February 27 – March 10, 2012
Opening : Wednesday February 29, 6 – 9 p.m.
The Department
1389 Dundas Street West (at Beaconsfield)
Toronto, ON
E: www.womankingcollective.com
Hours: Mon – Wed 5:30-9,Thurs-Fri 1-9,Sat-Sun 10-7 p.m.
What would you do if only once every four years you could break any rule for just one day alone?
Join us for a series of events featuring the work of rule breaking female artists and designers this February! Brought to you by Toronto based Woman King Collective; Leap Year will be a series of community driven craft, art and design events that will ask this one simple question. The show will be hosted at the Department (www.thedepartment.ca) located at 1389 Dundas Street West in Toronto, Ontario. The show will open to the public on Monday February 27th running until Saturday March 10th with anLeap Year will involve not only a group show but also a related panel discussion on Saturday, March 3rd and a weekend workshop for the public on Saturday, March 10th. The focus will be on handmade theme driven work that asks questions and invites open discussion in a community driven environment, showcasing emerging work and confronting the implications of its making.
Featuring the work of 10 Canadian Artists and Designers including Erin McCutcheon, Marianne Jette, Ilana Van Zyl, Alexa Tamar Smith, Marta Chudolinska and the Artists of Woman King Collective, Megan A. Skyvington, Ange-line Tetrault and Tara Lee Towers. This exciting series of events will be an investigation of multidisciplinary work that will interrogate what it really means to break the rules in art and design.
Formed in 2010 Woman King is a group of female multidisciplinary artists and designers working in Toronto. The Collective is run by Megan A. Skyvington, Ange-line Tetrault and Tara Lee Towers.
Sharing a voice that is unapologetically feminine Woman King produces work both individually and collectively. This work is linked with the history of handmade objects, material practice and female-centric art making. The act of reclaiming is what connects the artists of Woman King in their individual practices. Whether that is the reclaiming of body as site, the history of women’s work or of the female identity as both a public and private experience.
Through an exploration into objects, materials and spaces this group of designers and artists will redefine the myth of womanhood. Our work looks into our interactions with industrial design, traditional craft and body as subject from an entirely female perspective. Woman King exemplifies the capacity for Canadian women in art and design, among other creative disciplines, to effect a change of perception and a message of empowerment through their work.
For more information on Woman King Collective please visit: www.womankingcollective.com
For more information on the Department please visit: www.thedepartment.ca