ATTENTION ALL YOUTH ARTISTS

IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK TO THE DELISLE YOUTH GALLERY BY NOVEMBER 30^th, 2009 @ 4:00PM YOUR ARTWORK COULD BE SELECTED FOR PAYMENT IN AN ART AUCTION ….

Don’t miss this opportunity to be paid for your art and have it auctioned off at a charity event in 2010!!!

Amazing New Opportunity for Young Artists aged 13 to 19 years – CALL FOR ART

If you are a young artist living in the GTA… please read on.

Framework Foundation, a unique organization focused on supporting emerging artists and increasing volunteerism amongst young Canadians, are welcoming art submissions for their art auction in 2009. Submit your work by November 30^th, 2009 at 4:00PM to have a chance for your work to be selected by a Delisle Youth Gallery Panel.

For more information about Framework Foundation visit their website at http://www.frameworkfoundation.ca .

If your piece is selected, you will receive payment for your work ($100 - $500) in addition to valuable exposure and promotion. Interested artists can submit up to two works for review. The pieces will be valued and selected by a panel of professionals in the arts. Please keep in mind that the pieces will be auctioned to an adult population.

If you are interested and would like to learn more about how you can submit your work to the Delisle Youth Gallery to be selected for the art auctions please contact us by phone or email, or drop-by with your work.

ALSO Submit your work by November 30^th, 2009 at 4PM for a chance to have your work selected by our Youth Committee for the 2010 exhibit’s promotional material- such as postcards & programs. This is a great opportunity to get exposure as an artist. We accept visual art in all mediums – paintings, photographs, sculpture, and mixed media works.

EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE for both of these opportunities: November 30^th, 2009 @ 4PM

CONTACT: Tara 416-482-0081 x236 tara_gingrich@delisleyouth.org

Submit your work weekdays between 9 am- 5pm:

Delisle Youth Services

40 Orchard View Boulevard, #255

One block north of Eglinton, west of Yonge

( in the Northern District Library building)

More art in our public spaces! Do something.

Billboard Tax for Art Going to Vote Nov 30 / Dec 1^st

^{Go to http://www.BeautifulCity.ca to support!}

Do you feel like there are too many billboards and not enough art in our city? So do we. This is our chance to change it. Help pass a new tax on billboard advertisers to fund enforcement and arts initiatives across the city.

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Toronto! Take Action Today:

1 – Call and write your councilor. Click here for info and key asks: http://tinyurl.com/yj9cn5f

2 – Sign the petition at: http://www.beautifulcity.ca

3 – Show your support at City Hall on Nov 30th / Dec 1^st RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/y9x4xyt

4 – Spread the word.

Go to http://www.beautifulcity.ca to find your councillor, scripts, updates, links and facts.

Background

After seven years of hard work, the tax on billboards for art is close to becoming a reality! Toronto City Council will be voting on the new billboard enforcement bylaw and tax for art on November 30th OR December 1st, 2009. We don’t have much time - and we need your help!

Advertising is increasingly infringing on our public spaces, and the privilege of leveraging our city for commercial ends should come with a responsibility to keep them healthy. The billboard tax is a fair and just means for private advertisers to take responsibility for their impact on the city.

What it will mean?

What’s at stake is a revolutionary new approach that will help bring balance in our communities. The billboard tax will provide the funds for proper enforcement of the new billboard bylaw as well as generate new funds for art in the public sphere - including murals, sculptures, festivals, accessible arts programming, outdoor performances and more.

This is not just increasing funding to arts in Toronto (which lags behind most other cities in cultural spending) this is an opportunity to start building the beautiful and creative city we all know is possible: to nourish communities; to reclaim and rehabilitate our public spaces, and to build our city’s economic potential. For every dollar of public arts funding in a regional economy, eight dollars are generated (McKinsey Co.) Investment in arts and culture is proven to be effective in cultivating healthy and prosperous communities -- don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of transforming our city!

Implementation of the bylaw and tax would dramatically increase arts funding in Toronto while democratizing access to expression public space. At the target of 18 million in revenue it would create the opportunity for:

- An historic increase to Toronto's arts and culture budget, potentially doubling the number of artists and projects receiving grants.

- Providing approx. $100,000 annually to each Toronto ward for urban beautification, streetscape improvement, and green initiatives

- Provide approx. $300,000 annually to each of Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods to support accessible youth arts programming.

- Creation of a well-supported bylaw enforcement team to keep pervasive illegal advertising in check and an arms-length variance system.

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Toronto! Take Action Today:

1 – Call and write your councilor. Click here for info: http://tinyurl.com/yj9cn5f

2 – Sign the petition at: http://www.beautifulcity.ca

3 – Show your support at City Hall on Nov 30th / Dec 1^st. RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/y9x4xyt

4 – Spread the word.

Go to http://www.beautifulcity.ca to find your councillor, scripts, updates, links and facts.

Alucine Latin Media Festival

10th Annual aluCine Latin Media Festival kicks off!!! * Nov. 12th, 2009 (7:30 pm)

aluCine is a Latin, Canadian and international Festival showcasing over 190 of the world’s best in short film and video with a strong focus on works made by Latin-American artists living in Canada and abroad. All films are screened with English subtitles. Ten installations, five performances 23 programs and music are also part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations!

aluCine off screen presentations 2009 will open on November 12 and run until November 28. The prestigious Lennox Contemporary Gallery is graciously hosting the Festival this year, located at 12 Ossington Ave. and our alternative venue CineCycle at 129 Spadina Ave. (In the alley south of Spadina Ave. & Richmond St.) Engaging artist talks with visiting filmmakers and curators will follow most screenings.

Some of aluCine’s 2009 Program Highlights include:

Two queer restored underground classics “Lupe” and “Jerovi” directed by Jose Rodriguez Soltero (USA-Puerto Rico) Screens Friday, November 20 at 7:30 and 9:30 pm. (CineCycle).

Brook Alfaro Retrospective who represented Panamá at the Bienal de Singapore in 2006 and the Venice Biennial in 2003 with his works Aria and Nueve, both of which will be screened Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 pm. (CineCycle).

The latest in Latin American queer content including Diversidades 1 Presented by Diversa - Festival Internacional de Cine Gay-Lesbico-Trans de Argentina and “Llamale H. Org” Sexual and Gender Diversity Film Festival in Uruguay. Screens Thursday, November 26 at 5 pm. and Diversidades 2 Friday, November 27 at 7pm. (Lennox Gallery).

Groundbreaking, cross-continent artist talks by:

Frances Negrón, is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and scholar. Born in Puerto Rico to a family of academics, Frances Negron’s work spans several fields, including cinema, literature, cultural criticism, and politics. For her work as a filmmaker, advocate, and scholar Hispanic Business named her as one of the nation’s “100 most influential Latinos” in 2005. In her talk Miss Negrón will expose Canadians to the thoughts on the use of media by what we can call the two Puerto Rican vanguards of the 1970s in NY -- the Lords and the artists. Saturday, November 21 at 5 pm (followed by screenings at CineCycle).

Tania Aedo, Mexican curator, professor and director of the Laboratorio Arte Alameda Tania will in her talk “Memory, New Media in Mexico” contextualizes a project intended to recuperate, and to expose Mexican new media productions. The laboratory “Arte Alameda” commissioned a group of curators-researchers to put together programs that will help to build an archeology of the new media practice in Mexico, to compile documents for the creation of an archive specifically related to new media production.
Saturday, November 21 at 9 pm (followed by screenings at CineCycle).

Esteban Alvarez, Argentinean curator, will discuss international residency programs available at the artist-run centre El Basilico in Buenos Aires. Saturday, November 22 at 3 pm. (Lennox Gallery).

Other highlights include:

The exceptionally innovative, pan-global collaboration The Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol. 2 headed by visiting Brazilian artist Kika Nicolela. Tuesday, November 24 at 5 pm at VTape (401 Richmond Street west, Suite 452).

The anticipated outcome of aluCine’s Self-Representation Video Workshops aimed at giving Toronto Latin Youth and Toronto Latin Queers a necessary platform for uncensored and unbridled expression. Watch the results on November 14 at 5 pm!

The latest in Spanish short fiction including an outstanding array of fictional narratives from Spain. España 1 Wednesday, November 25 at 7 pm and España 2 November 25 at 9pm. (Lennox Gallery).

Ticket Information:

Tickets are available one hour in advance for each scheduled screening at
Lennox Contemporary Gallery at 12 Ossington Ave. and/or
CineCycle at 129 Spadina Ave. (In the alley south of Spadina Ave. & Richmond St.)
Screening Tickets are $6 and $4 for students with valid student ID. Festival passes can be purchased for $50.

aluCine: [conj. transverb] to hallucinate 1. m. fam. wonder, marvel, fantasy 2. loc. adj. brilliant, mind-blowing 3.(alucinado) m. fam. eccentric, visionary, imaginative.

For complete Festival information, please visit: www.alucinefestival.com

Sinara Rozo

T: 416.548.8914 | 330 Adelaide Street West | Toronto, Ontario M5V 1R4 |

Umoja Conference - Saturday, December 5th

On Saturday December 5^th 2009, the Black Youth Coalition against Violence will be hosting a summit entitled UMOJA bringing together community activists, elders, and student groups from all across the city of Toronto to discuss unity and its influence and importance within the African Canadian community. B.Y.C.A.V would like to cordially invite you to join us at our summit as we believe you are a valuable member of our community and your initiatives assist to unite and empower our community. With an aspiration to attract a large number of youth, we hope to clearly convey the importance of unity. If you require additional information about B.Y.C.A.V, please contact us and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. You may also visit our website at www.bycav.com online or contact us directly by phone at: 416-978-4359.

asm dance workshops - i might go!

Contemporary Dance Workshop with professional company ASM Dance

Explore the fundamentals of contemporary dance; basic technique, foot-work, turns,
floor work and jumps. Learn a dance combination that you can take with you!

ASM Dance Workshop Series 2009-2010 Beginner level

November 29

National Ballet School
400 Jarvis Street, Toronto
3:30PM â?? 5:00PM
$15 before November 24, 2009
$20 at the Door

Teacher: Jasmyn Fyffe, Artistic Director

To register contact: asm_danceco@live.ca or phone 416-889-1758

About ASM Dance:

ASM Dance (As the Spirit Moves) was founded in September 2007 by Jasmyn Fyffe.
Our purpose is to create work with artistic integrity in the hope that it will awaken the
hearts and minds of our audience while remaining attentive to the depth and diversity
of human experiences. Our vision and motive is to use our talents to inspire and
awaken thoughts in both our dancers and audiences and to create a non-judgmental,
non-competitive environment for our dancers and artistic collaborations.
We desire to use our dance to make and see change in our community.

www.asmdance.com

Support b current's bid for the Aviva Community Fund

b current has created a cool and innovative community arts program called Livin T.dot. Youth in Toronto's neighbourhoods will get the opportunity to create an original musical. We are competiting for funding consideration for the Aviva Community Fund. If we can get enough votes, we will be in the running to receive funding. Yeah!

It is easy! Just: sign up for an Aviva Account (atkes 20 seconds), then click to vote. You can vote once per day.

Click here to see our idea and vote!

Thanks in advance for your support!

Facilitators Apply for Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank~

Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank - Applying To Join The Talent Bank

Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank matches educational and community organizations with professional theatre teachers and trainers for workshops, adjudications, and short-term consulting contracts. The professionals listed in our Talent Bank are interested in travelling to your community.

Applying To Join The Talent Bank

All applicants to the Talent Bank must be permanent residents of Ontario and members of Theatre Ontario.

Talent Bank applicants must be proficient practitioners in the categories to which they are applying, with a sensitivity to and familiarity with the needs and concerns of the community theatre sector and a demonstrated ability as a teacher/trainer.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Talent Bank application guidelines.

Applications to the Talent Bank are submitted online.

Use this form if you are a new applicant to the Talent Bank
Use this form if you are a current member of the Talent Bank who wishes to apply to a new category

If you are not already, you must also become an individual member of Theatre Ontario.

Talent Bank applications are accepted from November 1 to December 31.

For more information about Applying to Join the Talent Bank, please contact Dennis Johnson, Community Theatre Coordinator, at dennis@theatreontario.org or 416.408.4556 x.13.

Grant Writing Workshop for Youth

Grant-writing 101 Workshop for Youth
Thursday November 26, 2009, 6pm to 9pm
Metro Hall (55 John St), Room 303

This interactive session will explore the basics of preparing a grant application. It will breakdown the main components of an application including the proposal, work plan and budget; and provide tips for creating a clear, concise application - one that is useful to you in implementing your project. The facilitators will provide tips for building relationships with funders and provide all participants with a list of youth and arts funders.

Facilitators:
Ana Skinner, Program Manager, Laidlaw Foundation
Laura Metcalfe, Community Development Officer, City of Toronto
shahina sayani, Program Manager, ArtReach Toronto

RSVP: This workshop is open to youth (13 to 29 yrs). Please register
by November 24th at 5pm with your name, organization/group (if any),
email address and phone number to info@artreachtoronto.ca.

Space for this workshop is limited so register today! Food and refreshments will be provided. All participants will receive a resource guide.

Directions: Metro Hall is located at 55 John St., South-east corner of King and John, two blocks east of Spadina. If you are using public transit, take the subway to St. Andrew station, then walk through the "PATH" to Metro Hall or walk above ground 2 blocks west.

This workshop is part of the larger GOAL (Grassroots Organizing and Leadership) Youth Workshop Series being organized by a working group made up of youth organizations and funders. A certificate will be provided to participants who attend 5 or more workshops in the series. For more information, contact info@artreachtoronto.ca

GOAL Youth Workshop Series partners include:
ArtReach Toronto
Laidlaw Foundation
Schools Without Borders
Grassroots Youth Collaborative
City of Toronto
For Youth Initiative
Toronto Community Foundation
Department of Canadian Heritage

Crapshoot Call for Submissions

Call For Submissions!

We want you to take a Gamble on you!

The Elephants in the Room would like to invite artists of all disciplines to audition for the upcoming

CRAPSHOOT!

at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Cabaret Stage!

On Friday December 18th we continue the season of Emerging Artist showcasing in a quick draw all out rapid-fire extravaganza. Each submission chosen will have 5 minutes on stage to try out a new work in front of a lively audience willing to take a gregarious gamble.

The audience will decide who will have a longer-than-five-minute time slot in our next Crapshoot in the New Year!
We welcome actors, directors, writers, musicians, dancers, producers, visual artists and anyone who rolls over the boundaries between these roles. Our evenings are typically put together with a variance in mind, so ante up and go all in!

Written Submissions are due at the witching hour (12:00) November 21st, 2009.

We cannot accept any applications after this date! Please follow the guidelines carefully. Only those selected for an audition will be contacted.

Auditions will take place on the evening of Thursday, November 26th and the afternoon of Sunday, November 29th, 2009.

Failure to follow the guidelines means your application will not be considered; so please read carefully! Start by filling out the questions below and sending your application to

elephantsintheroom@passemuraille.on.ca .

Application
We will be scheduling up to 30 Audition slots, not every submission will guarantee an audition. These guidelines are subject to qualify, please follow them carefully.

Who are you? (Name, theatre background, company affiliations, anything else you briefly want to tell us.)

How can we get a hold of you? (Phone, email, etc.)

Where might we have seen you before? (Previous productions, workshops, other artistic endeavors.)

Have you been to a Crapshoot?

In 100 words or less, what have you got for us? Creativity and originality accepted graciously.

Who is your (or your company’s) greatest inspiration? And Why? 25 words or less please.

And thank you!

THE ELEPHANTS.

Gas Girls by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

Gas Girls

Playwright: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Director/Dramaturge: Philip Adams
Featuring: Peter Bailey, Nawa Nicole Simon, Jamie Robinson, Dienye Waboso
Set and Costume Designer: Jackie Chau
Lighting Designer: Michelle Ramsay
Sound Designer: Nick Murray
Choreographer: Vivine Scarlett

New Harlem Productions starts off strong this season with Artistic Director Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s award-winning new play, Gas Girls, a look at the lives of two sex trade workers in an economically depressed region.

Plying her trade with the truckers at the Zimbabwean border, Gigi works for gas. Her young protégé, Lola, wants to learn and can’t figure out why it isn’t love she is finding.

Gas Girls was honoured with Alberta Theatre Projects’ Enbridge Emerging PlayRites Award in March and placed second in Queen’s University’s Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in April.

November 5-14, 2009
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Ave Toronto
Box office: 416.504.7529 or click here to buy tickets online
Info: 416-804-1702 or visit newharlemproductions.wordpress.com

Contact for media and presenters: Yvette Nolan, newharlemproductions@gmail.com

See their facebook page as well

ArtsVote Launch - Nov 17

Obsidian Theatre's Production of Yellowman

Obsidian Theatre Company is pleased to be a part of the 4x4 Festival, an Off-Road Event of Women Directors, produced by Nightwood Theatre.

Yellowman Produced by: Nightwood Theatre in co-production with Obsidian Theatre October 31 - November 14, 2009 Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs 26 Berkeley St., Toronto

Written by: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Weyni Mengesha

Starring: Dean Marshall and Ordena

Design Team: Tamara Marie Kucheran, Beth Kates

A 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist and winner of the 2002-2003 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, this seminal play is an edgy and provocative examination of the complexities of inter-race prejudice. Yellowman tells the story of Eugene, a light-skinned black man and his relationship with Alma, a dark-skinned black woman. An intriguingly dramatic look at how we see those around us.

Visit OTCtix.com for all events.

Casting Call for hosts of colour!

MAGNETIC PRODUCTIONS

(formerly Edelman Productions/Minneapolis)

is searching for a Host

for a New

Kitchen Makeover Show

on a National Cable Network

Magnetic Productions is creating a new kitchen makeover series for a national cable network.

This kitchen show will feature new products & creative ideas that can transform a kitchen without spending a lot of money. Many of the projects will be quick fix-ups, others will be total makeovers. No matter how extensive the project, the focus will be on getting the most bang for the buck.

Searching for Host: Union or Non-Union

We are casting for a high energy host. Male or female. Shooting will be in the Minneapolis area. The series will feature homeowners doing the work, so host will be a combination coach & teacher. We’re looking for a host who is outgoing & confident, with a great sense of humor and real personality.

We need some or all of the following attributes:

• Diversity will be a key factor!
• Knowledge of design – kitchen design in particular.
• Excellent handyperson or pro remodeling skills.
• Experience on camera – or at least comfortable on camera.

About Magnetic Productions

Formerly Edelman Productions/Mpls, the staff of Magnetic Productions has produced numerous lifestyle series for major cable networks.

TO SUBMIT: (Deadline Wed. 11/11):

* Send headshots, resumes, demo, by 11/11 to:

Magnetic Productions

Casting Director

800 Washington Ave N, Ste 506

Mpls, MN 55401

* Email us by 11/11 at kitchencasting@magneticproductions.com

Subject Line: TV Host

Include photos, resume & video links!

VIDEO LINKS:

We prefer NOT to see actor reels! We need to "see" the person as our Host! Sending a link (YouTube video, etc) of any hosting, remodeling (or mock remodeling project) is best! If you shoot a demo, include an interview about your design/remodeling experience, and a standup to camera about the work you’re doing, preferably in a kitchen.

Imagine that you’re going to remodel the kitchen you’re standing in. Tell us what’s wrong with the kitchen now and give us a few cool ideas on how you’re going to improve it—with the help of the homeowners.

We’re looking for fun energy and wit. Don’t take yourself too seriously, have fun with it. Be a little ‘snarky’—be opinionated! If you’ve done remodeling before, make sure that comes across.

Interview. Make sure this is medium closeup. Get closer to camera and make sure you get good audio. Look just off camera and answer these questions. Again, we’re looking for great energy, in your face, almost over the top. Have fun with it!!

Q: Tell us about your handyman/remodeling experience. Give us one specific project you worked on.

Q: Tell a funny very short story about a mishap that happened when you were trying to fix something.

Q: Give us a bit on your personal and professional background.

Thank You!

Questions can also be directed to:

John Kitchener, Executive Producer

jkitchener@magneticproductions.com

612-321-9091 x11 office

952-261-9363 alt.