Public Art installation at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga (2022)
https://www.mississauga.ca/arts-and-culture/arts/public-art/temporary-public-art/immersion/
борщ, Barszcz, Borscht
Hello Friends,
I would like to invite you to please join us (myself and my @alloursstudio mates) for a cup of traditional Ukrainian, Polish, Russian borscht this Wednesday March 2nd between 3-7pm. We will be located at 62 Geary Ave in the back courtyard attending to a bonfire. The soup is free of charge, but any donations made will be allocated to www.Ocalenie.org.pl.
All the ingredients for the soup have been donated by our generous friends and family (veg option available).
The weather is looking snowy but a quick warm cup of soup, a proper fire and some good company will help with the flurries. If you cannot make it, I have attached a borscht recipe and perhaps you can host your own borscht gathering.
More about organization:
This organization is currently working on the border of Ukraine and Poland and also deals with all the different integration systems that it takes to safely build a stable future for new migrants. You can view their scope of services online. Please share if possible.
Thanks again and we hope to see you there.
Much love from The Little Container on the Geary.
@joybroadbent @krznski @justyna_werbel @alloursstudios
NEO Announces Collaborative Partnership With OCAD University
Digital Market Open & Artwork Unveiling Event in celebration of NEO's collaboration with OCAD University Business Wire
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Endowment fund and commissioning program launched in support of innovation and disruption
TORONTO — NEO, a bold and disruptive capital markets fintech firm, is excited to announce the official launch of a collaborative partnership with OCAD University (“OCAD U”), Canada’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive university of art, design, and media.
In an effort to support and foster innovation, NEO has established a $25,000 endowment fund with OCAD U for the NEO Award for Disruptive Design. The award, to be granted annually, provides tuition assistance to fourth-year students enrolled in the Industrial Design program who embody NEO’s foundational values of challenging the status quo, driving profound change, and making a positive social impact.
“Despite the vastly different industries in which we operate, NEO and OCAD U are actually very much alike,”noted Jos Schmitt, President & CEO of NEO. “We share a passion for innovation, for doing things differently, for being change-makers and champions of disruption in our respective spaces. And as a long-time enthusiast and patron of the arts, our new partnership with OCAD U is especially meaningful to me.”
Today also marked the public debut of NEO’s Commissioning Program in collaboration with OCAD U, to commemorate new listings on the NEO Exchange. “When a company or exchange-traded fund launches on NEO, it is a momentous occasion for all of us,” explained Schmitt. “Most stock exchanges gift their new issuers with a traditional plaque to commemorate the listing. But NEO has always done things differently. We wanted to celebrate these milestones with our clients by doing something truly special.” To that end, NEO has selected a roster of five emerging artists – either recent grads or current students – from OCAD U, who have been commissioned to create custom-made works of art for new issuers on the NEO Exchange. “It’s a win-win situation for everyone,” continued Schmitt. “We are supporting our talented arts community while giving our clients a unique, one-of-a kind gift to add to their corporate collections.”
Following a thorough application and interview process, these five artists were selected for the inaugural year of NEO’s Commissioning Program with OCAD U:
Mac Lenters, a visual artist and recent graduate from OCAD U
Justyna Werbel, a visual artist, curator, and graduate student at OCAD U
Gillian Toliver, a multidisciplinary artist and recent graduate from OCAD U
Jinke Wang, a freelance illustrator, mural artist, and recent graduate from OCAD U
Elise Conlin, a freelance illustrator, mural artist, and current student at OCAD U
'MONO SONIC' THESIS EXHIBITION, AUG 8TH 2019
Audio Portrait Commission Project
As some of you may know I am currently working on my masters thesis which involves translating sound recordings into abstract drawings.
I’ve become fascinated by how evocative sound alone can be for stirring the visual imagination, yet in my work, I cannot escape my memory of the experience I associate with my own sound recording— the pursuit of a purely imaginative visual re-presentation of the sound itself eludes me.
As a means to explore this sound-only-inspired abstract drawing, I am initiating a short-term commission-based project called AUDIO PORTRAIT COMMISSION PROJECT. I’m curious to create works that draw only from my experience of the sound recording alone, having no personal memory of the recorded event itself.
How it works:
1. ) I receive a soundbite (or .mov) recorded by you (or not… but something that resonates with you or the person you might want to gift the image to) example: sounds of a conversation or a recording of your favourite coffee shop, the sound of your children laughing, the ocean whatever tickles your fancy.
2.) I then translate your selected audio piece into a visual score/abstract drawing).
3.) You receive an original piece of work, that you can then gift or perhaps hang on your own wall.
4.) The work is made on vintage architectural paper sourced from Berlin (as seen in image above). Graphs provide me with a point of entry and create a comprehensive framework for space and time when translating the audio piece.
5.) Paper size: 16.5″x 12″.
6.) Cost: 16.5″ x12″ (please contact for more information) *Framing+matting options are available.
Contact: justynawerbel@gmail.com
UP STATION MURAL PROJECT →
Artists Mahmood Popal and Justyna Werbel are working on a mural on a giant wall at the Weston UPX station. Local organizations and the City of Toronto are involved in the creation of the mural. - Justin Greaves/Metroland
Torn up pieces of paper; spray-painted stencil; even bubble-wrap — these are just some of the objects that have been used to create a mural going up at the Weston GO/Union Pearson Express (UPX) station on a 16-by-260 foot noise wall.
Artist Mahmood Popal wanted to prove that art doesn’t have to be intimidating nor expensive. It can be made using everyday materials. It simply takes a little ingenuity. Popal’s winning proposal was based on engaging community members of all ages.
“This is really their work,” Popal said while working on the outdoor mural along the Weston GO/UPX station’s parking lot facing Lawrence Avenue.
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Werbel has been selected to participate in a 4-month long mentorship in Winter 2017 alongside filmmaker, Isaac Julien as part of OCADU’s Global Experience Project.
OCAD University President Dr. Sara Diamond, with students Yuling Chen, Aylan Couchie and leaf jerlefia, Carol Weinbaum, Isaac Julien, students Justyna Werbel and Aaron Moore. Photo by Jamie McMillan
Common Room India 2016- check out our live blog
The exhibition took place at the Shankar Doll Museum in 2016
Workshops in Tiruvannamalai, India.
Common Room Connects Poland and India →
Check out the link below for a write up by http://culture.pl/ about our latest project in INDIA!!
http://culture.pl/en/article/common-room-connects-szczecin-and-india
Thank you to all who came out to the 'ON THE ROAD' exhibit last night!
We launched our Common Room Website. Take a look.
CHECK OUR OUR NEW COMMON ROOM WEBSITE HERE!
Launching PLUG IN PROJECT ROOM'S 'ON THE ROAD' September 22, 2015
I've been on the road meeting amazing young emerging artists from all over America. The most important part is that their is no plan. It's like Hans once said:
" It is very 'rhizomatic', it is a very Deleuzian thing.
Project Common Room 2015
Project Common Room 2015 has been active since April of this year. We thank all the participants who have and are currently taking part.
TIJUANA, SAN DIEGO, BERLIN AND SZCZECIN!
