‘COLLECTIONS’ ART JAM AND TOWN HALL * Eve of 2013 City Budget Going to City Council *
Monday Jan. 14th, 6:00-9:00 PM
City Hall, 100 Queen Street West
Committee Room 1
FEATURING:
Official Welcome:
Miigizi (Nyle) (Indigenous Artist / Painter)
Special Guest Speakers:
Shad
Solitair
Jully Black
Live Painting by:
Ashley McKenzie-Barnes
Elicser Elliot
Malcolm Yarde
Adrian Hayles
Performances & Jam Session:
Mustafa Ahmed
Councillor Gary Crawford
Maracatu Baque De Bamba (Live Drumming)
Romeo
Bring your instruments, songs, dancing feet and voice to join in on a collective, hour-long jam session.
DJ:
Deejay L’Oqenz
Hosted & Moderated by:
Amanda Parris
Che Kothari
Motion
Photo Booth By:
My City My Story
Special Guests throughout the night.
BACKGROUND:
In 2009 we united for the first town hall and in response Council acted on the billboard tax for art. In 2010 we held the ‘InVoice’ Town Hall, and Council voted yes to competitive levels of art investment but needed a year. In 2011, a new Council confirmed the commitment, but dropped the ball when it came to real action. Come to the jam, make your voice heard and bring it home in 2013.
MORE INFO:
Facebeast Info Updates: http://tinyurl.com/collectionsjam
Updated video:
http://vimeo.com/56199788 Flyer:
http://www.beautifulcity.ca/Jan14Jam.jpg
Take Action:
http://www.beautifulcity.ca/bcbf.asp?id=23
Policy doc:
http://beautifulcity.ca/Budget2013.pdf
BeautifulCity.ca Town Hall 1:
http://vimeo.com/5639645 InVoice Town Hall:
http://tinyurl.com/invoiceTHvideo
MEDIA INQ: devon@beautifulcity.ca
+1 416 528 5747
VOLUNTEER: amy.gyc@gmail.com
RECENT MEDIA:
- Matt Elliott, “Toronto budget 2013: Increasing arts funding should be a no-brainer” Dec. 16th Metro Toronto
http://metronews.ca/voices/urban-compass-toronto-2/480757/toronto-budget-2013-increasing-arts-funding-should-be-a-no-brainer/
- Staff, “Billboard Tax Wins at Supreme Court,” NRU, Nov 23
2012
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tsukbuwjxtue6m/NRU-Nov23rd.jpg
- Che Kothari, “Toronto: Use the Billboard Tax to Fund the Arts,” Huffington Post, Dec. 11, 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/che-kothari/billboard-tax-arts-funding-toronto_b_2277380.html
