2012 Festival Highlights
Alien-Nation
The opening night party features Dub Trinity, joined by poets Lishai, Ritallin and Truth Is!
Food Fight: Resisting Austerity
A screening and discussion on food security, as seen by youth and healthcare providers.
If I Were a Monument
A show of paintings and a performance by renowned performance artist Louise Liliefeldt.
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to the 27th annual Mayworks Festival
Since last May, working people and communities in Toronto have struggled to reclaim our city and the services we value the most. One way our struggles have always been reflected is through the arts, and this year is no exception.
Mayworks 2012 kicks off with our opening night Alien-Nation, which celebrates the resistance of non-status peoples, co-sponsored by No One Is Illegal. Featured is the music of Dub Trinity, who will be playing music from their recently released album Alexandria (and other cautionary tales). The night will be complimented with the poetry of acclaimed spoken word poets Truth Is..., Ritalin and Lishai.
We are excited to be partnering up with a variety of groups and organizations. Co-sponsored programs include readings at the Voices of Parkdale event with Project Read, video screenings and panel at the Food Fight: Resisting Austerity event featuring Lawrence Heights Youth Food Justice Group, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, as well as an interactive theatre experience about questions of democracy and active citizenry by Eventual Ashes in the play Intent City.
We are proud to host one of the city's most extraordinary artists, Louise Liliefeldt, who will be exhibiting paintings, installation and a performance piece in her solo show If I Were a Monument. And to wrap-up the festival, we are honored to have award-winning songwriter Evalyn Parry debut a collection of old and new work at To Live in the Age of Melting.
We encourage you to look through our website and Facebook group for details on all of the special programs that Mayworks has to offer. Our events showcase the diversity of the arts and the communities we represent and celebrate within our active cultural landscape.
On behalf of Mayworks, I want to extend my thanks to all our supporters - our audience, volunteers, sponsors, donors, board and staff - who are indispensable to making this festival a success. A very special thank you goes to out-going Festival Director Florencia Berinstein, who has tirelessly worked to see Mayworks expand and strengthen over the last decade. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
Enjoy the festival,
Nahed Mansour
Festival Director
