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Margie Zeidler and Paul Bedford leading a Jane’s Walk tour of

401 Richmond and neighbourhood.

The 401 Richmond Update is a community-building initiative of Urbanspace Property Group. The newsletter began in June 1994 and over the years has documented the eclectic activities and fascinating people who make a home in our historic factory in downtown Toronto.If you would like to be added to the 401 Update mailing list please email: update@401richmond.net

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MOVING INWINDMILL DEVELOPMENTS/BUILD GREEN SOLUTIONS will be opening an office in Studio 372 to actively pursue green development opportunities in Toronto. This new initiative will be handling both consulting and develop-ment work.

BRIGITTE NOWAK has moved in to Studio 250 where she will set up her painting and printmaking workspace. You can see Brigitte’s work at Parry Sound art in the Park this July 20 to 22.

MOVING ONCHELSEA JAMIESON will be leaving Studio 260 at the beginning of July to make way for this year’s OcaDU graduate recipient of the 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize. check out the listings for info about her closing show and sale on June 14.

CONNECT WITH USWe have more ways than ever for you to connect with what’s happening at 401 richmond. Visit www.401richmond.net to subscribe to our What’s On monthly email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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We found five bunches of beautiful rainbow chard

growing in the roof garden early this april. We asked

farmer Eric Rosenkratz about this and it seems a mild

winter coupled with a march heat wave has led to many

leafy green veggies that aren’t normally perennial to

come back to life (in fact, they never really died). eric

farms The Living City Farm, a ten acre plot at the

Kortright Centre that supplies fresh produce to 401

richmond through a community-supported agriculture

program that we’re participating in for the second year.

We’re continuing to experiment with our own urban

agriculture projects in the roof garden and are also

hoping eric will be assisting us in launching a 401

farmer’s market for the summer so stay tuned!

You can check our website to stay up-to-date between

newsletters: www.401richmond.netwww.thelivingcityfarm.com

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GROWING COMMUNITYHilditch Architect’s (Studio 139) 40 Oaks project is

under construction. The building is part of the larger

regent Park redevelopment project and will house the

Toronto Christian Resource Centre and eighty-seven

affordable residential suites. It will also incorporate an

exciting community hub initiative that will include a

garden for on site food production, and a community

kitchen that will provide meals and facilitate

programming around food preparation.

www.hilditch-architect.com

Artistic rendering of Hilditch Architect’s 40 Oaks project

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The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (Studio 264) will take over Nathan Phillips Square from July 6 to 8 showcasing

the work of hundreds of artists in all mediums. This year TOae will be featuring video and installation work as part

of ART NOW and special family programming. The event runs rain or shine and creates a unique open air gallery

atmosphere at the base of city hall. www.torontooutdoorart.org

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GROWING UP AROUND USOur neighbourhood is changing rapidly. and the one hundred plus people who attended our One of the Two Kings

Jane’s Walk is a good indication that we’re not the only ones who are concerned. On may 6 Margie Zeidler and

urban mentor Paul Bedford led the tour that started at 401 richmond and moved through various sites around

the king-Spadina neighbourhood. In the 90s Paul, who was the chief city Planner at the time, was the architect

of an innovative zoning change that created the opportunity for buildings like 401 richmond to be adaptively reused

bringing new life to many historic sites. currently, this area is in the midst of an unprecedented construction and

development boom that threatens the historic fabric and mixed use vibrancy of the neighbourhood.

TOP: Urban mentor Paul Bedford and Architect Eberhard Zeidler at Jane’s Walk.

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food into cafeterias, but we know that there’s so much

more to come. We can’t wait to see what creative and

transformative things happen when we get together.”

Sustain Ontario has adopted a many-pronged approach

to healthy food and sustainable agriculture. They have a

growing membership of over 300 organizations, food

enterprises, and public sector groups. They collaborate

with a number of other organizations across the province

(and even nation-wide) on initiatives and working groups

that are looking at a wide range of topics from meat

processing, to food policy, to a farmer’s market voucher

program. They hold events, provide resources, and really

embrace the term alliance in everything they do.

In the same way Sustain Ontario works to connect

groups, they’re also working to connect the dots

between agriculture, health, economic and community

development, and the environment. ravenna says, “We

don’t just believe that a better world is possible, we

get to see it growing every day. It’s very exciting to be

creating linkages between groups working in health,

farming, the arts, community development, communication,

and more. We get to see collaborations that are not only

fun, but that create a healthier, more sustainable place

for us all to live.”

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SUSTAIN ONTARIO Studio 364Food is a hot topic these days. In this case, we’re not

talking about the latest pop-up restaurant but healthy and

sustainable food for the world’s growing population. many

groups involved in food security are looking at how to

support local agriculture (including urban and near-urban

farms), improve access to affordable and healthy options

for everyone, and educate people about how to grow their

own food and make more sustainable food purchasing

choices. Sustain Ontario: The Alliance for Healthy Food & Farming (Studio 364) is one of those very groups.

Sustain Ontario was conceived through a two year

process led by the Metcalf Foundation that brought

together food and agriculture groups who identified the

need for collaborative policy and advocacy work.

Following the publication of Food Connects Us All the

request for a provincial alliance was put forth and Sustain

Ontario was formed in 2009. Fast forward to 2012, we

find them in the midst of an office renovation that will

create a collaborative workspace with their partners-in-

food Meal Exchange (Studio 365). We worked with

the two groups on a co-location with the understanding

that something as simple as proximity can add benefit to

their shared purpose and cultivate other exciting (and

potentially unexpected) results. Sustain Ontario’s

Director Ravenna Nuaimy-Barker says, “meal exchange

and Sustain Ontario have already begun to work together

on a few projects like a national network getting good

Sustain Ontario’s Director Ravenna Nuaimy-Barker and

the Good Food Ideas map

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spotted & applaudedTRASH ARCHITECTURELaura St. Pierre’s installation on the 401 richmond loading dock during Constructing Space at Gallery 44.

GREYSON ZEPHANIAat the beginning of the year, Margie Zeidler established the Dr. Fraser Mustard ECE Scholarship in honour of Dr. Mustard, a tenant and friend who died last november. The yearly gift will be given annually to a person in the developing world currently working with young children that has a dream to further their education and understanding by pursuing of a degree in early childhood education (ece). The first recipient of the scholarship is Greyson Zephania who is currently a teacher at the Majengo Orphanage primary school in Tanzania and will begin his education this summer in arusha. Dr. mustard was one of the world’s leading experts and advocates on the importance on early childhood education and this scholarship honours his legacy.

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EXHIBITIONScontinues to JUNE 16 Gallery 44Gender and Exposure in Contemporary Iranian Photography Featuring: Samira eskandarfar, amirali Ghasemi, abbas kowsari, Zeinab Salarvand, arman Stepanian, Sadegh Tirafkan curated by andrea Fitzpatrick

The Red Head Galleryelaine Whittaker: Cc: meOpening: Friday June 1, 6:30–9 pm

continues to JUNE 23Open StudioVisiting artist exhibition: mark crofton Bell & catherine LaneDaryl Vocat & Peter kingstone: Sissies and Psychopathsrose hirano: Along the Grain & e.J. (Ted) howorth: Off My Rocker

continues to JULY 21YYZ Artists’ OutletJaime angelopoulos: The Thief in Your Sleeve Libby hague: Be Brave! We Are in This Together

Prefix ICAPascal Grandmaison: Half of the Darkness

The Listings Board is your opportunity to communicate with other tenants and keep them informed about what is happening in your organization. If you are having a sale, exhibition, or event you would like advertised, email details to update@401richmond.net. Listings are open to all tenants.

DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: Friday July 27, 2012

GALLERY DIRECTORY

A Space Gallery (Studio 110)contact 416-979-9633 www.aspacegallery.org

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Studio 120) contact 416-979-3941 www.gallery44.org

Open Studio (Studio 104) contact 416-504-8238 www.openstudio.on.ca

Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (Studio 124) contact 416-591-0357 www.prefix.ca

Red Head Gallery (Studio 115)contact 416-504-5654 www.redheadgallery.org

Trinity Square Video (Studio 376)contact 416-593-1332 www.trinitysquarevideo.com

Urbanspace Gallery (Studio 117)contact 416-595-5900 www.urbanspacegallery.ca

Vtape Video Gallery (Studio 452)contact 416-351-1317 www.vtape.org

WARC Gallery/Women’s Art Resource Centre (Studio 122) contact 416-977-0097 www.warc.net

Wynick/Tuck Gallery (Studio 128) contact 416-504-8716 www.wynicktuckgallery.ca

YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Studio 140)contact 416-598-4546 www.yyzartistsoutlet.org

continues to JULY 31Roastery Coffee HouseBarry Prophet: Dwellings & Incursions: Photographs

JUNE 2 – JULY 30Urbanspace GalleryBerlin on the Go: Towards a Pedestrian-Friendly City

JUNE 20 – JULY 14The Red Head Gallerymargie kelk: NowherenessOpening: Friday June 29, 6–9 pm

JUNE 28 – JULY 28Open StudioVisiting artist exhibition: Tom ngo & Derek SullivanJenn Lawamber albrecht: The Summer Houseartist Talk & Opening: Thursday June 28, 6–7 pm & 7–9 pm

JUNE 29 – JULY 28Gallery 44Proof 19 featuring: Jasmine Bakalarz, Daniel Frawley, Stacey ho, Laurie kang, kelly markovich, Garett Walker Opening: Friday June 29, 6–9 pm

AUGUST 2 – 30Urbanspace GalleryExperience…Ontario Place

AUGUST 3 – OCTOBER 31Roastery Coffee HouseJohn Brown: Wire Service

EVENTSJUNE 14Chelsea Jamieson (Studio 260)end of year open studio show and sale 7–10 pm

JULY 6 – 8Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibitionnathan Phillips Square. Free admission. Friday & Saturday 10:30 am–7:30 pmSunday 10:30 am–6:30 pm www.torontooutdoorart.org

JUNE 22 – JULY 1MusideumToronto Jazz Festival featuring:erinie Tollar and Geoff Young, Brownman +1: Piano Duet, Paul hoffert, and many more.www.torontojazz.com/venue/musideum

WORKSHOPSJUNE & JULYContemporary Textile Studio Co-operativeWorkshops: Explorations of Colour, Dye, Silk, and Shibori Techniques (June 30 – July 21), The Unconventional Sketchbook (July 3 – 6), Creating a Bag (June 13 – 27) For more information go to: www.textilestudio.ca

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Clockwise from top: Libby Hague at YYZ Artists’ Outlet (until July 21), Derek Sullivan at Open Studio (June 28 – July 28), Jasmine Bakalarz at Gallery 44 (June 29 – July 28)

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press checkHOWARD PODESWA’s work and artistic lineage was

showcased in Border Crossings magazine’s February issue.

JANNA WATSONhad a rug made of one of her paintings by a Swedish carpet manufacturer for her installation in this year’s Come Up to My Room at the Gladstone Hotel. We saw the rug at the event and in the pages of Azure Magazine.

SWIPE DESIGN BOOKS + OBJECTS showed off its stuff in Design Lines magazine’s Annual Shopping Guide. Swipe will be having their annual sidewalk sale this September 13 to 15.

CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE STUDIO COOPERATIVE

got a mention about their Shibori fabric dying workshops in the online magazine

Covet Garden (www.covetgarden.com).The next workshop is coming up this June

(see listings and www.textilestudio.ca)

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THE BACK PAGE CHELSEA JAMIESONOpen Studio Show + Sale in Studio 260, June 14

If you’d like to be on The Back PaGe, please submit your drawing, painting, illustration, photograph or architectural plans at 300 dpi as a photoshop or illustrator file on cd or dvd disk. Please include a word file with your name, the title of the project, your website, your studio address and a brief description of 50 words (maximum) on the disk. The best entry will be chosen for each issue. Disks will not be returned. This space is to showcase the talent in the building. It is not for advertising an event or sale.

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