{"id":9875,"date":"2012-04-27T15:17:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T19:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=9875"},"modified":"2012-11-30T18:19:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:19:16","slug":"photophobia-opening-and-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=9875","title":{"rendered":"Photopia Opening and Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opening: Thursday April 26, 6 \u2013 10 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9877\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PHOTOPIA opened to the public on Thursday April 26 with\u00a0the hottest party of the year, featuring an exciting lottery raffle, fantastic food, signature cocktails, special guest DJ, beautiful people and artwork for everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0This\u00a0is a fundraising event\u00a0for Gallery 44 and encouraged the visitors to add a new work to their collection, or buy\u00a0their first piece at PHOTOPIA. The gallery walls\u00a0are adorned with a stunning selection of photographs created by talented local artists, both members and friends of Gallery 44. With many pieces priced below $500, there is artwork in every price range.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9878\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a>Gaye Jackson with her work Untitled from the series \u201cNorthern Landscape\u201d (upper right)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9879\" title=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Cindy Blazevic and a visitor\u00a0with her work Fisherman, Bosnian\u2013Croatian Border<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOPIA raises funds for Gallery 44\u2032s education and exhibition programs and thus is a fabulous way to support a culture of art in Toronto, and in\u00a0the collectors\u00a0own home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9880\" title=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>The Lottery<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9882\" title=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>The Lottery<\/p>\n<p>The Supporters Preview on Wednesday April 25, from 6 to 8 p.m,\u00a0was exclusive to friends of Gallery 44 who have contributed, or would like to contribute $50 or more to the gallery. It featured a wine &amp; cheese reception, director\u2019s exhibition tour, and advance sale.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday <strong>April 28th is the last day<\/strong> of the exhibition. Gallery hours are 11-5.<strong> Stop buy and check out the amazing selection of collectible artwork for sale<\/strong>! Most pieces are priced below $500.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Nicholas Liang<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opening and Lottery, Thursday April 26, 6 \u2013 10 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>featuring an exciting lottery raffle, fantastic food, signature cocktails, and artwork for everyone.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=9875\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,91,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-nicholas-liang","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9875"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9890,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions\/9890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}