November is usually the most threatening month of first semester. It is when the OCAD crazy begins to happen; feelings of inadequacy, lack of time, lack of food, brokeness, unmotivated, too motivated, super cold, constant tiredness, overwhelmed, constant stress; arise, all at once. Its an awful time of year. Learning how to time manage seems …
Submissions:
I am back in the country, after about 36 hours stuck in Vienna, Austria hanging out in an international airport. But I am home and I have never been so happy to see English writing in my entire life. The trip was insane. Europe is brilliant, but I’m sure you already knew that. I think …
CALL FOR SUBMISSION / JOB POSTING / ART SHOWS
This past weekend there was a lot in terms of art and artist talks. This happened to be because of the Feature Art Fair, which is a great opportunity to obscure the lines between artist, institution and public. The Feature Art Fair was organized in partnership with the Esker Foundation which was initiated by …
Hey Internet, I’m Jazmine Carr and I will be your new Blog Coordinator at Xpace Cultural Centre this year. I will be posting a variety of blog posts related to art shows, job postings, calls for submission, artist interviews and talks, workshops and upcoming need-to-see shows. So, obviously, really important stuff. I will be working …
If you are thinking about becoming an independent curator, you might be wondering what grants are available to support the kind of work that you want to do. Not all curators work for an institution, and it is just as important for those with independent practices to find resources so that they can afford to …
We just had a grant writing workshop with Peter Kingstone from the Toronto Arts Council. For those of you who weren’t able to join us in person, here are some tips that we gleaned from the workshop. Peter is super approachable and always willing to sit down and talk to you about your in progress …
Blog TO recently listed Xpace as one of the best contemporary art galleries for emerging artists in Toronto! Obviously we are quite pleased to have made the list, but it also started us thinking about what makes a good gallery for emerging artists. Of course someone who is looking for opportunities to commercially sell their …