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Leisure talks
(Written 28 May 2009)
Leisure Projects is participating in two public events surrounding the exhibition Making It Work. An artist talk on Wednesday May 27 from 6:30-7:30 and a round table discussion involving many of the collectives participating in the exhibition on Sat June 13, 3-5pm. The round table will discuss larger issues surrounding collaborative process and will be moderated by Vincent Bonin.
The art of marketing art
(Written 11 April 2009)This past February Leisure Projects had the pleasure of participating in a panel alongside Mark Lanctôt, Donald Browne and The Sanchez Brothers, moderated by Cheryl Sim. The discussion, a pre- “Art Matters” event, was an opportunity for exchange on the ins and outs of developing and marketing an independent professional practice. Copied here is a summary written by Russ Cooper and published in the Concordia Journal.
Hair Follies Exhibition Features Outrageous Wigs
(Written 1 February 2009)Leisure Projects was pleased to participate in a casual interview over lunch and tea with the Montreal Gazette reporter Christine Redfern. An excerpt from the article published in the January 17 issue is copied here.
De salons en glaciers : Leisure Projects par Gentiane Bélanger
(Written 4 January 2009)Special thanks to Gentiane Bélanger for her thoughtful article about Leisure Projects and the “Brushing up against the wild” project. The article is in the current issue of Etc Revue de l’art actuel, Néoféminismes : l’intime / neofeminisms: intimacy. Read the excerpt here or visit www.etcmontreal.com for magazine distribution.
Cutting Slack
(Written 4 January 2009)Leisure Projects is pleased to participate as a guest of Randall Szott in the on-line forum Cutting Slack (northeastwestsouth.net) with a contribution entitled “Aftermath: Dali in Hollywood (1941).” Szott is the initiator of Leisurearts (leisurearts.blogspot.com), and a kindred spirit of our own investigative project.
Zoë Pawlak interviews Leisure Projects about "Office Hours"
(Written 3 January 2009)Zoë Pawlak of the art and entrepreneurship blog the Loaded Bow (www.loadedbow.com) recently interviewed Leisure Projects about collaboration, alternative work spaces and the “Leisure Office Hours” project at Knock on Woods International Residency and Dwelling for Intervals.
Hair Follies ~ Happy New Year!
(Written 30 December 2008)Leisure Projects is ringing in the New Year while installing the upcoming Hair Follies exhibition at the FOFA gallery. Hope to see you soon at the opening January 15, 6-8pm!