Fair of Alternative Art in Sudbury

An interdisciplinary fair where more than thirty artists explore various forms of art : performance, video, photography, sound, poetry, graffiti, painting, and drawing…

A fair where artistic practices converge in one time-space…

A fair that will bring together ten presenters and exhibitors from Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick.

The creation and presentation of artwork take place in the bar and the rooms of the Townehouse Tavern, at la Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario and in public places in downtown Sudbury.

Activities : Opening party, artists talk, round tables, exhibitions and performance evenings.

All spaces are open to the public.

The artists presented by La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario :
Stephen Andrews from Toronto (video and drawing), Dominique Banoun from Toronto (performance, photography and sound), Mariana Lafrance from Sudbury (photography), Maria Legault from Toronto (performance), Pascal Paquette from Toronto (poster, painting and graffiti), le collectif P8 with Colette Jacques from Larder Lake, Normand Fortin from Kapuskasing, Laurent Vaillancourt from Hearst and Pierre Albert from Fauquier (performance, installation and sound), le collectif Taupe Inc. from Moncton with Jennifer Bélanger, Mario Doucette, Angèle Cormier and Jean-Denis Boudreau (performance et installation).

The artists invited by our partners :
Le Salon du Livre du Grand Sudbury
Eric Charlebois from Ottawa (noise and poetry), Guylaine Tousignant from Sudbury (poetry and installation), Antoine Tremblay Beaulieu from Sudbury (sound landscape and poetry) and Cheryl Rondeau from Toronto (physical and virtual intervention).

La Slague du Carrefour francophone
Geneviève Crépeau and Matthieu Dumont from Rouyn-Noranda (performance)

The Art Gallery of Sudbury presents Elia Eliev (performance and video installation)

TAG presents Rachelle Bergeron, Mercedes Cueto, Trevor Laalo, Darlene Naponse and Sam Shahsahabi (video, drawing, photography and mixed media)

La WKP Kennedy Gallery presents Ian Patrick McAllister (painting)

Le Media Lab presents Undergound Zero (performance)

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography presents Osheen Harrothoonyan and Christine Latimer (photography, installation and performance)

Le Laboratoire d’Art (Le Labo) presents videos of member artists

L’Écart… lieu d’art actuel presents Alain Desrochers, Valéry Hamelin and Andrée Anne Boulanger (multidisciplinary intervention)

La Galerie Sans Nom presents a window on Moncton’s artists

Schedule of events

Monday May 5
12pm to 5pm – Installations in the rooms
5pm to 7pm – Opening Party at the GNO

mardi 6 mai
10am – Artists talk (Books and Beans)
12pm to 8pm – The rooms are open to the public (Laughing Buddha and Townehouse)
2pm – Come meet the artist: Cheryl Rondeau’s arrival at the GNO
8pm – Opening reception of exhibition rooms and performance evening (Townehouse – 5 $)

Wednesday May 7
11 am – Artists talk (Old Rock Café)
12pm to 8pm – The rooms are open to the public (Laughing Buddha and Townehouse)
8pm – Performance evening (Townehouse – 5 $)

Our sponsors are : 50 Carleton, The Townehouse Tavern, Laughing Buddha, ICI Paints, Revue Liaison des Éditions l’Interligne, Revue d’art actuel ESSE, Programme Arts d’expression from Laurentian University, All About Massage & Laser Services, Fromagerie Elgin, Books & Beans, Lindemans et Old Rock Roastery.

Our season sponsors are CBON, la Première Chaîne, Espace musique and Radio-Canada Television.