Join us for an unforgettable evening of live music and community at the
JAZZ! HOT & COOL Fundraiser, supporting the incredible work of the Jean Tweed Centre
100% Tax Receipt (minus processing Fee)
1920-30s inspired nibbles, mocktails & great company
🗓 When: Friday, February 7th, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
📍 Where: 183 Gallery, 183 Queen St East
🎟 Tickets: $42 per person
🎟 BUY TICKETS: amazingmosspark.ca
🎤 Featuring:
✨ Tanya Wills – Acclaimed jazz vocalist known for her soulful cabaret performances and festival appearances across Ontario.
✨ Bill Bridges – Renowned musician and arranger who’s worked with legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett.
✨ Ron Johnston – Veteran performer, seen in the Oscar-winning film Chicago and a fixture of the jazz scene since 1971.
All proceeds go to the Jean Tweed Centre, providing vital support to women and families navigating substance use, mental health, and gambling challenges. 💕
This is more than just a night of incredible music – it’s a chance to make a real difference in our community. Don’t miss out!
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🎷 Let’s jazz it up for a great cause! 🎶
SPONSORED by 183 Gallery
Limited Number Early Bird Tickets $35 pp
Brain A Hawkins is an established painter & authour
Brian A. Hawkins was born in Hamilton Ontario. He is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art, but was banned from Life Classes when caught tracing.
Bribing the French Consulate-General in Toronto, he got a French Government scholarship to study television production in Paris at Radio -Television Française. At night, he haunted Jazz cellars on the Left Bank, all of which oddly led years later to a suspect career in advertising and film production.
He has lived and worked in 11 countries {eight of which will not allow him back again} and has accumulated various international awards through bribery and blackmail. He has also served three times as a judge at the Festival International Du Film Publicitaire in Cannes and Venice, selling his votes to the highest bidder.
He is the author of eight historical fiction books which are available on Amazon.
Book critics say that he should stick to painting. Art critics say he should stick to writing, while The American Insomnia Society say that reading his books will put you to sleep by page six.
Undaunted by these cruel judgements, he has taken up researching, writing and lavishly illustrating a picture book on the social and sex life of the Escargot de Normandie {Normandy snail} in the belief that it will be a best seller in Martinique and Quebec.Now living in his twilight years with no flashlight batteries, he is hoping that a merciful French government will forgive that unfortunate incident in the Musée d’ Orsay and allow him back into France.
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Brian will be exhibiting painting from the Jazz Age of Paris in 1920s and 30s and will be donating 25% of sales of his work
Brian shares his thoughts & homage -Most of these paintings reflect Paris, all of them connect with Jazz in one way or another. In World War One, African-American soldiers brought
Jazz to a colour-blind France and Paris became a Jazz city (and still is!) and all the American Jazz greats played and still play in Paris to this day. In the 20s and the 30s, La Coupole – the largest cafe in Paris (over 400 employees) and Bricktop – the exclusive nightclub run by an African-America woman with brick-coloured hair – were Jazz palaces where American Jazz greats played. To the French, Josephine Baker was the Queen of Jazz and Casino de Paris was her palace..
When I lived in Paris I used to go to the Jazz cafés and caves and later often returned to them when I returned on business or pleasure.
183 Gallery, we envision a world where art & music are accessible to everyone. We believe that creativity is a fundamental human trait that should be nurtured and celebrated. Growing up in downtown Toronto, the owner Carol had the fortune of being exposed to the arts at a young age through the philanthropy of Ed Mirvish and the Inner City Angels school based programs. Remembering intimate places that showcased flamenco guitar or jazz with Joel Shulman at the Garden Party on Avenue Road....where one could go and get close to the music and musicians in small venues.
183 Gallery believes art can change the world through your community
Nature images transformed by technology into a new, sustainable and beautiful vision of how we can live with our Mother Earth.
Over a period of the last thirty years, Alan McKee, photographer and digital artist, has been using large format photographic, digital photography, NFTs and projections to find new ways to see our world. The images bring together natural and geometric forms, based on a life long observation and knowledge of abstract expressionist painting.
Artist talks and presentations to explore climate change and sustainability. Carol Mark- images and tasting tasting menu on tea, seaweed and chocolate presented.
Ryan ONeil Photographer & Authour on coffee sustainability in Jamaica with images, talk + tastings.
COME SIT AT MY TABLE is an open invitation of friendship. By inviting people to sit at your table, they learn about your culture, and you about theirs. “By breaking bread together” all cultures signify an open extension of being accepted and welcomed. Toronto has a history of immigration that shares its culture through food. My process w
COME SIT AT MY TABLE is an open invitation of friendship. By inviting people to sit at your table, they learn about your culture, and you about theirs. “By breaking bread together” all cultures signify an open extension of being accepted and welcomed. Toronto has a history of immigration that shares its culture through food. My process was initiated with memories and oral stories dating back to my great-grandfather and grandfather who fled China due to famine and political unrest to seek fortunes and to send money back home, much like today’s political immigration stories.
We shared food as an extended family growing up in my grandfather’s rooming house populated by single men stranded in Canada, due to Canada’s Exclusion Act barring Chinese immigration and permanently separating families.
Our food history is shaped by immigration and even more so in the present with over 140 languages being spoken in Toronto.
Food is a common factor that makes each culture unique and binds us together with one- tool for dialogue and meeting place.
Food is central to the sharing of culture and a way to communicate acceptance.
"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart." -Cesar Chavez
COME SIT AT MY TABLE is an invitation of friendship to people who may be very different than you are. By sitting together over food- It Signifies an open extension of being accepted and welcomed. Toronto has a history of immigration that shares its cultures through food.
COMING SOON
Mad Men & Mocktail Martinis & Hors d'oeuvres
listen -ming
COME SIT AT MY TABLE is an invitation of friendship to people who may be very different than you are. By sitting together over food- It Signifies an open extension of being accepted and welcomed. Toronto has a history of immigration that shares its cultures through food.
COMING SOON
Mad Men & Mocktail Martinis & Hors d'oeuvres
listen -mingle to tales Mad Men Ad Executive Brian Hawkins sharing his wit of ad executive in the heyday 60's and 70's.
Entry non perishable item- food bank donation.
Ongoing pop up Tea, Cake & The Art of Conversation posted on eventbrite
STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES
- Chinatown Between Heaven and Earth
After BELONGING- Stories & Art Chinese Canadians there has been a deeper search for our actual places of belonging.
OPEN CALL for Art
From Still Life to Life Drawing and more....
Join us for a fun and creative evening at our Fruity Still Life Art Class! Get ready to unleash your inner artist as we explore the vibrant world of still life -inspired art
JOIN WAIT LIST
Experience art like never before in our Sensory Artistry class. Immerse yourself in a world where sight, taste, touch, and scent converge to inspire your creativity. Artists will work with a still life set up. This class will be a 1.5 hour drawing class.
The class aims to facilitate exploration, excitement and an intuitive approach to the artist's perspective of their subject matter.
Hopefully you will have eyes wide open to the world -
We provide easels, coloured pencils, charcoal, newsprint and inspiration.
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to express your creativity and meet fellow art enthusiasts. Reserve your spot now and get ready for a fun-filled evening of art exploration!
GENERAL CLASS 1-4 PM $20
Curious about life drawing or wanting to develop your skills further- join our sessions with professional models.
Small class
Imagine the days of an atelier where art students drew from live models to better understand the body and to work from the actual form and how light/shadow interplay on each other.
We are entranced by the free forms of the great masters like Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists-
Launch a safe learning environment max 15 students to ex
Imagine the days of an atelier where art students drew from live models to better understand the body and to work from the actual form and how light/shadow interplay on each other.
We are entranced by the free forms of the great masters like Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists-
Launch a safe learning environment max 15 students to explore the basics of figure drawing, and to allow for artistic freedom with short and long poses.
Beginner friendly with a short one hour class or a 2 hour class for those wanting to explore classical life drawing.
All participants feel welcome and supported, regardless of their prior experience in art. It is an inclusive space for anyone looking to embark on their artistic journey. It serves as an excellent sustained class for artists interested in exploring the world of figure drawing.
ARTIST BRING OWN SUPPLIES- DESK EASEL PROVIDED
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TRY CLASS- newsprint
AVAILABLE sketchbook/Charcoal sticks $12 sold on site
from podcasts ....blogposts
MET RADIO
https://soundcloud.com/scopeatryerson/interview-john-willis-photographer
John Willis is a photographer whose personal work and teaching typically fall within the social documentary genre, engaging the communities he works within. He considers volunteer and service community engagement work an essential part of his life. Willis is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 2010 and an Open Society Institute Community Engagement Grant, among other awards
MET RADIO
https://soundcloud.com/scopeatryerson/interview-flux-trans-youth-art-show
PRIDE MONTH 2023-183 GALLERY, our gallery “flux: showcasing youth trans narratives'' stands as a beacon of celebration, empowerment and awareness for trans youth. This exhibition encompasses a vast spectrum of experiences, exhibiting our beautiful existences though the transformation of our experiences into art. Visibility is a catalyst for change and empowerment. Each artwork becomes a powerful testament to our collective resilience, highlighting the strength and beauty that resides in every trans individual. Our exhibition recognizes the richness of trans culture, its histories, traditions, contemporary expressions and the importance of creating spaces in art for the next generation of trans youth, especially when our existences have always been in a constant state of political flux.
Kejo Buchanan, guide of Jali Journey in conversation with Carol Mark, an Asian Canadian curator, realtor and founder of Amazing Moss Park Art Collective based in Toronto. Carol is a cancer survivor that creates and curates art as well as leads efforts for tangible social change through support for fellow survivors, humanitarian aid, and featuring independent artists at 183 Gallery. Take a moment to engage in the landscape of the Artivist through her experiences and ideas on arts, culture, healing and building inclusive community spaces.
Daniel Lew interviewed by Kejo Buchanan, MET RADIO.
Daniel Lew is a Chinese-Canadian folk-pop artist with a mission to uplift the world. 10 years ago, he suddenly went deaf in his left ear and developed tinnitus. This trauma caused him to devote his life to music.
Everyday he sings soulfully as if it's the last time. His songs have been called a self-help book due to their introspective nature. He has self-produced 4 albums, and has over 300 performances under his belt, including Jade Music Festival, TAIWANfest, and Vancouver Mural Fest.
Recently, Daniel received praise from both Jacob Collier and Ed Sheeran while he was busking. Ed invited him backstage to his show where he had the opportunity to play a song and share insights about their music journeys. In June 2023, he released his summer anthem “Alive (The Ocean Song)”. Produced by Braeden “Pockets” Rangno (Kimmortal), and featuring synth bass from Grammy Award winning producer/artist Pomo (Jon Batiste, Anderson .Paak, Mac Miller).