Programming Mandate
Art in the Streets programs aim to feature artworks in visual and time-based media that engage more assertively with the Kingston community-at-large. Proposals are selected based on their relevance to Kingston community politics and well-being, and on their potential to stimulate interest within non-art and art audiences. Art in the Streets prioritises the presentation of artworks that can develop a participatory discourse between artists and non-artists.
History of Art in the Streets
In 2003, following a successful legacy of off-site programming including the Millenium Project (a ten year long partnership between Modern Fuel and the Little Cararqui Creek Conservation Area) and the practice of presenting contemporary art in vacant downtown storefronts, Modern Fuel's Programming Committee decided to take a considerable new approach to public art initiatives by facilitating works meant to engage even more assertively with a downtown public...and presto, Art in the Streets was born!
Past Art in the Streets Projects include:
July 15-16, 2006
Baskers' Fair: 100 People Performance
Shannon Cochrane
A presentation of The Baskers' Fair, an interventionalist festival of performance art coyly coinciding with Kingston's 18th annual Buskers Rendezvous as a means to examine notions of public vs corporate space, and to evidence the varying degrees of separation between audience and participant, and art and entertainment.
Curated by Gjen Snider. Coordinated by Tali Shalmon and Amy Uyeda.
August - September 2005
First Response
Judy Bowyer and Kelly Lynne Wood
Presented in three public spaces over the course of two months showcasing the audio-based work of Judy Boywer in concert with the relations-based performance of Kelly Lynne Wood.
Coordinated by Julia Mensink.
June - September 2004
Parking Art in Parking Lots
Uta Riccius, Kirsten Forkert & John Dummett, Adrian Blackwell
With responsive projects by emerging artists Jennifer Titus, York Lethbridge, and Lisa Visser
Site-specific interventions that transformed parking spaces into dynamic, cultural playing fields, challenging ideas and concepts concerning our relationship with a little-considered space known as the "parking lot."
Curated by Julie Fiala. Coordinated by Jill Battson and Gjen Snider.
February 2004
Heart-to-Heart
Cindy Baker, Devora Neumark
With Julie Fiala, Kyle Bishop, Jennifer Roche, Koren Bellman, Sandra Jass and Andrea Doggett
A three-part (development, performance, discussion)community-based performance art project that re-produces the notion of Valentine's Day exchanges through door-to-door encounters.
Curated by Julie Fiala.
May/June 2003
DUORAMA
Paul Couillard and Ed Johnson
A line up of six performances and process-oriented projects meant to draw on the collaborative and competitive tensions that underlie all partnerships.
