Ontario Culture Days - Programming and Events

Events from our Creatives in Residence

In 2020, we launched our Creatives in Residence series and we’re thrilled to announce the second lineup of residents for 2021. These programs let people in on the artistic process, as we highlighted and shared the work of creatives from across the province. From foraging walks to protest poster workshops, these programs encouraged participants to learn and create by doing.

The pandemic has impacted our cultural landscape in a number of complex ways and our 2021 programs were linked by a shared sense of resilience and resourcefulness in times of precarity. These creatives were engaging with ideas of claiming space and holding ground, and much of the work was rooted in questions of community care and caring for oneself, connections to (and histories of) land, food sovereignty and security, and migration.

Solidarity Through Design
by Laura Rojas in Toronto,
Oct 21st & Oct 23rd

Discarded Treasures
by Kanika Gupta and Amit Kehar
Ottawa, Oct 3rd

Table Settings
by Alchemy, Prince Edward County,
Sept 26th – Oct 24th

Pruning Nature
by Tamara Green in Mississauguas of Scugog Island First Nation, Oct 2nd

Letters to Eatonville Library
by Hiba Abdallah
Toronto, Oct 12th

ON Culture Days @ the Library

As part of an ongoing partnership with Toronto Public Library, ON Culture Days @ the Library brought artistic programming directly into local neighbourhoods by programming library spaces throughout the festival. The program has recently expanded to include digital engagement pieces including blogs, live streams, videos and activities, supporting new ways to participate and engage with our featured artists.

The Artful Me Selfie Photo Project
by Diana Nazareth, Toronto,
Sept 25th & Oct 16th

Caring Connections: From My Heart to Yours
by Jamii, Toronto
Sept 24th – 26th

Contributing to the Bundle: Restoration of Relationship
by STEPS and Lindsay Lickers
Toronto, Sept 28th & Oct 2nd

Special Programming

Conversation with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane and Tanya Lukin Linklater
Moderated by Clare Butcher in Toronto,
Oct 22nd

FLeX: Collaboration Informational Presentation
by Fanny Martin
for WorkInCulture, Oct 19th

Toronto in “Last Night”
by Dave Dyment and Don McKellar in Toronto,
Oct 20th

Ontario Culture Days acknowledges and is grateful for the support it receives. Our supporters include: Chicago Title Insurance Company Canada, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), Pattison Outdoor, and Star Metroland Media. Supporters also include: Toronto Arts Council, the Province of Ontario, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts as well as the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.

Events from our Creatives in Residence

Events from our Creatives in Residence

ON Culture Days @ the Library

ON Culture Days @ the Library

Special Programming

Special Programming

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