Cost: $ 15. Adults, $ 12 Kids, Free for kids 2 and under but....it could be free!
To ensure that kids from all parts of Toronto get to share their vision of what a city should be, some free admissions to the Salon will be given to families in need through the non profit groups Kids Up Front and Art City. Details below....
Details: Imagine a city designed entirely by kids.
The city theme at this year's Salon is a one-of-a-kind, one-day-only experience where kids and parents work with top architects, artists and thinkers to imagine and build the city of their dreams.
Families will be creating atop a humongous blueprint installed in the Ontario College of Art & Design's Great Hall, and suggesting the natural features of Toronto without any buildings or roads. This will help kids develop an alternative vision for the city.
Other programs at this unique event include an all-ages think tank, radical playground design, the creation of a wind powered art park, guerilla green missions, an urban planning obstacle course and the creation of dances and soundscapes inspired by the idea of "city".
Kids and parents will also be able to consult a giant Yahoo! Canada search interface to get answers to questions raised by the Salon's activities and exercise their photojournalism skills and document the day for Flickr.
If we get kids thinking about what makes a city great, we will end up with great cities.
Presenter: Bunch is Toronto's expert on art and cultural experiences for families. Yahoo! Canada Presents Bunch Family Salon at OCAD.
The team behind this world class family event includes: Art Gallery of Ontario, archiTEXT, Bunch, Design Exchange, Evergreen, Institute without Boundaries, Learning Through the Arts, Spacing Magazine, Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative and Unit A Architects.
The kids dream city will be built out of Canada Post and City Hall's donated recycling.
How to Register: You get your free tickets, you will need to provide the family name and exact number of family who will be attending to:
Lindsay Oughtred, Executive Director Kids Up Front Foundation (Toronto) 32 Atlantic Avenue Toronto, ON M6K 1X8 Phone:(416) 530-2352 Fax: (416) 588 5588
