Acorn Tri-Campus Art Festival 2023

DIRECTOR Polen Light

PROGRAMING AND FACILITIES COORDINATOR Arthur Hamdani

COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

COVER ART

CURATOR

MAGAZINE DESIGN

Tasnim Anzar

masthead

Vy Le

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Kristy Zhang

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Dan Pham

FESTIVAL COORDINATOR

Sandy Cao

PHOTOS

Arthur Hamdani Minah Cap Shania Niu

Wyn Kon

INSTALLATION SUPPORT Shania Niu

VOLUNTEERS

Yebin Song Elly Hassal Yanling Shi Erin Miranda Leah Manz Kiki Zhou

contents

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table of

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Introduction

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Reception

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Artist Talks

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Notable Works & Gallery Recap 10

Exhibitions

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Events

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Partners & Special Thanks

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introduction Dear Gallery 1265 family and everyone who shared our space with us over the past two years, It is with great feeling of emptiness as I come to realize I am writing an introduction for a Gallery 1265 publication for the last time. In this final publication of 2023, you will witness the artistic and creative potential of UTSC on a tour de force.

A product of blood, sweat and tears, ATAF was just a tiny abstract concept for a student show that was being spitballed until it became an uncontainable wild creation that exponentially grew on it's undertakers' ambition. Today, we meet all together at UTSC to celebrate UofT's first tri-campus art festival ever to be undertaken within memorable history. With art exhibitions, short film festivals, music events, many workshops and countless memories, I hope you got the best of the festival.

In addition to ATAF, I would also like to take a moment and celebrate and appereciate Gallery 1265's team of only 5 student staff and a wonderful volunteer base, who activated the UTSC with 177 artworks, 14 exhibitions, 91 artists, 5 public arts, 6 magazines over the past two years.

A big thank you and a heartfelt goodbye to the many (forever indebted) friends who made it all possible, to the creative community at UTSC that raised and made us, and everyone who shared our space and unforgettable moments All the best for the last time, Polen

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reception

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Featuring: Myuri Srikugan, Nick Radulovich, Rekha Swamy, Sue-Tanya Parks & Zainab Aslam

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Ujwal Mantha Artist

Ujwal's The Patchwork House of Night was made entirely over the month of October 2022, as a part of Inktober, with one canvas being made every day. The work has been featured in the Scarborough Art’s 37th juried annual show, Chrysalis, and was the Second Place Visual Arts Winner.

Myuri Srikugan Artist

Myuri's project, Colourism: Abhirami, was recently displayed at Vinushan Bakery in Scarborough as a part of Scarborough Arts' All That is Golden.

Her most recent documentary, Imminent Visions, won awards at the 2023 Annual Studio Art Awards Ceremony and was displayed at the Doris McCarthy Gallery and Cedar Ridge Creative Centre.

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Thea Vu-Nguyen

Sonia Tao

Artist

Writer

Thea is a student specializing in Management and Marketing at the University of Toronto Scarborough with a passion for art and design. Her latest work, OUTBOUND, is commissioned to be displayed at Pearson Airport.

Sonia is a writer with a Honours BA in Media Studies from the University of Toronto. Currently a freelance writer in Toronto, she writes articles, reviews, and occasional poetry. Her written work, Between is showcased in Scarborough Arts' 37th Annual Juried Exhibition: Chrysalis.

Nik Radulovic Artist

Nik's YouTube channel, where he posts his selfmade stop-motion animation videos, has garnered over 2 million viewers.

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GALLERY 1265 (2021-2023)

14 EXHIBITIONS, 91 ARTISTS, 177 ARTWORKS, 5 PUBLIC ARTS. 6 MAGAZINES *For non-ATAF exhibitions, artworks and magazines please visit us at gallery1265.com

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GALLERY 1265

Reminders of Home Rekha Swamy

Preservation

Dariya Ovsyannikova

Future Legacies of African Tribes Nesta

I can't always see the "I," but they can see the "she."

hanahaki

ZANG

Minah Cap

Graduation Game

"self-portrait"

Cynthia Bao

Arthur Cui

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Silence

Sue-Tanya Parks

Don't Forget

Seungjoo Vanessa Yang

Deep Below Jing Teng 14

Found book artwork Xinyi Cai

specular reflection simulcrum Yebin Song

Mania

Renee Robbins

Back on Earth Hans Li

HART HOUSE

Coloured Glass Still Life

Chinese Zodiac Tiger

Tahan

Tangled Threads

Thea Vu-Nguyen

Chloe Kouyoumdjian

Astrid Chen

Zainab Aslam

Breached Shenwei Hu

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UTSC LIBRARY

Memory Fragments

Silver & Gold Face

22.2016° N, 114.0265° E

Afrotech

Untitled

The Ecstatic Whirl

Shania Niu

Makena Mwenda

The Patchwork House of Night 16

Ujwal Mantha

Christiana Ceesay

Kiu Kiu Mak

Connections Yan Xu

Carrie Lau

Khush Asif

Emanate

Makan Sedap

Days and Moon

In Transit

Cat Delle Fave

Yimiao Wang

Mary-Ray Fields

Chloe Kouyoumdjian

Ashley Heng

Yuanze Yan

Wall of funky paintings

Artist Name

Checkers

Ruiqi Zhou

Jonathan DeVries

Lillian Rose

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LEIGHA LEE BROWNE THEATRE

Small Graphs

Drowning

Once Upon A Wish

ME!

Transfiguration

Limited Potential

pink eye 1 & 2

Vaanmayi

Keep On Generating Zaid Lee

Anechka Saniel

Kaley Lam 18

Zaid Lee

Roxy

Elly Halsall

Kunyuan Wang

Sharyn Goncalves

Nilany Sivakumar

Luminous Defiance: A Mirror’s Armor Against Self-Doubt & Anxiety Mingze Zhu

American Dream Mia Nagabczynska

àdécouvert archive Yebin Song

View in Banff 2021 Yuanze Yan

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events

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Mar

6-7:30PM

Film Screening by UTM DVSSS UTM - DV 2028

7:30-9PM

Film Festival Reception & Award Ceremony by UTM DVSSS UTM - UTM Room

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Mar

11AM-1PM

DIY Sun Catcher Workshop by UTSC VAC UTSC - SL 232

12:301:30PM

Kpop Dance Class by Michelle Choe

2-3PM

DROP-IN ASL MIXER! by UofT DAC

UTSC - TV Lounge UTSC - SL 232

3-4PM

Dance Workshop by UTSCCSAT UTSC - TV Lounge

3-4PM

UofTotes by Counterpose UTSC - HW 305

4-5PM

How to play a Theremin by Music 303 UTSC - TV Lounge

5:30-8PM

Reception UTSC - HW 305

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Mar

12-1PM

This Uke's for U-TSC by ACM Department UTSC - AA303

1-2PM

Artist Talk by ACM Department UTSC - Gallery 1265

3-4PM

A-Pop Dance Class by DTNA Studio UTSC - TV Lounge

5-7PM

Art Therapy Mural Workshop by UTSC VAC & Counterpose UTSC - HLB 108

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events 5-7PM

Everyday Encounters Reception by Blackwood Gallery UTM - Kaneff Centre 140

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Mar

7-9PM

Mainstage Opening by UTSC Drama Society

11AM-1PM

Painting Plant Pots by HH Get Crafty!

Hart House - Reading Room

1-3PM

P-ART-TEA by Gallery 1265 Hart House - East Common Room

3-5PM

Knitting Workshop by UofT Knitting Club Hart House - South Sitting Room

5-6PM

What you can see through your Viewfinder by UofT ViewFinder Hart House - South Sitting Room

7-9PM

Mainstage UTSC - Leigha Lee Browne Theatre

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Mar

12-1PM

DROP-IN ASL MIXER! by UofT DAC Hart House - South Sitting Room

1-3PM

Bracelet Making Workshop & Info Session by UDesign Hart House - South Sitting Room

3-6PM

Art Gallery Party by UofT VAC Daniels Building - Room 230

5-7:30PM

Open Mic Night by Healing Sounds of Music Hart House - South Sitting Room

7-9PM

Mainstage by UTSC Drama Society UTSC - Leigha Lee Browne Theatre

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7-9PM

Main Stage by UTSC Drama Society UTSC - Leigha Lee Browne Theatre

7-9PM

Spring Awakening Concert by ACM Department UTSC - AC 223 21

events

UofTotes Counterpose UTSC

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events

ASL Mixer UofT DAC UTSG

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events

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events What you can see through your Viewfinder UofT Viewfinder UTSG

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events

How to play a Theremin Music 303 UTSC

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events

Open Mic Night

Healing Sounds of Music Open Mic UTSG

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events

P-ART-TEA Gallery 1265 UTSG

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events

Karaoke Night Radio FWD UTSC

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events Mainstage

UTSC Drama Society UTSC

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events Spring Awakening Concert ACM Department UTSC

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events

Knitting Workshop UofT Knitting Club UTSG

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events

Bracelet Making Workshop & Info Session UDesign UTSG

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events Art Mural Therapy Workshop UTSC VAC & Counterpose UTSC

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events DIY Sun Catcher Workshop UTSC VAC UTSC

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partners Supporting Bodies

Partner Clubs

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special thanks A Special Thank You To Arnold Koroshegyi Midi Onodera Sherri Helwig Heaven del Mundo and Norman Javier Saša Rajšić and Michelle Brownrigg Staff of Department of Arts, Culture and Media And all of our volunteers!

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