Making Time
January 7–January 31, 2003

Presented in conjunction with the 2003 Windsor Labour Arts Festival.

Labour and Time has been chosen as the theme of the 2003 Fourth Annual Windsor Labour Arts Festival, sponsored by the University Labour Studies Programme and the Labour Community. We invited artists, students, and workers from the community to come into Artcite and make art addressing the issues of Time and Labour. This open studio project, Making Time began on January 07, 2003 and will conclude with an opening reception for the Labour Arts Festival on Friday, January 31.

Visual artists, writers, and performance artists along with others were invited to participate in the projects listed below! Fees will be paid to all artists participating based on time “clocked- in.

Participating Artists:

Jeff Bezaire
Susan Gold
Josie Hazen
Suzanne Konyha
Margaret Lawrence
Oona Mosna
Tony Mosna
Jason Raven
Andrea Slavik
A.G. Smith

Jeff Bezaire, Simulated Auto Assembly Line  – An assembly line situation was set up to create toy cars.

Susan Gold, Time Line - A roll of paper was pinned to the wall with a pre-drawn line; people were invited to contribute with events from the history of labour and art in Windsor with text and images.

Susan Gold, Diego Riviera Mural Project - A section of the Rivera Mural at the DIA was divided into small squares. People were invited to reproduce their square and contribute to the re-creation of the Mural.

Josie Hazen, Printing Press Project – a labour print was created; Hazen was available to help people to create their own version of the print with the modules available. The completed prints covered the wall behind the press.

Suzanne Konyha, Food Assembly Project Line - Assembly line food making was organized each Saturday.

Margaret Lawrence, Handwork Production with Indigenous Materials - Margaret made several sleeping mats in the gallery with material gathered from backyards in Windsor. People were invited to join her in this work.

Oona Mosna, Chess Game Marathon - Oona Mosna and Jackie Fitzgerald completed a 24 hour Chess Marathon in the gallery space.

Tony Mosna, Art Tech Project - Tony set up a situation where local art techs and art tech whanna-bees could come in and help construct some items that are needed by Artcite.

Jason Raven, Collage Project - A labour intensive collage project was set up on one wall of the gallery. A table and materials was made available for those who wished to collaborate. The artist was in the gallery to work on the collage on several occasions.

Performance Poets Writing Table – A table was opened up to Windsor’s literary community, with a new ‘writer-in-residence each day; what was written will be read at the closing reception.