Wear with pride and march in solidarity.

Xoxoxo

Come on out and visit! Studio is open from 12-7 and the workshop will be held from 2-4pm. 3655 At Laurent. Apt 206.

If you are looking for something new and exciting to do this weekend in Montreal, you should come on out to Au Deuxieme! Our doors are open to visitors all weekend from 12 – 7pm! 3655 St Laurent apt 206!

Today we are giving print workshops and tomorrow dye workshops!

Last night we installed a gallery of members work in the studio common area too! Come and have a cup of tea with us, enjoy some art and if you are feeling crafty try your hand at print and dye!

Hope to see you soon!
xoxo

The 15th edition of Headlight Anthology has arrived!

Concordia University’s literary anthology publishing both students and alumni, founded by Joshua Knelman, offers up a sophisticated collection on the theme of Lost, Found, and Stolen in it’s 15th anniversary issue.

Editors-in-Chief: T Noah J Nazim, Kathryn Pobjoy, and Katherine Sehl did a fanstastic job bringing everything together and designer James Bouthilier has impressed the hell out of me with this classy tome.

I’m not just saying that because I’m in it either!

It is a beautifully designed book. But you don’t have to take my word for it! Go pick up your own copy and see for yourself! Just 7 bucks!

Headlight Anthology can be found at these particular locations:

The Word Bookstore
The Concordia Co-op Bookstore
The National Library
Argo Books
Drawn & Quarterly

Or simply fire them a message at headlightanthology@gmail.com or on their facebook page!

This volume features the work of:
Jesse Anger
Heidi Barkun
Michael Belcher
Emily Comeau
Natalie Draz
Stefani Forster
Celyn Harding-Jones
Richard Harvor
Fazeela Jiwa
Aliya Kahsay
Rebecca Loughead
Jessi MacEachern
Aeron MacHattie
Rabecca MacPhee
Edith Maisonneuve
Domenica Martinello
Elena Blanco Moleon
Tyler Morency
Lizy Mostowski
T. Noah J. Nazim
Ali Pinkney
Kathryn Pobjoy
Diandre Prendimano
Laura Rokas
Bailey Seybolt
Adam Simms
Jenny Smart
Ksenija Spasic
Ben Spencer
Julian Stamboulieh
Andrea Sun
Stephanie Wong Ken

Did you know that April is Fibre Arts month? Well, it is! In Montreal, April is dedicated to a month-long celebration and promotion of Fibre Art in a festival called En Avril.

How will you participate? The En Avril website has put together a comprehensive program of galleries, artist-run centers and artists who are hosting events or are presenting work in this festival. Fill up your calendar with fiberlicious outings!

How am I participating? Well, Au Deuxieme, the studio that I am a member of, is offering an exciting weekend of workshops during our open house celebration next weekend! On Saturday April 14th and Sunday April 15th, Au Deuxieme will be open to the public from 12-7. Come on out and check out the mini gallery of art made by the members and if you are more of a hands on type, stick around for our workshops! On Sunday we will be offering a print workshop on the basics of block-printing, paper stencils and silk-screen and on Sunday we will offering a dye workshop showing you Shibori techniques with natural dyes!

For more information check out the facebook event!

Happy Easter weekend!

Thanks everyone who came out to Studio427 on Saturday night and partook in our sleepless night and grill cheese sandwiches! It was so nice to see you all!

It got quite busy in there!

Sadly, I wasn’t feeling well and so I ended up playing things really easy that night and stuck to the Belgo instead of running all over town to see cool things. The Belgo is far from boring though and was jam packed with interesting things. Things like this nerdy number by Winthrop Jones titled Brad Pitt Skin:

And this piece by Tyson Parks title Blog Roll. As you may know, I am always a huge fan of toilet paper inspired art and puns and so this piece was quick to win my heart.

More information about that show over at Ratsdeville if you are interested.

However, the highlight of my night was definitely the nawhale pulling the chariot! Sadly I didn’t catch who made it. Do you know? I have just been informed that this masterful papier-mâché creature exists thanks to the MAW Collective, a group made up of the talented Gabriel Baribeau, Jackson Darby, Max Evans, John Gunner, Craig Spence and Simon Zaborskia. Thanks for the info, John!
More informtaion on this group and the show I saw can be found here! on the Eastern Bloc blog.

Anyway, the trouble with Nuit Blanche is that no matter how well you plan things or how rested you are, you just can’t do everything. Hopefully, next year I will not be sick and will be able to up my art intake substantially.

See you next year!

What is up, you ask?

Well, this weekend Montreal celebrates the 9th edition of the extremely sucessful grande finale event of the Montreal en Lumiere festival Nuit blanche à Montréal!

This year, I will be participating in a show at Montreal’s historic Belgo Building at Studio427. All 5 floors of this building will be jam packed with more art than you can shake a stick at! The building is celebrating until 3am so come on out!

I am debuting a piece from my ongoing Sequins of Events series titled DOOM! in a show called “What Keeps You Up At Night?”

Studio mate and Articule member Edwin Janzen will be joining me with a presentation of his own ominous video work.

Come on out and tell me what keeps YOU up at night. Unlike many others, THIS night is going to be one hell of an awesome sleepless night!

I just wanted to post a quick thank-you to all the fabulous people who came out and supported me these past few weeks. There really would be no art show or expo if it wasn’t for you people! I am deeply grateful to have such motivated/mobilized friends and fans.

Pictures of this crazy month coming soon!

xoxoox

Support local artists and local galleries and come out and make a bid on some art! There is lots of stuff to chose from including 3 of my new pieces! 12-3pm at 5455 avenue de Gaspé, suite 203, Montreal, QC
Here is a link to the photos of the art up for grabs!

Tonight from 7pm – 9pm and tomorrow from 10am – 4pm I am participating in the YES ART EXPO at Marché Bonsecours

Come on out and support me and my fellow young visual artists, crafts persons, dancers, musicians, make-up artists, graphic designers, illustrators and writers as we present our trades and sell our wares! Great time to look for that perfect Christmas gift! Support handmade! Buy local!

Also, I’ll be raffling off some art so don’t miss out on a chance to get in on that!

Entrance to this event is FREE!

For more information on the Expo check out the facebook event ->here<-