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Z’otz* Collective: Bartering Futures

September 13 - October 26, 2024

Strategic Planning Members Session

Saturday, November 9th, 12-2pm

Eastern Edge Annual General Meeting 2024

November 30, 2024, 1-4pm

Festival Report: HOLD FAST 2024

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Strategic Planning Members Session

November 9, 2024

Eastern Edge Annual General Meeting

November 30

Spirit Song Presents a Visual Arts Panel Discussion

November 23, 2024

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November 23, 2024

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POTION COMMOTION ✨🧪 Who doesn’t love craft

POTION COMMOTION ✨🧪

Who doesn’t love crafting??? We will have a Halloween craft table set up at Potion Commotion for you to make some spooky DIY decor and takeaways! Make a paper lantern, origami pumpkin, pom-pom spider, or creepy-crawly lollipop! There will be plenty of supplies and fun to share!

Join us in the @quidividibrewery taproom from 7-10pm on Friday, October 25 for live music, candy grams, and seasonal arts & crafts. Needless to say, there will also be a costume contest (with prizes!) so come dressed to show off your Halloween flair.

Cover is just $10 at the door, and $1 from every pint sold will go to help fund EE’s free community programming! Tickets can also be bought in advance on the QV website, link in bio!

#easternedge #easternedgegallery #yyt

POTION COMMOTION ✨🧪 We’re so excited to ha

POTION COMMOTION ✨🧪

We’re so excited to have the Rovin’eers playing live music at our Halloween fundraiser. The Rovin’eers are an Irish Trad Rock band, well known for playing the Kitchen Party at Quidi Vidi Brewery on Friday nights!

Join us in the QV taproom from 7-10pm on Friday, October 25 for live music, candy grams, and seasonal arts & crafts. Needless to say, there will also be a costume contest (with prizes!) so come dressed to show off your Halloween flair.

Cover is just $10 at the door, and $1 from every pint sold will go to help fund EE’s free community programming!

#easternedge #easternedgegallery #yyt

💫 Attention to all artists in the province💫

💫 Attention to all artists in the province💫 There are 6 days until the call closes for rOGUE gallery exhibition proposals. The link to apply can be found on our website under the submissions tab, and in our bio. If you have any questions about applying we are here to help!

Our favourite artist run centre is running an acti

Our favourite artist run centre is running an action packed festival this coming weekend, kicking off on the 10th of October. Some of the events will be happening here at Eastern Edge! Join us. They have so many great things in store for everyone. You can see the full schedule on @st_michaels_printshop on instagram and on their website. See you there!🦑❤️

September in review (better late than never)!!! T

September in review (better late than never)!!!

This month we installed two new exhibitions in our gallery, Bartering Futures by @zotzcollective and Place-Setting by @electric.fawn. We had a lovely picnic at Cape Speak with Erik, Nahum, and Ilyana of Z’otz* Collective. We hosted an opening reception for the two exhibitions, both of which are still on display until October 26th! And we ended the month with Move Your Body Babe, a dance workshop led by @hollyrancher_ as a part of Well-Being Week!

Bartering Futures and Place-Setting are still up i

Bartering Futures and Place-Setting are still up in our Main and rOGUE galleries for a few more weeks! ⏰️ Come visit us Wednesday through Saturday 12-5pm to catch these shows by @zotzcollective and @electric.fawn!

Can't make it down to the gallery? Take a peek at more photo documentation of the shows by following the links in our bio! 👉🏻

We’re so excited to be hosting @quartz_fest Amet

We’re so excited to be hosting @quartz_fest Amethyst Storytelling event happening this Thursday evening starting a 8pm in the gallery! This is a free 19+ event.

Celebrate the rich diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ voices in this showcase of authors, writers, playwrights, and spoken word artists. Experience moving performances of poetry, short stories, and spoken word, followed by a chance to engage with the creators behind these powerful works. It’s an intimate evening of storytelling and connection.

Get your costumes on (optional of course)and join

Get your costumes on (optional of course)and join us for a halloween party at Quidi Vidi Taproom on Friday, October 25th. Our generous partners are helping us fundraise to support paid opportunities for artists and free access to the gallery/studio to the public. Join us for a night of halloween themed crafts, costumes and live music. Don't forget all the magical potions Quidi Vidi has on tap this time of year. They have gone above and beyond and offered to throw in a special prize for the best costume of the night. Come have some fun with us. You can buy tickets for $10 ahead of time by following the link in our bio. Tickets will also be available at the door if they don't sell out in advance. We will keep you posted.
Your friends at Eastern Edge would love to see you there!🍻🎃😈🧪

Join us on Saturday, October 19th from 12-2pm for

Join us on Saturday, October 19th from 12-2pm for an artist talk with Evelyn Roitner, our current rOGUE Gallery exhibiting artist! This talk will take place in the rOGUE, where Evelyn will give a presentation and show us a demo of the sgraffito process used in her work. There will also be a few snacks that can be enjoyed on Evelyn’s beautiful ceramics as well–what a special treat!! Hope to see you there 🍽

If you'd like to read more about Evelyn's exhibition via our website, click the link in bio!

POTION COMMOTION ✨🧪 Save the date! We heard

POTION COMMOTION ✨🧪

Save the date! We heard you clamouring for another Halloween party! Eastern Edge is partnering with our friends at @quidividibrewery to serve you some artsy, spooky fun. Join us in the QV taproom from 7-10pm on Friday, October 25 for live music, candy grams, and seasonal arts & crafts. Needless to say, there will also be a costume contest (with prizes!) so come dressed to show off your Halloween flair.

Cover is just $10 at the door, and $1 from every pint sold will go to help fund EE’s free community programming!

#easternedge #easternedgegallery #yyt

On September 30, Eastern Edge will be closed to th

On September 30, Eastern Edge will be closed to the public in honour of those impacted by the Canadian residential school system. We stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples & strive to challenge ongoing colonization, today and every day.

Resources:
🔸 https://nctr.ca/records/reports/
Read the original 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Reports, including the Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.

🔸 https://firstvoicenl.ca/calls-for-change/
Learn about the 42 Calls for Change specific to St. John’s, released in 2023 by First Voice Urban Indigenous Coalition.

🔸 https://firstlightnl.ca/resources/orange-shirt-day/
Attend the Rally for Reconciliation on September 30. Consider how you can stay engaged in Indigenous-led events and programs year-round.

Come get out of the rain and feast your eyes on th

Come get out of the rain and feast your eyes on these two beautiful shows! Drop by to check out Place-Setting by @electric.fawn 🥣 and Bartering Futures by @zotzcollective 🖍 The gallery is open until 5pm today, we'd love to see ya!

We love our 2024 summer crew!!! This year, we were

We love our 2024 summer crew!!! This year, we were so grateful to have Ori, Kelly, and Roshni as part of our seasonal team 🥰🛠🙌

Thank you SO MUCH for all the installs, deinstalls, patching, painting, postering, emailing, stage managing and more! We already miss your sweet smiles and great company, and we're so thankful we got to spend this time together 🥲❤️

(special thanks to @shireen_merchant for taking some nice pictures of our team!!)

We have new photo documentation of our current exh

We have new photo documentation of our current exhibitions up on our website! 📸 To see "Bartering Futures" by @zotzcollective and "Place-Setting" by Evelyn Roitner (@electric.fawn) captured on camera, check out the links in our bio.

Or, come on down to the gallery Wednesdays - Saturdays 12-5pm to see these beautiful shows in person! ✨️

Image credit: Laura Sbrizzi

At the end of August, we said goodbye to our AiR,

At the end of August, we said goodbye to our AiR, Sylvan Hamburger! 👋🏻 For six weeks, EE's studio was brought to life by Sylvan’s vibrant prints and one beautiful old boat. 🛶 It was a joy to see Sylvan’s prints come together in the space to create massive sail-like textile pieces, and the culmination of his work in a performance during HOLD FAST was simply magical!

To read more about Sylvan's experience in his own words, check out our website post by following the link in bio!

Photo Credit for slides 1 & 5: @mplusephotography

Look at Melissa Tremblett’s gorgeous mural on ou

Look at Melissa Tremblett’s gorgeous mural on our outside wall!!!!!🎨 You need to come see it in person👀 She put in hard work to complete it for our HOLD FAST festival and was such a joy to have around!
A big thank you to the Paintshop as well for sponsoring us!!😊

THANK YOU to everyone who came down to our opening

THANK YOU to everyone who came down to our opening reception yesterday✨!!!!!
It was a great evening celebrating our new exhibitions - “Bartering Futures” by Z’otz* Collective and “Place-Setting” by Evelyn Roitner. There were snacks, refreshments, and a wonderful artist talk given by Z’otz* Collective. Both of these exhibitions will be in our gallery from September 13th-October 26th, 2024. Don’t miss out on being in awe of these artworks!😊

Ahhhh an installation is almost over, can you beli

Ahhhh an installation is almost over, can you believe it?!! There’s something on the wall👀
The artists and staff have been busy busy, and we are ready to have our opening reception tomorrow, 6-8pm!! We have Z’otz* Collective’s exhibition, “Bartering Futures”, in our main gallery, and Evelyn Roitner’s exhibition, “Place-Setting”, in our rOGUE gallery. Z’otz* Collective will also be presenting an artist talk! An opening reception not to be missed!!☺️

August in review (minus HOLD FAST - pictures to co

August in review (minus HOLD FAST - pictures to come at a later date)!⭐️

August was an INCREDIBLE month filled with so much fun at Eastern Edge. HOLD FAST was of course spectacular with so many events, but we also had amazing exhibitions in our galleries. Our annual members’ exhibition, “LOOT BAG”, in our main gallery, with a silent auction until the end of August where people could bid for some of the art pieces and take some artwork home for their own walls! In the rOGUE gallery we had @briankcee ‘s exhibition, “FAWK YOUR WALLS”, which was very much enjoyed by visitors. Brian also taught a workshop on making bleach art on t-shirts!! As well as that, we had a couple tatreez workshops with @sarah_khraishi and @punk.stitches, which was wonderful to learn. Sylvan Hamburger was our artist in residence and gave an artist talk in our own studio and we were blessed with seeing his work around our office. @melissatremblettart painted a gorgeous mural right outside our walls, and we had a fun volunteer orientation to get ready for HOLD FAST!🎉

There was so much on the go and we still have barely touched on festival week! Stay tuned for our future reel with pictures from that, and thank you to everyone who has come to visit our gallery the past month😍

We are excited to share Evelyn Roitner’s exhibit

We are excited to share Evelyn Roitner’s exhibition, “Place-Setting”, which will be in our rOGUE gallery from September 13th until October 26th, 2024😊.

The opening reception will be this Friday, September 13th, 6-8pm, with some snacks and refreshments!

“Place-Setting” welcomes you to the table no matter the distance. Through illustrated functional ceramics arranged in a table setting, we see a story of friends gathering and how themes of human connection and distance are reflected in everyday tableware.

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