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
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