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For the month of October Eglinton Station becomes a cultural hub featuring live music, aerial dance and vibrant visual art. Here's an overview of what you will see:
Dance Photography by Cylla von Tiedemann
Eighteen dynamic dance photographs by Cylla von Tiedemann on
display along the Eglinton platform.
Click on photos to see larger version
and dance credits: 
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Since immigrating to Canada in 1981 from Germany, Cylla von Tiedemann has developed an impressive body of work both as a visual artist and a published photographer.
She has worked with renowned productions including the National Ballet of Canada, the Stratford Festival, Mirvish Productions, Toronto Dance Theatre and the Toronto Symphony. |
Argentine tango
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| Try the Argentine tango for yourself. Follow the dance steps located on the tiled-floor of the Eglinton station foyer. You and a partner can sample the traditional dance that originated in Argentina and is now enjoyed around the world. |
Mayor David Miller learns to tango with El Abrazo
dancers at Eglington Station. |
Tuesday, October 4:
The Chimera Project : 9 am - 12 pm
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Thursday, October 6:
ABS Breakdance Crew: 9 am - 12 pm
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Friday, October 7:
ABS Breakdance Crew: 7 pm - 10 pm
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Saturday, October 8:
The CHIMERA Project: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Tuesday, October 11:
Dance: Aerial - Heather Hammond: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Wednesday, October 12:
Company BLONDE: 9 am -12 pm
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Thursday, October 13:
Company BLONDE: 9 am - 12 pm
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Saturday, October 15:
ABS Dance Crew: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Monday, October 17:
Aerial - Heather Hammond: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Wednesday, October 19:
Tap - Cathy Duncan: 5 pm - 8 pm
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Friday, October 21:
The CHIMERA Project: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Sunday, October 23:
ABS Breakdance Crew: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Tuesday, October 25:
TILT Sound and Motion Company : 9 am - 12 pm
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Thursday, October 27:
TILT Sound and Motion Company: 9 am - 12 pm
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Saturday, October 29:
TAP- Cathy Duncan: 4 pm - 7 pm |
October Events Calendar
Metal sculpture forest created by Tempermettle
Hand-forged metal tree and animal sculptures by Gillian Farnsworth and Rowena O'Connor are on display in the Eglinton bus terminal rotunda.
Tempermettle is the imagination of artist, Gillian Farnsworth, and metal tailor, Rowena O'Connor. This creative team showcases interactive, sculptural installations. TM's trademark exhibition, "Engineered", is a synthetic forest populated by tree-like forms and armour-clad critters displayed in a natural landscape of grass and bark mulch hills. Gillian and Rowena have been working together for over a decade. Their installations have been featured across Canada and New York City and in film.
Illustration by Julie Voyce
Curated by Bill Huffman, Toronto Arts Council
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Illustrations by Julie Voyce cover the lower stairway and pillars of the Eglinton subway platform.
Left: "Casper", top right: "Grade 1", bottom right: "Frost"
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Julie Voyce has studied art at the Ottawa Municipal Art Centre, the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts and at OCAD. Voyce draws upon mass media and advertising to create her fantastical, whimsical images, sometimes with a darker side to them. She has exhibited extensively across Canada, Europe and Japan.
She is the recipient of First Prize for the Great Canadian Printmaking Competition in 2003, and was voted Toronto Artist of the Year for the Steamwhistle Art Awards in 2004.
Landscape Installation by Michelle Gay:
Curated by Bill Huffman, Toronto Arts Council
A landscape mural by Michelle Gay is on display. Her mural is shown as a series of 18 prints that run the length of the Eglinton subway platform.
Click on mural to see a larger image of one section
Michelle Gay trained as an artist at the University of Toronto's Art and Art History Programme and later received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). She integrates a range of media and investigates the junctures between bodies and technologies using computers. She collaborates with her sibling — Colin Gay (a particle physicist) on software/hardware based works.
Panoramic photography by Michael Awad
Curated by the Art Gallery of Ontario
A panoramic photograph by Michael Awad is located in the interior subway entrance. The photo captures Yonge Street from Union Station all the way to Finch. This project is presented by the AGO as part of thier Wall Works Project.
Architect and photographer Michael Awad, of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, has worked as an architect and curator. He is also an architectural photographer whose experimental urban photography has been shown at Toronto's Powerplant, Canada's leading contemporary gallery.
Monday, October 17:
Ontario College of Art & Design: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Thursday, October 20:
Ontario College of Art & Design: 9 am - 12 pm
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Monday, October 24:
Ontario College of Art & Design: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Thursday, October 27:
Ontario College of Art & Design: 9 am - 12 pm |
October Events Calendar
Wednesday, October 5:
Dubbin' De Vibes with Michael St. George & Motion: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Friday, October 7:
The Delightful Divas: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Sunday, October 9:
African Nomadic Rhythms with Waleed Abdulhamid: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Friday, October 14:
Guitar Gathering with Adam Solomon: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Sunday, October 16:
Rodrigo Chavez and Cassava: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Tuesday, October 18:
Fridge Magnets: 9 am - 12 pm
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Thursday, October 20:
Dance Around the Nile: 9 am - 12 pm
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Saturday, October 22:
Acoustic Reggae Rhythms w/ Michael Garrick & Warren Wayne:
4 pm - 7 pm
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Monday, October 24:
Music to be announced: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Wednesday, October 26:
autorickshaw: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Friday, October 28:
Music to be announced: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Sunday, October 30:
Ndidi Onukwulu: 4 pm - 7 pm
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Monday, October 31:
Digging Roots: 4 pm - 7 pm
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October Events Calendar
One Stop Network video boards on the subway platforms in Eglinton Station and throughout the subway system feature short film excerpts.
Award-winning novel by David Bezmozgis
A gigantic reproduction of two pages from David Bezmozgis's award-winning novel, Natasha & Other Stories is on display at the foot of the stairs on the subway platform. The stairwell and pillars are also wrapped with images of Toronto Book Awards winning and short listed books from the past six years.
David Bezmozgis received an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from McGill University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California.
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His writing has appeared in publications such as Harper's, The New Yorker and The Walrus and has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories, 2005.
His first book, Natasha and Other Stories won the 2005 Toronto Book Awards, the 2005 Canadian Jewish Book Award and the 2005 Danuta Gleed Award. Natasha has been translated into 12 languages. |
Toronto is a Poem by Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Toronto's Poet Laureate
A quote about Toronto culture from Toronto's own Poet Laureate Pier Girgio Di Cicco can be read at the top of the south stairs descending onto the subway platform.
Pier Girgio Di Cicco was born in Arezzo, Italy and raised in Montreal, Baltimore and Toronto. During his literary career he has been an editor, author, teacher, guest lecturer and poet. Di Cicco is Toronto's second Poet Laureate. His poetry has continued to develop in new and unexpected ways and has won him a new generation of readers. The Dark Time of Angels (2003) received glowing reviews as well as a nomination for the Trillium Award.
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