Housepaint

Housepaint Collection Auction: 'Housepaint for Habitat'

 

Own a piece of history and support Habitat Toronto in building affordable housing!

With 100% of proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity Toronto to help build affordable housing the Housepaint Collection is priced to move ($100-1750 CAD.) You are not just bidding on an artwork by a top Canadian street artist -- but one that was included the first street art exhibition within a major Canadian Museum. Additionally, an artifact loaded with the history of the first installation at the tent city site.  Innovative and recognizable, the works have been featured in or written about in the following media outlets: Canadian Art Magazine, The Star (three times), The Globe and Mail, Azure, Inside Toronto, The Space Channel, 24 Hours, St. Catharine’s Standard, The Sault Star, The Peterborough Examiner, The Canadian Press, Times and Transcript, Art Daily, Artcrimes, Toronto Living, The National Post and many more..

Click the image above to check out the quick view gallery or click on:
http://housepaint.typepad.com/photos/housepaintcollection/index.html

Go directly to the auction page:
http://www.realauction.ca/housepaintforhabitat/en/

 

 

Housepaint - final weekend

After an exciting six-month run at the ICC, the ground-breaking exhibition Housepaint is set to close after this weekend. The exhibition has been accompanied by a wide range of programming, including visits with the artists, workshops, panel discussions and films. The amazing new commissions by EVOKE, OTHER, ELICSER, SPECTER and FAUXREEL have kept visitors coming through the doors.

If you haven't had a chance to see the exhibit, or if you haven't seen it in a while, the ICC encourages you to make time to see it before the official close this Monday, July 6th. Please remember that there is half price admission on fridays from 4:30 pm to 9:30 pm.