When: Saturday, October 4, 2008 6:52 pm to sunrise
Where: Throughout Bloor-Yorkville a free all night contemporary art event
For one sleepless night experience local Independent Projects and shop for Midnight Madness.
One night only. All night long.
From sunset at 6:52 pm on Saturday, October 4, to sunrise at 7:14 am on Sunday, October 5, 2008, Bloor-Yorkville will be bustling with activity, as thousands experience a full night of contemporary art and performance. Bloor-Yorkville BIA is proud to be an Arts Patron for Zone A.
Thousands of people will be attending this all-night gallery crawl and street celebration. From sunset to sunrise on October 4th Bloor-Yorkville will be part of the excitement where our zone will host 12 exhibitions in galleries and museums and unexpected places.
FREE PARKING – MANULIFE CENTRE
6 pm (Sat. Oct. 4th) to 6 am (Sun. Oct. 5th)
Manulife Centre Underground Parking is conveniently located in the heart of Bloor-Yorkville with easy access off Charles Street , 1 block south of Bloor.
For more information please visit: www.bloor-yorkville.com
MIDNIGHT MADNESS:
6:52 pm – Midnight
One night only in Bloor-Yorkville.
A unique shopping & dining experience.
In addition to extended subway hours, over 37 Bloor-Yorkville shops, galleries, salons, restaurants, coffee shops and bars will be open for Nuit Blanche Midnight Madness from 6:52 pm to Midnight.
See details on participating locations with special promotions and entertainment: http://www.bloor-yorkville.com/nuit_...anche0808.html
Bloor-Yorkville will become an artist playground for a series of exhilarating art experiences including the following:
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS: BLOOR – YORKVILLE
NB POST
Village of Yorkville Park ( Cumberland St. & Bellair St .)
416-928-3553 x 24
Laura Pacione
Installation, Performance Art
At NB Post, efficient chaos is our business. Step into the NB Post Office and select a completely unique postcard. Write a message, drop it in the mailbox and NB Post will do the rest!
Wearing the official NB Post uniform, postal workers will travel all over Zone A in search of recipients. The mail will arrive on time, all night long! NB Post prides itself on being an equal opportunity mail service; everyone should have the opportunity to experience the joy of letter mail!
To facilitate this equal-opportunity mandate, NB Post will pre-address all of its postcards for delivery to YOU in Zone A. Enthusiastic postal workers will proudly announce the arrival of the mail: “YOU Sir…yes, YOU! There’s mail here for YOU! Young lady, here’s your mail! Let me check the address… Oh yes, Zone A… It’s addressed to YOU.”
SUPPORTED BY:
Laura Pacione, NB Postcard
Photo: Alistar Scott
Church of the Redeemer
162 Bloor St. West
416.922.4948
Special musical performances.
Music Concert
www.theredeemer.ca
Drabinsky Gallery
122 Scollard St.
416.324.5766
Contemporary Art
Selected American and International Artists.
Visual Art
www.drabinskygallery.com
Drabinsky Gallery, Exterior
Gallery Gevik
12 Hazelton Ave.
416.968.0901
Harold Town Exhibition: Paintings and Works on Paper
Featuring an insightful presentation of the art & life of Harold Town by guest speaker, author Iris Nowell 9-10 pm.
Visual Art, Guest Speaker
www.gevik.com
Harold Town, Toy Horse
# 229, 1979
Photo: Gallery Gevik
Gardiner Museum
111 Queen’s Park
416.586.8080
Z’otz Collective at Mexican Days of the Dead: Food for Thought
Nahum Flores , Erik Jerezano, Ilyana Martinez
Installation, Sculpture, Visual Art, Performance Art, Video Installation, Multimedia Installation
Z’otz Collective will collaborate all night to create a multimedia drawing, “The Elephant’s Notes and Other Clay Encounters” in the Gardiner Museum lobby.
www.gardinermuseum.com
Z’otz Collective,
The Loot 2008
Photo: Z’otz Collective
Hollander York Gallery
110 Yorkville Ave.
416.923.9275
Dusk ‘til Dawn: Painting to the Beat
Lynda Schneider-Granatstein, Elka Nowicka, Douglas Edwards, Valerie Butters
Gallery artists & the city’s musicians will keep the mood lively and the night young as paintings emerge on canvasses to the beat of live jazz.
www.hollanderyorkgallery.com
Leif Ostlund, Gallery artist painting at Hollander York Gallery – Nuit Blanche 200
Photo: Meiling Kim
Japan Foundation
131 Bloor St. West, 2nd Floor , The Colonnade
416.966.1600 x 229
Flight over Landscapes
Akira Kurosaki, Kyoko Sakamoto, Wayne Crothers, Rebecca Salter, Keisuke Ohno, Miki Kuroki, Ralph Kiggell, Keizo Sato, Moya Blight, Elizabeth Forrest, Hiroaki Matsu, Mamoru Oshii
Visual Art, Video Installation
A contemporary woodblock exhibition featuring 10 artists presented with a special DVD screening of “Tokyo Scanner” by Hiroaki Matsu and Mamoru Oshii.
www.jftor.org
Tokyo Scanner DVD Screening – Japan Foundation
Kinsman Robinson
108 Cumberland St.
416.964.2374
Norval Morrisseau – Transcending One
Visual Art
By interpreting Ojibwa legends, Morrisseau depicts all levels of human existence. Viewers might experience a spiritual awakening by taking in the sheer size, complexity, symbolism and “healing” colours in these magnificent artworks.
www.kinsmanrobinson.com
Norval Morrisseau,
Shaman Appears Before All Creatures, 1991
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park
416.586.5524
The 2008 Sobey Art Award Exhibition
Tim Lee, Daniel Barrow, Terence Koh, Raphaeelle de Groot, Mario Doucette
Installation
The Institute of Contemporary Culture at the ROM hosts an exhibition of major recent works by five award winning finalists.
www.sobeyartaward.ca/winners
C5 Restaurant Lounge, atop the world-renowned Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, will be open for fine dining a la carte. Also open for your enjoyment is the Chen Court Cocktail Bar on Level One.
Mario Doucette, 1755 (Curling III), 2008
Royal Ontario Museum & Royal Conservatory of Music
Bloor St. West at Avenue Road
416.586.8000
Dance Royal 2008
Dr. Draw and diverse musical and dance performers
Performance Art, Light Installation, Music Concert
Violinist & artist Dr. Draw leads a spectacular 2-hour dance event, mashing musical genres from classical to rock, in front of the ROM from 9-11 pm.
Dr. Draw Performs at Bloor St. West at Avenue Road
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
416-393-7131
Circus of Dreams
Group Exhibition
Installation, Performance Art
A light installation transforms the Toronto Reference Library's dramatic atrium into a nighttime forest space, featuring a waterfall fashioned from fabric. Participate in dreamy storytelling, led by the Rosedale Heights Improv Team. Inside the TD Gallery, discover the history of the Big Top - with posters, prints, rare books and other items from the library's Special Collections.
Outside on Yonge Street , thrill to the magic of fire dancers and stilt walkers from SwizzleStick Theatre (outdoors activities open from 7 pm to 1 am).
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/nuitblanche
Toronto Reference Library, Circus of Dreams
Yay! - Yorkville at Yonge
Yorkville Avenue - Yonge St. to Bay St .
Shadow and Light Show & Outdoor Film Projection
Come see the shadow & light shows by Theatre Peace puppeteer, Guy Doucette in the windows above: 1 Yorkville Ave. , Historic Yorkville Library and Lovecraft for passers by to enjoy. A family film will be projected on a giant screen above 1 Yorkville Ave , 8:30 pm – midnight.
Shadow & Light Show along Yorkville Avenue (Yonge to Bay)
For full Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Guide details visit: www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca
“Park after Dark from dusk until dawn”
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