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40 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 8, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Oakville Galleries unveils two new exhibitions Oakville Galleries is hosting openings for two new exhibitions tonight, Friday, Feb. 8. Gairloch Gardens will house What We Bring to the Table at its 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E. location. The exhibition features the work of artists Patrick Faigenbaum, Bettina Hoffmann, Instant Coffee and Laura Letinsky, What We Bring to the Table ignites interactions of all types ranging from celebratory festivities and story-telling, to a food-fight just waiting to happen. As an expression, "what we bring to the table" attests to the cultural importance and metaphorical nature of the table as a place where complex social dynamics are discussed; family, religion, gender, class and group identity ­ all issues that stir strong sentiments and passions. This exhibition is curated by Marnie Fleming, Curator of Contemporary Art, Oakville Galleries. Onward Future opens tonight at Centennial Square, 120 Navy St. Suspended somewhere between a familiar past and an undiscovered postapocalyptic future, Onward Future represents the first substantial overview of the collaborative project T&T initiated by the artists Tyler Brett of Bruno, Saskatchewan and Toronto's Tony Romano. Configured by an amateur interest in disciplines as diverse as architecture, industrial design and music, this project colonizes a number of popular myths into a new world order where we find ourselves nomadically adrift in what Michel Foucault calls "a place without a place." Caught between the past and the future, childhood and adulthood, reality and fiction, Onward Future sets the stage for an artistic practice built on imagination, innovation and play ­ albeit with a motif of doubt. This exhibition is curated by Patrik Andersson, an independent curator, art critic, and art historian. For the first time, a series of public programs have been created specifically to involve the local community. Both shows open, along with a reception, on Friday, Feb. 8. The openings begin at 7:30 at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square followed by a reception from 8:30 ­ 10 p.m. in Gairloch Gardens. Artists will be in attendance. * FREE SERVICE To Fallsview Casino *After $10 Casino Rebate EVERY WEDNESDAY Morning & Afternoon from Hopedale Mall EVERY SUN, TUES, THURS, FRI & SAT From Carpool Lot Guelph Line, North Service Road FEBRUARY SUPER SPECIAL ORPORATE EVENTS EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ARTISTS IN R CAMPS The KIDS LIVE CUISINE RESTAURANT LIVE PERFO FOR EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY COMMU E CUISINE RESTAURANT LIVE PERFORMANCES CORPORATE E ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY COMMU COURSES CAMPS FOR KIDS MISSISSAUGA PERFORMANCES CORPORATE EVENTS EDUCATIONAL WORK All Early Morning $ Departures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .only 1-800-838-1789 FOR RESERVATIONS CALL T.I.C.O.#50007535 5.00 Taxes included on all trips. Living Arts Centre 168 CLARENCE ST., PORT COLBORNE, ON, L3K 3G5 Star Filled Nights! THE FRANTICS Friday, February 29, 2008 8 pm Hammerson Hall $29 & up PRINT MEDIA SPONSOR RADIO MEDIA SPONSOR www.livingartscentre.ca TEL: 905.306.6000 OR 1.888.805.8888 LIVE Cuisine Restaurant will be open for Pre-theatre Dinner Buffet on selected performance evenings. 4141 LIVING ARTS DRIVE, MISSISSAUGA ON L5B 4B8 HWYS 403 & 10, WEST OF SQUARE ONE FREE UNDERGROUND PARKING