The Summer Institute is an international post-graduate artist residency for professional artists working in all disciplines. This is the seventh annual Summer Institute at Plug In ICA, and the fifth in Plug In’s purpose-built facilities. This four-week intensive studio program is led by Toronto-based artists and FAG Feminist Art Gallery co-founders Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell. Thirteen multi-disciplinary artists working in mediums that include sculpture, new media, video, dance, performance, sound, painting and installation have been sharing a collegial, open-studio environment designed to instigate collaborative or independent projects with support and feedback from faculty, visiting artists and curators, as well as Plug In ICA staff.

Participants
Angel Chen | Los Angeles/Toronto
The Ephemerals (Jaimie Isaac, Niki Little, Jenny Western) | Winnipeg
Shannon Gerard | Toronto
Girl Gang Dance Party (Lindsay Joy and Melinda Topilko) | Calgary
Lisa Lipton | Halifax
Ming Hon | Winnipeg
Lois Klassen | Vancouver
Andrea Roberts | Oakland
Gurpreet Sehra | Winnipeg
Ariel Smith | Ottawa

Faculty
Deirdre Logue | Toronto
Allyson Mitchell | Toronto