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IRIS at 20 for FAC 2017

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Jan. 9, 2017 to April 28, 2017 IRIS at 20 Opening : Monday January 16, 5.30-7.30   Panel: 6.30-7.30 CWSE Hallway Gallery 252 Bloor Street West, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON Exhibition Dates: Jan. 9 2017 to April 28 2017 Open days & evenings: free & accessible Over many years of International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations, the IRIS Group has mounted a series of Women In . . . projects and events that involved the collection of donated objects, images and writings invested with personal or symbolic meaning. These intimate donations represent a culture of gracious sharing among women. The items now form an IRIS archive, which is part of an extensive dialogue concerning women’s issues. Each IRIS member has chosen an item and partnered it  with new artwork, retaining, expanding or reinterpreting the original story that accompanied the donation.  IRIS at 20  was first exhibited at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, in celebration of the group’s 20th anniversar