AWOL Gallery Presents:
The 8th Annual & Original Square Foot Show
Artist Opening Reception: Saturday, August 21, 7pm - Free
Show runs from Aug. 20 - Sept. 5
Gallery Hours: Thurs. - Sat. 12-8pm & Sun. 12-5pm. *Please note Saturday, August 21, the gallery will
be closed from 6-7pm for reception preparations.

100A Ossington Ave. 2nd floor (an off site venue just steps from the Gallery)
& AWOL Gallery 76 Ossington Ave.
Exhibition dates: Saturday August 21 – September 5, 2010
Reception: Saturday, August 21st, 7 pm - Free
Gallery Hours: Thurs. - Sat. 12-8pm & Sun. 12-5pm.

Often imitated but never duplicated? THE 2010 Square Foot Show at AWOL Gallery (Toronto, Canada) is once again set to become Toronto’s premier summer show! Each year the Square Foot Show gets bigger and better and this year is no exception. With hundreds of artists and over a thousand works of art, AWOL gallery promises a dynamic visual art experience. Be the first to see the show at the Gala reception or stand in line (that’s right, this is one of only a few shows which creates a line up on opening night) and experience the artist’s reception, which attracted close to 1000 people at last year’s event. The SQFT experience is a fun, visual delight. The shows appeal is in the collective creative energy of having hundreds of local, national, and international artists in all media showcasing their work in a central location.

The Square Foot Show, an annual group exhibition is an incredible networking event for artists to gain exposure to collectors, curators, media, other artists and the general public. This is Square Foot’s eighth year and the AWOL Collective is aiming to make this one the best ever! Like 2009’s exhibition, we will hold The Square Foot Show at both an off-site venue called the Lower Ossington Theatre (LOT) at 100A Ossington and at AWOL Gallery at 76 Ossington. Together these venues can accommodate both the numerous artworks and the hundreds of people who come to view this exhibit every year - In 2009 over 800 artists participated with over 1500 pieces exhibited!

Square Foot brings together artists from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines and career levels and offers their work at $225 per piece. It provides the established artist a distinctive group show opportunity and is also a venue for emerging artists to have their work discovered by galleries and collectors alike.

This year AWOL will be hosting a ticketed gala preview on Friday August 20 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Tickets are $20.00 and proceeds from ticket sales will go to local charities, The Daily Bread Food Bank and Arts For Children and Youth.

The AWOL Gallery Square Foot Show has spawned numerous imitation shows in Toronto and throughout North America. However,? it has been AWOL’S commitment to a non-juried, affordable, international community exhibition that has continually kept the show unique, fun, and versatile.

?Who are these guys? AWOL Gallery and Studios is celebrating its 11th year of showcasing Contemporary Art in Toronto. The Ossington Avenue? location houses the gallery and fourteen studio spaces and has been a pioneer of the Queen West Gallery District and Ossington revitalization. This seven-artist collective has produced? hundreds? of? exhibitions, as well as 10 grand? annual group shows of varying formats since it’s inception in 1999.


JURIED AWARDS:
Several juried prizes will be awarded, including “Best in Show”.
The jury will consist of outside artist professionals.

SHOW DATES: Saturday August 21st - Sunday September 5th, 2010
ARTISTS RECEPTION: Saturday August 21, 7pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday 12-8pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Location: 100A Ossington Ave. 2nd floor (an off site venue just steps from the Gallery)

For Participating Artists:
QUESTIONS?? Due to the large number of artists participating in the show please refer to the FAQs page click here for answers to your questions. If your question is not on the FAQs page, please email us awolsqftshow@gmail.com.

Square Foot 2008 Youtube footage: (click on the links below)
Preparation Footage
Gala Night Footage
Reception Night Footage