May 17th, 2022 · Comments Off on ARTS: A corridor of possibilities (May 2022)
Photography festival explores the shocking and the everyday
Vista, 2021, by Alison Galley from the Lifescapes: Through the Lens exhibit at the Dignam Gallery is part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival. COURTESY ALISON GALLEY/THE DIGNAM GALLERY
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (May 2019)
Ambition, Innovation and Excellence: A Decade at Skule an exhibition of photos featuring creative design and emerging technoology taking place May 3-31 at the Myhal Centre U of T (55 St. George St.) as part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival. COURTESY OF AEROVELO
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on ARTS: Culture Corridor adds members (May 2019)
Women’s Art Association and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library join
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is the newest member of the Bloor Street Cultural Corridor. Among their treasures is this decorative binding from the 1601 book Instructionis sacerdotum libri septem. It is covered with block-printed paper with an elaborate floral design, and is an example of the binding technique known as ‘drawn-on solid’. COURTESY THOMAS FISHER RARE BOOK LIBRARY
May 9th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: New exhibitions and many festivals to herald spring (May 2018)
Nikon ambassadors to offer tips and tricks on May 30
The Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra, which is touring North America, brings its live sound project to the Music Gallery on May 26 at 8:00 p.m. COURTESY OF THE BLOOR STREET CULTURE CORRIDOR
May 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on ON OUR COVER (MAY 2017): Annex in an instant
PHOTO COURTESY DANIELLE SUM: “Presence” by Danielle Sum, from Toronto in an Instant, featuring the work of photographers from Toronto working with Fujifilm Instax cameras. Part of this month’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, each work represents urban life with a single image or small series. Sum’s image of Trinity College Chapel is on display at Annex Photo on Bloor Street West.
May 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (MAY 2017) A month of festivals and finales
Royal Conservatory of Music marks Canada 150
By Heather Kelly
May is a month of fantastic festivals and concert season finales on the Bloor St. Culture Corridor. It is also Museum Month, and there is no better time to visit the Bata Shoe Museum, Gardiner Museum, and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Read more
Several local galleries are participating in this year’s Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, now in its 20th year. The largest photography event in the world, the festival features 1500 artists in 200 exhibitions across the Greater Toronto Area.
Exhibition: The Dark Room 5.0 Artist: Various Gallery: 918 Bathurst 918 Bathurst St. Date: May 17
PHOTOGRAPHER’S WORK FEATURED AT CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
Brylowski stands in front of pieces from his exhibition "Stop! and eat the roses..." Courtesy Alexandra Gater.
By Kristin Eliason
James Brylowski, photographer and owner of the company Solid Porcupine Inc., showcased his work for the first time this May as part of Scotiabank’s 2012 CONTACT Photography Festival. Read more