Art lovers invited to Riverdale Art Walk’s 12th year
Joanna Lavoie – InsideToronto.com
For a dozen years now, thousands of art lovers have made a mass exodus to the city’s east end for a weekend in June to enjoy the Riverdale Art Walk (RAW).
The juried original fine art show and sale, put on by the Artists’ Network, a Riverdale-based organization dedicated to supporting visual artists in their professional business practice through the promotion of their professional development and entrepreneurship, takes place Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
More than 90 artists are set to exhibit their work at Jimmie Simpson Park (near Queen Street East and Logan Avenue), while dozens more will showcase their art inside retail spaces, studios and galleries in south Riverdale’s Riverside and Leslieville communities from Broadview Avenue all the way to Leslie Street.
Olena Sullivan, the free event’s administrator, said the RAW has been growing year after year and the 2010 edition offers a range of art for people to enjoy.
Sullivan said this year visitors can check out the RAW’s expanded 12-page guide, which includes details about two new self-guided art tours.
“It’s a chance for people to explore the neighbourhood. It’s a great stroll,” she said, noting the first walk includes artist exhibits along Queen Street East, Carlaw Avenue and at Jimmie Simpson Park, while the second brings people more into the south Riverdale community where they are more than welcome to do a little shopping, stop for lunch or a coffee break.
“We’re highlighting the full Riverdale neighbourhood. The area has been changing and improving so much in the last several years,” said the Leslieville resident, who will have three of her photographs featured in the Artists’ Network’s members show at the Hang Man Gallery, 756 Queen St. E.
“In this end it’s all about supporting our local artists. That’s what the Artists’ Network is all about.”
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