In-Studio Series: David Barnett
Painter David Barnett, pictured above, is the first subject in photographer Greg Edwards' portraits of Artscapers in their studios, a personal project…
A conversation with photographer Yasin Osman
Yasin Osman, a rising star in the world of photography, loves Regent Park. The 25-year old artist has already made…
The Islands Artist Residency
Through a partnership with Fogo Island Arts and Art Metropole, Artscape is pleased to announce the call for applications for the third iteration of The Islands, a…
Documenting the Liveable City
“At Work in the Memory Archive” is a fascinating initiative to catalogue and shed light on under-recognized city-building and social…
Rebirth Launches b current’s New Vision
b current performing arts, a theatre company producing work by and about the Black and Brown diaspora, based at the Artscape Wychwood…
Muhtadi Thomas: African Drumming Legend of TO
Since discovering drumming around age 16, Muhtadi Thomas has become, over the course of 50 years, a master of African…
The 411 on Blackburn Prize 2018 Finalist Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy, a celebrated playwright, filmmaker and librettist and member of Artscape’s artist community, is one of two Canadians nominated…
Interview: Remounting Cassettes 100 in Canada
On November 19, Cassettes 100, a unique performance piece, made its Canadian debut in the lobby of the Young Centre for the…
Inside the Artscape Distillery Studios
Meet some of the wonderful studio occupants at the Artscape Distillery Studios! We dropped by last week and asked a…
Featured Artist: Katrina Jurjans
Emerging artist Katrina Jurjans wowed us at the 2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition with boldly layered paintings. Her work garnered…
Institute for Creative Exchange with Salvador Alanis and Ximena Berecochea
Salvador Alanis and Ximena Berecochea are the founders of the Institute for Creative Exchange (ICE) at Artscape Youngplace. This power couple…
How Raising Artists is Encouraging Creativity and Imagination
How Raising Artists is Encouraging Creativity and Imagination Raising Artists is an art program designed for children and parents held in SKETCH…
Daniels Spectrum damaged in fire May 30
On Wednesday, May 30, fire broke out within Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park. The building suffered limited fire and smoke damage.…
Announcing HXOUSE@LAUNCHPAD
PRESS RELEASE Toronto Artscape Foundation and HXOUSE partner to create ‘No More Dreams,’ a program to empower local young artists…
Int’l culture leaders to participate in Artscape study tour
Artscape, with support from the World Cities Culture Forum and Canada Council for the Arts, and in association with the…
RFP: Telescopic Seating Unit
Issue Date: May 14, 2018 Submission Deadline: May 31, 2018 at 3 PM The current seating infrastructure in Ada Slaight…
Property Tax Relief
On May 8, the Government of Ontario announced that the special tax subclass for "creative co-location facilities" was made law.…
UPDATED: RFP, Furniture for Artscape Daniels Launchpad
Artscape is seeking proposals from qualified bidders for the purchase, delivery and installation of furniture for Artscape Daniels Launchpad, as…
Re-imagining entrepreneurship education
Artists are known for breaking the mould and doing things differently—so it's not surprising that a one-size-fits-all approach to entrepreneurship…
Assaf Weisz to lead our Creative Placemaking Lab
Artscape is pleased to introduce Assaf Weisz, the new Managing Director of our Creative Placemaking Lab. Starting today (April 23,…
Small World Music’s Big Vision for World Music in Toronto
Small World Music, established in 1997, runs the Small World Music Centre at Artscape Youngplace. We caught up with Jess…
Program Partners for Artscape Weston Common Announced
Today, Artscape is pleased to announce UrbanArts and Shakespeare in Action as our program partners for our community cultural hub in development, Artscape Weston…
Creative and Digital Industries Embrace Launchpad
On December 15, we introduced Artscape Daniels Launchpad to the digital music industries in the GTA and were thrilled to have Jeffrey Remedios,…
WCCF and Tim Jones address affordability crisis
Soaring property values have created an affordability crisis that is impacting multiple cities and their cultural sectors. The World Cities…