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Pay Your Interns

Working in the arts means that you get asked to work for free a lot. There are a ton of jobs that are posted promising experience in exchange for your hard work. While it may seem like an unpaid internship is a right of passage that everyone has to take, you should know your rights

Proposal Perplexity

For many emerging artists, figuring out how to get your work into a gallery or exhibition is an important first step for building your artistic career.  Most galleries have a specific process for applying for an exhibition.  It is always important to take the time to look for the proper submission process first before contacting

Island Times

    On Monday we went to Toronto Island to visit our Xpace summer residents at Artscape Gibraltar Point. We met up with artists in residence Danica Drago, and Hudson Christie  and writer in residence Jonathan Lockyer in their studio space. The two week long residency on the island started on August 1st. The trio will

Welcome Brette Gabel!

Photo by: Sarah Bodri Hello Xpace, My name is Brette Gabel, I am the new Programming Coordinator here at Xpace and I am delighted to be taking the position. I just completed my MFA from OCADU in the Interdisciplinary Program. My art practice is primarily based in textiles and “craft”. I am most interested in

SAD FACE EMOTICON + ROSES AND RASPBERRIES

By Humboldt Magnussen Hello Internet, as you know all good things must come to an end and therefore this is my last blog post that I will be writing for Xpace Cultural Centre. But don’t worry this will not be my last blog of my lifetime. As a goodbye I feel like I should summarize

Event Listings, Call for Submissions, Jobs

Art Art Art Art

By Humboldt Magnussen The Images Festival, which is an international festival of experimental and independent moving images that takes place in Toronto from April 10th to 19th, is currently in full swing. Take a look at the program because there are tones of awesome events, films, and talks still going on.  This last Friday at Xpace

Upcoming Events & Call For Submissions

Art and Family

By Humboldt Magnussen I recently got a text from my little sister asking, “How did your thingy go?” The “thingy” she is referring to is my Masters of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition that concluded a week ago. But by calling it a “thingy” it made it sound like just another day, not something I worked

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