye said,

"Instead of rebranding a product or service for my fourth year thesis project I chose to represent a local population that usually gets overlooked. I re-coded official signage abd affixed 30 of them to poles in the downtown core with messages pertaining to an obvious but ignored urban subculture. The goal was not only to catch people off guard by creating signs that acknowledge the homeless population on a seemingly official level, but to get people to think about codes of behavior, conformity, acceptance and to maybe spare some consideration for the homeless who live mostly ignored in the city, blending into the background just like the signs."

The signs were made of hard plastic or aluminum and bolted to various posts.The city of Toronto was, needless to say, not amused and removed the signs as fast as they could find them. Local commentators, however, at websites such as flickr.com, blog to and torontoist.com lauded the signs . To get a gander at some of the signs posted go to http://spacing.ca/wire/?p=1723 , the website of Spacing Magazine in Toronto.

Molly