EVENTS
1. Early Sunday Morning
2. Riverdale Historical Society May Event
3. Industrial Heritage Course
4. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
5. Ontario Heritage Conference
6. The Willowbank Lectures
1. Early Sunday Morning
David Kaufman Photographs of Toronto's Historic Streetscapes
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Date: |
May 1-29 |
Info: |
http://www.davidkaufmanphotography.com/portfolios/early-sunday-morning/ |
Early Sunday Morning features new architectural photographs made over the past three years which illuminate the rich visual texture of the city’s disappearing heritage streetscapes. The heart of the exhibition is a series of images of buildings on Queen Street. These three-story brick structures, many dating back to the 1880s, are depicted in highly-detailed, large-scale prints which highlight their beautiful, intricate masonry and richly coloured facades as revealed by morning sunlight.
The idea for the show was inspired by Edward Hopper’s 1930 painting of the same name and his aesthetic treatment of similar subject matter in early twentieth century New York. Many of these late nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings in Toronto are threatened today by the unprecedented pace of redevelopment downtown. Early Sunday Morning is both a photographic “cri de coeur” for these unheralded early buildings and a celebration of a century-old era in the city’s architecture.
Please join me at the opening reception or contact me directly if you wish to make an appointment to meet me at Twist Gallery during the run of the exhibition.
Editor’s Note: Don't miss this show
2. Riverdale Historical Society May Event
"A Celebration of Lawn Bowling"
Place: |
St Matthew's Bowling Clubhouse 450 Broadview Ave. north of Bridgepoint, opposite Langley. |
Date: |
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
Time: |
6:00 pm |
Info: |
Riverdale Historical Society will hold its AGM (10 mins.) followed by "A Celebration of Lawn Bowling". The event will be held in the restored St. Matthew's Bowling Clubhouse. Vintage lawn bowls and photographs will be presented to the Clubhouse.
Our speaker is Alan Dean of the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association, who will give a presentation on the history of lawn bowling.
The Society book, "The Streets of Riverdale", will be available for sale. All proceeds to Heritage Toronto plaques in Riverdale.
Refreshments.
www.riverdalehistoricalsociety.com
Place: |
University of Victoria |
Date: |
June 17 - 22, 2013 |
Info: |
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/Course/Industrial-Heritage/HA489A001/ |
Please join us on-campus in June for:
Industrial Heritage (HA 489A)
June 17-22, 2013; on-campus offering
Instructor: Lorne Simpson
Industrial plants can bring with them a series of challenges both from a technical and philosophical perspective. This course will examine the nature of industrial sites and review the various approaches to their conservation. It develops a technique for analyzing and understanding the processes and products of an industrial plant to allow the establishment of their appropriate values and significance - the underpinning of preparing a conservation program. The course will examine the issues surrounding industrial sites through the use of case studies and a field trip to provide firsthand experience.
Through this course, participants will develop their ability to:
" analyze an industrial site and learn to establish the values and significance associated with it;
" examine the site from a cultural landscape perspective and the often broad and complex relationship(s) that exist within its surroundings;
" identify techniques for the recording and documentation of industrial sites;
" create a condition assessment of extant equipment as well as building structures;
" evaluate the best use potential of the site from simple stabilization through to interpretation and adaptive reuse; and
" prepare a conservation master plan.
Fee: CAD $693 (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) including a CAD$75 materials fee and a CAD$100 tuition/registration deposit is required with each registration form. The tuition balance of CAD$518 is due on or before the first day of the course. UVSS Fees will also be assessed to credit students only. Please be aware that tuition fees are scheduled to increase slightly in May 2013.
Registration deadline: May 20, 2013; late registrations accepted if space permits.
For more information, including registration information, please visit:
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/Course/Industrial-Heritage/HA489A001/
4. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
New urban Photographs by DAVID KAUFMAN
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Date: |
May 1-26, Wednesday to Sunday, 11 am |
David Kaufman’s new architectural photographs illuminate the rich visual texture of Toronto’s disappearing heritage streetscapes in neighbourhoods undergoing rapid redevelopment. Inspired by the 1930 Edward Hopper painting of the same name, Early Sunday Morning features highly detailed, large scale images of handsome brick buildings, some dating back to the 1880s, whose intricate masonry and richly coloured facades are revealed by morning sunlight. The images draw attention to commercial structures in older, once less affluent parts of the city near the downtown core that are threatened by gentrification and the condo building boom. The exhibition is a photographic “cri de coeur” for what remains of Toronto’s unheralded early buildings and a celebration of a century-old era in the city’s architecture.
(Part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival.)
For more information:
www.davidkaufmanphotography.com
To download the press release click here.
5. Ontario Heritage Conference
Rediscover the Past to Enhance the Future
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Date: |
June 7-9 |
Register by May 1, 2013 to take advantage of the Early-Bird registration rates!
http://www.ontarioheritageconference.ca/Invitation.html
6. The Willowbank Lectures
Urban Dwelling : Creative ways to engage with our shared urban landscape
Place: |
WILLOWBANK, 14487 Niagara Parkway; HAMILTON, Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street; TORONTO, Young Centre, 50 Tank House Lane, Distillery District |
Date: |
Feb 27 - Jun 8 |
Time: |
10 am, * April 24 - 7 pm |
Cost: |
$10 |
Info: |
N.O.T.L. : WILLOWBANK . 14487 Niagara Parkway
Mar 23 : Defining ecological urban density at the human scale
10am OWEN ROSE, Designer from Montreal
Apr 13 : The Naked City: film, fiction and the represented urban landscape
10am AMY LAVENDER HARRIS, Geographer / Author from Toronto
Toronto : YOUNG CENTRE . 50 Tank House Lane, Distillery District
Apr 24 : The new heritage paradigm
7pm GUSTAVO ARAOZ, President ICOMOS International from Paris / Washington
* tickets available after March 20 through the Young Centre Box Office
Hamilton : PEARL COMPANY . 16 Steven Street
May 18 : Urban exploration and the power of curiosity
10am ANDREW EMOND, Photographer from Montreal
May 25 : Let's forget about 'heritage': people and place in the contemporary landscape
10am DR. JOHN SCHOFIELD, Archaeologist from York, England
June 1 : Artifact and ritual: reshaping the cultural landscape
10am JULIAN SMITH, Architect / Planner from Niagara-on-the-Lake
N.O.T.L. : WILLOWBANK . 14487 Niagara Parkway
June 8 : "Setting it down alive": toward a living urban heritage
10am LISA PROSPER, Teacher from Ottawa
