New ART, New Staff, reNew your Membership!

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Opening this Saturday! Mikiki - Port Manteau
Welcome our NEW DIRECTOR - Leslie Menagh
Visit Us! Public Meeting on September 14th
Its not too late! - Call for Community Input

Join us this Saturday 12-4pm

Mikiki - Port Manteau

After our August summer break, we are reopening the gallery on Saturday September 10th, 12-4pm. Port Manteau will grow over the next few months as artist Mikiki continues to work in the space. Keep an eye out for opportunities to visit while Mikiki is working, an upcoming panel event, and visit us often to see the work as it evolves. We are looking forward to seeing you all again!

Photo courtesy of Mikiki

Port Manteau is a series of new video and sculpture works by Toronto based artist Mikiki. The work created for Port Manteau follows a self-led research trip, during which the artist returned home to Ktaqmkuk/Newfoundland to reconnect with family and land.

Through sculpture, installation, beading and video, Mikiki presents new considerations on identity, anarchy, loss, and holes.

Port Manteau presents a temporary docking station to consider the expression and preservation of intersecting cultural identities.

Welcome our NEW DIRECTOR!
Leslie Menagh

The Artspace Board of Directors is very excited to announce the appointment of Leslie Menagh to the role of Interim Director at Artspace. Leslie will be starting with us on September 19th. Please help us welcome her to the Artspace community. Congratulations Leslie, we are very excited to be working with you.

Photo of Leslie Menagh leaning on a wooden fence with a forested background.

Photo courtesy of Leslie Menagh.

Leslie Menagh is an arts administrator, social entrepreneur, artist, craftsperson, and curator with a passion for community-building. She brings a wealth of experience creating public engagement opportunities through project and partnership development, and she sure loves delivering a workshop. Leslie calls Peterborough home, where she has contributed to innumerable projects for arts and cultural organizations throughout her career. She holds a BFA from NSCAD University.

Public Meeting

Join us at Artspace, September 14th at 6:30pm

The Board of Directors will be hosting a one hour public meeting and By-Election of new members to the Board. Everyone is welcome, members will have a vote in the election. This is a perfect time to renew your membership or join the organization. Members make great things happen at Artspace!

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Join us, after hours for a gallery walk through. Meet our new Staff and Board members, and share your thoughts about the New Maker Space! Artspace is changing and we want your input!

Photo: Eryn Lidster

Its not too late!
Call for Community Input

Since starting in July, Jillian has spent her time consulting with community members to learn about what folks want and need in a new Maker Space. Art supplies, workshops, a zine library, and accessible lighting options, are just a few examples of what community members have shared as being important to them!

Do you have thoughts or ideas to share? You can access our community consultation survey at the link below:

SURVEY LINK
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We have also updated our website! Check out our "Maker Space" page to keep up with Maker Space related news, events, and ways to get involved!

MAKER SPACE PAGE LINK