Check out the Premier South Asian Heritage Festival of Mississauga!
The 5th annual summer stalwart of the Greater Toronto artistic community is back!
And we at ANOKHI are proud to be a part of it!
Come to the TELUS MOSAIC 2010
One of the fastest growing festivals of the GTA and the largest completely free multi-disciplinary arts festival of Western GTA will open its 2010 run with a visual arts show at the Living Arts Centre at 7:00 pm on July 8th, 2010.
Asma Arshad Mahmood, Chair of CCAI (non for profit organization that runs Mosaic) and the Festival Director notes, “Visual arts have occupied a very important place in the programming for Mosaic Festival. Every year we strive to present better and unique art shows to showcase the contemporary artwork by South Asian artists from around the world and especially in Canada. " Celebrating the fifth year, Mosaic Festival has relocated to Living Arts Centre due to the on going construction in the Civic Square, the home of Mosaic Festival.
EXHIBITS! This year’s theme, Dislocation, explores the act of moving, migration, relocation from a historical or contemporary perspective and makes an effort to examine the change of identity of the object or subject, as we know it. Mississauga is a city of migrants and their desire to identify themselves in the Diaspora has created a fascination with cultural and religious practices. Exploration of man displacement across state line and borders (physical and cultural), and what it entails in terms of space, time and sense of loss or discovery are the intriguing elements of this exhibition. Tourism is also suggested as a contemporary metaphor of this exploration. The artists in "Dislocation" address the central themes of the exhibition in terms of their individual art practice. They all examine the peculiar transitional relationship between the immigrant, tenant, hotel guest, their destination and the encounters that take place.
Dislocation jury included Kumkum Ramchandani, a Mississauga based visual artist of Indian origin, Saniya Khan an artist with a degree and distinction in Textile Design from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan and Noni Kaur, Mississauga based artist with MFA degree from Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
Visual Artists whose work comprise the exhibition “Dislocation” are Hayat Gul, Varughese Thomas USA, Tazeen Qayyum, Faisal Anwar, Vishal Misra/ Anu Misra, Reeta Saeed, Debashis Sinha, Anandi Merhai, Amin ur Rehman from Canada and Sumaira Tazeen Pakistan, the visual arts show takes place in TD Room on the second floor of of LAC from Thursday July 8, 2010 to Sunday July 11, 2010.
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in a unique collaboration with TELUS Mosaic Festival will present a special Darbar as pre-exhibition marketing event for Maharaja, a unique exhibit opening at the AGO in November. The specially designed location will set the stage for video interviews with the festival visitors about their experiences and knowledge of Maharajas and their times. Visitors are encouraged to share the information, pictures and artifacts to engage in this show. In addition to free children art workshops, Free passes to the show will also be given out.
FILMS! For all you filmi-philes, this festival also brings you an added bonus: A South Asian Film Festival. Produced by FILMI it opens simultaneously at the Rogers Theatre of Living Arts Centre. In its 3rd year, it showcases films written, directed or produced Canadians of South Asian origin, or films dealing with or relating to South Asian subjects. programmed by FILMI, the film festival has had past screenings of notable films including Air India flight 182, Ganesh, Wonder Boy, The Pool and I Do, Do I? Presented by TELUS Mosaic Festival, this film festival is completely free and runs on July 8th, 9th and 10th. Rogers Theatre of Living Arts Centre, have a limited seating capacity and seating is first come first serve basis. Mississauga Talkies was launched in 2008 with the screening of Bollywood hit musical comedy Buntie Aur Babli on a large 30 foot screen set up in the Mississauga Civic Square as part of the festival's opening. Watching a Bollywood flick under the Mississauga skies became a hit right from the beginning with more 3,500 people on the festival grounds to watch Buntie Aur Babli. The following year, organizers witnessed an even bigger crowd with Singh is King with world renowned musical sensation, RDB headlining the main stage in their first full concert Canadian performance. This year, Mississauga Talkies is pleased to present the popular choice of Kal Ho Na Ho starring Shahrukh Khan, Priety Zinta and Saif Ali Khan.
BONUS! Popular film and television star Juggan Kazim (of Pink Laddoo fame) will appear at TELUS Mosaic 2010 as our special guest from Pakistan and will take part in a talk, with a retrospective of her recent works in Canada and Pakistan at Rogers theatre. This exclusive one hour session is put together by FILMI.
MUSIC! The main stage will present more than 20 hours of programming including headliners in full concert performances by Canadian sensation JoSH (first free live performance in Mississauga), UK's SWAMI (of "Electro Jugni" and "Sugarless"), Pakistan's Mekaal Hassan Band fand Shiamak’s Indo Jazz Dance. Other artists set to perform include Dhol Circle, Prita Chhabra, Deep Jandoo, Anuj Rastogi, Amar and Ram, Neha Bhavsar, Sonay Gabbroo Punjab De, Hemant and Vaishali Panwar, Bangla as well as Sri Lankan and Latin American performances. Rock the Coliseum, youth stage will present 18 bands in the largest free indie music festival of GTA during TELUS Mosaic 2010 and Underground Garage Sale will provide opportunity to 8 young local artists to exhibit and sell their art and crafts.
FASHION! Fashion show with designer Nadia Lakdawala choreographed by Tahira Haq and a theatre presentation by Ashima Suri. A special exhibition of Saris painted by artists from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh will also be up for an exhibition. these one of a kind saris are the expression of our artists from their native lands and are sure to inspire and interest the audience with their unique and unusual approach.
KIDS! For the kids! Special free arts and robot making workshops are organized for the children at the festival. The work shops are conducted by well known Canadian artist Kristen Keller. Children are encouraged to bring along empty and washed cartons of milk, plastic bottles etc for making robots with recyclable materials. Midway rides for children and adults will be a part of Mosaic this year as well operating at the Princess Royal Drive adjacent to our food court.
FOOD! South Asian Food Festival at Mosaic food court will bring to you the finest of South Asian cuisine and more. This year you will be able to enjoy both vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods as well as Halal Italian and Indonesian specialties.
SHOPPING! Vendors Bazaar will be located inside the Atrium of Living Arts Centre where you can buy exclusive South Asian jewelry and clothing. Sponsor area is also inside the atrium with booths representing various non-for profit and community service organizations. Tables and booths can be booked by contacting R. Kamdar at 416.858.1942.
CONTEST! Mosaic festival awards one return ticket to a South Asian destination (flown by Etihad Airways). Anyone can go and enter online at www.mosaicfest.com . This online ballot will remain open until Thursday July 8th until midnight. You can fill out a ballot at the Mosaic INFO booth at the festival after that. The draw will be held at the festival main stage on Sunday July 11th in the evening hours. You must be physically present at the festival to claim
...AND ITS ALL FREE!! So come to this largest completely free festival of its kind in the Western GTA and enjoy the weekend. We even have special hotel packages for those from outside Mississauga and who wish to stay overnight. Please check out these deals at the www.mosaicfest.com .
