Lakeside: Art Looks at Toronto's Beaches

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For profiles of participating artists, click here.
Read the Lakeside Exhibit press release.

Art and activism unite to reveal our complex relationship with Toronto's urban beaches. Treasured for their natural beauty but harmed by urbanization and pollution, can our beaches thrive?

We hope to see you at the Opening Reception of TEA's art exhibit Lakeside: Art Looks at Toronto's Beaches, which will feature a performance by artist Ilona Staples alongside guest speakers who will help us imagine a brighter future for Toronto's beaches.

Meet the artists over refreshments and chat with TEA staff and guests in the courtyard on July 7, 2005 from 7:00 - 10:00pm at Gallery 1313, located at 1313 Queen Street West.

The exhibit runs from July 6-24, 2005. Gallery 1313 is open Wed.-Sun. 1-6:00pm. Artists showing at exhibit are Catherine Lathwell; Dyan Marie; Fedora Romita; Freddie Towe; Ilona Staples; Katharine Harvey; Lois Schklar; Maria Pracz; Paul Grajauskas; Schuster Gindin; The Lovely Guys; Wendelin Bartley; and, Rick Vincil.

For profiles of participating artists click here.

This year may well be a pivotal moment in the history of Toronto's beaches and Lakeside celebrates these distinct and invaluable public spaces and captures the renewed optimism surrounding the future revitalization of the City's beaches.

Lakeside is collaboration between the environmental and arts community. Funded in part by the City of Toronto, the exhibit is timely, coinciding with the City's raising of Blue Flags at its cleanest beaches this summer. The exhibit showcases work from 13 local artists in all media - visual, sound and video to evoke passion, concern and hope for our local beaches.

A series of evening talks and workshops accompanies the exhibit. Click for an events schedule. Check back for updates and newly added events.

Questions? Call Gallery 1313 @ 416-536-6778 or TEA @ 416-596-0660.