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Community Arts Guild
Our work leads us to question the stories that get told, or don’t, when we focus on place and people who are noticeably present. And so we are courting opportunities through this project to make art where these complexities, are, for Toronto, at their extremity.
In 2008 Jumblies embarked on a new residency in East Scarborough - including the Kingston Galloway and Orton Park areas - at the invitation of the City of Toronto Cultural Services. We have set up a home base for several years in the Gardener’s Cottage, on the beautiful grounds of Cedar Ridge Creative Centre and Gallery. From here we have started offering workshops and getting to know local people: so far the families, children and teens lodged temporarily at a local City-run shelter or one of the Kingston Road motels; 3 Tamil seniors groups, students from Willow Park Public School, Cedar Ridge artists and craftspeople, youth from Newcomer’s Youth Services, and multi-age community members through Native Family and Child Services.
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We celebrated our first season in the area in Spring 2009 with Nesting, an evolving gallery event. In fall 2009, we have launched into an exploration with all our participating groups of the themes, stories and imagery of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. We are also ronovating a basement suite at the Lido motel as a drop-in art space. This season will be punctuated by Winter and Spring work-in-progress celebrations, all tending towards a large-scale production in 2011, and a legacy and sustainability phase after that.
Lead Artists: Sean Frey, Beth Helmers
Other Artists: Marika Schwandt, Elizabeth Burt, Coleen McPherson, Amy Wong, Faten Toubasi, Emma Manchester, Adam Paolozza, Mayahuel Tecozautla, Helen Kotsonis, Penny Couchie, Sid Bobb, Martin van de Ven, Diana Tso, Kerry Segal, Priscilla Groom, Julia Churchill, Monica Nunes, Lisa Marie DiLiberto, Helah Cooper
Administrative Assistant: Ashley Toye
Like An Old Tale, May 3 to 14 at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre & Gallery was a huge success. Read more here: http://neighbourhoodarts.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/everyone-is-welcome-jumblies-theatre-at-cedar-ridge/
View Like an Old Tale Slideshow...
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