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Zine Zone @ XPACE

You are soooooo invited to XPACE’s second annual Zine Fair! Just in time for the holidaze, pick up great handmade items from local artists. There will be zines, comics, bookworks, prints, knit and crochet items, crafts aaaand incredible edibles. etc etc etc! neat stuff. Also to delight your senses, musical stylings by:DJ taz’s_mom_butters_ (Sarah Butterill)DJ

Collage & Mail Art Party @ XPACE

Hear ye Hear ye, CUT AND PASTE your way to fame, right this way, XPACE will be hosting an afternoon of Collage and Mail Art making this Saturday. Totally broke for the holidays? No problem! Make something special to give to your people, or send some REAL mail to friends and family far away. We

Relief Needed

Xenia Benivolski is heading a relief strategy in response to the STATE OF EMERGENCY at Ontario reserve of Attawapiskat. XPACE will host a collections assembly of donations to be sent to residents in need on the reserve. Air Creebec and True North Aid have donated transport to the site. More information regarding this can be found

The Gang Takes a Field Trip I

Nothing beats a Thursday afternoon field trip. In a bout of spontaneity, the XPACE gang closed shop for an hour and headed to the Meredith Keith Gallery to check out “Sweet Asbestos” by Montreal-based artist Cythia Girard. Girard makes a sociopolitical statement of Canadian right-wing conservative politics through her pieces that combine various media, ranging

XPACE’s Opening Reception

Here are a few photos from Friday night’s Opening Reception @ XPACE.It was a great turn out and a great display of works by artist Kuh Del Rosario, Suzanne Caines, Steven Beckly, Lanie Chalmers, and Laura Paolini. Check out the exhibits, on display until December 10th.

What does Jeff Koons have to do with the XPACE Window Space?

Above: Laura Paolini’s I’m Tired of Being Fucked, 2011; below: Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog, 1994-2000 This month, from November 18th, XPACE’s window space will be showing a piece by Toronto artist Laura Paolini that references artist Jeff Koons’ attempt to sue San Francisco gallery Park Life, and Toronto design company Imm-Living for copyright violation. Imm-Living

DANCE YOUR PANTS OFF!

XPACE will be hosting an UNDERWEAR DANCE PARTY* for the closing reception of Lindsay Denise’s “Dancing With Myself & Others,” which has been on display for the past 4 weeks.Attendees are encouraged to participate in the exhibit through exhibitionism and share their groovy moves. DJ FoodCourt will take the lid off your id and dish

Stormy Hands @ XPACE’s External Space

Join us at XPACE’s External Space (located in the Jim Meekison student lounge to the left of the cafe and Great Hall at OCADU) for an artist talk by Sarah D’Angelo, and screening of her two claymation videos: It Speaks to Me and her most recent, Stormy Hands. Stormy Hands will be unveiled at the talk,

Drawing At First Sight

Be sure to check out OCAD’s exhibit of First Year students’ artworks. Located in Transit Space, works range in medium from graphite drawings to collage to painted works. Where: 100 McCaul Street Transit SpaceFree When: Tues November 1, 2011 to Thurs November 17, 2011

Whippersnapper: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS1. EXHIBITION / PROJECT PROPOSALSWHIPPERSNAPPER STREET LEVEL GALLERY SPACEDEADLINE: OCTOBER 10 Whippersnapper Gallery is currently accepting project proposals for our street level gallery space from individual artists, creative collectives, and curators. Successful applicants will be offered four-week exhibitions within our unique gallery space in our 2012 –2013 programming year. Whippersnapper Gallery supports New