What’s On Calendar
August 17–19, 2012
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Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Friday, August 17, 2012
Accessible onsite 24/7
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Friday, August 17, 2012
Accessible onsite 24/7
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Friday, August 17, 2012
5:00am
–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am
– 4:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am
– 4:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am
– 4:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00am
– 4:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am
– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am
– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Friday, August 17, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Friday, August 17, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Friday, August 17, 2012
11:30am
–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00pm
– 5:00pm
Little Big Man Remix by the Contrary Collective takes a disciplinary boundary breaking and oppositional stance on pop cultural renderings of Indigenous culture, in particular the film Little Big Man.
Friday, August 17, 2012
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Friday, August 17, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Friday, August 17, 2012
2:00pm
– 3:00pm
Artist Jaco Ishulutaq from Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut speaks about his experiences as part of the special exhibition "Working Together: The Cooperative Influence."
Frost: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:00pm
–11:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:00pm
–11:00pm
Students from the ABVC program at OCAD University strut their stuff at Planet IndigenUs in an exhibition highlighting the diversity and beauty of their art.
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00pm
– 9:30pm
Australian dance-theatre company Polytoxic returns to Planet IndigenUS with a striking new performance on The Natrel™ Pond at Harbourfront Centre.
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Accessible onsite 24/7
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Accessible onsite 24/7
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00am
–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am
– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Saturday, August 18, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Saturday, August 18, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Saturday, August 18, 2012
11:00am
–10:30pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Frost: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm
–10:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm
–10:00pm
Students from the ABVC program at OCAD University strut their stuff at Planet IndigenUs in an exhibition highlighting the diversity and beauty of their art.
Celebrating: Washi and Two Cultures
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm
– 5:00pm
An exhibition of Japanese papermaking met by indigenous artists, most of whom are using it for the first time.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Little Big Man Remix by the Contrary Collective takes a disciplinary boundary breaking and oppositional stance on pop cultural renderings of Indigenous culture, in particular the film Little Big Man.
Ursula A. Johnson - Basket Weaving Performance Art
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm
– 8:00pm
Ursula A. Johnson - Basket Weaving Performance Art
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:00pm
– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
12:30pm
– 5:00pm
Artist Jaco Ishulutaq from Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut speaks about his experiences as part of the special exhibition "Working Together: The Cooperative Influence."
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Saturday, August 18, 2012
1:00pm
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Fashion Show in the WiijiiNiijii Lodge*
Saturday, August 18, 2012
3:00pm
– 3:45pm
Join us for a fashion show in WiijiiNiijii Lodge.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00pm
– 6:00pm
Students of Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo at Mohawk and Cayuga immersion school at Six Nations will embark on a series of art workshops learning the techniques, artistry and potential of graffiti.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
9:00pm
– 9:30pm
Australian dance-theatre company Polytoxic returns to Planet IndigenUS with a striking new performance on The Natrel™ Pond at Harbourfront Centre.
Raymond Boisjoly - captured speech writing back: Toronto
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Accessible onsite 24/7
Artist Raymond Boisjoly will produce captured speech writing back: Toronto, a public installation on the south façade of The Power Plant as part of The Power Plant’s Summer 2012 group exhibition Tools for Conviviality (June 30 – August 26, 2012).
Frost at the Gladstone: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Accessible onsite 24/7
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
In My Own Eyes: Photostories by Aboriginal Youth
Sunday, August 19, 2012
5:00am
–11:30pm
Aboriginal youth share their stories with people across Ontario in the photographic exhibition In My Own Eyes (July 1 - September 30, 2012).
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
Each of the sculptural pieces in this group exhibition encapsulates an element of Haudenosaunee worldviews, a nod to the past, and homage to the materials.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
This solo retrospective exhibit highlights Six Nation's artist Greg Staats through a multi-faceted presentation of his works.
Teiotiokwaonháston / Deyodyogwaǫháhs:dǫh (Encircles Everything)
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
Elizabeth Doxtater's solo work is a breathtaking homage made from corn husks.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
9:00am
– 5:00pm
Four Artists from Six Nations present photographs and paintings to confront and transgress Aboriginal art expectations.
Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am
– 9:00pm
Eight artists have an affinity with a particular material and focus-in on its meaning and trajectory across culture and geography.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am
– 9:00pm
This exhibition brings together works by seven Indigenous artists who address the many products and by products of consumer society including communication, stereotypes, obsolescence, extinction, colonialism, fast food, ideas of tradition and more!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am
– 9:00pm
The exhibition Not Forgetting reminds us of the knowledge and experiences that come from our own lives, or those of our family and community.
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Sunday, August 19, 2012
10:00am
– 9:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Museum of Inuit Art - Complimentary Guided Tours
Sunday, August 19, 2012
11:00am
The Museum of Inuit Art offers complimentary guided tours of the museum every day during Planet InidgenUS.
Toronto Now: Lisa Myers and Autumn Chacon
Sunday, August 19, 2012
11:00am
– 3:00pm
A unique exploration of the origins and migrations of indigenous recipes.
Frost: The Lives and Culture of the Sami People
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen presents an exhibition of his work.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Students from the ABVC program at OCAD University strut their stuff at Planet IndigenUs in an exhibition highlighting the diversity and beauty of their art.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm
– 5:00pm
An exhibition hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
12:00pm
– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
2:00pm
Rodrigo Martí is a Mexican-Canadian artist working between sculpture, performance and drawing, and he will offer his responses to the current exhibition at The Power Plant.
Painting Workshop - Introduction to Mixed Media
Sunday, August 19, 2012
4:00pm
– 6:00pm
This energizing and informative class will emphasize experimentation and how to establish your own individual creative process.
There's always something happening at Harbourfront Centre!
- Check out our Visual arts exhibitions
- Visit our Craft & Design Studios
- Check out the greenery at the Toronto Music Garden
For details, inquire at the Info Desk or call 416 973 4000.
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