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Spring 2013 Volume 20, Issue 1

Sar a Martel

The 401 Richmond Update is a community-building initiative of Urbanspace Property Group. The newsletter began in June 1994 and over the years has documented the eclectic activities and fascinating people who make a home in our historic factory in downtown Toronto. If you would like to be added to the 401 Update mailing list please email: update@401richmond.net

401 Richmond Ltd. Staff

Bob Chandler, Security rosanna Ciulla, administrative assistant Bogale Gebreyes, Security & Maintenance erin MacKeen, Director Community Development and Communications Mike Moody, Property Manager Pamela lampkin, Janitorial Services rodentar Paragas, Janitorial Services Manager ashley renders, executive assistant & liaison Vicki rodgers, Chief executive Officer robert Schwager, Security luisa Scofano, Office administrator Michael Siklos, leasing administrator Greg Spooner, Parking attendant & Security renato Villanueva, Maintenance Margaret Zeidler, Founder

Newsletter
erin MacKeen, editor lisa Kiss Design (Studio 435) Warrens Waterless Printing Published by: Urbanspace Property Group 401 richmond St. W., Studio 111 toronto, ON Canada M5V 3a8 tel 416-595-5900 fax 416-595-5904 www.401richmond.net

COVER IMAGE
Kris Knights studio during the Artist Open Studio event in December

Printed on rolland enviro 100.

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Spring 2013 Volume 20, Issue 1

MOVING IN
SUMMERWORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL has transformed Studio 423 (previously alice Burtons painting studio) into their performance festival headquarters. Watch out for this years festival from august 8 to 18. ECO CHARTREUSE is a live communications 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 Ontarios theatre sector. PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA is the third group in Studio 350 working to advocate, support, and promote Canadian playwrights and theatre.

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

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

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE

Canadian artist, Robin Grindley has returned from what he called the trip of a lifetime to Varanasi, India with World Literacy Canadas (WlC, Studio 281) executive Director Mamta Mishra. Inspired by the women and children in WlCs 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 youre interested in participating, you can contact WlC directly at www.worldlit.ca

B CORP
Urbanspace 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. Were 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. WHATS NEXT

Weve had art installations in some pretty unconventional places at 401, but never in a washroom! the first iteration of W.C. Whats Next came about organically as a visual conversation between users of the third floor womens washroom. the piece was relocated when the washroom was renovated, so recently Lianne Ct (Ct 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).
Left: Home Sweet Home, the bare bones for a collaborative washroom diorama.

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DYNAMIC DUO

Winnie Truong and Kris Knight at the Artists Open Studio event in December

Winnie 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 youll 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

CREATORS, MAKERS, AND INNOVATORS

this years Doors Open theme Creators, Makers, and Innovators resonates with 401 richmonds past and present. We never tire of sharing the buildings arts and manufacturing history and how that legacy takes shape in the vibrant community of cultural contributors who work here today. Well 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. Its 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 day www.toronto.ca/doorsopen2013

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Shannon Cochrane at Performance Art Links in Sweden (April 2012)

FADO PERFORMANCE ART CENTRE Studio 445

In a small office on the fourth floor, FADO Performance Art Centres (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 richmonds open-air courtyard did for Swiss artist Claudia Bucher last September (see photo on table of Contents page). FaDOs 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 wont know until you try it! www.performanceart.ca

DeNIS rOMaNOVSKI

spotted & applauded

Graham Curry (Studio 260)

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Alice Burton (Studio 433) and David Horne (Drapery Design Studio, Studio 137) Anthony Trask (Studio 427)

Gallery 44

ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO & FROlIC 2

December 6 to 9, 2012

Janna Watsons studio (Studio 282) The Red Head Gallery

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March to May 2013

EXHIBITIONS
continues to MARCH 9 & 30 YYZ Artists Outlet Faith la rocque: High Acceptance Scott Waters: Rotozero continues to MARCH 23 The Red Head Gallery Firth MacMillan: Giving Notice continues to MARCH 30 Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art eugenio Dittborn: The Museum of Means and Ends Open Studio andrea Pinheiro: Its All Gone Pear Shaped louise Vezina: Chattel House Doug Guildford: Hydrozoa MARCH 1 30 A Space Gallery Gita hashemi: Time Lapsed Opening: Friday March 1, 79 pm Ouster Remixed Performance: Friday March 1, 7:30 pm Panel Discussion: Saturday March 16, 24 pm MARCH 4 APRIL 30 Urbanspace Gallery Charlies FreeWheels: Youth Cyclists Gearing up for Change MARCH 8 APRIL 13 Gallery 44 Sanaz Mazinani: Site, Sight, Insight Opening: Friday March 8, 69 pm MARCH 27 APRIL 20 The Red Head Gallery Sam Mogelonsky: All That Sparkles Opening: thursday March 28, 69 pm APRIL 4 MAY 11 Open Studio Group exhibition: Urban Myth elizabeth Forrest Ian rubenzahl: Lines of Force*
* PART OF SCOTIABANK CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL

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/Womens Art Resource Centre (Studio 122) Contact 416-977-0097 www.warc.net YYZ Artists Outlet (Studio 140) Contact 416-598-4546 www.yyzartistsoutlet.org

Opening: thursday april 4, 6:308:30 pm APRIL 13 MAY 25 A Space Gallery andrea Geyer: Sound Giving Will Feeling Opening: Saturday april 13, 13 pm
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE IMAGES FESTIVAL

APRIL 24 MAY 18 The Red Head Gallery Gabrielle de Montmollin: Stephen Harper Hates Me MAY 3 JUNE 1 Gallery 44 Doug Ischar: Undertow (co-presented with Vtape) JJ levine: Queer Portraits Opening: Friday May 3, 69 pm MAY 22 JUNE 15 The Red Head Gallery Sally thurlow: Reclamation Doug Guildford at Open Studio (to March 30)

Sanaz Mazinani at Gallery 44 (March 8 April 13)

EVENTS
MARCH 27, APRIL 24, MAY 29 World Literacy Canada StoryWallah: featuring Kyo Maclear, Safia Fazlul, eva Stachniak, richard B. Wright Mount Everest: featuring laura + Dan Mallory, Wade Davis Under the Influence: featuring Bruce Philp, Carol Off, terry Oreilly Offsite: Park hyatt, 4 avenue road, 6:30 pm Visit www.worldlit.ca for ticket information
PART OF K AMA 21ST ANNUAL BENEFIT READING SERIES

MARCH 14 & 28, APRIL 25 Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art Urban Field Speaker Series presents three new installments this Spring: Elena Filipovic with Peggy Gale, Edward Dimendberg with Will Straw, and Teddy Cruz with Lee Rodney Visit www.prefix.ca for ticket information MARCH 20 24 Emeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company A Night in Madrid Offsite: trinity St. Pauls Centre www.flamencos.net APRIL 25 28 Emeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company Portales Offsite: harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance theatre www.flamencos.net MAY 25 & 26 401 Richmond Doors Open Toronto: featuring more than 135 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural, and social significance. 10 am5 pm Guided tours: Saturday & Sunday, 1 pm Above: JJ Levine at Gallery 44 (May 3 June 1) Below: Gita Hashemi at A Space Gallery (March 1 30)

FESTIVAlS
APRIL 11 20 Images Festival the largest festival in North america for experimental and independent moving image culture celebrates its 26th festival season. www.imagesfestival.com MAY 23 JUNE 2 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival the 23rd annual festival brings torontos lGBt community together in celebration of the best queer film from Canada and around the world. www.insideout.ca

press check

WINNIE TRUONG s (Studio 387) flair for hair was the perfect fit for a spread on Vidal Sassoon in New York Times Magazine.

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 Magazines spring issue.

FRASER MUSTARD INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVElOPMENT

has been inaugurated at the University of Toronto recognizing the groundbreaking work of Dr. Fraser Mustard (19272011) who will forever be fondly remembered as a tenant at 401 richmond.

401 RICHMOND
is part of the new heat according to the New York Post article Toronto is in the Groove.

THE BACK PAGE Swipe Design | Books + Objects

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

If youd 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.

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