EARNEST, SERIOUS PEOPLE: Thursday found your dutiful photo type at the opening of Artifact (619 Yonge St., 2nd floor), a gallery for emerging artists. It’s a great concept, a space where artists can get their work shown without a lot of commercial considerations. So who’s footing the bill? As it turns out, the place has a generous patron- Minola Nistor – who is willing “to do anything tor the artists.”
Above, left to right, from Comedy on Wry, are Kevin Wright, performer, and Scott Hill, stage manager/director; Cy Williams, art director for Artifact, and Dug Claxton, accordion player for Dig Circus.
Of the five artists on display, four are students at the University of Toronto. How could you tell they were students? They were talking about the art, for cryin’ out loud. Not one piece of schmooze was heard the entire night. But! I did overhear the very best come-on line of the week there, and I quote: “I’ve got a hundred pounds of instant tapioca in the car. How about you and me get some water and party?” My faithful sources say it worked.
Some of the artists on display were, (above, 004-002, left to right), Frank M. Gallo, Max Jarvie and Romas Astrauskas while painter Margaret Eder, (below, 04-003) poses with one of her pieces.
Here we present previously never-before-seen bonus photos from the opening night of Artifact Gallery for emerging artists opening night from . If you know any of the names, please left us know.
TOTO, WE’RE NOT ON QUEEN STREET ANY MORE!! Sunday was the continuation of the Toronto Folk Underground at the Free Times Cafe. Oh, what a throwback. Really nice people, listening really intently to really nice music. With their eyes closed. Wearing berets and drinking coffee. And hot chocolate. Listening to the lyrics. Clapping politely between the songs. And no drums. Not even room for drums. Or cigarettes, since the performance space – which was packed – is non-smoking. One guy popped a string on his guitar and another performer lent him his. How nice. Event organizer and host Glen Hornblast,(below, 004-012), and musician Ron Parks show off their berets. Also on hand was musician (004-014) Kyp Harness. He suggested to me that poet Maggie Helwig was actually a terrorist, which Maggie denied. Yeah. like she’s going to own up to it. Taking in the atmosphere, (004-013, bottom) are Helwig and musician Sam Larkin.
Here are a few additional photos from the event, that were not originally published
Steven Lungley(https://eyespytoronto.com)