HEAD TO TOE. Capturing the essence of the human body and form. Featuring works by John Clinton, Eamon, Barbara Fletcher, Roger Golden, Marina Guglielmi, Elaine Jaques, Karen Stoskopf Harding, Saulius Jaskus, Marlene Kawalez, Richard McNeill, David Paolini, David Salazar, Robert Tannahill.

Part II: Beyond Institutions.

Exhibition – Mar 3-31, reception Thur 4 Mar, 5-7pm: Adrian Blackwell – Model for a Public Space, [knot]. In Reading Room, Hart House, University of Toronto.

Conference – Following the vigorous and contentious proceedings that took place during Extra-Curricular: Between Art & Pedagogy – Part I: Between Institutions in February, this second part of the conference, titled Beyond Institutions, is structured as a meeting of collectives, artists, and activists working on creative initiatives in a variety of locations using explicitly pedagogical models, formats, and tools in their work. Although diverse in background, the invited groups carry common points of reference and characteristics: investigating new formats for knowledge production with critical analysis of power relations at play; investing in local communities; cultivating learning environments that produce new social relations; and making these processes and outcomes public.
The conference features representatives from collectives including the Center for Urban Pedagogy (NYC), colourschool (Vancouver), Dodolab (Waterloo ON), La Lleca (Mexico City), Radical Education Research Collective (RERC) (Toronto), The Pinky Show (Honolulu, Hawaii), Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry, and Ultra-Red (London UK). The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery's international artist-in-residence, Annette Krauss (Utrecht, Netherlands), will present the opening keynote lecture to kick-start the proceedings. Collaborating organizations for Part II include Gallery TPW (Toronto), Ontario College of Art & Design, The Centre for Media and Culture in Education (CMCE), REV-, and Toronto Free Gallery.

The setting of the Reading Room, an open student space inside Hart House, provides a context for discourses that can potentially be mobilized to diverge from or intervene in the "main curricula" of the larger educational institution. Roundtable discussions will take place in Adrian Blackwell's anti-hierarchical seating structure, Model for a Public Space [knot], while public workshops, a book launch, and film screening, will be held in various rooms in Hart House and off-site locations.

Mon 8 Mar, 7-8:30pm, in Music Room: Keynote lecture: Annette Krauss – "Towards critical links between art, education and activism".

Tues 9 Mar, 10-11:30am, in Reading Room: Roundtable 1 – "between word / image / action". Participants: colourschool and Annette Krauss.

Tues 9 Mar, 11:30am-1pm, in Reading Room: Roundtable 2 – "between autonomy and heteronomy". Participants: La Lleca and Toronto School of Creativity and inquiry.

Tues 9 Mar, 2-5pm, in Committees Room: Workshop – "Extra-Curricular Colour Study" with colourschool's Kristina Lee Podesva.

Wed 10 Mar, 10-11:30am, in East Common Room: Roundtable 3 – "between community & collaboration". Participants: Center for Urban Pedagogy, and The Pinky Show.

Wed 10 Mar, 11:30am-1pm, in East Common Room: Roundtable 4 – "between critique as theme". Participants: Ultra-Red, and Toronto School of Creativity & Inquiry.

Wed 10 Mar, 2-5pm, in Committees Room: Workshop – "Feminist Pedagogy as Artistic Intervention" with La Lleca.

Thur 11 Mar, 9am-5pm, in Room 12-274, OISE (252 Bloor Street West, Toronto) & Fri 12 Mar, 9am-5pm, in Room 5-240, OISE: 2-day workshop –"D.I.Y. Learning-Weapon" with The Pinky Show.

Thur 11 Mar, 7-10pm, at Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor Street West, Toronto): Reception & book launch for Recipes for an Encounter, published by Western Front and REV-).

Fri 12 Mar, 2-5pm, at Gallery TPW (56 Ossington Avenue, Toronto): Workshop – "What is the Sound of the Pedagogy of the Border?" with Ultra-Red. Pre-registration is advised, but all are welcome – info@extracurricular.info – for approximately 20 participants.

Fri 12 Mar, 7:30-9pm, in Reading Room: Workshop – "Concrete Dreams: A Fantasy School" with RERC.

Sat 13 Mar, 1:30pm, at Gallery TPW (56 Ossington Avenue, Toronto): Screening – Read the Masks. Tradition is Not Given (2009, 80min.), a film by Petra Bauer and Annette Krauss. Discussion with Annette Krauss and Janna Graham.

The Extra-Curricular conference, installations, screenings, and events are open to the public and free for all with registration required for specific events. To register, send an email to info@extra-curricular.info with your full name, organization / position, phone number and sessions you plan to attend.

Musings – Asoudeh Novin & Marilyn Chapman.
Asoudeh Novin, originally from Tehran, says her greatest inspiration has come from several years of travel in Europe while she was based in France in the 1990s. Experiencing art as part of life on a daily basis made a lasting impression on her, causing her to begin painting professionally. Novin's compelling figurative works show her subjects in their most contemplative state, allowing us to experience the intimacy of a quiet moment. While the subjects may appear one way to us, we can never know the true complexity within.
The expansion of these "musings" is evident in the intricate movement and colour renderings of Victoria-based artist Marilyn Chapman. Her work is a culmination of the cloudscapes she watched in the Manitoba skies of her youth and the organic flow of the BC coast where she now lives. Chapman believes that life moves through us and through all that is living. Her work explores the delicate, yet complex life systems upon which we all rely.

Gallery ArtPlus solo exhibition – Ivan Unwin: Do Least Harm. Included in this collection is a set of political and environmental activist works, with human rights and land abuse as subjects.

Montreal Reflections on Art and Aesthetics Workshop. Selected Wednesday evenings in the Museum's foyer.
Wed 2 Dec, 6pm: Keith Moxey and Michael Ann Holley.
Wed 10 Feb: Jean-Pierre Cometti and Jerrold Levinson.
Wed 10 Mar: Alex Neill.
Wed 24 Mar: Daniel Townsend.

Screening of Si Sullivan m'était contée.