Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Invitation to Promise: Art Installation and Celebration of Communities on June 23, 2014


Red Dress Productions is delighted to present

Promise: A Celebration of Communities
Connecting Through Art

An interactive gallery installation about the promise of spring and the local stories
and art of Winchester Park and St James Town communities.

Where: Diane Frankling Co-operative Homes, 85 Bleecker Street
(east of Sherbourne St., north of Carlton St.)
When: Monday June 23, 2014 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

food & drink, art activities, and presentations

This installation and celebration is the culmination of our first year of Promise in the Park,
a four-year community art project in Winchester Park and St James Town communities.
Over the next three years, we will create collaborative mosaic public art for area parks,
and also a community play presented by and for local communities. 

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our funding partners: Ontario Trillium
Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, and Ontario Arts Council, and our community partners:
Diane Frankling Co-operative Homes, The Rekai Centres (at Wellesley Central Place and
Sherbourne Place), Elizabeth Frye Society Toronto, Winchester Junior and Senior Public
School, Mid Toronto Community Services, Sherbourne Health Centre and Supporting Our
Youth, Hugh Garner Housing Co-operative, Maggie's, and Jumblies Theatre. 

RED DRESS PRODUCTIONS led by founding artistic directors Anna Camilleri and Tristan R.
Whiston is an arts company that works with/in communities to create interdisciplinary
theatre projects and visual public artworks. www.reddressproductions.org 

Contact:
Project Coordinator Chantelle Gobeil
Email: promiseinthepark@gmail.com
Phone: 416-574-9232