Own Your Sexy: Workshop Series with Gloria Swain

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Workshop Dates: November 9 & 1516, 2016 from 26pm
Open Studio: November 19, 2016 from 35:30pm
Location: Upper Gallery 2nd floor
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen Street West
Admission: Free, Drop-in Event – We will be providing tokens and snacks.
We request that you help us make this event scent-free.
Join Tangleds artist-in-residence, Gloria Swain, in creating works that represent the best of your sensual side with the Own Your Sexy workshop series. Swain will lead participants to explore a wide range of materials including clay, acrylics, textiles, and more to express what it is that makes you feel unique, confident, and most of all, sexy.
Attendant care will be present on all workshop dates. ASL interpretation will be available on November 15, 16, and 19. If you are interested in bringing a group to a workshop or have any other questions, please contact us at boxoffice@theatrecentre.org.
This event is FREE and open to the public. The Theatre Centre is an accessible facility, with barrier-free washrooms and an accessibility lift to facilitate movement between floors. If you are planning a trip to The Theatre Centre and have any questions about accessibility or would like to make any special arrangements, please contact the box office at 416.538.0988 or by email.
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This series of accessible workshops is happening in tandem with This is the Pointa new work from Ahuri Theatre developed in Residency at The Theatre Centre. Created by Tony Diamanti, Liz MacDougall, Karin Randoja, Christina Serra, and Dan Watson, the work explores issues around love, sex, and disability. To find out more about the show and buy tickets, check out our website: http://theatrecentre.org/?p8746
In addition to the partnership with Tangled Arts Disability, The Theatre Centre has a number of exciting special events programmed during This is the Point: MICE Magazines launch of their second issue with a symposium around transformative justice in the arts; and an all-accessible dance party, Always on Point, with artist and activist DJ Syrus Marcus Ware! For more information about these programs, see our website at http://theatrecentre.org/?p9153
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Gloria Swain is a multidisciplinary artist painting, photography, poetry, installations whose work stimulates an understanding of homelessness and mental illness. Her exhibition, ‘Mad Room’, is showing through December 3, 2016 at Tangled Art Gallery in the iconic 401 Richmond building. This work addresses stigmas surrounding mental health, and she hopes to open conversation and promote effective coping strategies, and self-care, through art. To see more of Swain’s work, visit her website: http://glcarissa.tumblr.com/
To learn more about Tangled Art Gallery TAG, visit http://tangledarts.org/
To learn more about The Theatre Centre, visit http://theatrecentre.org/

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