ShOUT – Queer West Young Adult Program & Unconferences @ Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre
This month?
Queer West Shout Youth Program
Queer West Motto – Building a Community
Strengthening the City
All Positive & Respectful Folk are Welcome to attend!
Happening again on Wednesday March 31, 2010
Unconference format
“ShOUT is an Unconference” A Participant-Facilitated Discussion
Michel F. Paré, Queer West Founder and President & Jaclyn Isen, Vice President met on December 11, 2009 to think about a new concept for queer public forums. They decided to be the first Queer organization in Western Hemisphere to adopt Open Space Technology, Unconferences. The first shOUT event was held Wednesday February 28, 2010, 31 participants attended. Our Official Premier Sponsors: OUTtv.ca and Youth Employment Services
An unconference is a facilitated participant-driven face-to-face conference around a theme or purpose. This style of public forum, is not happening anywhere else in LGBTQ (Canada, Latin America or USA). The new Shout Queer Youth Program and Unconferences is run by, Jaclyn Isen and her Beehive Arts Collective. Meets on Last Wednesday of every month, in the Toronto Parkdale – Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, except summer months.
Topic: Wednesday March 31 – Culture Jamming / Guerilla Art / Indy Media Literacy
Thought Provoking Topic Resource Links
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Local artist, Daryl Vocat does a lot of guerillla-type art. Visit his web site Infestant Propaganda
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Another group of performance artists/jammers called “Finger in the Dyke Productions”www.fingerinthedyke.ca/ Though they are montreal based, they internationally known, (Famous for their “Lesbian National Parks and Services… piece).
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Similar, and local (York Professor and equally edgy/wacky lesbian feminist artist) Allyson Mitchell. www.allysonmitchell.com/AMbio.cfm
Culture Jamming on an ex-gay movement billboard
The focus of our March Unconference
Will be on a plethora of independent media-art-and-culture-making tactics through which folk (especially marginalized subjects, ie-those whose voices and stories don’t always get heard such as queer youth) enact resistance and “talk back” to the damaging messages they are inundated with. With the inspiration of our artist/activist presenters, we will explore together the extent to which these practices work as a strategy of personal/political/social healing and transformation.
Our visual, virtual, and physical space have become increasingly taken over as commercial space. We are bombarded with messages and images that normalize and naturalize dominant/normative/and often hurtful ideas, including those about our gender and sexuality.
Poster by Jaclyn Isen
Poster, click to open, click closed.
Details on all panelists and suggested discussion questions…coming soon.
This draft layout is not the final page
As of Sunday March 7th. Two guests are confirmed. Queer zinester, Sarah Pinder as facilitator and Journalist Victoria Gray, will be talking about blogging as indy-media. There are more to be confirmed.
Teaser Videos
In Video Below: Social activism through street art. Frank Shepard Fairey (Born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today’s best known and most influential street artists.
In Video Below: Featuring footage from the 2007 Portland Zine Symposium, a zine bicycle tour of Portland, and activities bringing zine culture to life. An original documentary culled from over 64 hours of footage. Best suited for people with a new interest in zines, pros, and novices. Artwork by Cristy Road and music by J Church and Defiance, OH! Created by Basil Shadid, Rev. Phil Sano, Nickey Robo, and Joe Biel.
In video below, Toronto Culture Jammer , Carly Stasko explains her involvement in the movement.
The SHOUT evening is Free and Wheelchair Accessible. Vegetarian food, cupcakes and green tea, will be provided.
ShOUT- Happens on last Wednesday of every month From 6:30 pm to 8: 30 pm at the Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan Avenue (Toronto Parkdale) Street Map In the warmer months it will be held outdoors at various locations in the city. Families welcome to attend too. Queer West Office 416-879-7954 Program Manager and Queer West, Vice President : Jaclyn Isen: qwshout@gmail.com
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ShOUT is brought to you by our Fabulous Sponsors
Bent Expressions Newspaper | Queer West Arts and Culture Centre| Youth Employment Services| OUTtv.ca | Naco Gallery & Cafe| IvarDesign.com| | Lesbian Social Business NetworK (LSBN) | Parkdale Liberty Villager Newspaper | Swagger
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