Introducing
Eyeing Medusa
by Amanta Scott
— an exciting and ongoing Interactive Art Installation and Social Engagement Project --
celebrating wise/willful women making a difference in the world today
Eyeing Medusa
by Amanta Scott
— an exciting and ongoing Interactive Art Installation and Social Engagement Project --
celebrating wise/willful women making a difference in the world today
LeadingTone is an artist-run not-for-profit charitable arts organization with a mandate to: originate, develop, promote, produce, perform and/or exhibit interdisciplinary works of art uniting all or some of: music, voice, theatre, dance and visual arts; to educate the public; and further inter-cultural and environmental awareness and understanding amongst people of all ages, socio/cultural and economic backgrounds.
LeadingTone promotes unity in diversity through interactive installations, exhibitions, performances, workshops, story-telling, song and inter-cultural dialogue.
LeadingTone was founded in 1991 by Artistic Directors Amanta Scott and David Tomlinson. In 1993, the artistic directors brought together as founding members of Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc. a group of persons dedicated to the success of the Leading Tone project, including the late Canadian composer Harry Somers and the late ethicist, educator and businessman Max Clarkson, as well as a number of professionals committed to the arts, who went on to become directors of the corporation. In 1994, Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc. was granted Letters Patent by the Government of Ontario as a not-for-profit corporation and in 2005 was granted status as a Registered Charity. Operating on a project-to-project basis, LeadingTone develops strong community partnerships.
LeadingTone is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with outreach to the global community. Installations, exhibitions, performances and workshops have been presented across Canada, Japan, in Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Taiwan.
We cultivate, inspire and energize new audiences to recognize that Art is in the Experience.
Most recently LeadingTone partnered with Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, to present Parallel Lines - an interactive art installation and social engagement project by Amanta Scott. Accompanying workshops were conduced both on and offsite in partnership with Canadian Mental Health Association, Cochrane Temiskaming; Beaverhouse First Nation; and Kirkland Lake District Composite School. LeadingTone also conducted workshops with Rexdale Community Hub, Toronto, for newcomer Canadian young mothers speaking Farsee, Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, French and English.
In conjunction with other solo exhibitions by Amanta Scott (at National Gallery of Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, Edmonton Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Algoma, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, etc.) LeadingTone has conducted arts workshops for marginalized youth, women, disabled, refugees, newcomers, seniors and general public, reaching over 40,000 visitors, students and special-interest groups.
LeadingTone promotes unity in diversity through interactive installations, exhibitions, performances, workshops, story-telling, song and inter-cultural dialogue.
LeadingTone was founded in 1991 by Artistic Directors Amanta Scott and David Tomlinson. In 1993, the artistic directors brought together as founding members of Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc. a group of persons dedicated to the success of the Leading Tone project, including the late Canadian composer Harry Somers and the late ethicist, educator and businessman Max Clarkson, as well as a number of professionals committed to the arts, who went on to become directors of the corporation. In 1994, Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc. was granted Letters Patent by the Government of Ontario as a not-for-profit corporation and in 2005 was granted status as a Registered Charity. Operating on a project-to-project basis, LeadingTone develops strong community partnerships.
LeadingTone is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with outreach to the global community. Installations, exhibitions, performances and workshops have been presented across Canada, Japan, in Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Taiwan.
We cultivate, inspire and energize new audiences to recognize that Art is in the Experience.
Most recently LeadingTone partnered with Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, to present Parallel Lines - an interactive art installation and social engagement project by Amanta Scott. Accompanying workshops were conduced both on and offsite in partnership with Canadian Mental Health Association, Cochrane Temiskaming; Beaverhouse First Nation; and Kirkland Lake District Composite School. LeadingTone also conducted workshops with Rexdale Community Hub, Toronto, for newcomer Canadian young mothers speaking Farsee, Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, French and English.
In conjunction with other solo exhibitions by Amanta Scott (at National Gallery of Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, Edmonton Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Algoma, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, etc.) LeadingTone has conducted arts workshops for marginalized youth, women, disabled, refugees, newcomers, seniors and general public, reaching over 40,000 visitors, students and special-interest groups.
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Your help will enable us to inspire, engage and empower people of all ages, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds; and cultivate unity in diversity.
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an evolving interactive art installation & social engagement project by Amanta Scott
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Breaking through racism and alienation to arrive at intercultural healing and reconciliation, Parallel Lines centres around the idea that we create a prison for ourselves and others through our beliefs. Parallel Lines sparks conversation and triggers people of all cultures, ages and socio-economic backgrounds to share experiences of incarceration, freedom, alienation, community, desperation and hope. The title Parallel Lines refers to the parallel bars of the physical, emotional and psychological prisons where all of us find ourselves from time to time. |
- Perceptions
a series of photo-based encaustic paintings exploring perception, reality and choice — centred around a prison bed from the former Kingston Penitentiary for Women; a standard-issue prison suitcase; and an individual - In Memoriam
a sculpture installation with prison beds reclaimed from the former Kingston Penitentiary for Women - 15 Minutes of Fame
an interactive sculpture installation featuring a prison bed and a standard get-out-of-jail prison suitcase with which Visitors create their own installations to tell their stories - Fragile
a 30+ ft pathway of eggshells upon which Visitors may walk (hand in hand with Amanta or alone) silently acknowledging our own histories and ancestors, and the fragile nature of memory and emotion. - Esperanza
a prison bed adorned with Visitors' keys tagged with one word indicating what they seek the key to most in life
- Workshops
designed and directed by Amanta Scott, conducted in the communities, schools, museums and galleries — bringing together Newcomers, Indigenous and Canadian youth and seniors to explore memory, imagination, perspective and choice through sculpture installation, storytelling and painting
Parallel Lines exhibited at Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake (March 2018)
Artist, Amanta Scott was onsite, facilitating the exhibition.
* Stay tuned for upcoming exhibitions and workshops. *
Artist, Amanta Scott was onsite, facilitating the exhibition.
* Stay tuned for upcoming exhibitions and workshops. *
Shellshock
a multi-media Syncretic Art workshop production integrating visual art, new music, voice and dance
— conceived, composed, costumed and directed by Amanta Scott.
— conceived, composed, costumed and directed by Amanta Scott.
interactive sound sculpture of a phoenix assembled in performance
sounds sculptures with performance
exploring the symbol of the dragon in world cultures
exploring the symbol of the dragon in world cultures
and other works
Project Videos
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Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc.
Artistic Director/ CEO
Amanta Scott
Board of Directors
Eric Cadesky (Chair)
Randolph Croft (Secretary)
Saint-Cyr Shibura (Treasurer)
Amanta Scott
Board of Directors
Eric Cadesky (Chair)
Randolph Croft (Secretary)
Saint-Cyr Shibura (Treasurer)