The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
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It's not too late to register! Leonardo Drew joins #ThePowerPlantTO's Amin Alsaden TONIGHT at 7 PM EST for our first In Conversation program of the year! The New York-based artist discuss the evolution of his work and his upcoming exhibition, "Propelled into Otherness" opening in Summer 2021. This In Conversation is co-presented with #Kuumba at Harbourfront Centre and supported by the TD Ready Commitment. For more info on the upcoming exhibition and to register for the art...ist talk at http://ow.ly/SLdi50DDTny : Leonardo Drew, Number 8, 1988. Animal carcasses, animal hides, feathers, paint, paper, rope, and wood, 108 x 120 x 4". Courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York. #TPPTogether #TPPLeonardoDrew #LeonardoDrew #ArtistTalk #InConversation #VirtualProgram #Toronto #TorontoEvents #Free #ArtNow #ContemporaryArt See more

Omar Ba's travelling exhibition "Same Dream" from #ThePowerPlantTO's Winter 2019 season may be closed in Calgary, Alberta but you can now visit the exhibition VIRTUALLY! Repost: @contemporarycalgary Omar Ba: Same Dream, Dictator Series'Expérience pénible 1' (2012) 'Today is a great day' (2010), 'Délit de Faciès 2' (2013), 'Dommages Collateraux' (2014). .... About this dictator theme: often in our countries, we’ve experienced dictatorship regimes and often when these dictators come into power, they don’t want to leave it. They don’t want to do what’s right for the country and the people, and they don’t necessarily build the country, so I wanted to explore that theme. In addition, there are people surrounding the dictator. There are systems that support him or her. And I also wanted to talk about the influence of everyone who surrounds the dictator and the systems. - Omar Ba (In conversation with @thepowerplantto curator, Nabila Abdel Nabi) . Learn more about the artworks in Same Dream and take a 360 tour by clicking the link in our bio. Presented by @td_canada, the exhibition Omar Ba: Same Dream is organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in collaboration with Contemporary Calgary. It is curated by Nabila Abdel Nabi at The Power Plant and Justine Kohleal for the Calgary presentation. . @omarbastudio @contemporarycalgary @thepowerplantto #OmarBa #OmarBaSameDream #ContemporaryCalgary #YYCArts @td_canada @kariscarlett See more

TONIGHT at 6PM EST! Take a Field Trip with Marianne Nicolson, an artist-activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations, who will discuss her artistic practice and recent works in a conversation with Gerald McMaster, curator, artist, author, and professor of Indigenous Visual Culture and Critical Curatorial Studies at OCAD University Register now for this incredible In Conversation at bit.ly/TPPPrograms #ThePowerPlantTO #ArtAcrossCanada #FreeProgramming #ArtTalk #MarianneNicolson #GeraldMcMaster

New publication alert! The book launch for Mario Pfeifer's "If you end up with the story you started with, then you’re not listening along the way" is on Friday, 19 February, 1 PM EST. Presented by the authors, artist, and designer: Georg Imdahl, Nomaduma R. Masilela, Markus Weisbeck, and Mario Pfeifer, the conversation will be moderated by its editor, Gaëtane Verna, Director of #ThePowerPlantTO. This bilingual and internationally-distributed publication by Mousse Publishing ...follows Pfeifer‘s first comprehensive solo exhibition in Canada and North America which took place from 22 June to 2 September 2019 at The Power Plant, Toronto. The exhibition was curated by Gaëtane Verna with the assistance of Nabila Abdel Nabi. "If you end up with the story you started with, then you’re not listening along the way" includes essays by Georg Imdahl on the artist's socio-political investigations and Nomaduma Rosa Masilela on Pfeifer's first live performance work. A conversation between Pfeifer and the multiple award winning filmmaking Canadian artist Stan Douglas weaves through the historical and contemporary issues of image production, music, pop culture, and politics of the now. The film's script of "Again Noch einmal" (2018) is published alongside an index of produced works and publications 20082020 to complete the publication as Pfeifer's most extensive monograph to date. Register for the artist talk by visiting https://zoom.us//regi/tJ0qcuitrDsvHtUrxlibePVC0ktG34Q6LtK7 The publication is funded by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG Bild-Kunst, and The Power Plant, with support from KOW #TPPMarioPfeifer #TPPTogether #NewPublication #NewInShop #BookLaunch #MarioPfeifer

Make Family Day extra special this year by creating Family Symbols with #PowerKidsTO Grab your art materials and create symbols that represent your family. This art-making activity is inspired by Fall 2020 exhibiting artist Nathan Eugene Carson's exhibition, "Cut from the same cloth" and will bring together the artist's themes of identity and history, and personal memories and connections. Visit our website at http://bit.ly/powerkids to watch the video now. What did you le...arn from this activity about your family? Share your thoughts with us using #PowerKidsTO! This program is supported by the TD Ready Commitment #ThePowerPlantTO #TPPTogether #TPPNathanECarson #FamilyDay #ArtsandCrafts #Free #VirtualProgram #TorontoKids

Missed Designing Leadership in a Time of Change, a powerful conversation featuring #ThePowerPlantTO Director Gaëtane Verna? Visit the link in below to watch the empowering discussion between Verna, Shelley Falconer from Art Gallery of Hamilton and Karen Carter from maclarenARTcentre with The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The speakers discussed the importance of reimagining the purpose of museums given their colonial underpinnings and how museums can better serve all communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9yoKwd6lQ #FreePrograms #EquityinArts #TPPTogether

The forecast calls for sub-zero temperatures in Toronto today. Stay inside and join #ThePowerPlantTO for two free virtual activities inspired by our Fall 2020 exhibitions! Registration is still open for our Sunday Scene with Dr. Jing Jing Chang at 2 PM and Power Kids art-making workshop "Make Your Place" at 3 PM. Visit http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms for more info on how to join in!

Our last Sunday Scene of the Fall 2020 season is today at 2 PM with Esery Mondesir. The Toronto-based, Haitian-born video artist and filmmaker will discuss Manuel Mathieu’s exhibition "World Discovered Under Other Skies". In this exhibition, Mathieu blends into his canvases an interrogation of the complex history of his familial homeland, Haiti. By unearthing the traumas of state violence, he addresses issues that remain as urgent today as they have been throughout Haitian hi...story. Both Mathieu and Mondesir share recollections that depict everyday scenes. Mondesir’s work draws from personal and collective memory, official archives, and vernacular records, to suggest a reading of our society from its margins. His films explore migration and exile as sites of identity formation as well as cultural resistance. Register by visiting http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms. While you're there, visit #ThePowerPlantTO virtually to experience the exhibition "Worlds Discovered Under Other Skies" at http://bit.ly/TPPVirtualTour

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Miriam Cahn: ME AS HAPPENING at @kunsthalcharlottenborg is on view until 21 February 2021. This exhibition curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer is organized and circulated by #ThePowerPlantTO and will come to Toronto in 2021. In her first solo exhibition in Denmark, the acclaimed Swiss artist Miriam Cahn (b. 1949) presents selected works from an extensive and versatile body of work. The exhibition includes works done in chalk, charcoal, pastel and watercolour on paper, oil p...aintings, photography and text. The many figurative works are vastly different in scale; some are part of larger series. Here, they have all been put together and installed with great dynamic energy by the artist herself, joining up to form a single, cohesive statement: ME AS HAPPENING. Visit the Touring Exhibitions link in bio for more information on #ThePowerPlantTO around the world. See more

John Armstrong teaches senior-level painting in Art and Art History, a joint Honours BA program between Sheridan College and the University of Toronto Mississauga. While looking for alternatives to having students visit galleries and museums in person, he noted that The Power Plant's website has good resources and great potential for use by postsecondary faculty looking to engage students with contemporary art during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "While reviewing an exhi...bition via online documentation does not allow students to experience the subtleties of how the artwork was made and the immediate impact of its materiality, the overall visuality of the experience does translate well and offers the students opportunities to discuss the exhibition in depth and to contextualize the work in terms of contemporary practice [...] The Power Plant’s website is a nimble resource that allows me to preserve one of my courses’ key curricular goals for students working online in a pandemic." For more teaching resources including text descriptions, installation images, audio descriptions, virtual tours, and videos of public programs, visit our website at https://thepowerplant.org/ See more

Bored at home? Missed any of #ThePowerPlantTO's past programs? Get direct access to over 10 years of artist talks and lectures with international and local aritsts and arts professional including Thomas Hirschhorn, Rashid Johnson, Dawt L. Petros, Ellen Gallagher, and more by visiting our Switch On page at http://bit.ly/TPPSwitchOn Subscribe to our newsletter at thepowerplant.org to stay up-to-date on all upcoming virtual programs for our upcoming season in the new year!

Relationships between art institutions and artists are constantly changing. Contemporary artists are increasingly influencing museums' choices around issues such as funding, deaccessioning, and programming. Earlier this month, #ThePowerPlantTO's Director Gaëtane Verna was joined by Amsterdam-based artist Ahmet Ögüt and the author and cultural strategy advisor András Szántó, in a conversation moderated by Georgina Adam, Editor at Large for The Art Newspaper in a panel presented by Art Basel focusing on the topic of "Artists Working with Museums Today." This panel explored some recent examples of controversies involving artists and museums, as a path to sharing best practices for both sides. Watch the dynamic conversation at https://www.artbasel.com/stories/artists-and-museums! #ArtNow #ArtBasel #ContemporaryArt

New in the Shop! Toronto-based artist Shelagh Keeley’s work is centred around her conceptual drawing practice, from which she engages with the body’s relationship to its always-evolving environment. From the series "An Embodied Haptic Space," these unique works are made in watercolour and ink on paper, exemplifying Keeley’s exploration of architecture, geometry, motion, and the body. Keeley's 2014-15 exhibition "Notes on Obsolescence" at #ThePowerPlantTO was a commission-bas...ed project that centred around wall drawing that enveloped the clerestory walls. Her drawings on therand canvases were the remnants of her corporeal action; they articulated the moment and gestures of her body and acted as performative objects. They emerged from choreographed gestures as they relate to the limits and conditions of a bound space. Since then, Keeley has had solo exhibitions and projects at MOCA Toronto Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art Vancouver Art Gallery and more! Visit the Shop page https://thepowerplant.org//S/An-Embodied-Haptic-Space.aspx to purchase. #ShopSunday #ThePowerPlantTO #Editions #ShelaghKeeley #Watercolour

Mark your calendars for a Virtual Studio Visit with Fall 2020 Exhibiting Artist @nathanecarson on Wednesday, 25 November at 5:30 PM! Register today to meet the artist and experience a private guided tour of his Hamilton studio. This Members event is open to all Circle of Contemporaries and Circle of Supporters. RSVP or become a Member today by clicking the Membership link in bio or emailing [email protected]

Set a reminder for this Sunday at 2 PM for Sunday Scene with Betty Julian as she leads us on an IG Live tour and discussion inspired by Nathan Eugene Carson's exhibition "Cut from the same cloth." Julian is an independent curator of contemporary art and serves as the Adjunct Curator at @prefix_ica. She has a specialization in photography, film, and video as art forms and is a former Assistant Professor and Sessional faculty member in the Photography program at @OCADUniversity.... She has developed an intersectional artistic research practice that is informed by her studies and active engagement in the critical discourses of aesthetics, colonialism, and psychoanalytic thought. She is based in Toronto and an off-reserve citizen of Sipekne’katnik First Nation (Indian Brook First Nation) in Nova Scotia. #ThePowerPlantTO's Sunday Scene series invites speakers from the world of art and beyond offer their responses to the current exhibitions. Whether focusing on a single work/artist or on multiple exhibitions, guest presenters draw provocative connections between our programs and broader cultural and intellectual debates. Want to know more about our programs and events? Visit http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms!

Have your voice heard. The final session for The Airspace Tribunal is today on Saturday, 14 November 2020, 2-3 PM EST. This session will include final statements by the Experts and Counsel, followed by questions and then a vote by you, the audience and Tribunal, in favour of or against the proposed new human right. The Airspace Tribunal is an international public forum established by Fall 2021 exhibiting artist Shona Illingworth and human rights professor and barrister Nick ...Grief. In a series of public hearingsLondon, Sydney, now Toronto, with further hearings to come in other parts of the worldthis people’s tribunal is examining the impact of accelerating geopolitical, technological, and environmental change on the composition, nature, and use of airspace, and considering the case for and against a proposed new human right to protect all people from physical or psychological threats from above. Missed the previous sessions? Catch up before 2 PM by visiting our Switch On https://thepowerplant.org/SwitchOn/Video-Room.aspx

Toronto artist @samarhejazi's welcomes #ThePowerPlantTO The Club and Above Members to her studio next Wednesday,18 November at 5:30 PM! Have you registered yet? Samar Hejazi is a multi disciplinary visual artist based in Toronto. By channeling her ancestry through the historical choreography found in traditional craft practices, Hejazi observes the complex conversations between ethnology and the ethos of modernity. She uses her art to examine how the crossing of cultures form...s new ways of identifying oneself while exploring the development of cultural narratives in relation to unity, separation, and belonging. Most recently, , an exhibition of work by Samar Hejazi, and , a screening of films by Leila Almawy, Kalil Haddad, Rana Nazzal, and Serene Husni, in partnership with Toronto Palestine Film Festival were on view at The Plumb in October. Interested in becoming a Member or looking to RSVP? Email [email protected] for Zoom details. For more info, visit http://bit.ly/TPPMembership

The first session of The Airspace Tribunal is this Sunday, 1 November, 2-4 PM EST. The Tribunal is an international public forum established by Fall 2021 exhibiting artist Shona Illingworth and human rights professor and barrister Nick Grief. This people’s tribunal is examining the impact of accelerating geopolitical, technological, and environmental change on the composition, nature, and use of airspace, and considering the case for and against a proposed new human right to ...protect all people from physical or psychological threats from above. Speakers from a broad range of expertise, disciplines and lived experienceincluding Climate Change, Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, Contemporary Warfare, Biopolitics, and Psychologywill consider whether we need increased protection from threats from above through the recognition of this proposed new human right. Counsel to the Tribunal, Kirsty Brimelow QC, of Doughty Street Chambers (London, UK), will pose questions to the Experts. Members of the audiencewho are the judgeswill also be able to ask questions. Session One speakers include: Shona Illingworth, Artist and Reader in Arts, University of Kent Nick Grief, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Kent and Associate Tenant, Doughty Street Chambers Derek Gregory, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada Gbenga Oduntan, Reader in International Commercial Law, Kent Law School, University of Kent, England, UK Don't forget to register! Visit http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms for more information

Calling all writers The last creative writing workshop of the year, in partnership with Toronto Writers Collective is on Thursday, 17 December at 6 PM. This session will use artworks from Nathan Eugene Carson's exhibition "Cut from the same cloth" as inspiration. Our creative writing workshops provide a safe and inclusive setting for both new and experienced writers to explore their written voice and receive positive feedback from their peers. Participants will respond to v...isual cues and prompts inspired by art works currently on view at The Power Plant and will be invited to share their creations. No prior writing experience is required. Register today by visiting http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms #TorontoWriters #CreativeWriting #ThePowerPlantTO #TPPNathanECarson

Calling all Power Kids! Grab your crafts and head to Zoom this Sunday at 3 PM. This week's workshop "Fast Forward" is inspired by Howie Tsui’s video installation, "Retainers of Anarchy" which resembles an animated handscroll. Traditionally, a handscroll shows us a continuous narrative or journey that progresses through time and space as you roll it open. In this art-making activity, participants will create a drawing of their vision of the future using markers and acrylic pai...nt on parchment paper, tracing paper, or plastic transparencies. Power Kids is a FREE and collaborative art-making workshop. It is for children ages 7-12 with parents or guardians (and younger siblings). Register in the Power Kids at http://bit.ly/powerkids! Need more at home activities? Download our Fall 2020 Family Guide for more ideas. #ThePowerPlantTO #KidsandCrafts #Free #KidsWeekend #Toronto

At The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, the health and safety of our visitors, artists, volunteers, and staff members is our first priority. In accordance with policies outlined by the provincial government on 20 November, The Power Plant will close to the public beginning Monday, 23 November 2020. We will continue to update our community as the situation changes. The Power Plant has long been at the forefront of removing barriers to access public art. We hope you will v...isit our website to view thought-provoking exhibitions through interactive virtual tours, and continue to participate in our many dynamic online programs. For any questions or concerns, please email [email protected]. Stay well. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Art Toronto is virtual this year! Since 2006, #ThePowerPlantTO has presented Power Talks with Art Toronto to present influential art-world figures who discuss their projects, preoccupations, and ideas in the context of Canada's largest art fair. Mark these dates in your calendar: -Curtis Talwst Santiago in conversation with Claire Gilman: Monday, 2 November | 11 AM... -Nathan Eugene Carson in conversation with Laura Demers: Thursday, 5 November | 6 PM -Brenda Draney in conversation with Justine Kohleal: Sunday, 8 November | 2 PM ArtTO will take place 28 October through 8 November 2020, online with virtual exhibitions, curated collections, VIP programming, and the fair’s popular PLATFORM Speaker Series. In addition to the virtual fair, audiences will be able to attend in-person exhibitions and events at participating galleries, expanding the fair’s experience across the country to hub cities: Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. For more info on Power Talks and to register, visit http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms #ArtTO #CanadianArt #ArtistTalks

Dawit L. Petros' travelling exhibition at University at Buffalo Art Galleries may be temporarily closed in Buffalo, NY but you can now view "Spazio Disponibile" virtually! This exhibition of the artist's new work will be on view at UB Art Galleries until 16 May 2021 and then will travel to MacKenzie Art Gallery in November 2021. The Exhibition is organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, sponsored by The TD Ready Commitment and supporte...d by Lead Donor Lonti Ebers. Additional support for the tour is provided by Canada Council for the Arts and The Gilder. Visit http://ow.ly/PVCU50CIhwk to view the travelling exhibition. : Winter 2020 Opening Party. Photo: Natalie Logan. #TPPDawitLPetros #ThePowerPlantTO #TPPTogether #TravellingExhibition #ArtNow #ContemporaryArt #CanadianArt See more

On November 15 at 1:30 PM (MST) via Zoom, join the Yukon Arts Centre and independent curator and Inuit art expert Dr. Nancy G. Campbell of the exhibition Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds to discuss the artist’s work and her outstanding contributions to the visual arts in Canada and beyond. Dr. Campbell’s lecture will provide insight into the artistic traditions of Northern Inuit communities, and she will share stories from her travels to the North, where she developed clos...e relationships with Shuvinai Ashoona and other artists working in Kinngait (Cape Dorset). Register for this program at the link in @yukonarts bio or at fieldtrip.art! #ThePowerPlantTO's Winter 2019 exhibition "Mapping Worlds" is currently on a national tour at @YukonArts until 27 November 2020 after travelling to @confedcentre in Prince Edward Island, @leonardbinaellengallery in Montreal, and @vanartgallery in Vancouver. #FieldTrip #ArtAcrossCanada #InuitArt #ArtsProgramming #YukonArtsCentre #YukonArts #TPPShuvinaiAshoona #TPPMappingWorlds See more

Fall 2020 exhibiting artist Nathan Eugene Carson explores themes of Black identity, with paintings, drawings, and collages that are particularly influenced by history, symbolism, and personal memories. This varied edition is inspired by the artist’s "Negro" series (2015) on view at #ThePowerPlantTO in the exhibition "Cut from the same cloth" until 3 January 2021! Mixed media on paper 9 x 12 inches Sold unframed... $700/$600 for Members Only 10 #editions left! Email [email protected] or visit http://bit.ly/TPPShop to see what else is new in our shop from this season! #TPPNathanECarson See more

Take a Field Trip with #ThePowerPlantTO! Today at 2 PM, join Winter 2012-13 exhibiting artist Althea Thauberger in conversation with friend and collaborator (and Spring 2012 exhibiting artist) Kerry Tribe. While reflecting on their 17-year-long support for each other's practices, Thauberger and Tribe will informally discuss friendship, collaboration, frustration, and a long-term approach to integrating art and life. Visit thepowerplant.org to learn more and register.... #FieldTrip #ArtAcrossCanada #ArtsProgramming #Free See more

#DYK we're open late on Saturdays? Until 8 PM, visit #ThePowerPlantTO for our new Fall 2020 Season with exhibitions by Nathan Eugene Carson, Manuel Mathieu, and Howie Tsuion until 3 January 2021! Book your timeslot by visiting https://thepowerplant.org/Visit.aspx

Meet The Network @lucillekim_artist is a Cambodian-Canadian artist based in Hamilton. She received an HBA in Art & Art History at the University of Toronto specializing in drawing and photography. In her work, objects, architecture, environment, and language challenge notions of personal, familial, and national identities. At the same time, past-present states and subtle narratives emerging from memory bring forth a history about war and its effect upon the human body. Kim’...s works have been exhibited at @xpacecc, @bnkr2, @factorymediacentre, and @aceartinc. As I use non-traditional drawing to performative healing methods and photography, the configuration of them led me to video and sound in order to produce durational experiences with subtlety and patience. They have ultimately and naturally struck a vulnerabilitya sensitive human quality that I am afraid to face every time I dive into each medium’s capacity. While my father and mother have been the main subjects in my work, pain as hidden can reveal itself, and subsequently, my conditions of pain become examined. In the end, I still question, if healing can be completely attainable and absolute; or if it is unattainable, continuous, or obscured. The @RBC Emerging Artist Network fosters and supports nominated local artists by connecting Members through events like exhibition tours, collection visits, and artist studio visits and providing resources and opportunities to enrich artistic practices through #ThePowerPlantTO and beyond! Interested in different Membership levels? Visit the Membership link in bio or email [email protected] See more

Congratulations to Dawit L. Petros for the exhibition review of "Spazio Disponibile" during our Winter 2020 season in #thenewyorkreviewofbooks! "Spazio Disponibile" is currently on tour in Buffalo, USA at University at Buffalo Art Galleries until 15 May 2021. https://www.nybooks.com//italys-colonial-history-in-afric/ for the full review. #ThePowerPlantTO #TPPDawitLPetros

Join our friends and neighbours at Harbourfront Centre for @craftdesignTO's Material Sampling Symposium this Saturday, 14 November to 21 November! Harbourfront Centre, in partnership with Craft Ontario will deliver a symposium that brings together craft and design professionals to explore and discuss intersections between making, culture, and material innovation. Inspired by a connection to the University of Toronto’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering and looki...ng at current discoveries of new materials and applications, the symposium will be an environment where local, national and international participants can explore craft through the lens of material sampling. Material Sampling Symposium will launch with an inspiring keynote by the Founder and Director of Ma-tt-er, Seetal Solanki and continues with engaging panels on Material Curiosity, Materials & Meaning, and Materials & Embodied Learning. View the full schedule and register today at https://harbourfront.live/festival/material-sampling/

The Airspace Tribunal is an international public forum established by #ThePowerPlantTO Fall 2021 exhibiting artist Shona Illingworth and human rights professor and barrister Nick Grief. In a series of global public hearings, this people’s tribunal is examining the impact of accelerating geopolitical, technological, and environmental change on the composition, nature, and use of airspace, and considering the case for and against a proposed new human right to protect all people... from physical or psychological threats from above. The hearing will take place over three two-hour online panel discussions followed by a one-hour online summative session. Sunday, 1 November, 2-4 PM EST marks the first of four sessions of The Airspace Tribunal with speakers: Shona Illingworth, Artist and Reader in Arts, University of Kent Nick Grief, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Kent and Associate Tenant, Doughty Street Chambers Derek Gregory, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada Gbenga Oduntan, Reader in International Commercial Law, Kent Law School, University of Kent, England, UK For the full schedule and to register, visit http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms. : Flight Paths with Ash North Atlantic Airspace (2017). Courtesy of Shona Illingworth with thanks to NATS.

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Join us on #IGLive on Wednesday, 7 October at 2 PM as Heiltsuk artist @shawn_hunt joins Josh Heuman, Curator of Education & Public Programs at #ThePowerPlantTO in conversation! On this Field Trip, the artist will discuss his upcoming solo exhibition at @equinoxgallery and the evolution of his artistic practice. #ArtAcrossCanada #InConversation #ArtProgramming #FieldTrip #ThePowerPlantTO... . Posted @withregram @equinoxgallery Shawn Hunt, At Night They Became Animals, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48". Equinox is thrilled to present Hunt's first solo exhibition with the gallery in October 2020.

Meet the curators! All Members are invited to an exclusive Members' Exhibition Tour of the current exhibitions with Director Gaëtane Verna, Assistant Curator Justine Kohleal, and TD Curator of Education and Outreach Fellow Laura Demers on Monday, 26 October at 4:30 PM. Here's your chance to ask the Director and curators questions and find out behind the scenes information about this season's exhibitions. Register for this virtual event or become a Member today by emailing [email protected]! http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms for more info on the Fall 2020 season.

#DYK works in Howie Tsui's exhibition "From swelling shadows, we draw our bows" are inspired by a historical tenement in Hong Kong? The Kowloon Walled City was an area barely a hundredth of a square mile in size that housed up to 50,000 people "an anarchist society, self-regulating and self-determining. It was a colony within a colony, a city within a city, a tiny block of territory at once contested and neglected. It was known as Kowloon Walled City. But locals called it so...mething else. Hak Namthe City of Darkness." Currently on view, Retainers of Anarchy (2017), a five-channel algorithmic animation comprised of hundreds of hand-painted ink drawings of wuxia-style characters and the single-channel animation Parallax Chambers (2018-ongoing) were created in response to this infamous area and historical moment of Hong Kong's unique background. Want to learn more about Kowloon Walled City? Visit https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city for James Crawford's "The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City." #TPPHowieTsui

Earlier this month, ByBlacks.com spoke with Fall 2020 exhibiting artist @NathanECarson about his first major institutional solo exhibition, Cut from the same cloth at #ThePowerPlantTO! Read Bryon Armstrong's interview with the Hamilton artist at http://ow.ly/X0qD50BHJCA Visit the Gallery this weekend on Saturday from 10 AM-8 PM and Sunday from 10 AM-6 PM to see "Cut from the same cloth"! ... Remember to visit http://thepowerplant.org/Visit.aspx for up-to-date visitor information before visiting!

Mark your calendars! Toronto International Festival of Authors' "Deconstructing Racism: Desmond Cole & Grada Kilomba" is on Sunday, 1 November at 1 PM! The activist, award-winning journalist, and author of "The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power" Desmond Cole will be joined by #ThePowerPlantTO Summer 2018 exhibiting artist Grada Kilomba to discuss methods for actively engaging in anti-racism in our everyday lives and within the broader scope of the instit...utions in which we live. Register for this event at https://festivalofauthors.ca//deconstructing-racism-desmo/ #DesmondCole #TPPGradaKilomba #GradaKilomba #FestofAuthors #TorontoEvent See more

Earlier this month, @byblacks spoke with Fall 2020 exhibiting artist @NathanECarson about his first major institutional solo exhibition, Cut from the same cloth at #ThePowerPlantTO! Read Bryon Armstrong's interview with the Hamilton artist at the link in bio. Visit the Gallery this weekend on Saturday from 10 AM-8 PM and Sunday from 10 AM-6 PM to see "Cut from the same cloth"! ... Remember to visit the link in bio for up-to-date visitor information before visiting! See more

This Saturday at 1 PM, Fall 2020 exhibiting artist Manuel Mathieu joins award-winning Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat in conversation as a part of the 41st edition of Toronto International Festival of Authors. The Haitian-born, Montreal-based artist's painterly work reflects the fraught history of Haiti, on diasporic identity, and on the writings of Frantz Fanon. Danticat’s novels and non-fiction works explore autobiographical threads relating to her experience of Haiti’s dual dictatorships, which forced her family to migrate to the United States. For more info and to register for this #free event, visit http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms. #TPPManuelMathieu #ThePowerPlantTO #TorontoBooks #TorontoLit

SAVE THE DATE! Plugging in: Networking in the Arts for Post-Secondary Students is on Thursday, 15 October over Zoom at 7 PM. #ThePowerPlantTO presents a virtual forum for post-secondary students and emerging art professionals. Students will hear from artists, curators, museum workers, and other creatives in the visual arts. With presentations by: ... - Daniel Faria (Gallerist - @dfariagallery) - Corrie Jackson (Senior Curator - RBC) - Jennifer Simaitis (Special Events Manager - @caseyhouseto) - Jessa Agilo (Founder and President - @artspond8) - Sarah Davidson (Artist, The RBC Emerging Artist Network) - Deborah Wang (Curator and Architect - @designtofestival) And more! Plus: a LinkedIn tutorial by Shelly Elsliger, Globally recognized LinkedIn Trainer Registration required through Eventbrite. http://ow.ly/pQ2k50BGOey to reserve your spot! #Toronto #StudentForum #WorkInCulture #WorkInArt

Kader Attia’s Power Plant Pages hit our Shop shelves just in time for the new exhibition season! Our 11th Power Pages publication features texts by Kader Attia, Joan Kee, Carolin Köchling, and Gaëtane Verna, and focuses on Attia's Winter 2018 exhibition "The Field of Emotion." In his installations, collages, and videos, he places the notion of repair at the centre of his practice. His works highlight differences between Western modes of repair that attempt to erase imperfection and those that mend while maintaining the visual traces of injury. Want to learn more about what’s available in the Shop? Click http://bit.ly/TPPShop for merchandise, publications, and new editions from our Fall 2020 exhibiting artists!

We are thrilled that #KapwaniKiwanga has been awarded the 20th Marcel Duchamp Prize. "A wall is just a wall," Kiwanga's Winter 2017 solo exhibition at #ThePowerPlantTO, epitomizes the artist's multimedia and multi-perspective explorations into space, power, and memory. Works and themes from the exhibition, and a concurrent co-production at the Logan Center Exhibitions, University of Chicago, have since been expanded upon and exhibited at major institutions across North Am...erica and Europe. Congratulations! Image: Kapwani Kiwanga: A wall is just a wall. Installation view: The Power Plant, Toronto, 2017. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. #canadianart #contemporaryart See more

Power Kids is back and online! This season, our #PowerKidsTO programs are hosted by Erica Cristobal, Power Kids & Outreach Coordinator live on Zoom. Grab your devices and your art materials below and get ready for PK Comics: Cultivating Heroes on Sunday, 4 October at 3 PM! This activity is inspired by Fall 2020 exhibiting artist Howie Tsui's "From swelling shadows, we draw our bows." The artist draws inspiration from wuxia, a popular martial arts genre that emerged in China ...during the mid-20th century. The characters and narratives emphasize courage, honour, courtesy, justice, and a readiness to help the weak. In this art-making activity, we will use watercolour paint and ink to create a comic book cover to illustrate a hero based on people in our livesor from our imagination! Materials: -Paper (water colour paper preferred) -Pencil -Water colour paint -Black marker -Alternatively, crayons, pencil crayons, and markers can also be used Visit http://bit.ly/powerkids to download this season's Family Guide for more at home activities and info on our upcoming #free programs and events!

Toronto artist Khadijah Morley, a Member of the RBC Emerging Artist Network, takes us through Nathan Eugene Carson's solo exhibition "Cut from the same cloth" for this week's Sunday Scene. Morley is currently enrolled at OCAD University for a BFA in Drawing and Painting, as well as a minor in Printmaking. @peenutbuttahbabe's work explores the complexities of Black womanhood through an autobio-graphical lens. Interested in what's on at #ThePowerPlantTO? Check out our Fall 202...0 season programs in the link in bio. #TPPSundayScene #TPPNathanECarson #KhadijahMorley #TorontoArtists

A big thank you to everyone who came to visit #ThePowerPlantTO for our re-opening this weekend! We missed you Toronto! On Saturday, we kicked off our Fall 2020 Season with three new exhibitions by Canadian artists Nathan Eugene Carson, Manuel Mathieu, and Howie Tsui. This season, our public programs will exclusively be hosted online with Sunday Scenes, Power Kids, writing workshops, and more! Did you come visit the gallery? Share your photos with us @ThePowerPlantTO... Remember, we have new opening hours. Please visit http://thepowerplant.org/ before visiting for safety protocols and upcoming programs.

Bring home a piece of the Fall 2020 exhibition season with a limited edition from exhibiting artist @howie_tsui! Tsui blends classical and contemporary Chinese art with Western popular culture to examine the complexities of diasporic experience. This limited edition scroll is derived from the hand drawn elements within Tsui’s Retainers of Anarchy (2017), a five-channel algorithmic animation made of hundreds of hand-painted ink drawings currently on view at #ThePowerPlantTO un...til 3 January 2021. Epson Ultrachrome pigmented ink on rice paper, mounted on paper and silk 30 x 239 cm (unrolled) Edition of 10 + 2 AP Sold unframed $1,400/$1,200 Members Available through our website at http://bit.ly/TPPShop!

Today is the day! We've been patiently preparing to (safely) re-open and welcome visitors back to #ThePowerPlantTO! Join us as we launch our Fall 2020 season with three new exhibitions by Nathan Eugene Carson, Manuel Mathieu, and Howie Tsui, and upcoming free online programs including Sunday Scenes, Student Night, and Power Talks at Art Toronto! We're open all weekend during our new hours. Please visit our website at http://thepowerplant.org/ for the most up-to-date information on visitor protocols.

Join JP Longboat and Elaine Kicknosway today, from 13 PM EST, as they discuss Indigenous Ways in Art and Wellness in this third session of Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s Art and Wellness Speaker Series. Visit fieldtrip.art and register to save your spot for these free online talks. First Nations creativity, cultural knowledge, language, and spirituality for reclamation: A reconciliation process based on healing time and space with JP Longboat A Traditional Indigenous ...Way of Life Through Song, Dance, and Rites of Passage with Elaine Kicknosway . #ArtAcrossCanada @aeartcentre See more

#DYK about Memberships at #ThePowerPlantTO? With different levels for everyone from artists and young patrons to families and more, we provide all art lovers with exceptional opportunities to access, engage with, and exchange ideas around contemporary art. New to this season, we are offering our Members private guided tours of our exhibitions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays while the gallery is closed. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet our staff and explore the Fal...l 2020 exhibitions. Interested in learning more or want to become a Member? Visit http://bit.ly/TPPMembership or email [email protected].

On 14 October, The Power Plant co-hosted a virtual writing workshop with the Toronto Writers Collective (@torontowritersc). Participants responded to prompts and visual cues based on Fort Dimanche 2 (2017), a painting by Fall 2020 exhibiting artist Manuel Mathieu. Fort Dimanche 2, evokes the prison where countless political opponents vanished during the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti. The abstracted image, inspired by an old photograph, depicts children playing in the ruins of the prison, oblivious to the haunted history of the spaces they now occupy. Here are some favourite lines and excerpts shared by our writers! Looking for creativity, community, or something new to try? Check out the link in bio for more workshops this season!

The Toronto International Festival of Author's 41st edition is going virtual! From 22 October1 November enjoy Toronto International Festival of Authors' free programming, including virtual author talks and readings, musical performances, original writing commissions, podcasts, and walking tours that you can access from anywhere in the world. This season, we've teamed up with TIFA to present "Manuel Mathieu in conversation with Edwidge Danticat" on Saturday, 24 October... at 1 PM. Visit http://bit.ly/TPPprograms to learn more about this program! Registration opens Tuesday, 29 September. Visit https://festivalofauthors.ca/ for more information. #FestofAuthors20 #TPPManuelMathieu #EdwidgeDanticat #canlit #TOarts #torontofestival #digitalfestival See more

Sunday Scene continues this weekend with Khadijah Morley, Toronto artist and a Member of the RBC Emerging Artist Network! Morley is currently enrolled at OCAD University for a BFA in Drawing and Painting, as well as a minor in Printmaking. Morley's work explores the complexities of Black womanhood through an autobio-graphical lens. Morley will discuss Nathan Eugene Carson’s exhibition "Cut from the same cloth" currently on view until 3 January 2021. Tune in for this Sunday Sc...ene, presented on Vimeo and on IGTV at on 18 October at 2 PM! Check out our Fall 2020 season programs at http://bit.ly/TPPPrograms #TPPSundayScene #TPPNathanECarson #KhadijahMorley #TorontoArtists

Grab your computer and your crafts! This Sunday, 18 October at 3 PM #PowerKidsTO will be hosting Family Symbols on Zoom! What represents your family? In his exhibition "Cut from the same cloth," Nathan Eugene Carson creates paintings and mixed media works on paper. His artworks bring together themes of Black identity and history, and personal memories and connections. Follow along with Erica, #ThePowerPlantTO's Power Kids & Outreach Coordinator as she leads you on a fun a...t home activity! Materials: -Cardboard -Paper -Glue or tape -Scissors -Markers, pencil crayons, crayons -Acrylic paint and paint brush (if you have) Parents and guardians! Tag @ThePowerPlantTO to show us what you and your family create! Swipe through to see Kurtis' (age 7) "Intergalactic Man" from last session's PK Comics: Cultivating Heroes. He fights bad guys and saves people. Power Kids parent - Created a person cleaning up other peoples' garbage on the beach. See more