Surrealism in St. Catharines*

Refuse Locale: An Evening of Surrealism in St. Catharines celebrates the ongoing legacy of surrealism in Canada at the Niagara Artists' Centre, 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines on March 5 at 7:00 p.m.

The evening features readings by contemporary surrealist poets Stuart Ross and Beatriz Hausner, and acclaimed Automatist scholar Ray Ellenwood reading from his recent translation of Thérèse Renaud's The Sands of Dream (the first book of Canadian surrealist poetry), the evening will also include surrealist games, films, art, and activities.

The evening will see the launch of the Great Canadian Beaver Balls Multiples installation. Great Canadian Beaver Balls is an exhibition of 1600 artist multiples created by 120 Brock University students from five different classes, representing three disciplines in the Humanities department: English, Art History and Studio Art. Encapsulated in plastic balls and sold from a classic Northern Beaver Vending machine, artworks include: miniature bookworks, temporary tattoos of concrete poetry and sculptural explorations in a wide range of media. Beaver Balls will be available from vending machines for $2 each during gallery hours. The Multiples exhibit will run at the NAC until Mar. 15, 2008. Visit NAC's website for gallery hours at www.nac.org

To cap off the evening, theatre company Suitcase in Point will present an original interpretation of Claude Gauvreau's remarkable "In the Heart of the Bulrushes."

Tickets available at the door: $8 adults | $5 students/seniors/artists.
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