TBA’s year-round programs and events invite participants to engage with the artistic practices and ideas running through and between our bi-annual events. All upcoming public performances, conversations, workshops, walks, readings, and more are listed below. Please consult this page regularly for up-to-date information on our programs.

To reference past programs, please visit our TBA Archives.

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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 21 – December 1

    Storytelling at 32 Lisgar

    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

    Storytelling

    Talk

    Walk

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

  • Storyteller Rebecca Flemister is leading a storytelling tour. She is black woman, with long curly hair, glasses, a black shirt, and grey pants. She is holding an iPad. She is sitting on the ground while others stand and sit around her. There are sticky notes on the floor - they are in the middle of an activity. Colourful illustrative artworks hang in the background.

    September 21 – December 1

    Storytelling at the Auto BLDG

    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

  • 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.

    September 21

    VIBE Arts Family Days

    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

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

  • A photo of a group of at least 40 people in a room, sitting in a large group and circle, listening to a smaller group of 6 people speaking. The room has a large mural on one wall.

    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

  • 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

    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

  • 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

    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 27 – November 29

    Storytelling at 32 Lisgar

    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 – 8:00 PM

    Storytelling

    Talk

    Walk

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

  • Storyteller Rebecca Flemister is leading a storytelling tour. She is black woman, with long curly hair, glasses, a black shirt, and grey pants. She is holding an iPad. She is sitting on the ground while others stand and sit around her. There are sticky notes on the floor - they are in the middle of an activity. Colourful illustrative artworks hang in the background.

    September 27 – November 29

    Storytelling at the Auto BLDG

    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

  • A designed book cover. It has a back and front cover with a mustard yellow background and dark navy font.

    September 27

    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

    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

    Talk

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

  • In the foreground, Annie Wong is hunched over, her head hung, with her arms raised above. She is in movement, holding her glasses. In the background, several people stand in a choir next to music stands and mics. They are all wearing black.

    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

  • A photograph of a group of people walking across the street together on The Esplanade in Toronto. Buildings and condos can be seen in the background.

    October 4

    Curatorial Encounters 4 | Precarious Joys: The East End Tour

    For the last Curatorial Encounters, we celebrate the opening of the Biennial with a two-part public tour 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

  • 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

  • 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

    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

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

  • 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

  • October 12

    Notes on Belonging: An Adaptation

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

    Time

    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Performance

  • October 12

    Notes on Belonging: An Adaptation

    In this timely and poignant performance, director, playwright and scholar Jaye Austin Williams introduces a live stage 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

  • October 17 – October 22

    MOSSBELLY

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

    Time

    7:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Performance

    Location

    The Music Gallery

  • 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 20

    VIBE Arts Family Days

    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

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

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

    October 25

    Curatorial Encounters 4 | Precarious Joys: The West End Tour

    For the last Curatorial Encounters, we celebrate the opening of the Biennial with a two-part public tour by TBA curators highlighting the impact that the Biennial artists have on Toronto.

    Time

    5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

    Talk

    Walk

    Location

    Gallery TPW

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    November 3

    VIBE Arts Family Days

    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

    Workshop

    Location

    32 Lisgar St

  • 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 for an intimate conversation that brings together the history of Toronto’s Chinatowns.

    Time

    7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

    Talk

    Location

    North York Central Library, Toronto Public Library

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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