November 2012 - Arts and Letters Club

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y Nola McConnan The Landscape Show, expertly juried by Gayle Dempsey, David Fisher, and outside juror Margie Wagner, gives us a broad view of our environment. It even includes a tiny industrial comment on our city juxtaposed with the stillness of waterlilies. Black Frame Show intake: • Friday October 19, 2012, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Saturday October 20, 2012, 9:00 a.m. • Jurying at 10:00 a.m. • Look for the Black Frame Show to give a complete change of pace. Seventy frames were available, and all have been distributed. The jury will have a full seventy frames to look at! • Our jurors will be Dawn Dougall and Elizabeth Cattell, as well as outside juror, Stefan Berg, AOCA. Stefan’s practice is located in the Upper Beach area. His first wordless novel in linocut, Let That Bad Air Out, was published by the Porcupine’s Quill in 2007. The Small Works Show and the Seventh Annual December Show and Sale of Art, Books and CDs by Club Members is almost upon us. Please help distribute the invitations and posters (available on the piano and in the office) and encourage your friends to come out for the Open House on Sunday, December 2, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call for Entries: Small Works Show: November 24, 2012 to January 5, 2013 and the Seventh Annual December Show and Sale… on Sunday, December 2, 2012 • Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and small sculpture. Members may submit up to five of their own works. At least one piece will be accepted. Works may be replaced when sold. Work previously exhibited at the Club may be entered. 4 November 2012 Visual Arts News Attention! continued on page 11 The 1st Annual Camera Obscura Film Festival L to R: Filmmaker Michael McDonnell (animation short); Festival organizer Deborah Kelly; feature filmmakers Jon Rekdal of Sweden and member Adel Bishai. Deadline for Nominations Monday, November 12! THE ARTS AND LETTERS AWARD 2013 Each year the Club grants the Arts and Letters Award to a non-member who, in the view of the Award Committee, has made a significant contribution to the cultural life of the city but has not been fully recognized for it—an unsung hero of Toronto culture. Winners of the Award receive an Arts and Letters Club medal, designed by our own Andrew Benyei, a substantial honorarium, a complimentary one-year membership in the Club, and the opportunity to apply for regular membership at the year’s end, for which, if accepted, the initiation fee is waived. The award is presented annually, early in the new year. Club members will recall the enormous success, back in February, of the sold-out 2012 Gala Award dinner in honour of producer Neil Crory, attended by former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, in addition to many famous singers and prominent CBC executives, past and present. All Club committees, as well as members, are encouraged to submit nominations to repeat this great success! Nomination packages should include supporting letters from several members and/or others familiar with the nominee’s achievements, describing the nominee’s background and why he or she best exemplifies the character of an as-yet insufficiently recognized champion of the cultural life of our fair city. Nominators should also provide a curriculum vitae and supporting material, where appropriate, such as newspaper or magazine articles, reviews, or a representative CD or DVD. Please be sure to include any materials that will help the committee understand the quality of your nominee’s performance, art or work; contribution to the community; and length and strength of commitment. Prepare to be persuasive; there are so many worthy candidates who have yet to be recognized to the degree they deserve, and a part of their significance is their own mistaken belief that what they do is not extraordinary. Submissions should be addressed to the chair of the Arts and Letters Award Committee, John Lawson, care of the General Manager’s office. This year nominations close on November 12, 2012. Boar’s Heads Up! Save the date for the best party of the year. The Club’s 102nd annual Boar’s Head Feast will take place Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Cash Bar 6:00 p.m. Festivities commence at 7:00 p.m.
The fall season at the Club has been incredibly busy with lots of activities along with new and creative programming. I hope you have been enjoying it. It was great fun to officially cut the ribbon and open the Bar and Lounge on September 20. The general feeling on the part of the membership seems very positive and the space is certainly getting a lot of use! Here are just a few of the highlights of activities over the past month or so. The Club’s Public Art Openings continued, with Ed Yaghdjian’s superb landscape and nude drawings show on Sunday, September 9, followed by Ed’s wonderful presentation at Club Night about his life’s work. These special openings to the public are an excellent way for the Club to reach out to the city and engage the public in our artists’ work and talent. The 1st Annual Camera Obscura Film Festival opened with a well-attended Friday night gala. Screenings continued throughout Saturday, and twenty feature films, documentaries and shorts were viewed during the two-day event. Thanks to Deborah Kelly and her committee for initiating this new film festival for the Club during TIFF. Member Natalie Logan had a number of films in the festival. Marianne Fedunkiw, our Vice-President, gave opening remarks on behalf of the Board. At our September Members’ Dinner, the Club was introduced to a multi-media presentation entitled the “Forgotten Soundscapes of the Group of Seven” by the Junction Trio. Congratulations to Kathleen Metcalfe for her excellent work in organizing her first Members’ Dinner event. We all look forward to many more exciting evenings under Kathleen’s leadership. In September, fifty-six Club members and guests headed off on a beautiful sunny day to Stratford to see Des McAnuff’s production of Henry V. It was an outstanding performance that generated a lot of discussion between Club visitors and the actors during the post-production chat. There was a round of applause on the bus to thank Marianne Heller for organizing the trip and to encourage her to continue her good work next season. Keep an eye open for Marianne’s future out-of-town Club jaunts. During the evening of September 29 and into the morning of September 30, the Club welcomed seven hundred visitors for White Night, Black Light. This was the first time the Club had participated in the Citywide Scotiabank Nuit Blanche at our Elm Street location. Guests walked through the basement onto President’s Column the stage to observe a highly creative and thought-provoking production in the Great Hall that ran twenty-four times during the twelve-hour event. Many thanks go to Jessica Virdo, Julian Mulock and Andrew Sookrah, who spearheaded the initiative, and to the more than fifty volunteers, of which twenty-five stayed up all night! Participating in these cultural activities is critical for the Club—it makes the necessary connections that will keep us relevant and of value to the city. To learn more about the success of this event, please refer to Julian Mulock’s article in this issue. On Monday, October 1, the Club hosted the Alcuin Society and the winners of the 2011 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design. Club member Stan Bevington of Coach House Press was awarded the Robert R. Reid Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Book Arts in Canada. Congratulations go to Chester Gryski for organizing this evening, which he has done for the past five years. This is an excellent outreach initiative for the Club to link with organizations that share common interests and values, and to build our connections with national organizations. If you haven’t attended the event in the past, I would highly recommend attending next year. The books on display this year in the LAMPSroom were outstanding. There are many activities coming up in November. Just a few highlights include the Members’ Dinner with Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor on November 1, and the Public Opening of Andrew Sookrah’s Art Show on November 11 (with a prior Club Night opening on November 5). On November 15 the Vice-President and I are holding a very special gathering of Club members to talk about the Club’s future, through entertainment, conversation, good food and drink. Please see the notice in this issue. I hope you will be able to attend. The November 12 deadline is fast approaching to submit nominations to the Arts and Letters Award 2013. Each year the Club grants this major award to a non-member who has made a significant contribution to the cultural life of the city but has not yet been fully recognized. Look for details on what should be included in the nomination on page 4 of this issue. On a final, and sad, note, I must tell you that Paul Coroliuc passed away on September 28, 2012. Paul was a staff member with the Club for over six years. He began his career with the Club as a bartender and rose to the role of Duty Manager a few years later. He was well liked and admired by staff and Club members for his pleasant demeanor, attention to detail and professional approach to his work. He will be greatly missed by us all. Richard Moorhouse President November 2012 5
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