September 27 – October 30 2008

Opening  Saturday, September 27,   5 – 8 pm

Performances begin at 6 pm

"And We'll all Shine Together" song by Norm Hacking

This group exhibition features artists who have been employed at Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre.  Ironically, while these creators are hired for their skills as artists, their personal work is rarely seen.  The success of their community arts practice is predicated upon their ability to draw out creativity in those with whom they work - residents of Toronto from all walks of life, representing all ages. They are skilled at using the arts as a vehicle for individual and collective expression, fun & relationship building and as a conduit for addressing community issues.  Their role in that process is catalytic and enriching.  

In doing community arts work successfully they (necessarily) leave ego at the door.   With Shine we have an opportunity to see what their individual artistic practice gets up to when they let loose by themselves.

Visual artists: Rodrigo Clavero, Leanne Davies, Katherine Earl, Fatima Kazmi, Tanya Parriag, Lauren Remouche, Tamara Steinberg and Zahide Ugur.

Performances by: Elizabeth Cinello, Yvette Martin, and Rea McNamara.