Program Family: Art

365 Steps: Of Sea and Colour
As part of KUUMBA 365: Second Edition, four dancers and choreographers will perform a solo piece inspired by The Power Plant exhibitions.
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Masterclass: Syreeta Hector
Join Syreeta Hector for a movement session that invites participants to explore the intersection of identity, race, and classical ballet.
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Masterclass: Lua Shayenne
Celebrate your body as a temple of spirit, rooted in the energy of Mother Earth.
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Masterclass: Esie Mensah
Get ready to engage with Esie Mensah’s creative process, where movement becomes a powerful language for storytelling.
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Salvage
Inspired by sustainable design, a stunning collaboration between Coolican & Company and Calla Haynes.
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Objects for Adaptation and Resilience
A collaborative body of work between curator Kate Tessier and current Artists-in-Residence.
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Laura Donefer: Amulet Baskets
Innovative international glass artist Laura Donefer shares her bombastic, joyful glasswork.
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REVIVE
A multidisciplinary exhibition of innovative works in sculpture, photography and textiles.
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2025 DesignTO Launch Party
Join us for the official 2025 Design TO Launch Party
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Craft & Design Workshops
Taught by our Artists-in-Residence, these sessions provide you with the tools for hands-on creative expression.
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Nagata Shachu and Haneum
Nagata Shachu’s season’s finale concert featuring a collaboration with Haneum and Eunji Kim.
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Elaborate: Sketches in Glaze
Part of the larger exhibition, Elaborate. Celebrate the marvel and resilience of an organism that endures for centuries
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The Colours’ Colour
Colours sing as the human portrait encapsulates the potential beauty and vibrancy within.
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Elaborate
Celebrate the work of five stunning artists and the fascinating story of decorated ceramics.
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Bickers & Tsang
Explore the drama of daily life, emotion and imagination.
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Pullulate
As humans continue to put pressure on the planet, what does nature’s revenge look like?
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Not From Around Here
Not From Around Here is Alexa Samuels’ love letter to her hometown of Toronto and other places she’s visited. Her art celebrates urban streetscapes by shining unconventional light on hidden corners, back alleys, architectural underbellies and everyday landscapes’ seeming mundaneness. Her art turns iconic landmarks on their heads and rejoices in unsung street art. What […]
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Liquid, Gold
A reflection of nature’s bounty as a testament to the fluidity of existence, renewal and transformation.
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Twist Of Fate
A performance that combines contemporary circus, theatre, dance, music, projection mapping, and memoir.
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Taylor Mac’s
Twenty-four photos of costumes worn during a 24-hour performance of 24-Decade History of Popular Music.
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Mother Nature
For Machine’s recent talk at the 2023 TED conference in Vancouver, he created Mother Nature, a detailed look that straddles the boundaries of costume and set.
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Whitman In The Woods
Eight wearable sculptures created for Taylor Mac, who wore them in a film of the same name, will be on public view for the first time alongside a loop of the film.
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Treasure
Treasure is a future psyche-sex-adelic synth rock experience with stories about Machine’s mother, their relationship and the legacy she left to him.
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Special Occasions
Machine Dazzle’s Surreal Retrospective: Bespoke looks for special public events like Pride and Easter parade.
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