URBAN INFILL ART IN THE CORE 10 9th Apr 2016 - 7th May 2016 - Gala Opening Sat. April 9th, 7-11pm 350 Artists/24 Locations/1500 attended last year! Join in the Gala Downtown-wide Art Exhibition, Sat. April 9th, 7-11pm (all ages/by donation). Then stay for the Arty Lounge After-Party, 11-2am (19+). Celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary year! Discover your Waterfront District in this downtown-wide Nuit Blanche-like event. Experience Thunder Bay transformed by multi-sensory art and unparalleled live performances! Featuring works by 350 regional, national & international visual/multidisciplinary artists at 24 downtown locations, including DefSup, commercial spaces, art galleries, artist studios, and empty spaces transformed into new venues. One of the largest presentations of visual & media arts, unique to Thunder Bay, with over 15,000 sq.ft. of combined exhibition spaces! See “Wearable Art” in window spaces, 7 live bands & DJ’s, world dance, fire & glow spinning street performances, film screenings, drag & hip hop dance performances, video projections, street art, fringe theatre/music, and enjoy catered refreshments by Sweet Escape Cake Cafe & Bakery, Sushi Bowl, The Sweet North Bakery and so much more! Start at DefSup [250 Park Ave.], pick up your Art Map and let Performative Tour Guides show you the way! You never know what you’ll see downtown! Missed the Gala Opening and all the swishy fun? No worries…exhibitions continue: Sun. April 10th- Tues. April 12th, 12-6pm. What You Will Experience At DefSup, see critically acclaimed national/international artists: Michael Belmore-Boundless-(Ottawa), Amilie Atkins-Three Minute Miracle-(Saskatoon), Dr. Chaudhuri Art Collection-featuring 32 acclaimed artists! New Temporary Art Galleries: Tomlinson Block, McKitrick Law Firm-Callon Bldg. & former Eaton’s Bldg. Featuring works by: L.U Visual Art Students, DefSup Members, Die Active/Neechee Studio/Invisible Ink (New Generation Art Collectives), Confederation College Film Student Works, Bay Street Film Festival, Independent Film Works- Michelle Derosier & more, Multi-Media Projections and Art Performances. Commercial Galleries/Spaces: Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, Chenier Fine Arts, Local Colour Art Gallery, Gallery 33/Painted Turtle, Sweet North Bakery, Espresso Joya, Flashback Photo (free Social Media Portraits just for you!). The Walleye, Perfect Fit Lingerie, Superior Vapes, Hide 5 Leather, Lucy Nova and Artist Studios in the Ruttan & Tomlinson BLK- Satellite Studio Artist Collective, Sam Shahsahabi. Gala Opening Features -Visiting Artist Talk by Michael Belmore at 7:30pm @ DefSup. First tours of the evening, leave the gallery shortly thereafter. You can join or leave a tour anytime during the Opening. -Wearable Art Window Performances at: Hill City Comics, Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, Mars.Clothing, The Loop and the McKitrick-Callon Bldg. -Flamenco & Bhangra (East Indian) dance by World Dance Centre, fringe theatre/music by ShamanZen by Elliott Doxtater-Wynn, persian-themed art+window performance by Betty Carpick, film screenings, video projections, street art, catered refreshments by Sweet Escape Cake Cafe & Bakery, Sushi Bowl, The Sweet North Bakery & more! Live music by: – Jean-Paul De Roover (multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter/electro-acoustic), – Camden Blues (avant garde post-bop blues/punk rock), – Robin Ranger & Friends (jazz), – Amanda Soderholm (singer-songwriter), – Nathan Woods (singer-songwriter), – Visions of Doyle (forest rock/psychedelic/shoegaze/indie-post-post rock garage), – Doran (dj) w/ video mapping projections by Illuminate. After-Party Performances 11pm, in order of appearance – hip-hop dance by Jessie Kajorinne, – drag performance by Paloma Marquez, -street performances- fire & glow spinning by Dee Marie & The Kidd, – DJ Sownd (aka Peter David Wragg/experimental electronica), – BLVCKSHEEP (DJ-trap/base/electro house-opened for A Tribe Called Red- http://www.blvcksheep.com/ ) 19+*ID required; After-Party Location listed in Art Map- pickup at DefSup 7-11pm. Thank you to our Generous Urban Infill Supporters! Series Sponsor: The Waterfront District Bia Donors of Empty Spaces/New Urban Infill Galleries: -JP Northern Corp.,Tomlinson Block -McKitrick Law Firm, Callon Bldg. (17 & 19 Cumberland St. S./next to Gargolyes) -MDM Developers, former Eaton’s Bldg. (showcase window-corner of Red River Rd. & Court St.) Media Sponsors: The Walleye – Thunder Bay’s Arts & Culture Magazine, The Chronicle Journal, LU Radio – CILU 102.7 FM, TBshows.com. Definitely Superior Art Gallery – Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts: Laureate Winner-2013 & Finalist-2010/2011/2013 Thunder Bay & Northwestern Ontario’s non-profit/charitable Artist-Run Centre for the Multi-Disciplinary Contemporary Arts ? Funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, City of Thunder Bay~Cultural Services, and the generous, arts-supportive people of Thunder Bay.
