Georgestown Neighbourhood Association

For over ten years, Eastern Edge Gallery has organized an annual summer arts festival, the 24 Hour Art Marathon. The festival celebrates all contemporary forms of artistic disciplines with a variety of activities: performance art, spoken word, video, contemporary music, artist talks, workshops, screenings, an outdoor soap-box stage as well as the marathon event; 24 hours of creative madness.

2010 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

+ International video/performance art by projection artists SWEATSHOPPE (New York)
+ Outdoor art installations: Landscape Walk, Lia Rogers (AB); Tree Cozies, Heidi Wagner (NL); $tore $how, Lalie Douglas (QC); Come In Go Away, Pasha Malla & Stephanie Bruce (ON); I Love..., Pick Me Up Artist Collective(NL).
+ Daily Community BBQs with local organizations
+ Local and Invited musical guests at the Rose & Thistle, Wed/Thurs
+ Staged performance art: Here & Now, Alicia Grant (ON), The Lost Stompin' Tom Songs , Henry Adam Svec (ON), Romance, Business, Letters and Braziers, Megan Morrison (NL), Let’s Talk About Celine, Anna Felaxos (ON/NL)
+ Workshops for kids and professional artist development as well as VJ Boot Camp with Mr. Ghosty
+ Kids Video Dance Party
+ Fancy Artist Talks with local and invited artists
+ 24 Hour Art Marathon Event featuring over 100 local artists creating live
+ Marathon Art Exhibition and Auction

+ so much more! FOR MORE INFORMATION: 24hourartmarathon.wordpress.com