Thursday,
July 23rd, 2009
6pm – 8pm
Official
Opening of the Beyond The Rhythm: Caribana
Art Exhibition
Royal Ontario Museum hosts a juried art
show featuring
the works of Caribbean and African-Canadian
artists
What:
Scotiabank Caribana and the Royal Ontario
Museum (ROM) open the Beyond the Rhythm:
Caribana Art Exhibition.
Evening art exhibition reception
50 canvases created by 25 artists of Caribbean
and African-Canadian heritage
Why: The visual arts,
as created by Caribbean Canadians, are
an integral part of the Scotiabank Caribana
Festival. The ROM is the only Museum in
Canada to showcase a juried Caribana Art
Exhibition and this is the second year
it has done so.
Who: ROM CEO William
Thorsell
Curator Joan Butterfield
Scotiabank Caribana Chair Joe Halstead
Scotiabank Chief Curator Jane Noakes
Artists who have works in the Exhibition
When: Media are asked
to arrive for 6pm
Remarks – 6:15 pm
Evening preview of exhibition begins at
6.30 pm
Exhibition runs July 23 – August
3, 2009
RSVP: mediarsvp@rom.on.ca
Where: Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park, M5S 2C6
Enter via the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal,
Bloor Street
-30-
Editor’s
Note - Media crews requiring daytime viewing
of the exhibition and an opportunity to
interview artists, ROM and Scotiabank
Caribana officials are asked to contact
Anne Marie Todaro at the ROM: 416-586-5558
or amtodaro@rom.on.ca
Media Contact
Stephen
Weir, Publicist Anne Marie Todaro, ROM
Publicist
Email: Sweir5492@rogers.com Email: amtodaro@rom.on.ca
Toronto Office: (416) 489-5868 Cell: (416)
801-3101 Tel: 416.586.5558