Draw: it’s almost here!

We’re setting up today for tomorrow’s sixth annual Draw—and it’s going to be a great one.

With a vinyl collage wall, drawing games and a late-night party, it’s going to an awesome Saturday at Latitude 53, Harcourt House and SNAP.

On the roster of events:

A kite-making workshop hosted by SNAP, with access to their arsenal of printmaking tools and expertise from 12-5pm
Figure drawing—both clothed and au naturel—at Harcourt House, with a chance to contribute to two exquisite corpse drawing projects
A collage, vinyl and drawing party here at Latitude 53 from noon to midnight
Music at Latitude 53 from Stanley and The Extraterrestrials and DJ Sarah Patterson
A scratch-animation workshop by FAVA at Latitude 53 from 8-11pm
Also don’t miss the very special opening performance of Saturday Mornings, The Diner, with artists Sarah Fuller, Lia Rogers and Lindsay MacDonald serving coffee and reminiscence diner-style, clad in cafe costumes

So yes—it’s going to be a wonderful day celebrating art and community. As our program assistant Chelsea Boida stated in a recent interview about Draw in Vue Magazine :

“It really changes how you think about drawing: often it’s a private activity, you don’t feel that same sort of risk when you’re doing it in front of people. But here, I think it helps, because a lot of people are taking risks together, and hopefully it ends up working out collaboratively, and whether that’s a low level of collaboration—having a haphazard drawing next to somebody else’s—or if the drawings actually end up interacting.”

Hope to see you there!

For McLuhan experts and rookies alike

Check it out—our writer-in-residence alumnus Carolyn Jervis wrote a review of our current Main Space show, SPACES&PLACES in Vue Magazine. She writes:

Although Marshall McLuhan is a household name for the CBC-listening set, his ideas about how technology and media shapes our lives have faded from niche ubiquity, beyond his famous lines, “The medium is the message,” and, “Global village.” In honour of the 100th anniversary of McLuhan’s birth, Latitude 53 and curator Aidan Rowe have on offer an exhibition of artwork inspired by the visionary thinker.

Read the whole thing online here or grab a copy of this week’s Vue street-side.