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  • May 30

    Curatorial Encounters 3

    Join us for the third edition of Curatorial Encounters. Exhibition Curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López will be joined by Jenn Goodwin, Curator of Public Programs, and Mary Kim, Senior Manager of Learning & Mediation, who will discuss both exhibition and programming curatorial through lines and how they will manifest in TBA’s public and […]

    Time

    6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Talk

    Workshop

    Location

    Collective Space

  • September 19

    Preview: Touching the Whisper has the Sweetest Color

    Touching the Whisper has the Sweetest Color is a performative activation where artist Cristina Flores Pescorán will move threads of her textile to the rhythm of stories, poems, and feelings.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

  • Two dancers, lisa nevada (left) and Emily Law (right), are on the floor, crouched in the middle of a movement. lisa has one knee on the floor, her body is tilted, and hands are open reaching towards the sky. Her head is tilted upwards similarly. Emily also has her head tilted upwards, with her body leaning sideways with her hand propping her body up for support. They are both wearing black clothing, joggers and hoodies. They are outside in a wooded green area, underneath a wooden gazebo.

    September 19

    Preview: With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds. (We are held)

    Tanya Lukin Linklater leads a choreographic process in relation to plant life, weather, and our lived environments. Visitors are invited to witness this series of site-specific open rehearsals with invited dance artists.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    High Park - Colborne Lodge Coach House

  • September 19

    Preview: Exhibition Activation with Elina Waage Mikalsen

    Join us as TBA 2024 artist Elina Waage Mikalsen activates her exhibition artwork.

    Time

    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

  • Two dancers, lisa nevada (left) and Emily Law (right), are on the floor, crouched in the middle of a movement. lisa has one knee on the floor, her body is tilted, and hands are open reaching towards the sky. Her head is tilted upwards similarly. Emily also has her head tilted upwards, with her body leaning sideways with her hand propping her body up for support. They are both wearing black clothing, joggers and hoodies. They are outside in a wooded green area, underneath a wooden gazebo.

    September 20

    Preview: With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds. (We are held)

    Tanya Lukin Linklater leads a choreographic process in relation to plant life, weather, and our lived environments. Visitors are invited to witness this series of site-specific open rehearsals with invited dance artists.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    High Park - Colborne Lodge Coach House

  • September 21

    VIBE Arts Family Days: Magical Bead Mandala

    VIBE Arts returns for the 2024 Biennial season to deliver fun, creative and interactive programming for intergenerational learners, families and caregivers in response to the exhibition artists and artworks.

    Time

    11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • September 21

    Fresh Arts, Visual Arts: histories and legacies

    2024 Biennial artists Pamila Matharu and Winsom Winsom are joined by artist, activist, and academic d'bi.young anitafrika to discuss aspects of the histories and legacies of Fresh Arts, an artist-led mentorship program which was pivotal to the local community arts ecology in the 1990s.

    Time

    12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

    Talk

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • Two dancers, lisa nevada (left) and Emily Law (right), are on the floor, crouched in the middle of a movement. lisa has one knee on the floor, her body is tilted, and hands are open reaching towards the sky. Her head is tilted upwards similarly. Emily also has her head tilted upwards, with her body leaning sideways with her hand propping her body up for support. They are both wearing black clothing, joggers and hoodies. They are outside in a wooded green area, underneath a wooden gazebo.

    September 21

    CANCELLED: With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds. (We are held)

    Due to an incident at High Park beyond our control, today's (Sunday, September 22nd) open rehearsal session is cancelled.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    High Park - Colborne Lodge Coach House

  • A photograph of a group of school children sitting in a large circle in the grass. They are in High Park, with many trees int he background. Their attention is on Melly Davidson, the facilitator, as she speaks to them.

    September 21 – September 22

    CANCELLED: Storytelling Session with Melly Davidson: We are with. With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds

    Due to an incident at High Park beyond our control, today’s (Sunday, September 22nd) session at High Park is cancelled.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Storytelling

    Talk

    Walk

    Workshop

    Location

    High Park - Colborne Lodge Coach House

  • September 21

    Opening Day Remarks

    Following the artist panel Fresh Arts, Visual Arts: histories and legacies (located in Winsom Winsom’s exhibition space) and before songs from the edges, join us for the official launch of the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art in Lisgar Park. This opening will feature remarks from Executive Director Patrizia Libralato, Curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López, […]

    Time

    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

    Community Gathering

    Family Friendly

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • September 21

    songs from the edges

    Presented with Jumblies Theatre’s Gather Round Singers and Suba Sankaran, songs from the edges is a performance featuring songs that explore stories about the various borders people cross throughout their lives.

    Time

    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • September 21

    Difference of a Shared Spirit

    Multi-instrumentalist Olivia Shortt and transmedia artist SA Smythe are invited to collaborate with 2024 TBA exhibition artist Maria Hupfield’s commission The Supernatural Powers of Fabulous Panther (Biimskojiwan).

    Time

    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • Two dancers, lisa nevada (left) and Emily Law (right), are on the floor, crouched in the middle of a movement. lisa has one knee on the floor, her body is tilted, and hands are open reaching towards the sky. Her head is tilted upwards similarly. Emily also has her head tilted upwards, with her body leaning sideways with her hand propping her body up for support. They are both wearing black clothing, joggers and hoodies. They are outside in a wooded green area, underneath a wooden gazebo.

    September 22

    CANCELLED: With sky, sunlight, clouds, wind. With ground, grass, trees, songbirds. (We are held)

    Due to an incident at High Park beyond our control, today's (Sunday, September 22nd) open rehearsal session is cancelled.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    High Park - Colborne Lodge Coach House

  • September 22

    Touching the Whisper has the Sweetest Color

    Touching the Whisper has the Sweetest Color is a performative activation where artist Cristina Flores Pescorán will move threads of her textile to the rhythm of stories, poems, and feelings.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

  • September 22

    Exhibition Activation with Elina Waage Mikalsen

    Join us as TBA 2024 artist Elina Waage Mikalsen activates her exhibition artwork.

    Time

    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

  • September 22

    Artist Talk: Abraham O. Oghobase and Manuel Mathieu

    Artists Abraham O. Oghobase and Manuel Mathieu join Gallery TPW Curator Liz Ikiriko in conversation about their respective works Onoriode (Who knows tomorrow?) and Pendulum.

    Time

    3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

    Talk

    Location

    Gallery TPW

  • September 28

    The self and the chaos

    In homage to friendships fostered through feminist practices, this experimental choral workshop will honour the power of the erotic as imagined in Audre Lorde’s essay, "Uses of the Erotic: Erotic as Power".

    Time

    1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • September 29

    Panel Discussion: Release: Towards an unburdening

    TBA 2024 Program artist Tanya Lukin Linklater will join panelists La Tanya S. Autry and Chantal Gibson for a conversation delving into the powerful themes and artists showcased in Labour, an exhibition at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.

    Time

    3:00 PM – 5:30 PM

    Talk

    Location

    Innis Town Hall, Innis College

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 3

    MOSSBELLY: A Workshop

    In this movement-based workshop led by Angela, participants will experience her embodied practices in connecting with the more-than-human world.

    Time

    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    Hart House

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 4

    Curatorial Encounters 4 | Precarious Joys: The East End Tour

    For this edition of Curatorial Encounters, we celebrate the opening of the Biennial with the first of two public tours by TBA curators, highlighting the impact that the Biennial artists have on Toronto.

    Time

    5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

    Talk

    Walk

    Location

    Toronto Sculpture Garden

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • A photo of a person with brown skin, dark hair pushed back, a white top, and gold jewellery working with a small piece of soft clay in their hands. The table they are working at has a tattered cloth, spray bottle, bowl of water, and paint brushes.

    October 5

    Andbothwith a Gift: A Ceramic Workshop

    This workshop led by Misbah Ahmed offers an opportunity to explore ceramic hand-building and surface design techniques inspired by the artist Pamila Matharu.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • Taken from above, the photo is of different coloured construction paper cut into different shapes laid out in a table. They are glued together to make different symbols and art. Hands reach into the frame of the image. Scissors and glue are on the table.

    October 6

    VIBE Arts Family Days: Autumn Mini Acrylic Painting

    VIBE Arts returns for the 2024 Biennial season to deliver fun, creative and interactive programming for intergenerational learners, families and caregivers in response to the exhibitions artists and artworks.

    Time

    11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • October 6

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • October 6

    Carrying Patterns: Sound and Gesture

    Ange Loft and Olivia Shortt invite participants to take part in an interdisciplinary workshop that investigates patterns found in pottery shards unearthed from archaeological sites across the city.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 9

    TBA Publication Launch and Reading: Precarious Joys

    Join us as we launch the 2024 Biennial catalogue, Precarious Joys, co-published by the Toronto Biennial of Art, Art Metropole, and Goose Lane Editions and edited by curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López.

    Time

    4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

    Talk

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 10

    MOSSBELLY: A Workshop

    In this movement-based workshop led by Angela, participants will experience her embodied practices in connecting with the more-than-human world.

    Time

    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    Hart House

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 10

    a landscape hosts something

    Led by poet, artist and facilitator Darian Razdar, a landscape hosts something is a workshop to experiment with place-based practices and poetic landscapes.

    Time

    4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    Toronto Sculpture Garden

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • A photo taken from above of various items on a table with a beige table cloth. Including: red grapes in a white bowl on a red plaid cloth, green and brown pears, mugs and glasses with coloured paint water, paint brushes, papers with paintings in various stages of completeness, and paper paint palettes with various bright drops of colours.

    October 12

    Joyful Still Lives

    In this workshop with artist Laura Dawe, participants will paint still lifes, grounding themselves in the present moment together.

    Time

    12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 12

    Notes to Belonging: An Adaptation

    In this timely and poignant performance, director, playwright and scholar Jaye Austin Williams introduces a live adaptation of poet Dionne Brand’s renowned non-fiction book, “A Map to the Door of No Return.”

    Time

    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Power Plant

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 13

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • October 17

    MOSSBELLY

    An intergenerational performance and choreographic meditation on our human connection to land, plant life, nature and time.

    Time

    6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Music Gallery

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 18

    Honouring Embodied Wisdom

    In this workshop facilitated by artist Shay Erlich, participants are invited to rediscover their bodies and experiences through the lens of disability justice and learning, particularly as sites of wisdom and information.

    Time

    6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    The Bentway Studio

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 20

    VIBE Arts Family Days: Mixed Media and Collage Making Inspired by the Toronto Biennial of Art

    VIBE Arts returns for the 2024 Biennial season to deliver fun, creative and interactive programming for intergenerational learners, families and caregivers in response to the exhibitions artists and artworks.

    Time

    11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • October 20

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • October 20

    MOSSBELLY

    An intergenerational performance and choreographic meditation on our human connection to land, plant life, nature and time.

    Time

    4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Music Gallery

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 22

    MOSSBELLY

    An intergenerational performance and choreographic meditation on our human connection to land, plant life, nature and time.

    Time

    5:00 PM – 6:15 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Music Gallery

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 23

    The Fabulous: A Panel Discussion

    Accompanying artist Maria Hupfield’s installation for TBA 2024, The Supernatural Powers of Fabulous Panther (Biimskojiwan), this panel discussion features Mikinaak Migwans, Karen Pheasant Neganigwane, and Pablo de Ocampo.

    Time

    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

    Community Gathering

    Talk

    Location

    Hart House

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 26

    Scent of Thunderbolts: Family Portrait Sessions

    Karen Tam and Toronto-based photographer May Truong invite members of Chinese-Canadian communities in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area to participate in a family photoshoot within Karen’s installation.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Community Gathering

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • A photograph of Starlight Chinese Opera performing on a stage. There are thirteen performers, a majority of them children, dressed in bright costumes of white, red, and blue. Their faces are painted. Many of them are in the middle of dance or expressive motions. The backdrop is a painted illustration of the waters edge with many colourful plants in deep blue water.

    October 26

    Scent of Thunderbolts: A Cantonese Opera Experience & Workshop

    Experience the vivid history and enduring contemporary presence of Cantonese Opera in this workshop with Starlight Chinese Performing Arts Centre in conjunction with Karen Tam’s installation Scent of Thunderbolts.

    Time

    4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Performance

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • October 27

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • October 27

    Scent of Thunderbolts: Family Portrait Sessions

    Karen Tam and Toronto-based photographer May Truong invite members of Chinese-Canadian communities in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area to participate in a family photoshoot within Karen’s installation.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Community Gathering

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 2

    Container for a Vessel: resourcing nervous system healing

    In this workshop, artist Zahra Komeylian invites participants to engage with practices of listening and tuning for resetting nervous system dysregulation.

    Time

    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 3

    VIBE Arts Family Days: Mini Monotype Printmaking

    VIBE Arts returns for the 2024 Biennial season to deliver fun, creative and interactive programming for intergenerational learners, families and caregivers in response to the exhibitions artists and artworks.

    Time

    11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • November 3

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • November 3

    Eating the Archive: flatbreads as embodied histories

    Artist Sameer Farooq and food writer Naomi Duguid share food and stories inside Sameer’s TBA 2024 installation, Flatbread Library.

    Time

    3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Community Gathering

    Talk

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 6

    FEELING HER WAY: DANCER RESPONSE

    For the duration of the exhibition Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, an invited dance artist will perform in the gallery, prompted by the sounds and visual elements of Boyce's installation.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    Art Gallery of Ontario

  • November 7

    Six Turntables

    Presented at the end of an intensive workshop series, Six Turntables is an open rehearsal to witness processes and outcomes of deep listening, collective composing, and experimental turntablism.

    Time

    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

    Community Gathering

    Performance

    Location

    Hart House

  • November 8 – November 29

    Storytelling at the Auto BLDG

    Occurring each Friday, TBA’s Storytelling Program offers visitors of all ages new ways of engaging with the artworks presented in the Biennial by offering artist-led participatory sessions in the exhibition spaces.

    Time

    12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Storytelling

    Talk

    Walk

    Workshop

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

  • November 8

    The Question

    In this workshop co-produced by C Magazine, Aisha Sasha John invites participants to work through “How do we try to ask more and deeper questions?”

    Time

    6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 9 – December 1

    Storytelling at 32 Lisgar

    Occurring each Saturday and Sunday, TBA’s Storytelling Program offers visitors of all ages new ways of engaging with the artworks presented in the Biennial by offering artist-led participatory sessions in the exhibition spaces.

    Time

    10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Storytelling

    Talk

    Walk

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • November 9 – December 1

    Storytelling at the Auto BLDG

    Occurring each Saturday and Sunday, TBA’s Storytelling Program offers visitors of all ages new ways of engaging with the artworks presented in the Biennial by offering artist-led participatory sessions in the exhibition spaces.

    Time

    10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Storytelling

    Talk

    Walk

    Workshop

    Location

    The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor

  • November 10

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • November 13

    Artists and Curator in Conversation | Ikumagialiit – ᐃᑯᒪᒋᐊᓖᑦ (those that need fire): Aatooq (full of blood)

    In this engaging discussion with TBA 2024 Curator Dominique Fontaine, members of the Ikumagialiit collective explore their groundbreaking exhibition, Aatooq.

    Time

    6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

    Online Event

    Talk

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 14

    MOSSBELLY: DanceAge Workshop

    Led by Kate Nankervis, this workshop invites a group of intergenerational adults to dance together, creating a space to embody questions around movement and age.

    Time

    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    Hart House

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • Two photographs, side by side, of a building in Toronto's Chinatown at two different moments in time. On the left, the building has signage for Rol Jul Restaurant. On the right, it is for Good Brother BBQ. The building is red brick and situated between two others.

    November 14

    In Conversation: Morris Lum & Arlene Chan | Chinatown In Photos

    2024 Biennial artist Morris Lum is joined by Chinese Canadian Historian Arlene Chan, and architect and professor Linda Zhang, for an intimate conversation that brings together the history of Toronto’s Chinatowns.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

    Talk

    Location

    North York Central Library, Toronto Public Library

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 16

    the ties that Bind Us, the ties that Bond Us

    Led by Nickeshia Garrick, this workshop will be an embodied exploration of the bonds that physically and emotionally bind our lived experiences by inviting participants to unearth their inner storyteller.

    Time

    1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    The Power Plant Art Gallery

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 16

    Memex Room: Reindexing the Archive

    In this multidimensional performance workshop led by Ivetta Sunyoung Kang and Kii (Wonki) Kang, participants are invited to annotate photographs of subjects in an archive, responding to the prompt “What do you see?” through the web-based platform Archive Reindex Archive (ARA).

    Time

    7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 17

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • A photograph of Travis Knights performing on stage. He is a Black man with dark skin, bald, with light facial hair. He is wearing a black suit and tap shoes. He is smiling, with his head back, fingers snapping, and legs crossed in motion. A white man, bald and wearing a black suit, is playing a double bass in the background. Also in the background is a Black man, with short dreads and wearing a black suit, sitting on a stool and playing a trumpet.

    November 17

    Sounding Time: An Introduction to Tap Dance and Jazz Culture

    In this workshop, Travis Knights will share his passion of jazz culture, and its history as a language that transcends the spoken word and rhythm.

    Time

    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    Roncesvalles United Church

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 20

    TIFF Next Wave Presents: Kuessipan

    Join us for a screening of Myriam Verreault’s debut narrative feature Kuessipan, followed by an onstage conversation about creative collaboration, self-representation, and intercultural relationships.

    Time

    6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

    Screening

    Talk

    Location

    Cinema 4 - Paul & Leah Atkinson Family Cinema, TIFF Bell Lightbox

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 22

    MOSSBELLY: DanceAge Workshop

    Led by Kate Nankervis, this workshop invites a group of intergenerational adults to dance together, creating a space to embody questions around movement and age.

    Time

    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    Hart House

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 23

    Visual Language for Social Change: Lino-Cut Printmaking

    In this skill-building workshop, participants will explore how art and impactful visual language amplify social movements through making their own media.

    Time

    12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 23

    Ness Lee: Performances with Toronto Dance Theatre

    Visual artist Ness Lee and Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) come together to imagine a performance that will gently move through the Biennial’s exhibition space at 32 Lisgar, with seven performers interacting with Ness’ distinctive sculptures and objects. Finding moments of intimacy between their bodies and the plush characters Ness creates, the dancers will animate the […]

    Time

    2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • November 24

    Storytelling: Drop-in Writing Circle

    Join Storyteller Jingshu every Sunday at 32 Lisgar St for a drop-in writing circle that will spark your creativity.

    Time

    12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

    Storytelling

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • Justine A. Chambers, a mixed-race Black woman, and Laurie Young, an Asian woman, stand against a white curtain backdrop. Justine is wearing a white dress shirt and dark slacks. Laurie is wearing a sleeveless white dress shirt, suspenders, and blue slacks. Both of them have their arms raised, one arm reaching up over the other. Their gazes are wayward.

    November 28

    One Hundred More

    One Hundred More is a performance urgently informed by our current socio-political climate and is centred on an iconic gesture of resistance.

    Time

    8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Theatre Centre

  • November 29

    Ness Lee: Performances with Toronto Dance Theatre

    Visual artist Ness Lee and Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) come together to imagine a performance that will gently move through the Biennial’s exhibition space at 32 Lisgar, with seven performers interacting with Ness’ distinctive sculptures and objects. Finding moments of intimacy between their bodies and the plush characters Ness creates, the dancers will animate the […]

    Time

    5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • Justine A. Chambers, a mixed-race Black woman, and Laurie Young, an Asian woman, stand against a white curtain backdrop. Justine is wearing a white dress shirt and dark slacks. Laurie is wearing a sleeveless white dress shirt, suspenders, and blue slacks. Both of them have their arms raised, one arm reaching up over the other. Their gazes are wayward.

    November 29

    One Hundred More (featuring a talkback moderated by Seika Boye)

    One Hundred More is a performance urgently informed by our current socio-political climate and is centred on an iconic gesture of resistance.

    Time

    8:00 PM – 9:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Theatre Centre

  • A photograph of a group of people walking together down a tree-lined dock. They are wearing winter jackets.

    November 30

    DATE CHANGE: Curatorial Encounters 4 | Precarious Joys: The West End Tour

    For this final edition of Curatorial Encounters, we celebrate the opening of the Biennial with the second of two public tours by TBA curators highlighting the impact that the Biennial artists have on Toronto. Please note the date of this program has changed to November 30.

    Time

    11:00 AM – 1:30 PM

    Talk

    Walk

    Location

    Gallery TPW

    Ticket

    Tickets Required

  • November 30

    Love Songs to End Colonization

    Artists Peter Morin and Jimmie Kilpatrick are friends who share an abiding love for karaoke and present it through their ongoing artistic collaboration, Love Songs to End Colonization, a participatory karaoke project founded in kindness, joy, futurity, and engaging a collective voice through singing. Repurposing popular love songs, this project critiques, confronts, and dismantles the […]

    Time

    8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

    Community Gathering

    Performance

    Location

    The Theatre Centre

  • December 1

    Ness Lee: Performances with Toronto Dance Theatre

    Visual artist Ness Lee and Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) come together to imagine a performance that will gently move through the Biennial’s exhibition space at 32 Lisgar, with seven performers interacting with Ness’ distinctive sculptures and objects. Finding moments of intimacy between their bodies and the plush characters Ness creates, the dancers will animate the […]

    Time

    12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • December 1

    some kind of hope.

    In this conversation, cultural leaders and arts practitioners reflect on how they approach their work and art, balancing personal values with organizational mandates, while centering collective joy.

    Time

    3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

    Family Friendly

    Talk

    Location

    32 Lisgar St and Park

  • December 4

    FEELING HER WAY: DANCER RESPONSE

    For the duration of the exhibition Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, an invited dance artist will perform in the gallery, prompted by the sounds and visual elements of Boyce's installation.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    Art Gallery of Ontario

  • February 5

    FEELING HER WAY: DANCER RESPONSE

    For the duration of the exhibition Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, an invited dance artist will perform in the gallery, prompted by the sounds and visual elements of Boyce's installation.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    Art Gallery of Ontario

  • March 5

    FEELING HER WAY: DANCER RESPONSE

    For the duration of the exhibition Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, an invited dance artist will perform in the gallery, prompted by the sounds and visual elements of Boyce's installation.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    Art Gallery of Ontario

  • April 2

    FEELING HER WAY: DANCER RESPONSE

    For the duration of the exhibition Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way, an invited dance artist will perform in the gallery, prompted by the sounds and visual elements of Boyce's installation.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

    Performance

    Location

    Art Gallery of Ontario