June 6-8, 2008 - spOtlight: @ Globe Studios

Welcome! Join us at Globe Studios to help celebrate Ontario's first spOtlight: a weekend festival of the arts. More than a dozen free activities and events for people of all ages. Go backstage, step into a studio, and experience the artist's creative process. Satisfy your curiosity and stir your spirit. Meet the artists and arts organizations that make your neighbourhood and community a vibrant place. Celebrate their contributions. Celebrate our artists!

Remember: All Activities are Free!!

Learn about other spOtlight: events at www.spotlightfestival.ca

Globe Studios Hosted Events

Friday, June 6

5p - 6p - Theatre for Social Change

Presented by The MT Space in partnership with the Centre for Community-Based Research. Hate Crimes: what’s happening in our world today? Watch a short play and then discuss more about this very hot topic. Studio 26.

Saturday, June 7

All Day - Opening the Kiln

Presented by Becky Webster. Demonstrations on the potter’s wheel by artist Becky Webster with a discussion of her unconventional saggar firing technique. Studio 24. All ages!

10a - Noon - Behind Every Great Song…

Presented by Michael Cavan. Join the ranks of Neil Young as you collaborate with your neighbours and musician Michael Cavan to write an original song that will later be performed. Studio 18. All ages!

10a - 5p - Printmaking Unveiled

Presented by Fatima Garzan. Make your own plates for a collagraph, a technique that combines collage and printmaking. Join Fatima Garzan for a printmaking workshop and discussion. Studio 15. Ages 16 and up.

11a - 1p - Primal Expressions

Presented by Majestic Mud Studios. Exciting pottery and drumming workshop for youth aged 4–16. Make two pieces of pottery then spend an hour creating music in a drumming circle. Studio 25. Ages 4–16

11a - 3p - Make a Ring

Presented by Juan Bohorquez & Shannon Kennedy. Learn basic jewellery techniques: hammering, metal forming, piercing, drilling, metal stamping, sanding, filing and polishing. Leave the workshop with your very own brass or copper ring! Studio 16 Ages 11 and up.

Noon - 4p - Get Down & Dirty

Presented by Kathryn Forler. Touch, squeeze and shape clay into your very own sculptural creation. Studio 16. All ages!

Noon - 4p - Make a Mug

Presented by Margaret Wood. Make and decorate a mug using a variety of tools and techniques. Come back in a week to pick up your bisqued, glazed and fired creation. Studio 2. Ages 7 and up. Registration is recommended and will allow you to reserve a time—but drop-ins are welcome!

1p - 3p - Mini Mask Making

Presented by Susan Spencer Gervais. Learn about facial structure and make your own mini masks using unique stamps and basic hand-building techniques. Come back a week later to pick up your completed mask, all fired up and ready to go. Studio 24 All ages!

1p - 3p - Primal Expressions

Presented by Majestic Mud Studios. Exciting pottery and drumming workshop for youth aged 4–16. Make two pieces of pottery then spend an hour creating music in a drumming circle. Studio 25 Ages 4–16

3:30p - 5:30p - Say It With Art

Presented by Soheila Esfahani. Tell your friends and family how much you love them: make your own greeting card! Studio 15. All ages!

Sunday, June 8

10a - Noon - Mini Mask Making

Presented by Susan Spencer Gervais. Learn about facial structure and make your own mini masks using unique stamps and basic hand-building techniques. Come back a week later to pick up your completed mask, all fired up and ready to go. Studio 24 All ages!

10a - 5p - Printmaking Unveiled

Presented by Fatima Garzan. Make your own plates for a collagraph, a technique that combines collage and printmaking. Join Fatima Garzan for a printmaking workshop and discussion. Studio 15 Ages 16 and up.

11a - 3p - Make a Ring

Presented by Juan Bohorquez & Shannon Kennedy. Learn basic jewellery techniques: hammering, metal forming, piercing, drilling, metal stamping, sanding, filing and polishing. Leave the workshop with your very own brass or copper ring! Studio 16 Ages 11 and up.

Noon - 4p - Open Studio

Presented by Julianna Yau. No formal event planned. Drop by to see a stone sculptress at work! Studio 22.

1p - 4p - Portrait Photography Workshop

Presented by Sean Puckett. Learn the fundamentals of posed and candid portrait photography. Take a turn both in front of and behind the camera. Studio 13 Ages 12 and up. Participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras (any kind).

1p - 4p - Say It With Art

Presented by Soheila Esfahani. Tell your friends and family how much you love them: make your own greeting card! Studio 15. All ages!

2p - 4p - Behind Every Great Song…

Presented by Michael Cavan. Join the ranks of Neil Young as you collaborate with your neighbours and musician Michael Cavan to write an original song that will later be performed. Studio 18 All ages!

3p - 5p - Primal Expressions

Presented by Majestic Mud Studios. Exciting pottery and drumming workshop for youth aged 4–16. Make two pieces of pottery then spend an hour creating music in a drumming circle. Studio 25 Ages 4–16

Support

Globe Studios and its spOtlight: event leaders gratefully acknowledge the support of

spOtlight on the Arts	The Ontario Ministry of Culture	The Ontario Arts Council