The Artel

Summer Cabaret - Yeah!!!!

The Artel — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:54:55 +0000

ITS BACK!

TORRID TRICKS
BLAZING BURLESQUE
SCINTILLATING SIDESOW
DELICIOUS DRAG
RAVISHING RAFFLE PRIZES
VIVACIOUS VOICES
CURIOUS CONTORTION
FRESHLY BAKED PUNS

This show sells out so come early!!
$5 in costume, $10 w/o costume

Fundraising for more sweet cabarets to come!

Coming up in August!

The Artel — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:57:58 +0000

Aug 3rd - Poetry Night

Aug 4th - Grimes, Pop Winds, William Blakely electronic concert

Aug 6th - Hankeren workshop ( see details below)

Aug 6th - Ismisms concert

Aug 7th - Hankeren workshop (see details below)

Aug 13th - Hankeren worshop (see details below)

Aug 20th - Reading of a play ‘5 1/2′

Aug 21th - Summer Cabaret!

Aug 27th - Hankeren workshop (see details below)

Aug 28th - Hankeren Launch Party!

Aug 30th - Noise Jam!

Aug 31st - Mouthy.

stay tuned for more updates on events in the month of August

Hankeren workshops!

The Artel — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:32:16 +0000

Hankeren is now ready to host some dildo making workshops! The design workshops are not completly DIY as we will take over the silicone pigmenting and pouring. Design workshops are suitable for people who aren’t used to DIYing.

In this workshop participants will sketch and sculpt their own dildo design and paint on the mold material. Afterwards Hankeren will take the molds (with requested colour) and have the dildo ready for pick-up within the week.

Dates:
DESIGN WORKSHOP Friday August 6th 1pm-5pm (15 spots)
DESIGN WORKSHOP Saturday August 7th 1pm-5pm (15 spots)
DESIGN WORKSHOP Friday 13th 1pm-5pm (15 spots)
FULL DIY WORKSHOP Friday 27th 1pm-5pm (only 8 spots)

Workshop cost 50$

Maximum 15 participants per workshop. A 10$ deposit is required to hold a place in the workshop. Deposits can be dropped off to Hankeren at the Artel, 205 Sydenham Street, ring door bell. Calling ahead is recomended (613 766 9474).

Final product made from platinum cure silicone and medical grade pigment.

For all inquires: info@hankeren.com
www.hankeren.com

Looking for a tenant!

The Artel — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:40:35 +0000

We are looking for a new tenant, or more importantly for someone interested in living in an artist house and contributing to our programming!
The room is small but cozy, and only $325 a month! Starting September 1st.

Artel Perks:
1) downtown! close to everything!
2) awesome concerts and events in your living room, obviously free for you!
3) access to gallery space for personal projects
4) artistic housemates!

Artel Expectations:
1) coming to weekly meetings
2) contributing in one of these areas: events planning, music coordination, outreach, admin, pr

Check out our contact page to see how you can get in touch with us! Or just drop by 205 Sydenham.

Pasta Artist Please - Dinner!

The Artel — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:15:25 +0000

Please join us on Saturday July 31 for yet another celebratory ‘Pasta Artist Please’ Dinner!
The dinner will be a closing celebration of the week long - Bad Days Symposium on Failure, as well as a celebration of our new Artel collective members.
Dinner starts at 7ish. Bring friends. Party hats. Music. Art. AND FAILED ART for a public catharctic failed art talk!

Grown - Ups / False Face

The Artel — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:45:48 +0000

Grown-Ups (Calgary) are touring on the release of their rad new 7″ (seriously, check it out below!) Not Friends. This is a cheap, short, all ages show, and the best possible way to spend your Saturday evening in Kingston. BEST. POSSIBLE. WAY.

Weird Canada sez:
From The Cramps (radical) to Mates of State (barf) to the Plastic Ono Band (radical barfing), musical married couples are nothing new. However, what sets thee Grown-Ups’ Sara and Josiah Hughes apart is that they’re cuter than a pair of bulldogs on snowboards that know how to turn up the rock and turn down the suck. Joined by third member/producer Darrell on “dad guitar” (nice Conchords reference, guys), they’ve now teamed with the almighty Bart for tape release number two. Eight songs of angry punk sludge that sound just as pitted as their debut but now with more Crazy Horse guitar solos (see: opener “Meat”) and Art Brut-esque motivational meta-songs (see: “Start A Band!”). This is the soundtrack for the skateboarding video game you invented in your brain. The musical equivalent of a cherry-coke slurpee with a stolen chocolate bar tucked in the cup. The creepy-lovable cover photo rules too, but I really just wish it was a drawing of Odie crossed with Jughead.

http://www.myspace.com/wearegrownups

Warming up the room will be False Face. From Kingston. Right. Those guys.

http://www.myspace.com/falsefacekingston

Doors at 8ish. Bands at 9. Blown minds at 9:15.

BAD DAYS - A week long multimedia Symposium!

The Artel — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:13:28 +0000

BAD DAYS
A series of events on failure
July 24th-30th at The Artel

Official website:
http://baddayskingston.tumblr.com/

Failure is something that we can all identify with, whether it be the failure of a personal venture, love affair or artistic endeavor. While failed attempts are often willfully forgotten, let’s use July 24th-30th to commemorate and share our experiences of failure in a week long celebration of deficiency, breakdown and defeat.

PROGRAM:

TRANSCENDING THE MUNDANE?
Failed photography exhibit
Exhibit runs July 24-30
Saturday July 24, 7.30pm (opening reception/party)

MOUTHY: STORIES OF FAILURE
Storytelling series, tell your own!
Sunday July 25, 8pm

SYMPOSIUM
or “How I overcame ontological crisis by problematizing academic conferences,” a comedy.
Play concept by Breanne Oryschak, starring Michael Davidge
Tuesday July 27, 7pm

CAMEO CINEMA: THAT’S NOT ENTERTAINMENT!
Film screening - clips of movie/video junk
Thursday July 29, 8pm
More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136974982998297

ART FORMS OF DIMENSIONS TOMORROW
Noise jam
Friday July 30, 8pm

!!! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS !!!1: PHOTOS

Do you have photographs that by any standards are just plain bad? Photographs that accumulate in a desktop photo folder, never to be disposed of but also rarely seen?

Contribute to the show!

We are putting together a slide show of unfortunate images to be featured at the exhibit opening and are looking for community members to share their poorly composed photographs with us.

Please send your bad photos to bad.days2010@gmail.com

2: MOVIE CLIPS

Help us build a movie scrapheap! Cameo cinema is hosting a special screening of stuff that is bad in an awesome way, and we need your awesomely bad expertise.

We’d be especially interested in:
* favorite clips from favorite ill-conceived/trashy movies
* dreadful scenes from otherwise excellent movies
* Old public access nonsense/TV ephemera
* Your own regrettable film-making efforts (home movies, student film, “art” project, etc.)

Together we will make a video collage that promises to reflect poorly on us all.

Send your ideas/submissions to: bad.days2010@gmail.com

Poetry Night at The Artel - July

The Artel — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:43:53 +0000

Come out to The Artel for July’s edition of Poetry Night hosted by Bruce Kauffman.

For more info on the upcoming event read Bruce’s description below:

This poetry series’ ambition - held in an inviting, warm, accepting and acoustically sound “safe” space - is to offer a compassionate setting for poets to come and share their work - and for others to relax, support and absorb. As I have mentioned before, the spoken word does indeed add another dimension to the written word that is, at times, almost magical.

Those participating may be reading from their own work or other’s work, singing (with or even without an instrument), reading work done on a poet/poetic era or perhaps even original prose - and hey who knows. The only real restriction is time limit, determined by the number of people signing to read - but in the past each reader has had roughly 8 to 10 minutes, give or take.

This month’s reading, scheduled for Tuesday, July 6th at the Artel (corner of Queen and Sydenham Sts.), will run from 7:00 to 10:00pm, with a short intermission part way through and with limited food and beverage provided. It is also a free event, but donations are greatly appreciated and will be given directly to the Artel for providing their space and their assistance.

This is an open event so feel free to invite or bring friends as well. Each reading has had a number of people come to support someone they know who is reading, or simply to come to listen and watch - and enjoy.

Although the start time is 7pm, this is not a closed door event and anyone is welcome to come in at any time during the reading, either to read or to listen. I will attempt to accomodate poets arriving late wishing to read. If you are intending to read and know in advance that you will be late - let me know and I will make sure your name is included on the list for later in the evening

SIDE NOTE:
I would also like this reading series to be a resource in promoting other artistic endeavors. If you have or know of a project, exhibit, space or anything else related to the artistic community - it would be wonderful if you could come promote it. But if you’re not able to attend - contact me either here on fb or by way of email and I will promote it on your behalf at the reading myself My email address is: bruce.kauffman@hotmail.com

This is going to be another wonderful evening

Hope to see you there!

Coming up July and August!!

The Artel — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:02:11 +0000

Hello Artel friends and the curious visitors amongst you,

The Artel website is a tempramental creature, that gets updates on a very spontaneous basis, largely due our quick responses to last minute bookings. So please check in from time to time as a posting might show up 2 days prior to an event.

Here is what’s on the radar for July and August:

July 6th - Monthly Poetry Night, hosted by Bruce Kauffman.

July 24th-July 30th - BAD DAYS - A week long simposium

July 31 - PASTA ARTIST PLEASE, open invitation to a celebratory community dinner hosted by The Artel.

August 3rd - Monthly Poetry Night, hosted by Bruce Kauffman

August 9th - ISMISM Concert.

Mouthy: Diary Readings

The Artel — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:36:20 +0000