Visual Art Exhibition

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FaerieTaleS
Pride In Art Festival 2009
Celebrating Queer Art and Artists
Telling Our Stories
Tuesday, July 28th to Friday, August 14th
Pride In Art Festival
Faerie Tales: Telling Our Stories
Multidisciplinary Arts Festival
The Roundhouse Community
Arts and Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
Vancouver
image by artist:
Rosamond Norbury
Festival Program
Ticket Information:
$12- $20 sliding scale at the door.
Advance tickets $15 available at
Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium (1238 Davie St.)
Rhizome Café (317 East Broadway)
Banshee (1566 Commercial Drive)
The Roundhouse Community
Arts and Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
(Corner of Davie & Pacific)
Vancouver
Except: Double-Dip and Madonna In My Mind $10 tickets.
Festival Passes are available for $100
( limited amount - does not include Taiko drumming workshop)
Please come early to the shows and look at the art
Late comers will not be admitted to the shows
Festival Schedule
Visual Art Exhibition
Tuesday July 28th to Friday August 14th
Faerie Tales
Gallery Hours: Weekdays 11am - 9pm | Weekends 11am - 4:30pm
Tuesday July 28th
7:00pm
Art Party: Opening Night
Celebrations
Performances & Workshops
Tuesday July 28th
Double Dip:
7:00pm
co-presented with
9:00pm
Coming Unbuttoned
Dah Doo Me
featuring The Bobbers
The Vancouver Pride Society
Wednesday July 29th
Double Dip:
7:00pm
Jeffery Straker
9:00pm
Sugarbeach & Friends
co-presented with
The Vancouver Pride Society
7:30pm
Friday July 31st
Crossing Borders:
Synergy & Colla Voce Choirs
Saturday August 1st
JODAIKO Taiko Drummers
7:30pm
Sunday August 2nd
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Taiko Drumming: Workshop
Thank You,
for your support!
you rock.
Festival Schedule
Performances & Workshops
Sunday August 2nd
Swell: So the Story Goes
7:30pm
Tuesday August 4th &
Wednesday August 5th
Clean Sheets:
New Play Reading Series
6:30pm and 8:00pm
co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions
Thursday August 6th
Queerotica
7:30pm
Tuesday August 5th to 10th
PiAF Youth Choir: Workshop
For times, see page 20
with Kevin Zakresky
Saturday August 8th &
Sunday August 9th
Meditation for Artists: Workshop
with Sakino Sepúlveda
10:00am to 12:30pm
Saturday August 8th
PiAF Cabaret
7:30pm
Monday August 10th
Transgressions:
Cris Derksen, Mark McGregor
& Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa
7:30pm
Tuesday August 11th
PiAF Youth Choir Performance
6:30pm
with Kevin Zakresky
Wednesday August 12th &
Thursday August 13th
Madonna in My Mind
8:00pm
co-presented with Mirateca Arts
Friday August 14th
No Hate: Youth Anti-homophobia
8:00pm
co-presented with The Vancouver Queer Film Festival
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Film Screening and Gala
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President’s Remarks
Welcome to the Pride in Art Festival 2009 “Faerie Tales; telling our stories.” This year’s
festival will be an exciting one with a diverse mixture of culture that will enrich our
lives. The festival has expanded the number of performing events, making 2009 the
largest festival to date. Our jury panel who selected the visual artists for this year’s
festival comprised of three leading innovators in the B.C. arts community; Grunt
Gallery Artistic Director Glen Alteen, faculty member Martin Borden from Emily Carr
Institute of Art + Design, and
Executive
Director
Valerie
Artnzen from the Eastside
Culture Crawl. I would like to
thank them for their esteemed
input.
By showcasing the work of
LGBTI artists, the Pride in Art
Festival seeks to create a
cultural milieu that demonstrates the caliber of talent in
this community. So I welcome
you all to what I am sure is
going to be an exciting
festival.
Thank you,
from PiAF!
Thank you, to our independent panel of jurors:
Valerie Arntzen: Assemblage artist and Executive Director of the Eastside
Culture Crawl
Glen Alteen: Director of grunt gallery, co - founder of the LIVE Biennial and
curator of many performances and community engaged projects
Martin Borden: Print making, drawing and painting Instructor at Emily Carr
Institute. His work combines the use of paint, photo and print media.
Acknowledgements go out to the Fab folks who are on committees:
Terry Costa and Joel Klein, on the Events Committee
Allen Moore and Hamideh Asadi, our bookkeepers
David Bavins, for Title Cards
Special thanks to our box office Maven Cynthia Brooke
Dj. Hicks, who Stage manages many of these shows and
our Production Manager, John P. Robinson.
As president of the Pride in Art
Society I would like to thank
the Roundhouse Community
Arts & Recreation Centre and
its
staff,
our
wonderful
volunteers,
the
City
of
Vancouver, Province of British
Columbia,
the
Canada
Council, our sponsors and
partners for their valued
support.
photo by: Catherine Holman
and a Special thanks to these fine folks who helped out:
Jeff Gibson
Jeff Gibson, President
President
Pride in Art Society
Ilena Lee Cramer, Mary-Ev Anderson, Kathy Atkins, Catherine Holman,
WeiHsi Hu, Cheryl Kong, Mark Kowalk, Kevin Lee, River Light, Elaine Miller,
Rick Morlang, David Pay, Little Sister's, Mad Dog.
And to the rest of our Extraordinary Volunteers whose names we did not
have at press time, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!
Thank you.
Shaira Holman, Festival Director
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Pride In Art Society
meet the board
and festival director
PiAF 2010
Planning Meeting
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visual art exhibition
art party
FaerieTaleS
Telling our stories
photo by: Catherine Holman
Thursday August 13th
6:00pm
standing, left to right:
Lorna Richards, Mary Anne Wong,
Seán Cummings, Treasurer
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, VicePresident
Mel Cotter, Secretary
Sakino Sepulveda
Want to be part of the Pride in Art
Festival? Come to the first planning
meeting for PiAF 2010: Queertopia.
Meet the people who make PiAF
happen,
learn
about
the
submissions process and deadlines,
and help us start choosing a theme
for 2011. PiAF welcomes artists and
art lovers of all ages, orientations,
backgrounds, and abilities to
participate in the ongoing planning
and preparation of the Festival.
Submission Deadlines for PiAF 2010:
September 20th 2009: Performance proposals
February 1st 2010: Visual Arts Submission
April 1st 2010: Cabaret proposals
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Patricia Atchison
Shaira Holman, Festival Director
Dzee Louise, Karen Lee-Morlang
Jeff Gibson, President
For more information, email
info@prideinart.ca
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VISUAL ART OPENING AND FESTIVAL GALA
Tuesday July 28th at 7:00pm
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Our opening night gala celebrates the opening of the juried Visual Art
Exhibition, and previews performances from our festival line-up in a
gay, carnival atmosphere.
MC: Zena Sharman
Performances by:
Humberto Alvarez, composer, singer, performing artist and sound healer.
Synergy, a small ensemble of the Vancouver Men's Chorus, under the
direction of Stephen Smith
Joel Klein, baritone, and Karen Lee-Morlang, pianist.
Cris Derksen, cellist
Performance art throughout the evening:
Amber Dawn, writer, filmmaker and performance artist known for her no
holds barred depictions of sexuality and healing.
Santa Perversia, Or: All I Know About Being Italian Is That We Eat, We Pray
and We’re Ashamed Of Sex is the first of a series of performance art installations featuring the personification and worship fictitious saints as a means of
absolving sorrows caused by cultural or status quo norms. Santa Perversia
premieres at Pride In Art and is an interactive ritual in which Queers and/or
sex radicals receive blessing. Audience members are invited to light a
prayer candle, with a particular person or perversion in mind, and the living
saint (Amber Dawn) will pray away the shame.
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visual art exhibition
visual
art exhibition
performance
FaerieTaleS
The Pride In Art Festival
proudly presents
NO
HATE
Madonna In My Mind
Wednesday August 12th &
Thursday August 13th
8:00pm
Youth Anti-homophobia
Film Screening and Gala
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Friday August 14th | 8:00pm
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Telling our stories
Visual Art Exhibition
July 28th to August 14th
The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
With our 2009 theme Faerie Tales, the Pride in Art Festival invited
Queer artists to explore the myths and legends that have
shaped us, and our community. Light or dark, strange or
powerful, these whimsical and sometimes political fables can
have far-reaching effects upon our collective psyche. PiAF
challenged artists to look back — into our childhoods, into our
histories, into the mists of time — and explore the symbols and
archetypes that have helped us to build Queer identities. The
juried Visual Art Exhibition features works in many different artistic
disciplines, and pairs established and emerging artists from
across BC and Canada.
Jurors: Valerie Arntzen, Martin Borden and Glenn Alteen
the visual art exhibition is a FREE event
Gallery Hours: Weekdays 11:00 am to 9:00 pm Weekends 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
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No Hate is an evening of antihomophobia films created by
youth 19 and under who are
passionate
about
promoting
diverse
schools,
free
from
homophobia & bullying.
Madonna, the most famous
woman alive, has become more
than just a pop megastar. She has
become part of global culture and redefined Woman forever. Her
influence is so powerful that it
extends deep into the subconscious world of imagination,
fantasy and dreams. Madonna in
My Mind is a new ensemble theatrical exploration for the live stage
that takes us to people’s most
intimate and astonishing dreams
about Madonna — friend, lover
and life force — inspiring many to
take control of their own destinies
and desires. Concept and direction by Terry Costa, from real life
dreams, fantasies and tales written
by folk from around the planet.
Presented in partnership with
Mirateca Arts.
tickets: $10
The films were created during a 5
day filmmaking bootcamp, hosted
by Out in Schools, a unique
program
which
brings
Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual & Trans themed
films to BC schools and facilitates
anti-homophobia workshops with
students, and Reel Youth, a notfor-profit, media empowerment
program supporting young people
to create and distribute films about
their visions for a better world. A
co-production with Vancouver
Queer Film Festival, this screening
of emerging filmmakers will close
the Pride in Art Festival and open
the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.
admission is FREE of charge
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performance &
workshop
visual art exhibition
PiAF
YOUTH CHOIR
with Kevin Zakresky
PiAF Youth Choir Workshop
Wednesday August 5th to Monday August 10th
The dynamic, young, rising star choral director Kevin Zakresky will lead the
first ever PiAF Youth Choir, an intensive workshop in choral singing for
Queer-identified and Allied Youth, up to age 25. This non-auditioned choir
will meet for 5 rehearsals at the West End Community Centre, and perform
at the Roundhouse as part of the Pride in Art Festival.
Pre-registration required, contact Rachel Iwaasa at rachel@iwaasa.com
or 604.215.4078.
participation in the workshop is FREE
Rehearsals:
At the West End Community Center
870 Denman Street
Wednesday, August 5 to
Friday, August 7 3:00-5:00 pm
Saturday, August 8, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Monday, August 10, 3:00-5:00 pm
PiAF Youth Choir Performance!
Tuesday August 11th | 6:30pm
Roundhouse Performance Center
Kevin Zakresky will lead the first ever performance by the PiAF Youth Choir,
in the culmination of an intensive workshop in choral singing for Queeridentified and Allied Youth.
admission by donation
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The artists
Artists
and the titles of their work
Garth Amundson & Pierre Gour
I - mixed media pigment print - 17” x 21”
II - mixed media pigment print - 17” x 21”
NOX - mixed media pigment print - 17” x 21”
Working independently and as a collaborative team, Garth Amundson and
Pierre Gour's work explores the perceptions and politics surrounding the home
and domestic sphere and identity politics. Currently they are working on a
body of work for exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden in the fall of 2009.
Amundson holds an MFA from Syracuse University and Gour from the University
of New Mexico. Both are founding members of Shift Collaborative Studio in
Seattle, WA.
Patricia Atchison
And They Lived Happily Ever After - 36”x60” acrylic on canvas
Classically trained in 2D animation, Patricia’s career in the Animation Industry
spans over a decade. Outside of the animation business, she has transformed
her experience and style to become a self-taught realist painter. With recent
gallery representation in Vancouver, as an emerging artist, Patricia is forging
her way into the art scene. www.patriciaatchison.com
Katherine Atkins
Self Portrait: Threshold - 31cm X 22cm oil on canvas
Queen Boudiccia Celtic Warrior Queen acrylic on canvas and panel - 69cm x 42cm
For the last ten years Katherine Atkins has been engaged in creating art that
stems from studying and reflecting on some of our cultural and theoretical
notions of identity.
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Artists
Dana Ayotte
Self Portrait - acrylic on panel - 24 x 24“
With a background in dance and music and a formal education in
engineering, my art practice is informed by my diverse life experiences. As a
lesbian feminist I often focus on ideas related to women’s liberation and
sexual autonomy, while attempting to maintain humour and joy in my work.
Patrick Blaeser
Vital (three pieces) - silk on linen - 8 x 8”
Patrick Blaeser uses a variety of mediums including photography, fabric
drawing and baked goods to express apocalyptic and utopian attitudes of
the futures and past. He completed his MFA at the Glasgow School of Art in
Scotland. He has shown work in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Canada and
the U.S.A.
Cliff Blank
I Am A Rainbow - digital photographic print on foamcore and wood 24 x 36”
Cliff Blank was born and raised in Winnipeg and studied Advertising Art before
moving out west in 2000. While only an emerging artist, he's worked in abstract
acrylic on canvas to photography and digital painting. His subject matter
usually carries a whimsical feel. He is now exploring video and animation as
new ways of expression and plans to add these mediums to his repertoire
shortly.
Keith Cunningham
After Roy - acrylic on canvas - 12 x 16”
Keith Cunningham studied painting and art history at UBC, SFU and Emily Carr.
In 2005 he obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration. In addition
to his work at Children’s Arts Umbrella on Granville Island he works as a fine art
consultant and broker. This is his third exhibition.
Sebastian De Line
There’s No Time for Sentiment - acrylic on canvas - 65 x 50cm
Sebastian De Line (1977) is a Vancouver-born artist living in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. His work deals with spaces occupied by an ambiguity, the
conflictive nature of duality and how the tension of this 'space in between'
decentralizes this hegemonic polarity. His practice emphasizes process, with
an emphasis on questioning and serial experimentation through crossing
traditional media, painting, photography and drawing, to create
hybrid-mediums.
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visual
art exhibition
performance
TRANSGRESSIONS
Monday August 10th
7:30pm
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Three classically-trained musicians
explode the ordinary limitations of
their instruments. Flutist Mark
McGregor, described as a musician
of "huge physical energy … verging
on the superhuman" (Victoria Times
Colonist), will perform Steam, a
piece for amplified alto flute and
two digital soundtracks by Barry
Truax. Contemporary piano virtuoso
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa will stage De
Profundis,
Frederic
Rzewski’s
monumental piece for speaking
pianist, with text from the letter
Oscar Wilde wrote to Lord Alfred
Douglas from prison. Cellist Cris
Derksen has electrified audiences
around the world, using a loop
station and effect pedals to create
her highly original multi-layered
compositions. Derksen will be
premiering two new collaborative
works: an intimate chamber piece
with contemporary dance artist
Brett Owen choreographed by
Mary Anne Wong, and a sumptuous
visual spectacle with video artist
Kathryn Jean and aerial silk artist
Jillian Deri.
tickets: $15 in advance,
$12-20 sliding scale at the door
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TRANSGRESSIONS
visual art exhibition
performance
tickets: $15 in advance
$12 - $20 sliding scale at the door
visual art exhibition
the
Artists
Richard Fréchette
Lugh of the Long Arm - acrylic on canvas - 30 x 48“
My youth in a small village was surrounded by religious art. As a teenager, I
moved away to study. After years of clinical work, routine and not much art, I
rediscovered the artist part of me. I enjoy bodybuilding. I admire artists who
master and idolize the human figure.
Saturday August
August 8th
8th
Saturday
Lynda Gerty
7:30pm
7:30pm
Normal - acrylic and ink on canvas - 16 x 20”
Roundhouse Performance
Performance Centre
Centre
Roundhouse
Hilarious and
and touching,
touching, smoky
smoky and
and sensual,
sensual, passionate
passionate and
and political,
political, the
the
Hilarious
second annual
annual PiAF
PiAF cabaret
cabaret showcases
showcases the
the talents
talents of
of Queer
Queer actors,
actors,
second
musicians and
and dancers.
dancers. This
This evening
evening of
of innovative,
innovative, integrated,
integrated, live
live perforperformusicians
mance is
is directed
directed by
by Terry
Terry Costa
Costa and
and hosted
hosted by
by BC
BC Hall
Hall of
of Fame
Fame inductee
inductee
mance
Denis Simpson
Simpson and
and diva
diva pianist-vocalist
pianist-vocalist and
and impresario
impresario
Denis
Karen Lee-Morlang.
Lee-Morlang.
Karen
Featuring:
Denis Simpson
Karen Lee-Morlang
Beth “Buzy Bee” Allen
Brett Owen
Catherine Laub
Joel Klein
William George
Shaira Holman
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa
Darlene
Rita Attrot
Kevin Lee
Dane McFadhen
Kyle Kwiatkoski
Tara Fynn
Mark Kershaw
Largely self-taught, I identify as Outsider, and believe that we are all creative
beings with an innate potential to be artists. My art practice is inspired and
influenced by radical feminism, anarchism, resistance movements and
political activism. I find myself moved every day by the joy, beauty – and
injustice – of life.
Jeff Gibson
The Ram and The Serpent; Myths of Romanticisms
acrylic on canvas - 84 x 72”
Jeffery Austin Gibson is an artist/painter who is employed with Vancouver
School Board since 1996. Born in Chilliwack British Columbia and raised in
Vancouver. I graduated from Ontario College Art in 1984 and returned to
Vancouver in 1990 to paint. I currently paint at the Onion Studio in East
Vancouver, where I have painted at for the past 10 years.
Afuwa Granger
Solstitial Map - acrylic on canvas - 72 x 48”
Medusa of Jamdown - ink on paper - 8.5 x 11”
Afuwa was born and nurtured in Guyana, surrounded by voracious foliage
and creatures that go bump in the night. As a result, she cultivated a lasting
fascination with things easier felt than seen. Her work has been exhibited
internationally, and she can be found online at: www.afuwa.com
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Suzo Hickey
Beware Of - acrylic on canvas - 24 x 36”
Under Threatening Skies - acrylic on canvas - 32 x 24”
Suzo Hickey is a painter and multi-disciplinary artist living in Vancouver. Her
work has been exhibited at the grunt, the Pitt Gallery and as part of the Out
on Screen festival. As a member of the Vancouver Association for
Non-Commercial Culture, her public art has graced bookstore windows and
bus benches.
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Artists
Shaira Holman
Prints of Darkness - split tone archival silver emulsion prints
20 x 24” each
Shaira (S.D) Holman Artist, Photographer and Actor. A Graduate of ECIAD.
Shaira believes art is the first key to revolution.
Exhibitions include: Soady-Campbell Gallery NY, San Francisco Library,
Advocate Gallery LA, Fotobase, Helen Pitt International Gallery, Artropolis.
S.D has a Solo show coming in September 2009 at Gallery Gachet.
S.D’s work is featured in the Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography (published
NY, London, Paris) the book Fusion, which features four Vancouver
photographers, and Culture and Education (published Australia, Asia).
Shaira loves PiA
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visual
art exhibition
performance
&
workshop
Queerotica
Thursday August 6th | 7:30pm
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
The annual evening of live readings by
emerging and established writers, readers
and performers from across Canada.
Queerotica addresses the importance of
free speech and freedoms in artistic expression. Hosted and curated by Elaine Miller
and Afuwa Granger.
admission by donation
Harry J. Leonard
Merman Fantasy - digital photography
Harry Leonard is a professional photographer in Vancouver, engaged in
fashion, fitness and fine art. He has exhibited since 2004 in Canada and US at
places like Exposure Gallery and Cityscape Gallery. He has worked in the BC
Fashion Week and with NY designer Ray Brown. This year he’ll release his new
“Black Men” calendar 2010. www.leonardimagery.com.
Dzee Louise
Princess in Shining Armoire paper installation and series of 18 drawings - 8 x 11.5”
Growing up bilingual, in an environment where the languages often blended
and merged, Dzee Louise became interested in the relationships between
realms commonly placed in opposition. A graduate of ECU she works in
drawing, painting, installation and video. She has shown locally and
internationally and her work can be viewed at dzee.ca
Mico Mancuso
High Times - acrylic on canvas - 65 x 52”
I studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and Florence, Italy and
moved to Vancouver in 1985. Being primarily a landscape painter, I also
create collage construction paintings that incorporate both traditional techniques with found materials. These paintings are autobiographical and
concerned with storytelling my life experiences.
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MEDITATION FOR ARTISTS
workshop
Saturday August 8th & Sunday August 9th
10:00am to 12:30pm
Roundhouse Room C
This two-day workshop is open to all people
who want to practice the inner science of
meditation. Exploring two different meditation
exercises per day, one hour each. Each meditation is divided in stages with specific music
and actions, through body movements and
breath exercises that help to liberate accumulated stress in our bodies. These techniques
were created for contemporary people.
Mandal and Nadabram are two of the meditations included.
For more information and registration,
contact workshop instructor Sakino at
sakinoxio@hotmail.com or 604.253.0400
admission by donation
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performance
visual art exhibition
the
admission by donation
Artists
Mark McGregor
Clean Sheets:
Quintet - watercolour - 12 x 9”
Flutist - watercolor - 12 x 10”
New Play Reading Series
Mark Takeshi McGregor learned to paint at a young age from his mother. He
has since embarked on a successful career as a classically trained flutist, with
three CDs to his credit and a 2008 Western Canadian Music Award
nomination. He continues to paint for his own enjoyment, focusing primarily on
watercolours.
Tuesday August 4th & Wednesday August 5th
6:30pm and 8:00pm
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Stephen Middleton
Clean Sheets has invited playwrights from across Canada to
workshop their plays in develop
ment with professional actors and
directors/dramaturges.
Audrey - acrylic on canvas - 36 x 48”
Stephen is a perfectionist who strives to excel at whatever he attempts. His
formal training was at the University of Guelph and he has been painting since
the late 1980’s. Stephen has exhibited in both Toronto and Vancouver since
1991. He lives and works out of his loft studio in Vancouver’s West End.
Co-presented
with
Screaming
Weenie Productions, and curated
by theatre artists Seán Cummings
and C. E. Gatchalian, Clean Sheets
promotes and nurtures the development of Queer-Canadian playwrights and original work, and gives
theatrical form to issues that deal
specifically with the lives of lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgendered
people.
photo by: Michael O’Shea
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Tuesday August 4th
Wednesday August 5th
Heather's String Theory 6:30 pm
by Barry Jack Jenkins
(Whitehorse, Yukon)
Directed by Ilena Lee Cramer
Downstream 6:30 pm
by T. Berto
(Guelph, Ontario)
Directed by Amanda Lockitch
Moon Tan 8:00 pm
by William Bradley Reed
(Vancouver, BC)
Directed by Seán Cummings
A Good Death 8:00 pm
by Shelley M Hobbs
(Toronto, Ontario)
Directed by Heather Lindsay
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Little Bo Peep - 3D photo - 8 x 10”
Ring Around the Rosey - 3D photo - 8 x 10”
Barber Barber - 3D photo - 8 x 10”
Born in the foothills of the Himalayas and schooled in Paris, France, Rosamond
Norbury is an award-winning photographer and printmaker. Rosamond was
kd lang’s tour photographer, shoots stills for documentary films and won first
prize for Vancouver’s Vancouver photographic competition. She is known
internationally for her insightful Rodeo photography. Her acclaimed first book
Behind the Chutes: The Mystique of the Rodeo Cowboy was nominated for
the ALA/YALSA Best Books for Young Adults and was followed by Guy to
Goddess: An Intimate Look at Drag Queens.
Thank you, Rosamond, for the use of your images for the cover and print
material for this year’s Pride in Art Festival.
Maarten Perera
Wooden Boy - acrylic on canvas - 31 x 25”
Being a gay visible minority and spending much of his life assisting marginal
populations, Perera believes we all have a voice and that voice should
always be heard. “I am passionate, wait a minute, obsessive about my art,
my voice, my life.” www.maartenperera.com
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Artists
Sakino Sepúlveda
Memory Corners - oil and collage on canvas - 20 x 20”
Sakino studied biochemical engineering, but quit science to devote himself to
painting. He studied on his own different manifestations of visual art. His works
reflect his own surrealistic reconstruction of reality. He has exhibited since 1981
at forums in Mexico , Canada , USA , Italy , Poland and Japan .
www.sakino.org
Noel Silver
When Harvey Met Oscar - acrylic on canvas - 40 x 50”
Homosapien Skull Buddha - acrylic on canvas - 40 x 50”
Diana Smith
This Too Will Pass - mixed media ceramics - 30 x 30 x 18”
Diana is a fourth year visual arts student at Emily Carr University, focusing on
ceramics. As well, she is a member of Arts off Main, an artist-run gallery/store
at 216 East 28th Avenue (at Main). Contact Diana at:
dsmith2006@shaw.ca
Carol Weaver
amazon sappho lives! - acrylic on canvas - 36 x 36”
Carol Weaver is a self-taught artist, graphic designer, sacred drummer and
musician presently wandering “shamanic” lands on the lookout for all that is
of beauty… more about her work and practice at: www.carolweaver.com
Katharine Dickinson (Vanessa)&
Karen Woodman (Lilly)
A Night at the Opera - mixed media - 5 x 3.6’
Gloria - mixed media - 3 x 4.25’
Karen Woodman is a multidisciplinary artist who works with found objects, text,
paint and digitization. She enjoys the free collaborative process. Her poetry
has appeared in Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Queen Street Quarterly,
Pottersfield Portfolio and Bent on Writing (Canadian Scholar's Press).
Katharine Dickinson is a traditional and digital portrait artist. She has exhibited
at National Portrait Gallery London and various galleries in England, Canada
and United States. She has illustrated covers for Kurt Vonnegut and Margaret
Atwood novels, more recently a series of artworks of local Olympic and
Paralympic athletes for City of Vancouver. She delights in the process and
surreal nature of collaborative art. Katharine studied at the Slade School of
Fine Art. Visit her at www.dickinsonart.ca. Karen studied fine art at the Emily
Carr Institute of Art and Design. To see more of her work visit:
http://campfirecreative.wordpress.com
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visual
art exhibition
performance
Sunday August 2nd
7:30pm
SWELL:
Roundhouse Performance Centre
So the Story Goes
SWELL is the (re)iteration of Taste This, the notorious Vancouver-based
Queer performance troupe that co-authored Boys Like Her: Transfictions.
With over a decade of artistic experience and numerous books, CDs,
performance, video, and radio works to their individual credit, “cultural
agitator and fab femme”
(NOW)
Anna
Camilleri,
“natural-born
storyteller”
(Globe and Mail) Ivan E.
Coyote, and “musical genius”
(Xtra) Lyndell Montgomery
recently started talking about
resurrecting the kind of
magical collaboration that
Taste This was. For the
premiere of So The Story Goes
—an original interdisciplinary
performance— they’ll be
joined by Leslie Peters whose
video works, akin to “abstract
colour-field paintings (Globe
and Mail),” have screened
internationally from Buenos
Aries to Australia. Home
stories. Queer tales. True,
except when they’re not.
Stories that swell and implode
the spaces between cultural
institutions
and
queer
landscapes; between female
and male; between tightly
produced performance and
kitchen table talk.
tickets: $15 in advance
$10-$20 sliding scale at the door
photo by: Zoe Black
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workshop
performance
visual
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JODAIKO
Taiko Drummers
Saturday August 1st 7:30pm
photo by: S.D Holman
Roundhouse Performance Centre
JODAIKO, the incendiary all-women
Japanese Taiko drumming ensemble
returns to PiAF by popular demand.
Comprised of artists from across
Canada
and
North
America,
JODAIKO is led by distinguished Taiko
master Tiffany Tamaribuchi, the first
female World Taiko Champion. The
ensemble performs at a variety of
women-centered events and strives
to express the passion and strength of
women through the art of Taiko.
Co-presented with the Powell Street
Festival of Japanese Canadian
Culture. tickets: $20 in advance,
$15-25 sliding scale at the door
Taiko Drumming Workshop
Sunday August 2nd | 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Roundhouse Dance Studio
Taiko master Tiffany Tamaribuchi of JODAIKO returns, following her sold-out
introductory taiko workshop at PiAF 2008. Open to all ages and abilities, this
promises to be one of PiAF’s most popular community outreach activities.
Last year’s workshop had a waiting list nearly double the capacity,
so regiter early!
workshop admission $30
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Opening Night - Tuesday July 28th
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Pride in Art partners with the Vancouver Pride Society to kick off
Pride Weekend with Double Dip: two evenings, two shows each night,
showcasing local Queer talent.
COMING
UNBUTTONED
Dah Doo Me
featuring
7:00pm
A playful review of 20th-century
gay-oriented
and
homoerotic
poetry by American poet, author
and filmmaker, James Broughton.
Doug Cameron, a Vancouver actor
and entertainer who met and
befriended James and his life
partner, Joel Singer, provides a
humorous
and
profound
performance, suitable for any adult
audience due to some “overt
imagery.” Whimsical in tone,
unexpected in insight, and with a
hidden bite, you will want to check
yourself as you leave, in case
you’ve come unbuttoned.
tickets: $10
The Bobbers
9:00pm
The award winning OUT TV stars The
Bobbers are back with a new
improvised show that will explore
the Queer side of those 60's beach
musicals, directed by one of
England's greatest improvising
singers and teachers, Alan Marriott.
tickets: $10
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visual
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performance
Double Dip
Wednesday July 29th
Colla Voce (an Italian phrase in music
meaning "following the voice" and
signifying from whom the other instruments take their lead) is a men's
ensemble founded in February 2004
and based in San Francisco.
Crossing Borders
Synergy & Colla Voce
Choirs
Friday July 31st
7:30pm
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Synergy, Vancouver’s 12-voice
a cappella group of gay men, and San
Francisco’s Colla Voce men's ensemble,
in concert together.
7:00
Colla Voce Choir
Colla Voce provides support, awareness, and outreach to the gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender community
through musical performances and by
donating 100% of proceeds from
concert ticket sales to other charitable
organizations. Some of our past Bay
Area beneficiaries include Alexander
Hamilton Post 448 of the American
Legion, the only primarily gay veterans'
post in the U.S.; Health Through Art, an
organization that puts communitycreated artwork in public spaces in
order to counteract substance abuse,
racism, violence, and stereotyping;
Under One Roof, a fundraising organization that operates a retail store in the
Castro; the GLBT Historical Society; and
PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support).
tickets: $15 in advance
$12 - $20 sliding scale at the door
Jeffery Straker's video ‘Hypnotized'
climbed to the top 10 on Much
More Music this May, and he was
also recently named a national
finalist in the Canadian Radiostar
songwriting
competition.
His
piano-driven cabaret-pop music
comes to life through his lively
stage flair.
tickets: $10
Sugarbeach & Friends
9:00pm
A must-see showcase of some of
Vancouver’s top Gay and Lesbian
performers, hosted by Marlee &
Tully of Sugarbeach.
Currently celebrating its tenth season,
Synergy was formed in October 1998 as
a small ensemble of the Vancouver
Men's Chorus, under the direction of
the VMC's resident accompanist,
Stephen Smith. Over the last decade,
the select 12-voice a cappella group
has earned a reputation for great
singing in a variety of styles ranging
from renaissance to jazz, and from
motets to Motown! In addition to their
regular appearances in VMC mainstage concerts, Synergy has performed
at festivals in Vancouver, Chicago, San
Jose, Toronto, Montreal, and London,
England; in self-produced concerts and
as guests of other ensembles; in
benefits for gay and lesbian organizations in Vancouver, Victoria, and Kamloops; and at scores of parties,
weddings, and community events. In
2008 they released their first CD, entitled
Synergy: Songs of Nature, Love, and
Celebration.
Under the direction of our music director, Steve Ng, each singer brings his own
considerable musical talent to the
group – averaging over 15 years of
musical experience – creating a natural
harmony and easy camaraderie that
comes across in our performances.
Colla Voce is a member of GALA
Choruses (Gay and Lesbian Association
of Choruses).
Original music and performances
from acoustic singer-songwriter to
electro-disco-pop that will have
you dancing in your seats.
tickets: $10
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