Celebrating HA&L magazine's 14th Anniversary

Hamilton Arts & Letters magazine in partnership with the Art Gallery of Hamilton and CCENA

JOIN US for HA&L magazine’s 14th Anniversary!!

Together we celebrate 14 years of publishing and our 2022 releases:

HA&L issue 15.2

PROCESS with Guest Editor Karl Jirgens

HA&L issue 15.1

The Canadian Chapbook issue

With Guest Editors Jim Johnstone and Shane Neilson

CELEBRATE WITH US!

THURSDAY December 8th at 6:50pm

R.S.V.P. – let us know you’ll be there!

Free Admission

Cash Bar

LOCATION: Art Gallery of Hamilton

123 King Street West Hamilton ON, L8P 4S8

(more info >>>)

Main Floor:

6:50pm - Enlow Family Gallery

7:15pm - Joey And Toby Tanenbaum Pavilion

6:50pm - Enlow Family Gallery

• VOKS Poetry performance with:

Christeen Urquhart • Simon Richards • Sedona Micale • Glen Marshall • Leo Dragtoe • Annerie van Gemerden • Richard Douglass-Chin • Jeff Mahoney • Paddy Mcguire •

• Followed by a brief artists talk by HA&L editors Fiona Kinsella and Paul Lisson

7:15pm - Joey And Toby Tanenbaum Pavilion

SHORT TALKS / Readings / Video:

• Opening Remarks: Author Daniel Coleman, CCENA

• Issue 15.1 Guest Editor Shane Neilson

• Monica Plant, Hamilton-based artist, writer, and naturalist

• Richard Douglass-Chin, poet, writer, activist

• Issue 15.2 Guest Editor Karl Jirgens

• Gillian Dunks, Archives & Research Collections, McMaster on chapbooks

• Gary Barwin – writer, composer, and multidisciplinary artist – “FO” a poetry video

Poem Film:

• KASSAK: The premiere of a Poem Film by HAL Founding Art Director Peter Stevens (1963-2015). Based on Endre Szkárosi’s (1952-2022) poem: “KASSAK”. Score Dusty Micale. Produced and edited by Sedona Micale.

Live Music:

• The Mohawk College music ensemble ArtPop under the direction of Dusty Micale

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AGH Exhibitions and HA&L Installation:

• Art Gallery of Hamilton exhibitions are free to view all day on THURSDAY December 8.

• Take in a few exhibitions and view HA&L’s one day installation before our 14th Anniversary Celebration begins!

• CHECK OUT THE AGH’s:

- The Bigger Picture: Art in Hamilton 1950-2000

- and Gatherings: Roger Ferreira and Kareem-Anthony Ferreira

AGH Pavilion:

• HA&L’s one day Installation Features a looping Short Film program (afternoon program 1pm to 5pm)

- The premiere of a Poem Film by HAL Founding Art Director Peter Stevens (1963-2015). We truly miss that guy. The Film is based on Endre Szkárosi’s (1952-2022) poem titled “KASSAK”.

- The Perfect Archive (Simon Richards / Paul Lisson)

- The Foundry (Sedona Micale / Elizabeth Tessier)

ALSO on view in the Enlow Family Gallery

HA&L’s 2016 Cees and Annerie van Gemerden celebration slideshow. Were you there? Looping in the Enlow Family Gallery.

MORE INFO:

https://halmagazine.wordpress.com/hal-14th-anniversary/

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COVID-19: MASKS Encouraged <3 Bring one in case they become required!

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Please refer to the Art Gallery of Hamilton's website for information on Accessibility.

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JOIN US! All are welcome.

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