Current Commissions

Commissioning Awards media release | May 2007

FishNet: The Great Lakes Craft and Release Project

FishNet: The Great Lakes Craft and Release Project is a two-part project comprised of a 'craft' phase and a 'release' phase, transforms textile fish into real fish.
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Blue Note

Blue Note tells a story about a group of individuals who come together to sing, and explores site-specific staging and an interactive audience/performer relationship.
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AfterImage

AfterImage showcases an eight person multitasking chorus cast playing 21 characters, singing the score, and manipulating a large copper wire set that illuminates with electrified sparks.
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Dance Marathon

Dance Marathon looks at contemporary issues such as physical and psychological endurance, interpersonal competition and intimacy.
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Call for Submissions

Fresh Ground new works was made possible this season by the generosity of several individual donors who have actively assisted in the creation of new Canadian art works: Robert & Anne Marie Canning, John Harkness, George Myhal, Jim & Sandra Pitblado, Michael & Sonja Koerner, Wil & Judy Matthews, Peter Allen, Margaret & Jim Fleck, Lionel F. Conacher & Joan Dea, and by a grant from Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Fund.