September 17, 2016

Entertainment
Music by DIANA and New
Chance Tranquility Garden

Welcome
Welcome to The Art of Healing, a very special
event in appreciation of those who support us
our donors and volunteers.

Medical play Family Den

House tours

Door Prize
Tickets:
1 for $5
3 for $10
Prize:
Private dinner for 6
(at restaurant or your home)
5 course meal
Head chef and service staff
included
Value: $1,200
Generously donated by:

Sally Ginter
CEO, RMHC Toronto

Weve invited you here today to show you our

gratitude and to show you firsthand the impact
of your support. Just as art has been shown to
have healing properties, our mission is to help
families of seriously ill children on their healing
journeys. Thanks to you, close to 4,000
families this year will benefit from our House
and Family Rooms.
This is our second annual event. In association
with Akin Projects, 23 artists graciously gave
their time and creativity to craft pieces of
art with children staying at our House. The
pieces theyve produced are colourful, unique
and beautiful expressions of the pairings that
produced them. The creative process brought
much light and laughter to our House. We
hope the art will bring joy to your homes for
years to come.
Thank you for sharing in this experience
today and for your continued support and
involvement with us throughout the year.
Sincerely,

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Our Partners
Thank you to our generous sponsors and collaborators.

Akin Projects is a nonprofit arts programming organization that

offers both creative and professional development opportunities and
events to members of Torontos artistic and cultural community. Its sister
organization, Akin Collective, provides studio and shared workspace
in a friendly atmosphere for about 160 members with locations in
Parkdale, Bloordale Village and Junction Triangle.
akincollective.com

Event Partners

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Alex & Brendon

Chris, Esmae & Malaki

Green Rock Forest

Suggested minimum bid:

$400

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $185 cost of framing)

Brendon and Alex

Candy Crush

Alex McLeod

Chris Harms

Alex McLeod is a new media visual artist from

Scarborough. He is represented by Division
Gallery in Toronto and Montreal.

Chris Harms is a self-taught artist living and

working in Toronto. Celebrating the constant
construction that shakes and shapes Toronto,
Chris creates vibrant sculptures with Plexiglas
that resemble earth-moving excavators.
Harnessing light and colour, his work is
intended to build a feeling of expansion and
possibility, and functions as an exploration into
our urban landscape.

Brendon, 19, is from Thunder Bay. He stayed

at the House while being treated for a brain
tumour.

Suggested minimum bid:

$300

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Malaki, Chris and Esmae

Esmae, 10, and Malaki, 7, are from

Wheatley, Ont. They are staying at the House
while their little sister, Faith, recovers from a
bone marrow transplant.

alxclub.com
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chris-harms.com
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Claire, Adam, Troy, Tayler & Raylee

Derrick & Kian

Lonely Woman

Suggested minimum bid:

$300

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Adam, Troy, Tayler, Claire

and Raylee

Claire Scherzinger

Derrick Piens

Claire Scherzinger is a visual artist and writer.

She has shown her work across Canada and
has upcoming projects at the Forest City Artist
Run Centre in London, Ont., Eastern Edge
Gallery in St. Johns, Nfld. and at Mulherin
in Toronto. She has had her poetry published
internationally and is also a winner of this years
RBC-funded 17th National Painting Prize.

Derrick Piens has participated in numerous

solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the
United States and Europe. His sculptures are
included in private collections in the UK, New
York, Montral and Toronto. Derrick currently
has a solo exhibition at Angell Gallery in
Toronto.

Troy, 6, Tayler, 5, and Raylee, 4, are from

Attawapiskat, Ont. They stayed at the House
after their sister, Gracelyn, was born with a
heart condition. Their cousin, Adam, 7, came
to visit.

clairescherzinger.com
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T-rex lionrabbitfish, plus maybe a snake

Suggested minimum bid:

$350

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Kian and Derrick

Kian, 11, is from Kingston. He stayed at the

House while receiving cancer treatment.

derrickpiens.com
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Diana, Aniela & Olek

Erin & Yuri

atmosphere with golden sun

Suggested minimum bid:

$250

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $145 cost of framing)

Aniela, Diana and Olek

Diana VanderMeulen

Erin Loree

Diana VanderMeulen is a Toronto-based

multimedia artist. Her practice is fluid between
collage, painting, sculptural installation
and digital media. Past and present works
investigate the mysterious elements of our
natural world through the selective vision of
magic realism.

Erin Loree was awarded the 2012 Medal for

Drawing and Painting from Ontario College of
Art and Design University. Since graduating,
she has participated in numerous group shows
and in a residency at the Sachaqa Art Center
in Peru. Erin will be participating in the Bill and
Isobel Pope Painting Residency at Nova Scotia
College of Art and Design in fall 2016.

Aniela, 7, and Olek, 6, are from Midland,

Ont. They stayed at the House while Olek was
treated for leukemia.

dlvdm.ca
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The Look that Opens

Suggested minimum bid:

$400

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $185 cost of framing)

Erin and Yuri

Yuri, 11, is from Manitowaning, Ont. He

stayed at the House while receiving cancer
treatment.

erinloree.com
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Jason & Nicholas

Jen & Aiden

Notes from a Meeting

Suggested minimum bid:

$300

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $160 cost of framing)

Nicholas and Jason

The Cat People vs. Everything

Jason Deary

Jen Pilles

Jason Deary is a Toronto-based artist who

works primarily with paint. His most recent
work explores personal history and considers
how to preserve, reveal and record memory.
Jason has recently been exhibited in Calgary
and Vancouver. His work is held in private
collections in Canada, the United States and
Europe. He received an Emerging Artist grant
from the Toronto Arts Council in 2014.

Jen Pilles is a freelance illustrator. She creates

charming, immersive illustrations using gouache,
watercolour and coloured pencil. Jen is
interested in exploring outer space, mother earth
and the human condition.
Aiden, 11, is from Oshawa. He stayed at the
House while being treated for leukemia.

Suggested minimum bid:

$250

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $220 cost of framing)

Aiden and Jen

Nicholas, 6, is from Kitchener. He stayed

at the House while being treated for a brain
tumour.

katharinemulherin.com
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jenpilles.com
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Joy, Rose & Naomi

Juliana & Darien

Boom By Boom

Suggested minimum bid:

$500

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Joy, Naomi and Rose

Joy and Rose Broadbent

Juliana Neufeld

Joy and Rose Broadbent are multidisciplinary

artists based in Toronto. Together, the Broadbent
sisters use performance and installation to
create interactive experiences that transform
lowly everyday objects into mystical artifacts.
They have produced multiple exhibitions which
have been shown internationally. Joy and Rose
were recently selected at the Festival Du Nouvea
Cinema for their short film and are art directors
for this years AGO Massive Party.

Juliana Neufeld is an illustrator and comic artist.

Inspired by childrens books and cartoons from
the 1940s and 50s, her work playfully subverts
our associations of whimsy. Julianas work has
been exhibited in Toronto, Los Angeles, Berlin
and Japan. Her work has also been featured
on IFC, in Nylon Magazine and The New York
Times.

Naomi, 10, is from Ohsweken, Ont. She is

staying at the House while her sister, Ryleigh, is
treated for cardiac issues.

broadbentsisters.com
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Growth Potion

Suggested minimum bid:

$350

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $210 cost of framing)

Juliana and Darien

Darien, 10, is from London, Ont. He is staying

at the House while his brother, Rylin, recovers
from a bone marrow transplant.

juliana-neufeld.com
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Justyna & Mya

Matt, Nicholas & Tommy

Golden Dragon

Faces

Justyna Janik

Matt Greenwood

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Justyna Janik has taken drawing and paintng

classes, but is primarily a self-taught artist.
Memory, family, tradition and its conflict with
transience, impermanence and cross-cultural
insights inspire much of her work.

Justyna and Mya

Mya, 9, is from Thunder Bay. She stayed at the

House while being treated for a neurological
disorder.

Matt Greenwood is a motion artist originally

from the UK. Working under the name
Personnel, he creates experimental film and
animation for projection-based installations. He
has shown work at TIFF Lightbox, Cannes and
has had work featured in a TedX talk.

Suggested minimum bid:

$250

Nicholas, 6, and Tommy, 9, are from

Kitchener. They stayed at the House while
Nicholas was being treated for a brain tumour.

Suggested minimum bid:

$200

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Nicholas, Matt and Tommy

mattgreenwood.tv
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Michael & Kaileigh

Nadia & Patrick

For You, Bright and Shimmering

SOLD

Kaileigh

Starry Night

Michael Vickers

Nadia Gurkova

Michael Vickers is a Toronto-based artist.

His work addresses the seductive and poetic
qualities of form while questioning the
relationship between viewer, materiality and
space. Recent exhibitions include presentations
at Volta 12 in Basel, Switzerland, Surface and
Stratagem at Division Gallery and Push and Pull
at Mercer Union.

Nadia Gurkova is a Toronto-based artist. She

explores a wide variety of subjects, such as
landscapes, florals, portrait and animals.
Nadia teaches painting workshops for adults to
encourage others to open up their creative side.
Patrick, 11, is from Ottawa. He has been
staying at the House following a liver transplant.

Suggested minimum bid:

$250

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $185 cost of framing)

Patrick and Nadia

Kaileigh, 11, is from Whitby. She stayed at

the House while her brother, Miles, received a
heart transplant.

michaelvickers.org
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nadiagurkova.com
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Oliver, Jaali & Taylor

Rachel, Esmae & Malaki

Object #74

Suggested minimum bid:

$300

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $280 cost of framing)

and the reason why

Oliver Pauk

Rachel Butler

Oliver Pauk is a Toronto-based visual artist. His

work has been exhibited in Canada, the United
States and Europe. Olivers work centres around
photographic, sculptural and video-based
elements straddling the boundary between
physical and digital art. His specific interest
lies in exploring the ways in which digitally
captured objects can be translated back into the
physical realm.

Rachel Butler is a mixed media artist living in

Toronto. Her work focuses primarily on process
and imagination.
Esmae, 10, and Malaki, 7, are from
Wheatley, Ont. They are staying at the House
while their little sister, Faith, recovers from a
bone marrow transplant.

Suggested minimum bid:

$200

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Esmae, Rachel and Malaki

Jaali, 14, and her sister, Taylor, are from

Barrie. They stayed at the House while Jaali
received cancer treatment.

oliverpauk.com
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Sara & Aiden

Sarah & Jake

Diamond Man

Suggested minimum bid:

$250

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $150 cost of framing)

Sara and Aiden

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Untitled

Sara Pearson

Sarah Letovsky

Sara Pearson chooses subjects and materials for

their relationship to the natural world. Working
primarily with analogue methods, she plays
with the dichotomy of traditional process in an
increasingly digital world, pushing abstraction
while honouring the process of mimesis.

Sarah Letovskys work explores the intimacy of

the female face in large-scale oil paintings and
an ongoing watercolour series. She was the
recipient of the 2014 Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Award
for Excellence in Painting.

Aiden, 11, is from Oshawa. He stayed at the

House while being treated for leukemia.

Jake, 10, is from Blind River, Ont. He stayed

at the House while his sister, Abby, received
cancer treatment.

sarapearsonart.com

sarahletovsky.format.com

Suggested minimum bid:

$250

Income Tax Receipt

for full amount

Sarah and Jake

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Scott & Lilly

Safe Place

SOLD

Scott and Lilly

Twins

Scott Everingham

Sean Martindale and Jp King

Scott Everingham is a three-time RBC Canadian

Painting Competition Finalist and the recipient
of numerous local and international awards.
He has recently exhibited at the Torrance Art
Museum in Los Angeles, The National Gallery
of Canada and the Muse dart contemporain
de Montral. Scotts work is included in many
private and corporate collections.

Sean Martindale is an internationally

recognized interdisciplinary artist and designer.
He has been featured on CBCs Great Minds
of Design, TVOs Big Ideas series, and in the
documentary This Space Available.

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $205 cost of framing)

Jp King is an interdisciplinary artist, designer,

and writer. His collage, design and writing have
been featured in notable publications, and he
currently co-directs Papirmass, an international
art subscription.

Jp, Jacob, Noah and Sean

Lilly, 4, is from Charlottetown. She stayed at

the House while her sister, Lanna, was in the
hospital.

scotteveringham.com
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Sean, Jp, Noah & Jacob

Suggested minimum bid:

$200

Noah and Jacob, 6, are from Barrie. They

are staying at the House while their little sister,
Jordan, is treated for leukemia.

seanmartindale.com
jpking.ca
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Suzanne & Dhvani

Serendipity

Suggested minimum bid:

$200

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $125 cost of framing)

Dhvani, Suzanne and Shivam

Suzanne & Shivam

Aurora

Suzanne Dennis
Suzanne Dennis is a Toronto artist who enjoys
the joyful challenge of creating colourful
abstract and non-objective art using acrylic
paints and a variety of mixed media on both
canvas and paper. Suzanne has exhibited and
sold her work in Toronto and Florida at shows,
galleries and commercial venues.

Suggested minimum bid:

Shivam, 11, is from Windsor. He stayed at the

House while his sister, Dhvani, recovered from a
bone marrow transplant. Shivam was the donor.

$350

Income Tax Receipt for amount

you give (less $270 cost of framing)

Suzanne and Shivam

Dhvani, 15, is from Windsor. She stayed at the

House while she recovered from a bone marrow
transplant.

suzannedennis.ca
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