2nd Community Open House at Artscape Youngplace

Join us for Art * Live Music * Creation * Conversation * Performance * Food & Drinks

Starting @ 4:30 pm

–CITY BUILDING! Drop-in, hands-on kids and family-friendly programming by Invention Squad and the Givins Shaw Youth Arts Advisory Group. What might a city designed by kids look like? 

– Local artist Huda Eldardiry creates a collaborative community mural.

– MAKE YOUR MARK! Help create a massive collaborative wall artwork using colourful self-adhesive vinyls and tapes on the expansive walls and quirky recesses of the Third Floor Hallway Gallery! Inspired by TYPOLOGY‘s current exhibition Flights & Landings

– Artists open studios

Starting @ 6:00 pm
– Community dinner (pay-what-you-can, until 7:30 pm)
– Exhibition Reception: Erratics at the Koffler Gallery, featuring installations by Martha Baillie, and Malka Greene with Alan Resnick (until 9 pm)
– Listening Sessions: A drop-in participatory performance by Victoria Stanton where the audience becomes the DJ, collectively building a eclectic playlist.

Starting @ 8:00 pm
– Live painting with local artist Nick Sweetman
– Designer, curator and educator Zach Pearl gives a talk on the rise of virtual tourism through the lens of popular culture and contemporary art.

Starting @ 9:00 pm
– Live musical performances in the Urban Living Lounge, featuring Charmie Deller, Renee Henry, Odane Taylor, Ramya Am U Than and Niko Young.

AND MORE!