28 Artists 21 Venues ... Contact in the Junction

flickr.com: CONTACT 2010 Photography in the Junction: Pervasive Influence
21 businesses showcase the work of 28 local, Canadian and international artists.
Latitude 44 Gallery at the Opening Night Receptions Saturday, May 8, 2010

Uploaded on May 12, 2010 by IT Ceremony

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival May 1 - 31, 2010
Open Exhibition: Parallel Adaptations
Brian Anderson, Gary Carr, Tammy Hoy, Steve Jacobs
[74] Junction - Latitude 44 Gallery Framing Decor

Another successful year for CONTACT.  The Junction represented the largest concentration of photographers in the city wide international photographic festival with 21 venues and 28 photographers. We all had coinciding openings and as usual we were packed here at Latitude 44 Gallery. Our show Parallel Adaptations was incredible.

Brian Anderson surreal photos examined the elemental concepts rock, lake and sky reflecting on the fragility of nature. Gary Carr’s landscapes captured the stark breathtaking beauty of nature touched by human intervention. Through their haunting urban images Tammy Hoy and Steve Jacobs captured vestiges of abandoned structures and locations. To remind us of the life that remains in these places despite the absence of the living.

The whole month had people coming specifically to see our show and learn about photography...

That is part of what we are about: Education and Exposure.

Function in The Junction Fundraising & Framing

 

SNAP Bloor West - Function in The Junction

Event organizer Linda Clements, Junction Residents Association joined by sponsors Mary Ann DiBernardo, Latitude 44 Gallery, Marcel Cornelius, Aquila Restaurant  and Janet  DiBernardo, Latitude 44 Gallery, were thrilled with the turnout - March 27, 2010 

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Catching up over the last few months we would like to thank everyone who help us make such an overwhelmingly successful event.

"They will no longer be displayed in dollar store frames and window caulking"

We are happy to report that to date we have framed more then 60 award winning historical photos and memorabilia for Fire Station 423’s memory wall, thanks to the FUNCTION IN THE JUNCTION, a framing fundraiser  put on by JRA and sponsored by Aquila Restaurant and Latitude 44 Gallery Framing Décor with help from Agora.

If you have not heard about this event let me explain. For their efforts in promoting the history of their station and firefighting in their neighbourhood, Junction fire fighters received a Heritage Media Award.

JRA Co-chair Linda Clements wanted to acknowledge Duncan Brown and Greg Schultz the firemen who won the awards and help them for all their service to the Junction. The fundraiser was her idea and she and her family put a huge amount of work into organizing the hugely successful event. It was wonderful to see residents and local businesses rally together in support for the fire Station...

What a wonderful neighbourhood we live in!

Credit to our media:

[ * ] snapbloorwest.com: Function in the Junction
"On Saturday, March 27th, the Junction Residents Association proudly presented a fundraiser to support the continuing historical research of the brave firefighters of Junction Station 423, recipients of the 2009 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit. Aquila Restaurant hosted the evening event from which all proceeds will be used to professionally frame historic photographs and documents to display in the firehouse." ...


[ * ] insidetoronto.com: Function in the Junction named an overwhelming success
" ... The Toronto Professional Firefighters Association awarded the residents association and Latitude 44 gallery with special plaques for their efforts. Individual residents were recognized with certificates as well, said Schultz."
by Lisa Rainford