Popolo Press!

We had a great drop-in the other day from Kiva Stimac of Popolo Press, here in Montreal. She posted an excellent bit about us on her blog: Popolo Press

Kiva has a beautiful print studio that we love to visit her in, where she makes everything from art and rock posters, screen-printed t-shirts, cards, and other paper goods - much of which we carry in the store. Check out her blog - and come by the shop to see her work in person.

Thanks Kiva!

Jaynus O'Donnell - Look Up Look Down

Vernissage Vendredi 3 Fevrier, 19hr - 22hr
Expo 3 - 29 Fevrier, 2012

Look Up Look Down is a new collection of work from Montreal artist Jaynus O’Donnell. Her practice uses collage, painting, and installation to examine representations of discovery, exploration and the na...tural world. She regularly works with found paper materials including textbooks, field guides, posters, maps, and encyclopedias.

Jaynus received her BFA from the University of British Columbia and her MA from Concordia University. She has lived and worked in Montreal for the past six years. Her work has been shown in artist-run centres and galleries throughout Canada and the U.S.
She is currently fixated on outer space and soup.

http://www.jaynusodonnell.com/

Regarde le Ciel/Regarde la Terre est une nouvelle collection de l'oeuvre de l'artiste montréalaise Jaynus O'Donnell. Sa pratique utilise le collage, la peinture et l'installation pour examiner des représentations de la découverte, de l’exploration et du monde naturel. Elle travaille régulièrement avec des matériaux trouvés de papier, incluant des manuels, des guides de terrain, des affiches, des cartes géographiques et des encyclopédies.

Jaynus a obtenu son Diplôme des Beaux-Arts à l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique et sa Maîtrise en Arts à l’Université Concordia. Elle habite et travaille à Montréal depuis 6 ans. Son oeuvre a été présentée dans des centres gérés par des artistes et dans des galeries à travers le Canada et les États-Unis. En ce moment, elle est fixée sur l'espace intersidéral et la soupe.

http://www.jaynusodonnell.com/

KIDS ARTS & CRAFTS

Hey folks!

Based on the success of our kids crafts afternoons the last 2 years, we would like to offer 4-week Art & Crafts classes for kids during January & February.

Classes will run from January 14th - February 5th. Come warm up with us and make some art!

Saturday mornings 10:30 - 11:30 is for 2 - 4 yr olds with a parent
Sunday mornings 10:30 - 11:30 is for 5 - 8 yr olds (on their own)

$60 all materials included.

Space is limited so call us or drop in to pre-register!

COLLAGE GROUP SHOW - pictures

ENVIRONS by GRAHAM HALL - pictures !

donations !!!

WE WILL HAVE A XMAS DROP BOX HERE FOR SUN YOUTH. DONATIONS OF GOOD QUALITY FOODSTUFF (NO KRAFT DINNER GARBAGE PLS) AND/OR PRESENTS FOR KIDS.

COLLAGE GROUP SHOW AND HOLIDAY PARTY

collage art on the walls ! holiday cheer in the air ! friends all around !
art by :

julie doucet
jpking
kirsten mccrae
caroline beets
pierre botardo
jacob whibley
carl ruttan
marc tessier
felix morel
billy mavreas
emilie o'brien
jaynus o'donnell
found

MONASTIRAKI ON G.O.T.H. !

We made it onto Goddess Of The Hunt, a great Greek arts & culture site ! Read and enjoy !

Goddess of the Hunt

ENVIRONS by GRAHAM HALL

dessins par/drawings by Graham Hall

13 Nov - 24 Dec 2011

Vernissage Sunday 13 nov., 2 pm !


We are totally thrilled to inaugurate our southern orangepink wallspace with this exposition of watercolour drawings made by Graham for his Montreal Topographical Drawing Society.

Candice Tarnowski - An Acre

Candice Tarnowski is an artist and art conservator based in Montréal. She holds a MFA in Sculpture from Concordia University (2007), a BFA in Fibres from the Alberta College of Art & Design (1999), and a diploma in Cultural Resource Management from the University of Victoria (2009). Candice has set up homes and participated in residencies in North Carolina, Holland, Hungary, the Maritimes, and the sub-Arctic. She makes objects, photographs, drawings, and installations that are based in concerns with the ‘orderly’ and openness/chaos. Her work is an articulation of being/living as art -cooking, eating, making, building- the deliberation of a task, an awareness of what surrounds us, and taking nothing for granted.

BOBO BOUTIN : LA VIE CONTINUE

we are proud to present the wicked world of BOBO BOUTIN
collage, drawing, painting, visionary humour

http://boboboutin.tumblr.com/

VERONICA POST COMIC BOOK LAUNCH !

COMING IN OCTOBER : BOBO BOUTIN

gmackrr VS. whilst VS. joe meek : SUNDAY AFTERNOON MICRO-CONCERT !!

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gmackrr VS. whilst VS. joe meek
free sound trio w/ art on the walls - free
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..."gmackrr = a high skilled mouth feedback innovator who coaxes sharp textures from her hand made electronic instruments"...
..."whilst = a duo of quasi-quietists dwelling in the realms of free drone & cosmic dust; with static pulses & broken rhythms"...
..."joe meek = joe meek"...
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...starts at 2pm...free entry...open to the public...
...with art by Henriette Valium up on the walls...
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This is our AMAZING front window, created by window installation artist Alex Hercules, who also happens to collect vintage taxidermy. This is a show-stopper folks. We have been delighting in how many people are halting in their tracks to look, and look and look.
The neon sign is by Montreal artist Jo-Anne Balcean.

Visit our tumblr site for more images: http://monastiraki.tumblr.com/

HENRIETTE VALIUM - SEPT 2011

HENRIETTE VALIUM - RECENT WORK

OPENING SEPTEMBER 2 2011, 7pm - 10pm
EXHIBIT RUNS UNTIL 30 SEPT.

SUNDAY MICRO CONCERTS PRESENTS: JACKIE GALLANT

Beating to a different drum: we are thrilled to have drummer and legendary local musician Jackie Gallant joining us for our Sunday Micro concerts on August 21st, from 2 pm onwards. Drop in, hang out for a while and enjoy.

Photos!

Hey everyone, check out our excellent collection of photos from the shop - what can we say - Monastiraki is very photogenic.

http://monastiraki.tumblr.com/

2taiko micro-concert this sunday at 2 pm !!

2taiko are Yumi Célia and Alison Roe and 2 (or 3) taiko - large, beautiful Japanese drums.

Yumi started playing taiko growing up in Tokyo, in a local group based at the shrine of Nezu, and Alison began drumming in Scotland, touring full-time with the UK's leading taiko group. After playing for several years in different taiko groups in Montréal, they did a (very) small show together in a Mile End café in late 2010 and this was the beginning.

Yumi and Alison combined their different taiko styles to develop a varied set of original pieces, and now perform regularly in diverse venues across Montréal. They enjoy the challenge of playing as a duo and the versatility and mobility that affords, in working with other musicians and performers, and in taking their taiko to unlikely corners of the city (so far only once having the police called on them).

Taiko's an exhilarating art form, visually and musically powerful, and 2taiko have a refreshingly expressive and naturally vivacious style.

It takes 2 to taiko...

http://www.2taiko.com

DAVID LAFRANCE Micro-Concert

Artist/Musician & long time friend of Monastiraki David Lafrance will be kicking off this seasons string of sunday afternoon micro-concerts !

Join him this sunday, July 3 at 2pm for some sound !

Mentioned In The Paris Review ! Thanks Joe !

Our dear friend Joe Ollmann, cartoonist, wit and gentleman, was recently asked to provide a week in culture for the Paris Review which he did with bells on, a smashing job ! he also gave Monastiraki a wonderful shout-out ! Thanks Joe !


http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/06/15/a-week-in-culture-joe-ollmann-part-ii/

Romulo Cesar - The Flight Of Minisauro

We are very proud to present the thick textured world of Romulo Cesar. White paper has been subjected to Roms' continual interventions and residues.
Check out the vibrant abstraction and fragmented comic art of
The Flight of Minisauro !

"These images are a small selection of my work produced during the past six years… scattered years far from home and without solid roots. Some of the works have been juxtaposed and reorganized over these years, avoiding the establishment of statements or narratives, allowing them to reveal their peculiar subjects .

- Romulo Cesar

About Romulo:

Romulo Cesar was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has been living in Canada for the last few years. He briefly attended art school in Rio, dropping out to do his own research and development. He has recently moved to Montreal from Vancouver. His work is developed through small and portable formats, mainly hand made books, and papers.


Vernissage Friday June 3, 7pm - 10 pm
Exhibit runs until June 30, 2011

Views of Billy's Inside the Face drawing exhibit

photos by Paul Litherland

Billy's Personal Collections in Boston Art Show !

I'm very pleased to announce that some of my collections will be exhibited in a group show at the Mills Gallery of The Boston Center for the Arts.

Curator Rebecca Greene has been great, visiting our shop twice to discuss the exhibit. Wish we were there to celebrate the opening.

The show runs from May 20 to June 26, 2011

Here's the copy:

Bits + Pieces explores the collections of outsider, emerging and established artists with the purpose of illuminating the reasons and importance behind their collection and ideas of collecting, while gaining insight into their lives and often hidden compulsions.

Curated by Rebecca Rose Greene

Artists
Jane Blood
Nance Davies
Billy Mavreas
Lissa Rivera
Dana Sherwood
Isaac White

Opening Reception Friday, May 20 | 6 – 8pm
Families Connect Saturday, June 4 | 1 – 2:30pm, repeats 3 – 4:30pm
Curator Talk Wednesday, June 15 | 6 – 7pm

http://www.bcaonline.org/visualarts/mills-gallery/upcoming-exhibitions.html

Billy Mavreas-Inside The Face-New Pencil Drawings

New pencil drawings by Monastiraki denizen Billy Mavreas.
Exhibit runs from May 13 - May 29, 2011

"I based these drawings on the idea that what we really look like includes every expression we've ever made, every age we've passed through or will pass through and every possible pathway we may take through out life. When all these facets are presented simultaneously, It's an inclusive vision that often borders on the horrific"
- Billy Mavreas