Myfanwy Ashmore ~{-_-}~

I left my job as a technician at OCAD after 8 years to further my art career and so far so good. I managed to scoop up a part time teaching gig at Ryerson University and have had quite a few projects on the go ever since. I am loving my new life - myfanwy version 2.1

Most recent News:

In March 2007 - a group of us - including composers, dancers, singers, and visual artists received a Canada Council Inter-Arts grant to work with high school students, and war veterans to critically engage with issues around past wars and current conflicts.

In May - June 2007 - I was privileged to be granted an artist research and prototype building residency at PAVED Arts - a media arts centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

In September 2007 I worked with Neesa Kenemy and Meredith Thompson who choregraphed a dance piece in conjunction with my video piece for LabCab Festival at the Factory Theatre in Toronto.

In October 2007 the Mario Trilogy will be shown as a single channel video dump at the London Games Fringe Festival, London UK - curated by HTTP, the gallery arm of online arts group "a href="furtherfield.org">Furtherfield. Last year mario battle no.1 was curated into this festival as well - by Cybersalon.

And finally I am currently working in my studio on some new works - as I received an Ontario Arts Council Mid Career grant in August. (w00t)