Oakwood Library Residency 2017: Game Curious Exploring Video Games

02/16/2018

Oakbook, the game made for the Oakwood Library Residency by Jordan Sparks, is now publicly playable! :)

Oakbook was developed by Jordan Sparks for the Oakwood Village Library Artist Residency Program by the Hand Eye Society and the Toronto Public Library. Sparks was one of several artists developing a game project while educating the community about games through the Hand-Eye Society's Game Curious pr...

01/12/2018

I look forward to returning to the Oakwood Library and showing Oakbook tomorrow! :)
~ Jordan Sparks

The Hand Eye Society is proud to present the results of the Artists In The Library program, funded by the Toronto Arts Council, which ran from September through December of 2017. The residency gave seven Toronto game makers time and space to work on their...

10/21/2017

The time has come for me to take my leave. It's been an amazing 4 weeks as your artist in residence. I highly enjoyed meeting everyone and playing and talking about games with you all. I hope everyone who came to Game Curious had fun, learned something, and expanded their horizons on gaming.
Next week Alex Leitch will be your new Artist in Residence for the next 4 weeks. I hope you support her as much as you supported me.
I hope we all meet again and I'll be sure to show off my Residency game when it's finished. In the meantime, keep your game on and stay Sparktacular!
~Jordan Sparks

10/19/2017

Tomorrow is unfortunately my last day as your Artist in Residence for Game Curious! But fear not, it will be continuing with a new Artist next week.
Over the past month, we've gone over 3 VERY different themes to explore the world of gaming! What do we have in store for Week 4? Be sure to come to Oakwood Library: Game Curious Exploring Video Games Tomorrow to find out! :)
~ Jordan Sparks

10/16/2017

Was thrilled to see everyone last week! In case you missed us, here's the list of the games we played for our theme of History & Simulation.
This week will be my last week before we switch Artists for the Game Curious program and I'm really looking forward to spending that time with everyone to explore this week's new theme.
~ Jordan Sparks

10/13/2017

Looking forward to today's discussion with everyone!
~Jordan Sparks

10/09/2017

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you're all having a pleasant long weekend!
If you happened to miss us last week, we went through the theme of Meaningful Games! Here's the games we played last Friday for Week 2! Be sure to come play with us this Friday for a brand new theme!
~ Jordan Sparks

10/06/2017

Looking forward to today's session! We've got plenty of unique games to play and discuss. I hope you can join us to discover this week's theme!
~ Jordan Sparks

10/02/2017

If you missed last week's Game Curious session, don't sweat! You're welcome to come explore gaming with us this Friday, October 6. Here's a list of games we played and discussed last week based on the Theme of Canadian Games! We have a mysterious new theme coming up this week, so be sure to come play a new batch of games with us at the Oakwood Village Library!

09/30/2017

Had a wonderful time at our first Game Curious yesterday! We played games and discussed each one's Canadian connection. I was glad to meet everyone and I hope to see you all next Friday!
~ Jordan Sparks

09/29/2017

Starting my Artist Residency today! I look forward to seeing everyone there!
~Jordan Sparks