{"id":8581,"date":"2012-03-26T22:17:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T02:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=8581"},"modified":"2012-11-30T18:23:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:23:05","slug":"spiked-tea-2012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=8581","title":{"rendered":"Spiked Tea 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Reception: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 2 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nMERCER UNION<br \/>\nA Centre for Contemporary Art<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8640\" title=\"tea-mercer-16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the success of Spiked Tea 2011, Mercer Union once again hosted the time-honoured ritual of high tea\u2026 with a contemporary twist!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"tea-mercer-28\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prominent Toronto artists hosted tables that they have designed specifically for the occasion, and lively conversations were complemented with an elegantly eclectic portfolio of teas with special cocktail accompaniments and assorted delicacies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"tea-mercer-11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"tea-mercer-10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participating artists include Basil AlZeri, Robyn Cumming, Brette Gabel, Sarah Jane Gorlitz + Wojtek Olejnik, Maggie Groat, Stuart Keeler, Jean-Paul Kelly, Nina Leo, Heather Nicol, Bojana Stancic + Alex Wolfson, and more\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8636\" title=\"tea-mercer-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"tea-mercer-7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tea-mercer-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Photo: Mauricio Contreras-Paredes<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opening: Saturday, March 17, 2 p.m.<\/strong><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>MERCER UNION<\/strong><br \/> <br \/>\n<strong>A Centre for Contemporary Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mercer Union once again hosted the time-honoured ritual of high tea\u2026 with a contemporary twist!<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=8581\">Read more 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