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Kris Knight’s studio during the Artist Open Studio event

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MOVING INSUMMERWORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL has transformed Studio 423 (previously alice Burton’s painting studio) into their performance festival headquarters. Watch out for this year’s festival from august 8 to 18.

ECO CHARTREUSE is a live communica-tions company bringing eco-awareness to integrated marketing solutions and branding, event design and management in Studio 354.

COMMUNITY POWER FUND is back in Studio 404! CP Fund provides resources and programs to support a renewable energy economy that is owned, developed, and governed by Ontario communities.

TORONTO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has moved down from our sister building, 215 Spadina avenue, to Studio 350. taPa is an arts service organization that works to create an environment in which the performing arts in toronto may flourish.

THEATRE ONTARIO joins the mini-cluster of performing arts orgs in Studio 350 and provides resources, networking, training, and advocacy for Ontario’s theatre sector.

PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA is the third group in Studio 350 working to advocate, support, and promote Canadian playwrights and theatre.

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tenant profile

spotted & applauded

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updateSpring 2013 Volume 20, Issue 1

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FADO Performance Art Centre presents Claudia Bucher in the 401 richmond courtyard (September 8, 2012).

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B CORPUrbanspace Property Group is officially B Corp

certified! B Corp membership involves a rigorous

assessment that ranks for-profit businesses in key

areas in order to determine their ability to create public

benefit. We’re honoured to join a

global community of close to seven

hundred B Corps working to redefine

success in business and make life and

work more meaningful. If you want to

learn more about how to B the Change

visit: www.bcorporation.net

W.C. WHAT’S NEXTWe’ve had art installations in some pretty unconventional

places at 401, but never in a washroom! the first iteration

of W.C. What’s Next came about organically as a visual

conversation between users of the third floor women’s

washroom. the piece was relocated when the washroom

was renovated, so recently Lianne Côté (Côté Design,

Studio 361), Andrea Warren and Micheline Roi (Musicworks Magazine, Studio 358) and Janine Lindgren and George Farmer (Studio 217) hatched

the idea of providing the foundation for a new round of

collaborative dioramas. the first box called Home Sweet Home has been installed and is already undergoing a

transformation (sorry gents, this exhibition has limited

audience participation).

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GOING ONCE, GOING TWICECanadian artist, Robin Grindley has returned from what

he called the “trip of a lifetime” to Varanasi, India with

World Literacy Canada’s (WlC, Studio 281) executive

Director Mamta Mishra. Inspired by the women and

children in WlC’s project areas, robin has painted four

vibrant pieces to raise funds for community-based

programming that is changing lives for the better. the art

will be auctioned off at the KAMA Reading Series starting

on February 20 and will continue at the March 27 event.

If you’re interested in participating, you can contact

WlC directly at www.worldlit.ca

Left: Home Sweet Home, the bare bones for a collaborative washroom diorama.

Paintings by artist Robin Grindley up for auction through World Literacy Canada.

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CREATORS, MAKERS, AND INNOVATORSthis year’s Doors Open theme— Creators, Makers, and Innovators—resonates with 401 richmond’s past and present. We never tire of sharing the building’s arts and manufacturing history and how that legacy takes shape in the vibrant community of cultural contributors who work here today. We’ll be telling our story again this year and showing off treasures from our past and present such as the tin pictured here, which was made when 401 was the Macdonald Manufacturing Company. It’s a treasured piece from our collection and a shining example of the lithography M.M.Co. was famous for — art is in the bricks and mortar of 401 richmond! May 25 & 26, 10 am– 5 pm Guided tours at 1 pm each daywww.toronto.ca/doorsopen2013

DYNAMIC DUOWinnie Truong and Kris Knight share a few things: Studio 387, a love of portraiture, and celebration-worthy

success. the two young artists are producing work that has afforded them acclaim and a steady roster of

exhibitions. Winnie, who joined us as the recipient of the 2010 Career Launcher Prize, meticulously draws

hair-obsessed pencil crayon illustrations, while on Kris’ side of studio you’ll find ethereal oil paintings of

disenchanted characters. you can keep your eye on these two rising stars this spring. Winnie has a solo show

until March 31 at ESP Gallery, and Kris will be in the Volta Art Fair NY from March 7 to 10. then they will both

be at Mulherin + Pollard in New york from april 4 to May 5. www.winnietruong.com www.krisknight.com

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Winnie Truong and Kris Knight at the Artists Open Studio

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In a small office on the fourth floor, FADO Performance Art Centre’s (Studio 445) artistic and administrative Director

Shannon Cochrane runs the only artist-run centre in

english Canada devoted exclusively to performance art.

She programs an impressive roster of Canadian and

international performance artists in both traditional and

unexpected venues throughout toronto.

FaDO is actually a centre without a physical centre. they

purposefully work without a fixed presentation space so

that the projects they produce are not limited by a specific

environment. the self-imposed challenge is to find the

right fit for each performance and let it inform the overall

experience, much like 401 richmond’s open-air courtyard

did for Swiss artist Claudia Bucher last September (see

photo on table of Contents page).

FaDO’s exclusive focus on performance art makes it one

of the strongest advocates for this often misunderstood

and marginal art form. audiences tend to rely on the

conventions of a medium (art on the wall, performance

on the stage) to give them cues about how to interact

with what they are viewing. Performance art disrupts

these conventions, thus creating an intimate space that

is temporal, spatial, embodied, and relational.

Outside of their year-round programming, which includes

partnerships with the 7a*11d International Festival of

Performance Art and many others, FaDO also holds artist

talks, festivals, residencies, exchanges, and workshops.

they have a very busy spring coming up that includes

Film: Rope by Francesco Gagliardi at the 26th annual

Images Festival (Studio 448) in april. the piece explores

the relationship between cinematic space and live

performance, highlighting the ways we attempt to translate

the staged environment in cinematic space into real space.

Starting on March 6, FaDO presents Alice De Visscher and Simla Civelek at the Theatre Centre Pop-Up where each artist will present two short performance

works in alternating sequence. the format allows the

audience to consider the work of two peers from

Belgium and turkey/toronto respectively, side by side,

in real time. Next is the Emerging Artists Series: .sight.specific. curated by Francisco-Fernando Granados that

includes live performance projects from Basil AlZeri, Golboo Amani, Cressida Kocienski, and Maryham Taghavi at Xpace Cultural Centre from March 8 to 30.

Perhaps what makes performance art most interesting is

also what makes it the most uncomfortable: artists and

audiences rarely get to interact so intimately, a situation

that could be exhilarating, or a little too close for comfort.

you won’t know until you try it!

www.performanceart.ca

FADO PERFORMANCE ART CENTRE Studio 445

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Shannon Cochrane at Performance Art Linksin Sweden (April 2012)

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ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO & FROlIC 2December 6 to 9, 2012

Alice Burton (Studio 433) and David Horne (Drapery Design Studio, Studio 137)

Graham Curry (Studio 260)

Anthony Trask (Studio 427)

Janna Watson’s studio (Studio 282)

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listings March to May 2013

The Listings Board is your opportunity to communicate with other tenants and keep them informed about what is happening in your organization. If you are having a sale, exhibition, or event you would like advertised, email details to update@401richmond.net. Listings are open to all tenants.

DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: Friday April 19, 2013

GAllERY DIRECTORY

A Space Gallery (Studio 110)Contact 416-979-9633 www.aspacegallery.org

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Studio 120) Contact 416-979-3941 www.gallery44.org

Open Studio (Studio 104) Contact 416-504-8238 www.openstudio.on.ca

Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (Studio 124) Contact 416-591-0357 www.prefix.ca

Red Head Gallery (Studio 115)Contact 416-504-5654 www.redheadgallery.org

Trinity Square Video (Studio 376)Contact 416-593-1332 www.trinitysquarevideo.com

Urbanspace Gallery (Studio 117)Contact 416-595-5900 www.urbanspacegallery.ca

Vtape Video Gallery (Studio 452)Contact 416-351-1317 www.vtape.org

WARC Gallery/Women’s Art Resource Centre (Studio 122) Contact 416-977-0097 www.warc.net

YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Studio 140)Contact 416-598-4546 www.yyzartistsoutlet.org

EXHIBITIONScontinues to MARCH 9 & 30YYZ Artists’ OutletFaith la rocque: High AcceptanceScott Waters: Rotozero

continues to MARCH 23The Red Head GalleryFirth MacMillan: Giving Notice

continues to MARCH 30Prefix Institute of Contemporary Arteugenio Dittborn: The Museum of Means and Ends

Open Studioandrea Pinheiro: It’s All Gone Pear Shapedlouise Vezina: Chattel HouseDoug Guildford: Hydrozoa

MARCH 1 – 30A Space GalleryGita hashemi: Time LapsedOpening: Friday March 1, 7–9 pmOuster Remixed Performance: Friday March 1, 7:30 pmPanel Discussion: Saturday March 16, 2–4 pm

MARCH 4 – APRIL 30Urbanspace GalleryCharlie’s FreeWheels: Youth Cyclists Gearing up for Change

MARCH 8 – APRIL 13Gallery 44Sanaz Mazinani: Site, Sight, InsightOpening: Friday March 8, 6–9 pm

MARCH 27 – APRIL 20The Red Head GallerySam Mogelonsky: All That SparklesOpening: thursday March 28, 6–9 pm

APRIL 4 – MAY 11Open StudioGroup exhibition: Urban Myth elizabeth ForrestIan rubenzahl: Lines of Force*

*PART OF SCOTIABANK CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL

Opening: thursday april 4, 6:30–8:30 pm

APRIL 13 – MAY 25A Space Galleryandrea Geyer: Sound Giving Will FeelingOpening: Saturday april 13, 1–3 pmPRESENTED AS PART OF THE IMAGES FESTIVAL

APRIL 24 – MAY 18The Red Head GalleryGabrielle de Montmollin: Stephen Harper Hates Me

MAY 3 – JUNE 1Gallery 44Doug Ischar: Undertow (co-presented with Vtape)JJ levine: Queer PortraitsOpening: Friday May 3, 6–9 pm

MAY 22 – JUNE 15The Red Head GallerySally thurlow: Reclamation

Doug Guildford at Open Studio (to March 30)

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EVENTSMARCH 27, APRIL 24, MAY 29World Literacy CanadaStoryWallah: featuring Kyo Maclear, Safia Fazlul, eva Stachniak, richard B. WrightMount Everest: featuring laura + Dan Mallory, Wade DavisUnder the Influence: featuring Bruce Philp, Carol Off, terry O’reillyOffsite: Park hyatt, 4 avenue road, 6:30 pmVisit www.worldlit.ca for ticket informationPART OF KAMA 21ST ANNUAL BENEFIT READING SERIES

MARCH 14 & 28, APRIL 25 Prefix Institute of Contemporary ArtUrban Field Speaker Series presents three new installments this Spring: Elena Filipovic with Peggy Gale, Edward Dimendberg with Will Straw, and Teddy Cruz with Lee RodneyVisit www.prefix.ca for ticket information

MARCH 20 – 24Emeralda Enrique Spanish Dance CompanyA Night in MadridOffsite: trinity St. Paul’s Centrewww.flamencos.net

APRIL 25 – 28Emeralda Enrique Spanish Dance CompanyPortalesOffsite: harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance theatrewww.flamencos.net

MAY 25 & 26401 RichmondDoors Open Toronto: featuring more than 135 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural, and social significance.10 am–5 pmGuided tours: Saturday & Sunday, 1 pm

FESTIVAlSAPRIL 11 – 20Images Festivalthe largest festival in North america for experimental and independent moving image culture celebrates its 26th festival season.www.imagesfestival.com

MAY 23 – JUNE 2Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festivalthe 23rd annual festival brings toronto’s lGBt community together in celebration of the best queer film from Canada and around the world.www.insideout.ca

Sanaz Mazinaniat Gallery 44 (March 8 – April 13)

Above: JJ Levine at Gallery 44 (May 3 – June 1)Below: Gita Hashemi at A Space Gallery (March 1 – 30)

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press check

401 RICHMOND is part of the “new heat” according to the

New York Post article Toronto is in the Groove.

DUBBElDAM ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (Studio 258) have waved their architects wand over another residential project bringing an “Inner Glow” to a home featured in Design Lines Magazine’s spring issue.

WINNIE TRUONG’s(Studio 387) flair for hair was the perfect

fit for a spread on Vidal Sassoon in New York Times Magazine.

FRASER MUSTARD INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVElOPMENThas been inaugurated at the University of Toronto recognizing the groundbreaking work of Dr. Fraser Mustard (1927–2011) who will forever be fondly remembered as a tenant at 401 richmond.

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If you’d like to be on the BaCK PaGe, please submit your drawing, painting, illustration, photograph or architectural plans at 300 dpi as a photoshop or illustrator file on cd or dvd disk. Please include a word file with your name, the title of the project, your website, your studio address and a brief description of 50 words (maximum) on the disk. the best entry will be chosen for each issue. Disks will not be returned. this space is to showcase the talent in the building. It is not for advertising an event or sale.

THE BACK PAGE Swipe Design | Books + Objects

New pop-up shop at the Design Exchange with window vinyl by Saman Design (Studio 208)

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