7PM: King Kong (1933)

“Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!”

Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
Starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

WATCH the trailer
READ MORE

9PM: North by Northwest (1959)

“From the killer plane in the cornfield to the cliff-hanger on George Washington’s nose, it’s suspense in every direction!”

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint

WATCH the trailer
READ MORE

Both films will be preceded by a short film and an introduction by Michael Davidge

Come see one film, or the other, or both!

FREE admission, though donations to the Artel will be welcomed.

@ The Artel (205 Sydenham Street)

The Artel: Arts Accommodations and Venue is pleased to host:

Accommodating Ontario Artists

Live/work space, alternative space, and networking artists’ communities
CARFAC Ontario’s Annual General Meeting and Conference

Saturday, September 15, 2007 & Sunday, September 16, 2007

Saturday Afternoon: Discussion about live/work and alternative spaces in Kingston

Sunday: Networking brunch followed by our AGM and presentation/workshop about culture-led regeneration. This is your chance to think about alternative space-making in your community!!

www.carfacontario.ca

Weekend Schedule

1. Live/work and alternative spaces in Kingston: Saturday, 4 – 6 PM
   Panel discussion featuring:
   • Robin Etherington - Manager, Culture and Heritage Division – City of Kingston
   • Richard Barr – Manager National Grocers Building
   • Rebecca Soudant – Representative from Artel
   • Moderated by Kristian Clarke – Executive Director (CARFAC Ontario)
2. CARFAC Ontario Welcome Brunch: Sunday, 10 – 11 AM
3. CARFAC Ontario Annual General Meeting: Sunday, 11 AM - 12:30 PM
   (for active CARFAC Ontario members in good standing)
   
4. Culture-led Regeneration Discussion and Workshop: Sunday, 1 – 4 PM
   • Tim Jones – Executive Director, Artscape
   • Jeremy Freiburger – Executive Director, Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts
   • Moderated by Kristian Clarke – Executive Director (CARFAC Ontario)

CARFAC Ontario is supported by its membership, the Ontario Government through the Ministry of Culture, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.

CARFAC = Canadian Artists Representation/Le front des artistes canadiens

Full Poster with Details (PDF)

Reception for Bats in our Belfry

Refreshments will be served - everyone welcome!

An exhibition of work by Artel tenants
Since we arrived at the Artel there have been bats, an undervalued species because of their scary looks and many unfounded myths. As artists we can identify with them.

Shizuka Aoki + Michael Davidge + Isaac Gillis + Rafaella Michinee + Rebecca Soudant + William Weedmark

Reception Saturday September 22nd, 7pm - 9pm

Jenn Grant

Official Website
MySpace

26 years ago Jenn was born in a brown house in PEI. A few years later she started making funny sounds and eventually strung enough words together to write her first song. Many songs and one EP later Jenn is now working on her first full length that she has been invited to record with the CBC. ORCHESTRA FOR THE MOON (produced by Jason MacIsaac and David Christensen of The Heavy Blinkers) features such notable guests as Ron Sexsmith, Jill Barber, Matt Mays, Tyler Messick, Dale Murray, and Rose Cousins. Grant toured Europe this year with the pop orchestral band The Heavy Blinkers and as a solo artist, played the Toronto Film Festival and was asked to open for Feist & Josh Ritter. Jenn has also been fortunate enough to share the stage in intimate venues on several occasions with Julie Doiron as well as Ron Sexmith. Most recently, Jenn completed a three week tour of Germany, and is currently organizing tour dates to support her upcoming release.

Tickets $8 at the door

August 17, 7pm at Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre 

Film screening of Stop Making Sense (1984), introduced by Daniel Saunders.

Everyone welcome
Popcorn
FREE Admission, though donations to The Artel will be accepted

WATCH the trailer!

“A continuous rock experience that keeps building, becoming ever more intense and euphoric. In its own terms, the movie is close to perfection. The lead singer, David Byrne, is a stupefying performer who gives the group its modernism - the undertone of repressed hysteria, which he somehow blends with freshness and adventurousness and a driving beat. He designed the stage lighting and the elegantly plain performance-art environment (three screens used for backlit slide projections); there’s no glitter, no sleaze.” - Pauline Kael

IMDb Listing

!SPECIAL! pre-show starts at 7:00pm; film starts at 7:30pm sharp.

Cameo Cinema is a film screening series where people introduce and share films they’re passionate about. Official Website:
http://cameocinema.allcapslock.com/

The Artel is pleased to announce that Isaac Gillis has taken up residency at 205 Sydenham.

He joins current tenants Bill Weedmark, Michael Davidge, Rafaela Machinee, Rebecca Soudant and Shizuka Aoki.

Welcome, Isaac!

Drinks and refreshments will be served. 

Learn about the Exhibit 

Isabel’s Antidote by artist Jessica MacCormack
Workshops: 11, 12 August 2007
Closing Reception: 18 August 2007

From August 1st until the 22nd, Modern Fuel will be sponsoring the first residency for a visiting artist at the Artel Arts Accommodation and Venue, located at 205 Sydenham St. in downtown Kingston. An artist working in performance, installation and video, Jessica MacCormack will reside at the Artel and work collaboratively with the Kingston community for a concurrent exhibition in the Artel Gallery. MacCormack’s practice examines the function of art in society and explores the potential ways the artistic process can be used to build community or heal conflict.

During her residency, MacCormack will address the controversial decision to close Kingston’s Isabel McNeill House, the only minimum security facility in Canada for federally sentenced women. The inmates of the Isabel McNeill House are able to live in a residential setting as they are reintegrated with the community.

In the Artel gallery MacCormack will present Isabel’s Antidote, an exhibition showcasing collaborative projects based on the stories and concerns surrounding the Isabel McNeill House through engagement with the women involved and with the broader Kingston community.

MacCormack is inviting community members to be involved with the production of improvised narratives to be workshopped on the 11th and 12th of August with the aim of producing a video for the exhibition. For those interested in participating, please contact Modern Fuel.

Gallery Hours for this project will begin on Thursday August 2nd and end on Sunday August 19th 2007. The space will be open to the public Thurs, Fri- 2-7pm and Sat, Sun- 11-4pm

Artist’s bio:
MacCormack received her BFA from Concordia University in Montreal in 2003. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies at the Bauhaus University in Germany. Her practice focuses on the interactive nature of art, staging performances and re-enactments of a participatory nature.

@ Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre (21 Queen Street)

Greg MacPherson (Winnipeg)

http://www.gregmacpherson.com/

Horses (Halifax)

http://www.myspace.com/horsesrunwildtonight

Pelt (Kingston)

http://www.myspace.com/peltband