{"id":17677,"date":"2013-02-17T17:28:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=17677"},"modified":"2013-02-17T17:29:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:29:41","slug":"eco-art-opening-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=17677","title":{"rendered":"ECO ART Opening Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Reception: Thursday,\u00a0 January 24,\u00a0 7 – 10 p.m.<\/strong>
\n GALLERY 1313<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gallery 1313’s ECO Art Exhibition reception was a lively event with lots of the arts community coming\u00a0over to check out the exhibit along with environmentalists.<\/p>\n

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MPP for Parkdale \/ High Park<\/em>, Peggy Nash<\/em> came out to lend her support.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>MPP for Parkdale \/ High Park, Peggy Nash and friend<\/p>\n

The exhibition took over all three galleries. Montreal artist Alexandre Cv<\/em> participated in the exhibition with his digital prints of a abandoned WalMart among others.\u00a0Filmmaker Annette Mangaard<\/em> screened her video DOWN BY THE RIVER,<\/em> a video commissioned about water concerns.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Montreal artist Alexandre Cv<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Filmmaker-artist Annette Mangarrd and Ontario Arts Council Programming Director Carolyn Vesely<\/p>\n

Photographer Jonathan Groeneweg<\/em> displayed a large print of a garden viewed from above while artist Marjan Vestappen’<\/em>s video showed the changing water front of Toronto’s harbour. Lynn Kelly’<\/em>s sculpture of a burnt out tree stump dominated the middle of the gallery and Paul Brandejs<\/em> sculpted canvas of trees complemented it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jonathan Groeneweg<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Consultant Judy Wolf , Annette Mangaard and Marc Glass<\/p>\n

Kingston artist, Neli Nenkova’<\/em>s paintings were well received as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Neli Nenkova<\/p>\n

The annual exhibit has been a good event for bringing together artists whose work concerns the environment.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sculpture by Bailey Henderson<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gallery 1313 Board Members Shane Cartridge and Louise Lipman<\/p>\n

This large group exhibition included works about water issues, urban farming, forestry, wildlife endangerment and many more environmental concerns as identified by over 20 artists works using film, painting, mixed media, photography and printmaking to express their concerns. The exhibition was curated by Gallery Director, Phil Anderson.<\/p>\n

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January 23 – February 3, 2013\u00a0at 1313 Queen Street West, \u00a0gallery hours: Wed \u2013 Sun 1 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Phil Anderson<\/p>\n

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January 24, 2013, 7-10 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GALLERY 1313<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gallery 1313’s ECO Art Exhibition reception was a lively event with lots of the arts community coming over to check out the exhibit along with environmentalists.<\/p>\n

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