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SUMMARY:Give Me Shelter
DESCRIPTION:Give Me Shelter is an exhibition that presents 12 artistic responses to housing insecurity and homelessness by architects and artists from Canada and other countries. It's on display at the SAW Centre, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa from October 11, 2024, to January 25, 2025. 



The co-curators are Serkan Taycan, a PhD in Architecture student at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, and Jason St.-Laurent, curator of SAW.



Opening ReceptionFriday, October 11, 6.00 p.m. to midnightSAW Centre, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa6:00 p.m. — Panel discussion: Housing Solutions Now!8:00 p.m. — Performance by Aymara Alvarado Lang: Demolition PermitMusic by DJ Geronimo Inutiq and catering by ChickpeasFree admission and cash bar




Work by Andrea Luka Zimmerman



Work by Kika Thorne & Adrian Blackwell / October Group and February Group




Artists



Aymara Alvarado Lang (Gatineau), Arquitectura Expandida (Bogotá), Center for Urban Pedagogy (New York), Abigail Child (New York), Tony Cokes (New York), Guerilla Girls (New York), Joar Nango and Tanya Busse (Tromsø), Kika Thorne and Adrian Blackwell (Toronto) / October Group and February Group, Michael Rakowitz (Chicago), Neal Rockwell (Montréal), Frank Shebageget (Ottawa) and Andrea Luka Zimmerman (London)Curators:  Jason St-Laurent (Ottawa) and Serkan Taycan (Istanbul)Advisor:  Stefan St-Laurent (Gatineau)



Focused on social practice and community activism, the participating artists propose a wide range of projects that shed light on this ever-pressing issue. Together, the works in the exhibition urge us to consider how we might create more equitable and compassionate systems that provide safe housing for all.Give Me Shelter is the inaugural edition of SAW’s new triennial exhibition of art and activism.Funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Government of Canada, City of Ottawa, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Ottawa Community Foundation
LOCATION:Saw Gallery Inc, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 7B9
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