Following the opening reception taking place at The Rooms this evening, Eastern Edge is excited to be hosting the official AFTER PARTY!
Join us anytime from 9:30 PM onward for a night of socializing, merriment, and KARAOKE! ~There will be fabulous pink flamingo-inspired cocktails~
Bonavista Getaway Raffle draw will be at midnight!
Free to attend, all are welcome.
We will being having a Karaoke prize! That's right, you could win the fabulous Flamingos butt. Contestants will be given marks out of 10 in the following categories: Original Interpretation (for your style both vocally and visually) Shaken Tail Feathers ( for dancing) Audience outreach (work that crowd)
More information of the opening reception at The Rooms:
WHY CAN'T MINIMAL
Now Open!
An exhibition of contemporary art that uses humour to play with expectations of solemnity and impenetrability in 'serious' minimal art.
Guest curated by John G. Hampton.
Featuring works by John Boyle-Singfield, Tammi Campbell, Liza Eurich, Louise Lawler, John Marriott, Jennifer Marman & Daniel Borins, Ken Nicol, Jon Sasaki, and John Wood & Paul Harrison.
Exhibition organized and circulated by the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and made possible in part by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council’s National and International Touring Program, and the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
MYRIAM YATES: ISLAND, LYLE
Now Open!
Curated by Vicky Chainey Gagnon
The world premiere of a short film from internationally-celebrated media artist Myriam Yates, based on her time on Fogo Island, NL.
LEISURE: NARRATIVE No. 9
Opening January 18
Organized by Vicky Chainey Gagnon
Artists Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley use archival images, sound, and berry-dyed fabrics to reflect on the folklore connecting berry-picking and otherworldly experiences.
IN SOME FAR PLACE
Opening the night of the reception
Curated by Mireille Eagan
Featuring works by Stephen Brace, Adam David Brown, Sara Cwynar, David Harper, Ursula Johnson, Maryse Larivière, Rhonda Pelley, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Charles Stankievech, Yinka Shonibare MBE, D’Arcy Wilson, and artists from The Rooms Permanent Collection.
A flamingo shot in Newfoundland in 1977, now held in the collection of The Rooms, is the starting point for this poetic contemporary art exhibition that explores connections between collecting and colonization, and the politics of inclusion and exclusion.
CATHERINE BOLDUC: LA FEMME DANS LA LUNE / HER HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Opening the night of the reception
Curated by Vicky Chainey Gagnon
A fantastical, immersive art installation created following a 2015 artist residency at Gros Morne National Park.
Image: Catherine Bolduc. La Femme dans la lune / Her head in the clouds (detail) (2016). Mixed media. Image courtesy of the artist.
This is also your last chance to get your hands on some tickets for our Bonavista Getaway Packages! We will continue to sell tickets throughout the night until the draw.
The prize draw will happen at MIDNIGHT, so be sure to get your tickets before then!
Bonavista Peninsula Getaway # 1:
Tour and tasting for two at Port Rexton Brewing Co.
(two t-shirts also included) (Port Rexton)
One night stay and breakfast for two at Fisher’s Loft (Port Rexton)
$50 gift certificate for Two Whales Coffee Shop (Port Rexton)
Bonavista Peninsula Getaway # 2:
Pizza & lemonade for two at Bonavista Social Club (Upper Amherst Cove)
$50 gift certificate for The Boreal Diner (Bonavista)
Choice of a piece of pottery at Wild Cove Ceramics (Catalina)
Tickets are $5 each, or 5 for $20
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