In this exhibition, facilitated by Greg Tilson, inspired by the Community Midwives of Kingston, and created by Lisa Visser, the recent history of the Midwives practicing in Kingston was researched over several months, a process which included a series of conversations in the community and with the Midwives. The resultant project reflects a diverse range of media (video, textiles and bookworks) that is the artist’s creative reflection on a group of women who inspire strength and humility. The Community Midwives of Kingston are a respected and established group of midwives that employs some of the pioneers for the regulation and education of Midwives. The exhibition will be on display from May 3rd - 18th, 2008, with an opening celebration on International Midwives Day, May 5th.

To Catch a Baby: The Community Midwives of Kingston is made possible through the support of The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston, the Community Midwives of Kingston, and Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre.

The Community Midwives of Kingston are Registered Midwives, with the College of Midwives of Ontario, the governing body for Midwifery in Ontario, and are also members of the Association of Ontario Midwives. The Community Midwives of Kingston have eight practicing Midwives, and are located at The Woolen Mill, 4 Cataraqui Street, Kingston.
Greg Tilson is a local musician and is the mastermind behind Little Joe Management, a promotional organization dedicated to local and indie music in alternative concert venues. Tilson is active in the grassroots creative community, being involved with Apple Crisp records, the Skeleton Park Music festival and the supergroup of musicians, The Gertrudes.
Lisa Visser is a recent graduate of Queen’s University Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts. She is an active member of Kingston’s eclectic art community.

This exhibition is part of Welcome HERE, a project of The Artel Collective focused on enabling of a series of multidisciplinary art presentation and participation opportunities rooted in creative sharing and collaboration, and distinguished by communion with the Kingston community. Watch for announcements of exhibitions and events coming soon, including a public pasta dinner. This 9-month project is made possible with the support of The City of Kingston Arts Fund and the Kingston Arts Council, and in partnership with CFRC 101.9 FM.

OPEN HOURS
Thurs Fri 2pm - 7pm / Sat - Sunday 11am - 4pm
For further information, contact:
The Artel: Arts Accommodation and Venue
205 Sydenham Street
Kingston ON 613 542-0969
the.artel@gmail.com
www.the-artel.ca

Pasta-Artist-Please

dinner is a Ser-ved @ the Artel Bistro

Eat Drink and be Merry about art and marvelous about creative life in Kingston this April 19th where we ask you to PASTA-ARTIST-PLEASE.

Come out at 5pm for music, a pre-dinner challenge and noodle-making. Dinner will be served shortly thereafter. $5/plate for a two course meal!

So… What is going on? you ask.. We can’t say exactly, you must come to find out.

Special guests will include local artists and activators participating in the Welcome HERE project, and unknown actions will be performed by audience members at random. Yes, we dare to mix tomato sauce, performance art and community discourse into the same pot. We are just that crazy!

The Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be none other than the Extraordinary import Lawrence Molloy of The Black Dogs collective (based out of the UK), www.black-dogs.org.

ABOUT THE MC

The Black Dogs ethos pivots around an acknowledgement that all artistic acts are unavoidably political even where this is not the intention of the maker. With this in mind, The Black Dogs are always mindful of the potential absurdities of petty revolutions, and are committed to the goals of full transparency and the demystification of both the artistic process and the often pompous and isolationist art world, never expecting all to engage in art, but always offering it up as an accessible and viable opportunity.

Black Dog Lawrence Molloy is a process-based artist. He is interested in the play and immediacy of preformative acts. Molloy, like all the Black Dogs, contributes activities that are interactive. The success or failure of these activities and whether or not they get made is dependent to a large extent on the people who choose to take part and choose to give Molloy a platform to work on.

In addition, for over two years, Molloy has been setting up, programming, curating and promoting ‘a delicate matter’, a 36-inch artist-led contemporary art gallery. Central to a delicate matter’s program is that it enables artists to make, exhibit and have viewed their ambitious works which up until this time they have not, or would not, have been likely to have been able to produce. So far, he has curated six exhibitions at a delicate matter. For Molloy the running of the gallery is an artwork. It is the process, the act of running and the actions that this involves that is the art in this artwork for him.

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This Event is part of Welcome HERE, a project of The Artel Collective focused on enabling of a series of multidisciplinary art presentation and participation opportunities rooted in creative sharing and collaboration, and distinguished by communion with the Kingston community. This 9-month project is made possible with the support of The City of Kingston Arts Fund and the Kingston Arts Council, and in partnership with CFRC 101.9 FM.

ALSO

Limited Edition ARTEL buttons will be LAUNCHED at the dinner on the 19th!
Get yours!

Reception: Saturday March 29th from 4:30 - 7pm

The Artel Arts Accommodation & Venue
205 Sydenham Street, Kingston ON

In the desire to homestead / be more “self-sufficient” Kingston artist Allison Brown been exploring what that life(style) would really mean and how she’d do it.

“Skills - I need skills. So…. ”

This project is about homesteading, the idea of self-sufficiency and skillbuilding.
But ahh - just come see it and decide for yourself what it’s about.

There is also a Social Gathering on Sat. March 29 from 4:30 - 7 pm. You can come any time between those hours to hang out with the artist/ eat some food / think about the show.

OPEN HOURS
Thurs Fri 2pm - 7pm, Sat - Sunday 11am - 4pm

This exhibition is part of Welcome HERE, a project of The Artel Collective focused on enabling of a series of multidisciplinary art presentation and participation opportunities rooted in creative sharing and collaboration, and distinguished by communion with the Kingston community. Watch for announcements of exhibitions and events coming soon, including a public pasta dinner. This 9-month project is made possible with the support of The City of Kingston Arts Fund and the Kingston Arts Council, and in partnership with CFRC 101.9 FM.