Jumblies Theatre and the Community Arts Guild Present:

Lost and Found Evolving Gallery

Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, 225 Confederation Drive, Scarborough, Ontario M1G 1B2
May 21 – 30, 2013

Featuring work created in Scarborough over the past season:

• A film and radio play – two parts of the Lost and Found Triptych to be completed in the fall
• Songs from the Nagamo Project, sharing Toronto’s Indigenous songs and history
• Short performances by our Scarborough Youth Troupe
• Costumes and excerpts from A Journey to Changeland, a pageant created with students from Willow Park Junior Public School
• Drop-in activities and performances on the Doors Open Toronto weekend, May 25 and 26
• An interactive and growing installation of visual arts and sound

Opening Soirée – May 21, 5-8:30pm
Join us for a performance by the Scarborough Youth Troupe, the premiere of the Lost and Found film and radio play, a presentation of When the Fish Met the Turtle by Sharada K. Eswar and Rosary Spence, and a performance on the mridangam by percussionist Sarma Donepudi.
PWYC admission.

5-6pm: Community meal and youth presentation
6-6:30: General public arrivals and gallery viewing
6:30-8:30: Public showcase

When the Fish met the Turtle is a theatrical telling of the creation story from the “Indian” perspective. The piece uses songs, chants and stories from the Hindu mythology and Cree creation stories.

Closing Reception – May 30, 7 – 9 p.m.

Celebrate the close of our season with highlights from the Evolving Gallery in its final state of evolution.

Download the gallery schedule

Gallery Hours

May 19: 1-4pm
May 20: Gallery Closed for Victoria Day
May 21 – 22: 10am-8pm
May 23: 10am-6pm
May 24 – 26: 10am-4pm
May 27 – 29: 10am – 8pm
May 30: 10am – 9pm

The Lost & Found Evolving Gallery is produced through a partnership between Jumblies Theatre, The Community Arts Guild, the City of Toronto’s Arts Services, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre and Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery.

Contributing Artists: Ruth Howard (Artistic Director of Jumblies), Sean Frey (Interim Artistic Director of the Community Arts Guild), Beth Helmers (Concept-creator of the Lost & Found Triptych & Returning Artistic Director of the Community Arts Guild), Marianne Alas, Rebecca Bruton, Shifra Cooper, Sarma Donepudi, Sharada Eswar, Katherine Fleitas, Victoria Freeman, Marie Gaudet, Peter Jones, Ange Loft, Emma Manchester, Keith McNair (Jumblies Managing Director), Douglas Merriman, Sarah Miller (a Metcalf Foundation Intern), Cathy Nosaty, Rosary Spence, Sasha Tate-Howarth, Andrea Thring, participants in the Lost and Found Triptych, the Nagamo Project, Willow Park students, and the Scarborough Youth Troupe. With visiting guest artists Sid Bobb, Penny Couchie and members of Aanmitaagzi from Nipissing First Nation.

With thanks to: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Government of Canada, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Toronto Community Foundation, George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.

TTC Directions to the Cedar Ridge Creative Centre:
From Kennedy Station, take the Scarborough RT to the Lawrence East station. Take the 54 Lawrence Ave. E. bus to Scarborough Golf Club Rd. Walk along Scarborough Golf Club to the second street south of Lawrence – Confederation Drive. Walk up Confederation Drive (east) until you reach Tingle Crescent. At Tingle, turn right, and walk toward the Centre.

For more information, email info@jumbliestheatre.org or call 416-203-8428.

Apparently there are still some places in the:

1. HUMBER COLLEGE PUPPETRY INTENSIVE
June 3 to 15, 2013
Application deadline extended to May 15

The 12-day, hands-on program focuses on object animation, puppet manipulation, puppet design and construction, and ensemble building. Participants will develop original material, and ultimately present their creations to an invited audience at the end of the workshop at Humber’s Black Box Theatre. This intensive course is a unique collaboration between both the Theatre Performance and Theatre Production programs.

Workshops leaders include Ann and David Powell, and long-time Jumblies associate Faye Dupras – former Metcalf Intern and director of Bridge of One Hair.

For more info. go to: http://www.humber.ca/scapa/programs/theatre-production/puppetry-intensive

AND Puppetmongers are hosting their annual:

2. FRESH IDEAS IN PUPPETRY
Sunday May 26, 2013

- a day-long mini-conference and festival, showcasing artists taking new and ground-breaking directions in puppetry.
Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto
Advance tickets available and advised

For more info. go to: http://puppetmongers.com/fresh-ideas-in-puppetry-day/

Hawa Jibril (1920 – 2011), beloved Somali poet, who lived in Toronto in her later years and whose life and poetry (as shared and translated by her daughter Faduma Ahmed Alim) inspired Jumblies’ 2007 production of Bridge of One Hair, and whose book of poetry was publishd by Jumblies Press in 2008, is featured on the blog of Jumblies’ friends at COPA, as part of a series of portraits for African History Month.

To read it, click here (and scroll down to Feb. 11th).

Read about the first phase of Ruth Howard’s residency project in North Bay and Nipissing First Nations in partnership with the Whitewater Gallery and Aanmitaagzi, in this article by Robin Sutherland (currently a Theatre Ontario PTTP Intern with Jumblies): Four Lands of Nipissing.

You can also read more about this project and its partners by clicking: White Water Gallery, Aanmitaagzi, and the  North Bay Nipissing News.

photo by: Robin Sutherland

We’re pleased to announce the existence of our 2011-12 Annual Report. Many thanks to Venetia Butler for beautiful design and layout and to Katherine Fleitas (peacephoto.com) for a repertoire of wonderful photos chronicling another year in the life of Jumblies and Offshoots. Click here to download.

Image: Like An Old Tale, Photo by Katherine Fleitas

Starting with an investment of $6 million in 2013, City Council has committed to a 4 year plan to increase Toronto’s yearly investment by $17.5 million and meet the long sought $25 per-capita committment. This will be accomplished by utilizing a $22.5 million arts and culture reserve created from billboard tax revenue… click here to read more about this fantastic news.

Jumblies’ Artistic Director, Ruth Howard, will be presenting at Artists + Community: Building our Networks - a Symposium produced by Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba (ACI Manitoba), in Winnipeg on Jan. 23  and 24, 2013. To read more about it or if you’re interested in attending,  click here.

The Toronto Star chose Shadya Yasin – graduate of York’s CAP Program and former Jumblies practicum student, artist and lead performer in the production of Bridge of One Hair, 2007 – as one of 13 people to watch in 2013.

Congratulations Shadya! Read more about her at: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1307688–people-to-watch-shadya-yasin .

This December, we were thrilled to welcome two accomplished artists to join Jumblies as professional interns:

Robin Sutherland, based in Sault Ste Marie and developing her own Northern Ontario youth projects, will be working with us for several months thanks to a Theatre Ontario PTTP grant.

Sarah Miller , bringing a wealth of experience in sound and documentary arts, is joining us for a full year, thanks to a George Cedric Metcalf Foundation Performing Arts Internship grant.

We are very grateful to these two funding organizations who have enabled many former internships with Jumblies as well as supporting many years of learning and mentorship for the whole  Toronto performing arts world.

                                              Sarah working on sound for Radio Drama, I Was A Brave Child, at Arts4All

Robin working with Ruth Howard, Aanmitaagzi and the Whitewater Gallery at Nipissing First Nation

I’ve just returned this evening from North Bay and Nipissing First Nation, having spent a wonderful week with the Whitewater Gallery and Aanmitaagzi Storymakers, as the first phase of my North Bay Residency (thanks to the Ontario Arts Council’s Artist in the Community/Workplace Program). The artistic team for the week included: from Jumblies, Sasha Mattock and Robin Sutherland (a Theatre Ontario’s PTTP intern)  and Sherry Guppy and Nimikii Couchie from Aanmitaagzi. Also collaborating and supporting were the Artistic Directors and staff of Aanmitaagzi (Penny Couchie and Sid Bobb) and the White Water Gallery (Clayton Windott and Robin Pollex). Clayton and I also visited with Carrie James, of the North Bay Public Library to conduct publicity and discuss plans for the next stage of the project (slated for September 2013).

The theme of the “micro-residency” was ‘The Four Lands of Nipissing – Goodland, Badland, Lostland and Dreamland’. During the week, we ran 4 workshops at Big Medicine Studio, animated the White Water for two days with an evolving installation and closed with aWinter Solstice celebration at Big Medicine Studio. Over 60 people of all ages and varied backgrounds contributed to the artmaking. To entice local people to take part, we planted tea cups around the town with invitations to drop by the gallery. Of about 80 tea cups planted, 8 were returned, with the others remaining out in the world.

by Ruth Howard

Read more about this project and its partners by clicking: White Water Gallery, Aanmitaagzi, and the  North Bay Nipissing News.