Markham Public Library and the Varley Art Gallery have partnered to host Markham’s first PechaKucha night, featuring artists and innovators from Markham and beyond. Added bonus: a PK style gallery tour – 20 works of art explained in 20 seconds each. Grab a beer or glass of wine from the bar and enjoy this fun, energetic exploration of Markham’s creative community.
Past Markham Event: VOL 1

VOL 1
PRESENTATIONS FROM THIS EVENT

Portraits of Consumption
BY SAMANTHA RODIN
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Samantha Rodin takes this oppotunity to present some food for thought: are we really what we eat? Samantha discusses the benefits of being informed about our eating habits and what those habits can really represent.

Parenting & Social Media
BY ROSE BIANCHINI
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Rose Bianchini highlights the dangers and consequences when it comes to involving your child in today's, brisk, unforgiving forms of social media.

Entrepreneurship Alphabet
BY HASSAN NOJOUMI
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Have you ever wondered about what exact characteristics you need to posses in order to lead and create in today's business standards? Hassan Nojoumi presents us with the answers to all of our questions concerning entrepreneurship.

Nature as Teacher
BY SHENIZ JANMOHAMED
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
In an exquisite newly formed artform called "Land Art", Sheniz Janmohamed takes us through the magical process that she partakes in on a daily basis.

Hands On Design
BY DANA SEGUIN
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Dana Seguin offers us a quirky yet entincingly imaginative look on her Hands-On Design projects, and goes into depth on the lessons she learned along the way.

Rebranding Popsicle
BY KAIDY WONG
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Kaidy Wong was recently confronted with a horrid design flaw in today's standard for Ice-Cream Trucks. Thankfully, he's able to offer us a solution to rebranding the "popsicle" to fit today's social demands, especially by pre-teens.

The Chime: Scoring The City
BY MARC DE PAPE
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Marc De Pape takes us through "The Chime"; his study based on urban design surrounding the term "Blasé" coined by famous 20th century sociologist, Georg Simmel.

Everyday Evolution
BY BILL CAMERON
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Bill Cameron speaks about the human evolution. We're all familiar with a few facts concerning human evolution. But Bill Cameron takes us through an incredibly detailed and concise look at what exactly Charles Darwin crafted many years ago.

Landslide: Possible Futures
BY JENNIFER FOSTER
@ VOL 1
ON SEP 27, 2013
Jennifer Foster takes us through an examination of the exhibit that was on display at the Markham Museum at the time. From Aron Louis Cohen's Almanac to Adrian Blackwell and Jane Hutton's Surface Description of the Volume of the Earth, Jennifer offers great facts about each installment.