For this one-day only event, the school will come to life, or rather, rise back from the dead. Artists will act as necromancers and use their power of art, installation, sound, video and performance to activate the space and open gateways into strange new worlds! Some things you may encounter on your visit to Ghost Hole IV: Sculptures made by poltergeists, a haunted outhouse, bodies on the beach, boobie traps in the woods, ghostly children under the floorboards, altered states of reality, floating apparitions and historical building tours led by ghostly faculty.

Family friendly between 2pm – 6pm,
but once the sun goes down things get a lot darker!
Performances by Maylee Todd (Maloo), JAL, Processor, Barbara, Sunken Skulls, Dune Buddies and comedy by Nick Flanagan.

Tickets on sale now @ soundscapes! 12$

For more information go to: http://ghosthole4.wordpress.com

Doors at 7pm
$$$Donation cover$$$
Pumpkin Carving Mayhem with
Horror movie screenings curated by Calgary’s
Brandon A. Dalmer

Bring your own pumpkin or buy a pumpkin.
(limited pumpkins for sale)

Cheap drinks for sale
as well as specialty Halloween treats!
(drunk gummy bears and fresh roasted pumpkin seeds)

After 11pm follows the DANCE PARTY
lit only by jack’o'laterns!!!

Dodgy Disco spinning funky post-disco pre-house vinyl to get you dancing.
Going till late late late!!!!

Stay till the end of the night when we’ll carry pumpkins to Murder Park for some good ol’fashioned PUMPKIN SMASHING!

Come party and support
GHOST HOLE IV!

http://ghosthole4.wordpress.com/

This Friday October 5th,
the White House will be holding a silent auction to help pay off our debts.
The whitehouse is facing an outstanding property tax+hydro bill debt of $3800.

Times are chaging and a lot of original members are moving on and would like to leave the project debt free. Many have used the whitehouse over the years for a multitude of purposes and its been really great. I would love everyone to come together now to celebrate it by helping raise funds to end the project on a positive note.

Auction starts at 7pm

ARTIST LIST:

Zeesy Powers
Katie Pretti
Rebecca Fin
Margaux Williamson
Georgia Dickie
Sebastian Butt
Jennifer Chan
Hanna Hur
Sandy Plotnikoff
Nadia Berelique
Abby McGuane
Vanessa Maltese
Jillian Kay Ross
Iris Fraser
Henry Fabrege
Don Miller
Life of a Craphead
VSVSVS
Jubal Brown
Melissa Fisher
Brandon Dalmer
Felix Kalmenson
Gregory Denton
Sarah Friend
Cameron Lee
Brett Despotovich
Andrew Zukerman
Laura McCoy
Patricia Beattie
Xenia Benivolski
Laura Curley
Victoria Cheung
Brette Gabel
Alicia Nauta
James Fowler
David Hanes
Brad Tinmouth
Ryan Park
Ulysses Castellanos
Nadja Sayej
Janis Demkiw
Christy Kunitzky
Julia Dickens
Lili Huston-Herterich
Danielle St. Amour
Stanzie Tooth
Vanessa Rieger
Vince Vining
Nicholas Robbins
Jessica Valentin
Jamie Ross
Nitasha McKnight
Zoe Alexis Abrams
Yuula Benivolski
Willie Brisco
Josh Vettivelu
Basil AlZeri
Sarah D’Angelo
Paul Wadsworth
Zoe Solomon
Diana Vandermaulen
Jennie Suddick

and more…..

ALL MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS THE DEBT.

Alexander Hryshko and White House Studio member Nathaniel Addison present “Sadistic Glam” -’94, a sardonic investigation of ruin and redundancy uncovered through photographs, bootleg VHS tapes, shoot interviews and cheap souvenirs. Evidence of real pain and personal tragedy are documented and arranged to present an alternate perspective on celebrity and spectacle from behind the scenes of professional wrestling.

Displayed using obsolete technologies that signify the temporary highs experienced by pro wrestlers, the collection chronicles a mainstreaming of violence and corruption that has accelerated over the last 30 years of the oldest sport in the world.  “Sadistic Glam” -’94 confronts the youths’ naive adoration with brutal truths and disturbing personalities, attempting to reconcile the difference.

Bands start around 11.

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CAiiRO FOSTER

SAILBOATS ARE WHITE

$5 AT THE DOOR

Starts at 8pm
Drinks available

Studio Member James Fowler has curated another year of the 10×10 photography exhibition showcasing Toronto’s queer creative scene.

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 28th, 2012: 7 pm – 11pm
at the Gladstone Hotel.

Exhibition runs from June 21 – July 15, 2012

Featuring work by: R.Kelly Clipperton, Adamo de Pax, Guntar Kravis, Sue Lloyd, JJ Levine, John Monteith, Renee Navarro, Alex Nursall, Allyson Scott and Sonja Scharf

On the strength of a resoundingly successful inaugural year, 10×10 has cemented a new yearly tradition of inviting ten queer Canadian photographers to take ten portraits of LGBTQ Canadians who have contributed to the arts. These 100 portraits celebrate those who share their talents and creativity through various art forms, as well as those who work behind the scenes to support the arts.

For its sophomore outing, the 10×10 Photography Project has assembled a new roster of ten LGBTQ photographers with varied professional backgrounds and diverse approaches to portraiture. They focus our attention on some of Canada’s leading creative minds and arts professionals, shining a light on tomorrow’s brightest stars. Some of the subjects featured in this year’s exhibition include: Kristyn Wong-Tam, Vivek Shraya, David Dixon, Daniel MacIvor, Salah Bachir, Rae Spoon, Johnny Forever, Andy Fabo, Elle Flanders, Christopher House, Damion Nurse, Zoe Whittall, Ed Pien, Sook-Yin Lee, Deb Pearce, Diane Flacks, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Shauna Dempsey, Jamie Angell and many many more!!

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Studio member Vanessa Rieger is now on the Board for Whippersnapper gallery and is helping out with the New Traditions art and music festival.

June 30th, 12noon – 11pm.
At Gibraltar Point Artscape – Toronto Island
BUY TICKETS ONLINE!

The first annual New Traditions: Island Music and Art Festival will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Artscape Gibraltar Point on the Toronto Island on Saturday June 30th. This independent artist-run and family friendly festival will feature 12 straight hours of live music, site-specific outdoor art installations, performances, folk dance workshops, a puppet slam and feasts of fresh food.

Featuring performance and artwork by:
Alessandra Naccarato
Kosa Kolektiv
Chandra Melting Tallow
Maylee Todd + Jenna Lee Forde
VSVSVS
Felix Kalmenson
Artichoke Heart Collective
Box Outside Storytelling Collective
+ featuring over 12 musical acts!

3rd photo from inside The White House by Zak Tatham.
More 3d photos here.

MELODRAMZ: A Night of Contrivances honours all manner of lavish gestures, flamboyant dress and states of distress in celebration of the launch of Toronto-based writer David Balzer’s new e-book of short stories, Contrivances (Joyland/ECW Press).

Read more about Contrivances and its neurotic heroines here: http://www.ecwpress.com/books/contrivances-epub

The launch is marked by a one-night-only exhibition featuring artwork from and related to the book by:

Derek Aubichon
Marcel Dzama
Alison Fleming
Alexandra Flood
Oliver Husain
Sholem Krishtalka
Vanessa Rieger
Emily Stoddart
Janet Werner
Margaux Williamson

Throughout the evening, there will be short readings—in drag—by Lauren Bride, Sean O’Neill, Liz Peterson, Bojana Stancic, Regina the Gentlelady, more.

Between readings, reeraw (Sheroes) DJs.

After the readings, dance your red shoes off with DJs Kevin Ritchie (Big Primpin), Luis Jacob (Love Saves the Day) and Balonius (Shakedown Street). Enjoy a unique array of gifs pertaining to the book, from Johnny Guitar to Jennifer Jason Leigh after-school specials, curated by reeraw and made by Helen Adamidou, Gaby Cepeda, Manuel Fernández, Tony Halmos, Georges Jacotey, Rollin Leonard, Grace McEvoy, Sally McKay, Rea McNamara, Lorna Mills, Chiara Passa, Yoshi Sodeoka and Giselle Zatonyl.

Admission is $8 and includes a copy of Contrivances.
Doors at 8:00pm
@ The White House
277.5 Augusta Ave.

++++++++ BOOK LAUNCH ++++++++CHRIS FOSTER++++++++

Developed over the period of two years, New Civilizations is a body of elaborate collages created with collected imagery from old magazines and books. The works depict improbable landscapes that integrate modern and ancient architecture. They depict figures engaged in ambiguous activities of construction and destruction suggesting a state of flux. They use a dark sense of humour to explore patterns of futility in human activity while negotiating feelings of optimism and hopelessness. New Civilizations is self published in a first print edition of 250, 24 pages printed offset. They are $25.

Join us this Thursday for the launch
at The White House, 277.5 Augusta Ave.
Opens at 8pm.

Chris Foster is a Halifax based Artist working in illustration, installation and printmaking. His work employs a dark sense of humour to explore themes of escapism, resourcefulness and First World excess.

More of his work can be viewed at
www.chrisfoster.ca

**DISCLAIMER:  No interns were harmed in the making of this sitcom.