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13 murals
13 groups
13 themes
"Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it."
Arundhati Roy
WEEK 13!
Aug 26th - Sept 2nd
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Titles, like names, give meaning
and spark a first impression.
The Title mirrors the face of the Project.
What is RUCAP's Title saying?
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Goals for this week:​
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1. Submit Your Art-Work by Friday Noon
2. Vote for a Title for RUCAP´s 13 Panels
3. Write/record a description of your Art
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Activities:
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I. RUCA´s Installation Tittle/Name
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Last week we had 39 entries proposed for the naming of our 13 Panels Installation.
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This Week we get to Vote on The title for this installation!
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II. Create a Quote or an Audio Description of your Art Piece
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This Week You will be writing one Quote (your quote of course), or making a sound recording of 30 seconds where you describe, complement or enhance your Art piece.
This can be a statement, or something about you, or a poem, or a song... anything that describes the intention and the feelings of your process, your Art, your life, the theme of the panel, etc.
In order to Complete your quote or audio description keep in mind the following:
1. Keep it short, record an audio of 30 Seconds max, or write 5 lines Max .
2. Keep in mind the Theme in your panel when you create your description.
3. Be Creative
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DROP OFF INFORMATION
UPDATE:
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Drop off your art
any day between
August 24 - August 27th
9am to 4pm
at:
Innovation Works
London, ON.
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Last day to drop off your art work is AUGUST 28TH ( between 9-12 Noon) BEFORE 12 NOON
To drop-off your Art at Innovation Works follow these Instructions:
At the very front area of the main entrance, you will find a few tables and chairs as part of a coffee shop. There, you will find a Big Box Saying RUCAP. Drop-off your art here. You will also find a hand sanitizer in case you have to touch the box or someone else's work. That's it!
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Note: Your Art will Be Returned to You. We had a couple of people asking about what happens to the Art. The Art will be returned to you later on, we may return your Art at the Painting Parties, or at the Unveiling events. We will make announcements when this will be taking place, most likely, late September and October.
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DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR ART IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 BEFORE 12 Noon at Innovation Works
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To have an idea of what this final piece may potentially feel like check out the following link from a previous project, once you are on the site, click on any parts within the mural:
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Deadline for this Quote or Audio Recording is Next Wednesday September 2nd
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Important Note: This quote/audio will be part of the website where the panels will live. Visitors to the site can click on parts of the panels and see your description of your Art and a bit of who you are. The panels will be printed with links for visitors of the Richmond Underpass to access the context on the site. Send your Art descriptions/audios to this email
or via WhatsApp to 226.503.7188.
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Medium: Merging Photography & Performance
Black & White Photo Collage
The stories we tell matter. Where we come from and where we are going are both shaped on how we unfold and rediscover the tale once and again. What is the story we are rediscovering for this community?
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In the process, we will explore how our bodies can tell stories. And through some basic photography principles, we will capture the essence of these stories in still images.
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Minimum materials required:
Camera (phone cameras ok)
Ana Mendieta, Blood and Feathers (2), 1974
Medium: Exploring Dada
Magazine Collage
Those blinded by Greed & Power exerts systemic oppression through force, dividing us, generating lies, doubt, and fear. Freedom from this spell lays in truth… let your Art speak Truth!
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In the process, we will drive inspiration from post World War I Dada artists, who rebelled against capitalist aesthetics and protested through cutting and pasting existing provocative images.
Minimum materials required:
Magazines or Newspaper; Scissors; Glue; Paper.
Hannah Hoch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife, 1919.
Medium: Storytelling through Textile Art
Fabric, yarn, textiles
The world needs whole-hearted leaders more than ever. Instead of successful greedy executives, the world needs wise, compassionate, loving and devoted strong leaders who put collective wellbeing and the revitalization of nature at the center focal point for every community they serve.
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In the process, we will explore yarn and fabric to tell stories. We will gather inspiration from hand-made tapestries that incredible women created to document stories of Chilean dictatorship and resistance.
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Minimum materials required:
Yarn, or fabric, or felt; glue; scissors.
Anonymous tapestries by Chilean women.
Medium: Discharge Through Lines
Acrylic paint, Watercolours, Oil Pastels
Explore Art as a therapeutic medium to manifest your internal world. Find new meanings in your healing journey through Art.
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In the process, imagine an emotional discharge creating with spontaneous and automatic responses. We will explore how lines can give us a visual language of a wide range of emotions.
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Minimum materials required:
Acrylic paint or watercolours or Oil Pastels; paper or canvas; brushes in various sizes.
Medium: Impressionist Colour
Watercolours
The more diverse we are as a community, the more beautiful we all become. Help us expand our colour palette to fully capture the vast diversity of our community in London Ontario.
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In the process, we will explore how colour and brushstrokes can create a sense of movement. We will get curious about what Impressionist Artists where trying to achieve by painting in this way.
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Minimum materials required:
Watercolors or tempera; brushes; watercolor paper.
Medium: Speak Out through Text Art (Lettering, Typing, Writing)
Keyboard or Black ink
Home is where the Art is… Family… chosen or biological, they are our greatest supports, wounds, teachers, molding us into who we are. Let’s explore their meaning in our brave new world.
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In the process, we will create poetry through various creative writing exercises. Then, we will explore how Lettering, Writing, and Typing can create shape and volume.
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Minimum materials required:
Pens, or pencils, or pit pens; paper.
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Medium: Uplifting Culture Forms and Stories
Drawing, Colouring
Paint, Oil Pastels, Colour pencils
Lets re-discover the ancestry of this Land, honour its autochthonous peoples, and acknowledge the steps we need to take to reconcile our history with the land and the people.
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In the process, you will dig into your own ancestry and investigate traditional and contemporary forms of expressing culture.
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Minimal materials required:
Acrylic paint or watercolour; brushes; canvas or paper.
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Oil Pastels or Colour Pencils; paper.
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Annette Sullivan, Acknowledgement, 2020.
Medium: Visiting our dreams, playing with Surrealism
Soft Pastels, Colour Pencils, Oil Pastels, Digital drawing
As individuals, as communities, as society… we need art more than ever to re-create the world we live in and to survive its vastness. If we can dream it… we can play with it…
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In the process, we will journey into our dreams and come out with images that express our unconscious wanderings. We will look into Surrealism as well as processes from cultural groups that as their tradition created art from the dreamworld.
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Minimal materials required:
Soft Pastels, Colour Pencils, or Oil Pastels;
Paper. Or, digital drawing pads.
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Frida Khalo, What The Water Gave Me, 1938
Medium: Black Ink Drawing
Pencil, charcoal, black pen, ink
As John Lennon said: “Imagine All The People Living For Today,” you may think I am a dreamer; but, together we can re-imagine mental health.
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In the process, we will expand how we understanding lines. We will go back in time since the cave paintings from 30,000 years ago until today, and explore how lines can tell our stories.
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Minimal materials required:
Pit pen, sharpie, drawliner or charcoal; pencil; eraser; sharpener; paper.
Medium: Land Art
nature: petals, sticks, grass, rocks...
As Civilization continues to grow, our Natural habitats and ecosystems continue being destroyed…, lets not forget our responsibility… as we are all part of nature.
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In the process, we will go out in nature and let the natural world speak your story. We will connect with the land while also learn from art forms from Land Art to Inuksuks.
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Minimal materials required:
None
Andy Goldsworthy, Temporary Landscapes, 1981
Medium: Digital Art like Comics, Animation, Anime
Any digital software
And the wise elder, the tortoise said: True Wisdom, true happiness can only be found within. Only when the turbulent waters within settle, then we can experience inner peace.
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In the process, participants will create their story through digital drawings. We will look gather inspiration by the many digital art genres that have emerged in the last few decades.
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Minimal materials required:
Any software that allows you to draw.
Alejandra Laria Aleaga, Self Portrait, 2020.
Medium: Lifting the Veil of Cubism
Acrylic Paint
Creating more Meaningful relationships are the key to hope. The more connected we are to one another, the more we can empathize and evolve into a kinder, more equitable society.
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In the process, we will break down what we see and take a step further to draw how we think of things. We will look at Cubism, and also how Cubist artists, such as Picasso, appropriated concepts and forms from traditional Congolese art.
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Minimal materials required:
Acrylic Paint, brushes, canvas or paper.
Francis Nnaggenda, Administrator, 1971.
Medium: Free-Form Abstract Expressionism
Acrylic Paint, Watercolours, Tempera
Social Inclusion means to really care for everyone. Lets care for everyone lovingly and together. Only then can we really feel true belonging to this community.
We will explore tapping into the subconscious by being present and creating through impulse. We will also learn how Abstract Expressionist Artists found a voice in this form as a response to Second World War.
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Minimum materials required:
Acrylic Paint, Watercolour or tempera; paper, wood, or any paintable surface.
Brushes are not essential.
Medium: Audio/Video/Music/Writing
This group will add a series of audio pieces to the project describing the artist process, the stories, and the significance of the murals.
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This is a call out to participants that are musically inclined, videographers, journalists, writers, actors, animators that want to document this project creatively. This group is targeting folks that want to contribute to the project in other ways that are not visual arts. Some experience in any of these fields is required.
Groups Timeline
Every Wednesday you will receive a NEW VIDEO with WEEKLY GOALS and ACTIONS. You are asked to submit your weekly actions by MONDAY. Each group will require a minimum 1hr/week of your time.
Week 5
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Choosing your themes​
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July 1st
Week 6
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Building a Concept​
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July 8th
Week 7
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Team Building​
July 15th
Week 8
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Reviewing 1st Draft
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July 22nd
Week 9
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Sketching Ideas for your story
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July 29th
Week 10
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Choosing your section​, Begin
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Aug 5
Week 11
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Working on your piece​
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Aug 12th
Week 12
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Last Edits, Add-ons​
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Aug 19
Week 13
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Audio/Video
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Aug 26