Art in Action

ART IN ACTION 2012:
Creative student & community contributions related to social & environmental justice

FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 4, 2012
7th Floor, Hall Building at Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve West, métro Guy-Concordia
wheelchair accessible — free — welcome to all

ART IN ACTION highlights creative expression on social and environmental justice issues through diverse mediums including: drawing, painting, photography, performance, film & video, installation, spoken word, zine, collage, watercolour, poster, and print.

This year ART IN ACTION includes close to thirty exhibits, installations and performances from:
* Claude Bernier-Tremblay * Al Blair * Karen Boyles * Anne Breton * Andrea deBruijn * Sylvia Chan * Emily Yun Ching Clare & Ryan Kai Cheng Thom * Shaw Desjean * Colectivo Dignidad Migrante * Arthur Gauthier * Guillaume Girard * GLAD Theatre Collective * Bianca Hlywa * Alix Hugonnier * Sophie Ingels-Fortier * Virginie Jourdain * John Lanthier * Naomi Large * Allison LaSorda * Emmanuelle Lippé * Kevin Yuen Kit Lo * Simone Lucas & Christian Scott * Cassandra Marsillo * Léa Radoslava Marinova * Erica Mazerolle * Nadia Myre * Hannah Palmer * Sheryl-Ann Simpson * Keara Yim

(Full details below)

ART IN ACTION is part of STUDY IN ACTION, which together not only cross disciplinary lines, but also transcend borders between academic and popular knowledge. For more information about STUDY IN ACTION: www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction

ART IN ACTION Viewing Hours:

• Monday, February 27, 10am-8pm — vernissage from 5-7pm, with artists present
• Tuesday, February 28, 10am-5pm
• Wednesday, February 29, 10am-8pm
• Thursday, March 1, 10am-8pm
• Friday, March 2, 10am-10pm — “5 à 7”, with artists present
• Saturday, March 3, 10am-8pm
• Sunday, March 4, 10am-6pm

 Art In Action-related performances will take place between February 27-March 4; more details forthcoming.

After March 4 until the end of the month, Art In Action exhibits will be displayed at L’Escalier, Galerie X, the Concordia Greenhouse, QPIRG Concordia, and other locations around Montreal.

INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction/art – studyinaction@qpirgconcordia.org – 514-848-7585
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ART IN ACTION 2012 CONTRIBUTIONS

PERFORMANCE/MULTIMEDIA

 

- Opium Dreams
 Projection/Spoken Word

by Emily Yun Ching Clare (Visual Artist)
and Ryan Kai Cheng Thom (Writer, Performer)

- Piece of Trash
Performance

by the GLAD Collective
(various theatre students, Concordia University)

- re:moved
Multimedia

by Allison LaSorda (University of New Brunswick)

- Suces Moi
Performance/Installation

by Virginie Jourdain (La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Dyke Rivers)

PRINT/POSTER/COLLAGE/SCULPTURE

- Collage #1 and Collage #2
Collage

by Simone Lucas & Christian Scott
(QPIRG-McGill University)

- Dirty Laundry

Sculpture/Installation

by Cassandra Marsillo
(Studio Arts, Concordia University)

- Le jeune de la rue
Mixed media

by Anne Breton
(Association des Artiste Peintres Affiliés de la Rive-Sud)

- Manifesto Print
Print

by Kevin Yuen Kit Lo (LOKi Design)
& Nadia Myre (The Scar Project)

- People’s History of Montreal
Posters

by Al Blair
(ABC Posters)

PHOTOGRAPHY

- Dignidad Migrante en la lucha
Photographs

by Colectivo Dignidad Migrante
(a working group of QPIRG Concordia)

- Fun Cutting my self; The window; Vierge VS Bouddha; Beau comme Amour; and more
Photography

by Shaw Desjean
(Theater Design, Concordia University)

- Human Earth Decay; Fashion’s Puppet; The Awakening
Photography & Photomontage

by Erica Mazerolle
(Stéfano Photographe, Projet ‘ColorFul’ & son équipe)

- one two three tree
Photographs

by Keara Yim(Women’s Studies/Human Environment, Concordia University)

- Point de chute
Photography

by Arthur Gauthier
(student at L’Ecole de la Vie)

ZINES

FIT: A Zine about sports, fatness, feminism, and disability
Zine

by Andrea deBruijn
(Concordia University)

- Four Minutes to Midnight
Zine

by Kevin Yuen Kit Lo(LOKi Design)

- Good Hair Zine/Drawings

by Sheryl-Ann Simpson
(a crash and a murder)

FILM/VIDEO

- Banca Rota
Video

by Emmanuelle Lippé
(Full Instinct Productions)

- Diarios de bicicleta
Film

by Guillaume Girard
(independent filmmaker, Quebec City)

- La femme aux cigarettes

Film

by Léa Radoslava Marinova
Film Production, Concordia University)

PAINTING/DRAWING/WATERCOLOR

- Dissembled; Over-flooded; Darkness and Light; Part of the Cycle; The Tsunami
Paintings

by Sylvia Chan
(Fine Arts, Concordia University)

- Him, Her, Us
Watercolor

by Bianca Hlywa
(Fine Arts, Concordia University)

- In Debt We Trust
Painting

by Claude Bernier-Tremblay
(Hibernum; c-load.com)

- Jungle Imperialist
Painting

by John Lanthier(Fine Arts, Concordia University)

- Lighten
Drawing

by Karen Boyles
(Studio Arts, Concordia University)

- La Logorrhee
Painting

by Shaw Desjean
(Theater Design, Concordia University)

- Our Boxes
Painting

by Naomi Large
(Art Education, Concordia University)

- Politics, Dis-Over Engagement, Theology, and Art
Paintings and Drawings

by Alix Hugonnier
(Science Po Paris (France)/ Concordia University)

- Prison Dorée
Painting

by Sophie Ingels-Fortier
(EpicMind Studio)