June 24 – Aug. 13, 2011
Fly Gallery (a window for art)
1172 Queen St. W.
Toronto,ON
tanyaread@yahoo.ca
Fly Gallery group exhibition in conjunction with Paradise Now/This is Paradise
Fly Gallery is a storefront window, offering a free alternative exhibition space for artists. Tanya Read and Scott Carruthers are the co-directors.
After 12 years Fly Gallery is packing it in. Our mandate has been to keep art accessible and contribute to the cultural life of the street. Since 1999 the development of this stretch of Queen St. has changed the dynamic of that culture. One may call this development ‘Gentrification’. Often associated with negative connotations it is a reality of many urban neighbourhoods. Whether the development is a good or bad thing, it is a factor in why Fly is leaving Queen West. Is this Paradise Lost or a new beginning? The spirit of Fly will live on and we have invited artists to say goodbye with us.
Participating artists: Shinobu Akimoto, Dave Anderson, Myfanwy Ashmore, Adam Brown, Tara Bursey, Julia Burton, Rita Camacho, Maureen Carruthers, Scott Carruthers, Carlo Cesta, Mark Connery, Rob Cruickshank, Rebecca Diederichs, Michael Enzbrunner, Matt Evans, Sybil Goldstein, Clint Griffin, Libby Hague, Katherine Harvey, Kathleen Hearn, Robert Hengeveld, Gordon Hicks, Sanja Huibner, Tina Huibner, Marcia Huyer, Matt James, Michelle Johnson, Rae Johnson, Kristiina Lahde, Mark Laliberte, Gary MacLeod, Allison McCall, Gavin McMurray, Lorna Mills, Caroline Mosby, Katharine Mulherin, Lisa Neighbour, Stephen Niblock, Sandy Plotnikoff, Warren Quigley,Tanya Read, Kat Roy, Rupen, Lisa Deanne Smith, Fiona Smyth, Phil Taylor, Michael Toke, Jason Van Horne, Ehrling White