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Ente
rtai
nmen
t / V
isua
l Art
s
From
the
poin
t of v
iew
of t
he Q
ueen
Wes
t, ge
ttin
g ou
t to
the
Art
Gal
lery
of Y
ork
Uni
vers
ity
(AG
YU) i
n th
e no
rthe
rn w
ilds
of J
ane
and
Finc
h ca
nse
em a
n on
erou
s ch
ore.
Not
onl
y ar
e th
ere
no h
ip b
ars
or r
esta
uran
ts th
ere
(not
kno
wn
to d
ownt
owne
rs, a
nyw
ay),
but
you
hav
e to
sch
lep
on th
esu
bway
all
the
way
to D
owns
view
and
then
end
ure
a cr
owde
d ex
pres
s bu
s th
roug
h su
burb
an a
nd in
dust
rial
was
tela
nds.
By:
Dan
iel B
aird
Spe
cial
to th
e S
tar,
Pub
lishe
d on
Sat
Jan
05
2013
From
the
poin
t of v
iew
of t
he Q
ueen
Wes
t, ge
ttin
g ou
t to
the
Art
Gal
lery
of Y
ork
Uni
vers
ity
(AG
YU) i
n th
e no
rthe
rn w
ilds
of J
ane
and
Finc
h ca
nse
em a
n on
erou
s ch
ore.
Not
onl
y ar
e th
ere
no h
ip b
ars
or r
esta
uran
ts th
ere
(not
kno
wn
to d
ownt
owne
rs, a
nyw
ay),
but
you
hav
e to
sch
lep
on th
esu
bway
all
the
way
to D
owns
view
and
then
end
ure
a cr
owde
d ex
pres
s bu
s th
roug
h su
burb
an a
nd in
dust
rial
was
tela
nds.
But
the
idea
that
Tor
onto
’s c
ultu
ral l
ife ta
kes
plac
e en
tire
ly a
sto
ne’s
thro
w fr
om th
e D
rake
Hot
el is
abs
urd,
lim
itin
g, a
nd s
impl
y ou
t of t
ouch
.So
me
of o
ur r
egio
n’s
mos
t com
pelli
ng a
nd c
utti
ng e
dge
exhi
b iti
ons
take
pla
ce a
way
from
the
city
’s c
ore,
incl
udin
g at
the
AG
YU, t
he B
lack
woo
dG
alle
ry a
t the
Uni
vers
ity
of T
oron
to’s
Mis
siss
auga
cam
pus,
and
at t
he M
acLa
ren
Art
Cen
tre
in B
arri
e.
Thes
e ar
e, if
you
will
, Met
ro T
oron
to’s
uns
ung
galle
ries
, and
this
sto
ry is
an
ode
to th
em:
“Inv
isib
le E
mpi
res,
” w
hich
focu
ses
on th
e K
u K
lux
Kla
n an
d it
s m
igra
tion
into
Can
ada.
“It’s
just
a p
reju
dice
that
the
AG
YU is
not
in T
oron
to,”
say
s Ph
ilip
Mon
k, th
e ga
llery
’s d
irec
tor
and
chie
f cur
ator
. “W
e’re
act
ually
clo
ser
to th
ece
nter
of w
here
peo
ple
live
in (M
etro
) Tor
onto
than
oth
er in
stit
utio
ns —
we
just
hav
e a
diff
eren
t dem
ogra
phic
. And
sin
ce w
e se
rve
diff
eren
tau
dien
ces,
we
have
had
to c
reat
e a
diff
eren
t kin
d of
inst
itut
ion
that
ser
ves
both
soc
ial a
nd a
esth
etic
con
cern
s. I
n th
e pr
oces
s, w
e’ve
tran
sfor
med
the
inst
itut
ion
itse
lf so
that
art
ists
are
par
t of t
he p
roce
ss a
t eve
ry le
vel,
incl
udin
g th
e m
arke
ting
of t
he s
how
, and
in th
at w
ay th
e in
stit
utio
n it
self
has
beco
me
part
of t
he a
rt.”
One
of t
he w
ays
the
AG
YU h
as o
verc
ome
the
prob
lem
of g
etti
ng p
eopl
e do
wnt
own
to c
ome
up to
Yor
k U
nive
rsit
y is
the
AG
YU P
erfo
rman
ce B
us.
Feat
ured
art
ists
turn
the
old
scho
ol b
us in
to a
mob
ile a
rt w
ork
that
ferr
ies
peop
le fr
om th
e A
rt G
alle
ry o
f Ont
ario
and
bac
k fo
r op
enin
gs. “
We’
veal
way
s w
ante
d ar
tist
s to
be
our
advo
cate
s, a
nd fo
r ar
tist
s to
be
the
host
s of
the
exhi
biti
ons,
” sa
ys E
mel
ie C
hhan
gur,
who
wor
ks w
ith
Mon
k as
assi
stan
t dir
ecto
r an
d cu
rato
r. “
The
Perf
orm
ance
Bus
pro
vide
s th
e op
port
unit
y fo
r an
art
ist t
o sp
end
45 m
inut
es in
a s
choo
l bus
wit
h hi
s or
her
com
mun
ity,
and
wha
t hap
pens
in th
ere
is a
lway
s a
surp
rise
!”
Th
e B
lack
woo
d G
alle
ry
Loca
ted
on th
e ca
mpu
s of
the
Uni
vers
ity
of T
oron
to M
issi
ssau
ga, t
he B
lack
woo
d G
alle
ry is
if a
nyth
ing
mor
e ge
ogra
phic
ally
cha
lleng
ed th
an th
eA
GYU
, but
und
er th
e di
rect
ion
of a
rtis
t and
cur
ator
Chr
isto
f Mig
one,
the
galle
ry h
as th
rive
d, m
ount
ing
cons
iste
ntly
cha
lleng
ing
exhi
biti
ons
and
even
ts. “
Vol
ume:
Hea
r H
ere,
” an
exp
lora
tion
of t
he e
xper
ienc
e of
sou
nd th
at in
clud
es w
ell-
know
n C
anad
ian
arti
sts
like
John
Osw
ald,
Cha
rles
Stan
kiev
ech,
Mar
la H
lady
, and
Raf
ael L
ozan
o-H
emm
er, w
ill o
pen
on J
anua
ry 1
6. M
ontr
eal b
ased
Loz
ano-
Hem
mer
’s c
ontr
ibut
ion
will
be
fro m
his
rem
arka
ble
Lost
Bre
ath
proj
ect,
a de
vice
that
sto
res
a si
ngle
bre
ath
and
circ
ulat
es it
ove
r an
d ov
er s
ome
10,0
00 ti
mes
a d
ay. T
he b
reat
h th
atw
ill b
e us
ed in
“V
olum
e: H
ear
Her
e” w
ill b
e th
at o
f ren
owne
d A
mer
ican
com
pose
r an
d ac
cord
ioni
st P
aulin
e O
liver
os.
“The
man
date
of t
he g
alle
ry is
con
tem
pora
ry C
anad
ian
and
inte
rnat
iona
l art
,” s
ays
Mig
one,
“bu
t I’m
sti
ll tr
ying
to fi
nd w
ays
of e
ngag
ing
wit
h an
dre
spon
ding
to th
e co
mm
unit
y of
the
city
we’
re lo
cate
d in
. I r
eally
thin
k of
mys
elf a
s a
popu
list,
and
I w
ant t
he w
ork
be a
cces
sibl
e, I
wan
t the
galle
ry to
be
a pl
atfo
rm e
qual
ly fo
r ar
tist
s, s
tude
nts,
and
the
com
mun
ity.
We’
ve h
ad a
n on
goin
g pr
ojec
t cal
led
Doo
r to
Doo
r th
at s
tart
ed in
201
1 in
whi
ch a
rtis
ts li
tera
lly g
o ou
t int
o th
e lo
cal c
omm
unit
y. F
or th
e fir
st o
ne, C
amill
a Si
ngh
wen
t to
loca
l bus
ines
ses
and
did
a ch
eerl
eadi
ng r
outi
ne fo
rth
e w
orke
rs!”
“Som
etim
es w
e do
n’t h
ave
huge
aud
ienc
es,”
Mig
one
adm
itte
d, “
but m
y at
titu
de is
, if y
ou d
on’t
com
e to
us,
we’
ll co
me
to y
ou!”
Th
e M
acL
aren
Art
Cen
tre,
Bar
rie
Bot
h th
e A
rt G
alle
ry o
f Yor
k U
nive
rsit
y an
d th
e B
lack
woo
d G
alle
ry a
re u
nive
rsit
y ga
lleri
es, s
o it
sho
uld
com
e as
no
surp
rise
that
thei
rpr
ogra
mm
ing
tend
s to
be
edgy
, exp
erim
enta
l, an
d of
ten
cere
bral
. Set
in a
bea
utifu
l old
Car
negi
e Li
brar
y an
d w
ith
an a
war
d-w
inni
ng a
ddit
ion
desi
gned
by
Siam
ak H
arir
i of H
arir
i Pon
tani
ni A
rchi
tect
s, th
e M
acLa
ren
Art
Cen
tre
in B
arri
e ha
s a
slig
htly
diff
eren
t man
date
: the
y ex
hibi
t art
ists
who
wor
k in
and
aro
und
the
Cou
nty
of S
imco
e, w
orks
that
are
in th
eir
exte
nsiv
e pe
rman
ent c
olle
ctio
ns, a
nd a
lso
mou
nt s
how
s by
con
tem
pora
ry
Can
adia
n ar
tist
s. C
urre
ntly
on
view
is “
Hue
and
Cry
,” a
sur
vey
of fi
gura
tive
wor
ks b
y in
fluen
tial
Mon
trea
l bas
ed a
rtis
t Leo
pold
Plo
tek,
as
wel
l as
the
stun
ning
“W
orki
ngm
an’s
Dea
d: L
ives
of t
he A
rtis
ts,”
cur
ated
by
Plot
ek a
nd M
acLa
ren
cura
tor
Ben
Por
tis,
whi
ch fe
atur
es b
lack
and
whi
teph
otog
raph
s of
oft
en d
oom
ed a
rtis
ts d
urin
g th
e 19
30s,
the
heig
ht o
f Sta
lin’s
terr
or, c
ulle
d fr
om th
e ga
llery
’s r
emar
kabl
e So
vfot
o ar
chiv
e.
“The
re’s
a d
iffer
ent k
ind
of a
udie
nce
here
,” P
orti
s ob
serv
es. “
It’s
a v
ery
insu
lar
com
mun
ity
that
has
not
had
a lo
ngst
andi
ng r
elat
ions
hip
to th
ear
ts —
man
y of
the
fam
ilies
hav
e be
en h
ere
for
gene
rati
ons.
But
that
is c
hang
ing
beca
use
the
com
mun
ity
is r
apid
ly g
row
ing,
wit
h m
any
peop
leno
w c
omm
utin
g to
Tor
onto
f or
wor
k, a
nd th
e M
acLa
ren
is tr
ying
to p
rovi
de c
ultu
ral l
eade
rshi
p. A
lot o
f wha
t I d
o is
to p
rovi
de v
isib
ility
for
our
hold
ings
in la
te m
oder
n an
d co
ntem
pora
ry C
anad
ian
art,
but w
e al
so d
o sh
ows
wit
h a
regi
onal
focu
s, li
ke o
ur r
ecen
t sho
w a
bout
pai
nter
Joh
nH
artm
an’s
life
on
Geo
rgia
n B
ay. A
nd w
e do
ver
y cu
ttin
g ed
ge s
how
s to
o: a
t the
end
of F
ebru
ary
we
will
be
open
ing
a re
tros
pect
ive
of th
e w
ork
ofK
rist
an H
orto
n,”
win
ner
of th
e co
vete
d G
rang
e Pr
ize
in 2
010.
Ther
e is
, as
Phili
p M
onk
poin
ts o
ut, a
pre
judi
ce a
gain
st g
alle
ries
not
loca
ted
in d
ownt
own
Toro
nto.
The
re m
ight
hav
e be
en s
ome
trut
h in
that
prej
udic
e 20
or
30 y
ears
ago
, but
bot
h th
e ar
t wor
ld a
nd th
e gr
eate
r To
ront
o ar
ea h
ave
chan
ged
a lo
t in
the
mea
ntim
e. T
oday
som
e of
the
fines
t,m
ost i
llum
inat
ing,
and
mos
t cha
lleng
ing
exhi
biti
ons
take
pla
ce u
p ne
ar J
ane
and
Finc
h or
in M
issi
ssau
ga o
r in
Bar
rie.
It’s
impo
rtan
t to
get o
utan
d se
e th
em. A
nd r
eally
, the
y ar
en’t
all t
hat f
ar.