A Very Special Cameo Cinema Event:

Experimental Sound Performance:

A Live Score for
2001: A Space Odyssey

On Saturday July 26, Kingston's own TimKnightUs will perform an original live score to a screening of the classic film "2001: A Space Odessey."

About the Music:

Image: Camilla Singh (standing), schooling a couple of "wet behind the ears" artists at the H2O opening at the MOCCA, 2003.

Portfolio Reviews

Date: SUNDAY July 13th 2008
between the hours of 1-5pm
at Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre

Closing Reception

Mark your calendars for Saturday July 12th 2008. From 7pm to 10pm, this closing reception is your chance to celebrate and discuss the underpinnings of the curatorial premise for Modern Fuel's Annual Juried Exhibition, its value to our community, and the work of talented regional artists.

Job Opportunity

Co-ordinator of Archival Promotion and Dissemination

MODERN FUEL ARTIST-RUN CENTRE is now accepting applications for a unique and dynamic summer job opportunity in the field of contemporary art!

As the Co-ordinator of Archival Promotion and Dissemination (CAPD) for Modern Fuel’s website and its 30th Anniversary exhibition catalogue, the selected applicant will work full-time hours for 8 weeks.

Start date: Tuesday July 8th 2008
End date: Saturday August 30th 2008

Qualifications:

Image: Jeff Childs, "Anna Banana," photograph, c. 1980.

Annual General Meeting

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2007-2008 on Sunday June 15th 2008 at 3pm here in the Gallery (21A Queen St.). This meeting is open to all members in good standing. An agenda for the meeting will be sent out to all members within the next couple of weeks.

Show Your Shorts

Back by popular demand, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre will once again host the popular Show Your Shorts Video Festival on Friday June 6th 2008. The screening, beginning at 7:30pm in the Modern Fuel Gallery (21A Queen St.), will feature a number of short films created by people from, or with ties to, Kingston's Queer community. Please don't forget to wear your shorts if you got 'em!

To enter your short film, please contact info@kingstonpride.org.

In conjunction with its current exhibition One Dimensional Space, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre is holding a panel presentation and book launch addressing the history of artist-run culture and its forms of organization, featuring authors Vincent Bonin, Clive Robertson, and Robert Labossière. One Dimensional Space continues at Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre until June 7th.

NMW Advisory Committee Meeting

Thursday 15 May 7pm
at the Grad Club (162 Barrie St.)

Carla Henderson, Modern Fuel's NMW Coordinator, and Troy Leaman, Modern Fuel Board Member and NMW Committee Chair, invite members to attend a meeting to discuss, amongst other things: what the membership wants to see from the NMW, priorities for the NMW for the coming year, possible funding sources, and potential opportunities for the NMW to collaborate with Modern Fuel gallery exhibitions.

There has been considerable mainstream news coverage about how the federal government’s proposed changes to Canadian copyright laws may restrict consumers’ music, video and software downloading and sharing. Yet little has been said on the possible effects it might have on the arts community, especially those using found material, sampling and collage techniques with copyrighted materials. Should artists be worried?

The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre invite visual, media and craft artists of all cultural backgrounds to attend an Information Session on OAC Visual and Media Arts and Craft Grant Programs.