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The IRIS Group is pleased to  be  part of
OshawaSpaceInvaders:  Contemporary  Art in Temporary  Spaces
A Festival celebrating Visual Art in Downtown Oshawa
 http://www.oshawaspaceinvaders.com


IRIS  will be at 
16 King Street East Oshawa 
Exhibition preview Friday September 13, 6 - 9 pm 
The streets of Downtown  Oshawa will come alive with visual art from September 13 through 28th, 2013.  Celebrating the lively visual art scene in downtown Oshawa, approximately 100 artists from seven groups will present exhibitions of artwork in vacant commercial spaces. Each group of artists represents a unique relationship to Oshawa and the Durham Region. Entitled OshawaSpaceInvaders, this exhibition
is supported by the Downtown Oshawa Board of Management (BIA) and numerous  individuals and businesses in Downtown Oshawa.
Sept. 13th – 28th, Wed.–Sat. 12:00 –
6:00pm

OshawaSpaceInvaders, Durham Region’s largest free contemporary art festival is a full scale art attack as numerous art groups and approximately 100 artists take over empty spaces in Oshawa’s Downtown. All activities Simcoe Street and East to Mary Street.Sept. 20th OshawaSpaceInvaders    ARTCRAWL
 The full invasion takes place Friday, Sept. 20th with 10 bands on 2 stages starting at  5:00, opening comments and Main Stage at 7:00.
Space Vendors beside the Regent and UOIT on the Victoria St. Mall. Tour the many galleries and meet Silver  Elvis!
Oshawa’s upstarts VIVA MARS land on the main stage at 7:00 and two-time Juno Award winning blues artist Jack de Keyzer at 10:00. The Main stage is off Celina Street one block east of Simcoe at King and the second stage is on the Victoria St. Mall beside the Regent  Theatre.
Adults and children are encouraged to dress the part. 
OSI  is taking place during Culture Days  (September 27-29) and Oshawa Doors  Open (September 28). 
The groups involved include
Durham  Artfest Group                
The Iris  Group
Broken Arts                                       
The  Vault
Durham College Fine Art                
O’Neill Collegiate Alumni  Artists 
Dwyer  Catholic High School Alumni Artists
The inspiration for OshawaSpaceInvaders  is the very successful Durham  Artfest, a similar event in 1992-95. This new  event, expanded to seven  artists’ groups reflects the maturing and  diversification of the Downtown  Oshawa art scene and art in the Durham  Region.
For further  information  contact  Gary Greenwood 905 725-9199, Steven  Frank 905 926-1171 or Angela Mittoni  905 576-7606 
Gary.greenwood@sympatico.ca        
sjfrank23@yahoo.ca
                angela.dobia@rogers.com 
  oshawaspaceinvaders@gmail.com