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Fri Nov 20 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

ART ATTACKS: ROUNDTABLE ON ART, PUNK, AND THE QUEEN WEST SCENE OF THE 70s

  • The Learning Zone, 122 A Saint Patrick Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2X8, CA · Toronto
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ART ATTACKS: ROUNDTABLE ON ART, PUNK, AND THE QUEEN WEST SCENE OF THE 70s
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A free roundtable event marking OCAD U 150 and the 50th anniversary of punk's first wave in Toronto
Join us for Art Attacks: Roundtable On Art, Punk, And The Queen West Scene of the 70s And 80s aims to explore the role of Canada’s oldest art school in the underground music that emerged here alongside scenes in London and New York.
Artist, programmer, and OCAD U alum Tara Bursey (BFA, Criticism & Curatorial Practice, 2013) moderates a conversation with David Clarkson (The Diodes), GB Jones (Fifth Column, J.D.s Zine), and Don Pyle (Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Crash Kills Five) about the downtown Queen West scene, what followed, and its relationship to art education.
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The Learning Zone, 122 A Saint Patrick Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2X8, CA, Canada

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