The 2019 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is happening this weekend in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square and over 360 artists and makers are ready to welcome you, including a large group of Akin artists! Art: Unwalled' is the theme this year, as part of TOAF's core belief that art should be available and accessible to everyone - with no barriers.

Location: Nathan Phillips Square

Dates & Times: Sat. (10am–7pm, Beer Garden open til 9pm), and Sun. (10am–5pm).

FREE.

The following Akin artists have booths at this year’s fair. They are scattered across the square and range from painters and illustrators to textile artists and sculptors.

1. Andrew Pierce, Booth E320, Akin St Clair

2. Chris Harms, Booth C229, Akin Alumni

3. Dorota Dziong, Booth A116, Akin MOCA Year 2

4. Elycia SFA, Booth A114, Akin Alumni

5. Eugenia Elder, Booth E355, Akin MOCA Year 2

6. Felicia Cirstea, Booth D290, Akin Ossington

7. Jamileh Salek Ostadtaqi, Booth Lawn 372, Akin Alumni

8. Japneet Kaur, Booth A94, Akin Ossington

9. Leone McComas, Booth B182, Akin MOCA Year 1

10. Liang Wang, Booth E312, Akin MOCA Year 1

11. Linds Miyo, Booth B187, Akin Lansdowne

12. Loren Kaplan, Booth E361, Akin Dupont

13. Raoul Olou, Booth B179, Akin MOCA Year 1

14. Valentina Churilova, Booth E327, Akin Dupont

15. Zach Atticus, Booth B184, Akin Dupont

16. Natalie Waddell, Toronto Potters, Booth D269-269, Akin Alumni

17. Nicole Crozier, Booth 377, Akin Ossington

Today Akin will be onsite visiting the fair and the exhibiting members of Akin’s talented community. Follow along with us by tuning into the Akin Projects Instagram account!

The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is Canada's leading contemporary outdoor art fair and has been happening every second weekend in July since 1961, rain or shine, in the heart of downtown Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square.

Image Source: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, 2019.

Call for Volunteers - The 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair!

Don't miss your chance to volunteer at the 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is only made possible by our amazing volunteers. Each year many dedicated volunteers lend their hands, time and expertise to make this event happen. Last year we had over 200 volunteers participate and we are excited to make our 58th year even bigger and better. If you are passionate about art or volunteering please join us at Canada’s largest, longest-running contemporary outdoor art fair this July 12-14, 2019.

By volunteering for Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, you will not only be supporting the arts and meeting amazing people, you will also be creating access and helping shape community. We will provide you with comprehensive training, a TOAF t-shirt and a volunteer appreciation event after the Fair.

There are many diverse volunteer roles including:

• Fair Volunteer - you will have the most varied role – you’ll be the face of the fair and will be on hand to provide information to our audiences, as well as leading tours and helping out artists and logistics where required.

• Logistics - you’ll be supporting our Logistics Manager on site. You will be central to the running of the fair and may be asked to do some more physical tasks, mark up the square, be in the dolly crew, helping artists setup, and keep everything running smoothly!

• Artist Liaison - Connect with our artists, watch over their booths when they need a break, help register them and assist with their needs throughout the day!

• ...and more!

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Delanie Prasek at volunteer@torontooutdoor.art. If you would prefer an alternative way of signing up please email Delanie Prasek.

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Call for Artists

Visual artists working in all mediums and makers in craft & design from across Canada and beyond are invited to submit applications to Canada’s largest and longest-running juried outdoor art fair. The 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair takes place at Nathan Phillips Square, July 12-14, 2019 and attracts over 115,000 art enthusiasts and collectors locally and internationally.

Early Bird Deadline: February 28th 2019 at 11:59PM

Final Deadline: March 6th 2019 at 12:00AM

Application Fee: $50 Regular, $30 Students.
Late fees apply beginning March 1, 2019 12:00 AM

Why should you apply?

1. Keep 100% of your profits! Our visitors spend over $2 million on buying art.

2. Showcase your work at Canada’s best-attended not-for-profit art fair without breaking the bank. Affordable booth packages to fit your budget.

3. Win one of the TOAF prestigious awards. Last year $40,000 cash and in-kind was awarded.

4. Benefit from the TOAF’s multi-platform marketing and media campaign on subways, newspapers, radio stations, social media and more.

5. Build your network by meeting exceptionally talented artists, art professionals and prospective clients.

The venue at Nathan Phillips Square is fully accessible. Artists who require accessibility support can be eligible for additional assistance through our Art Encounters program. Please contact the TOAF directly for more information.

Questions?
Contact us at info@torontooutdoor.art We can't thank you enough for your help in spreading the message about the Call for Artists for the 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair this July 12-14, 2019.

Akin at the 57th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair →

The 57th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Canada's largest and longest running contemporary outdoor art fair kicks off this Friday, July 6th and is an incredible summer experience you won’t want to miss! Over 360 artists, along with live performances, delicious food, and a Henderson Brewing Co. Beer Garden will grace Nathan Phillips Square at this free event. 

Dates: July 6-8, 2018

Location: Nathan Philips Square, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON.

FREE Admission

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Hours:

Friday, July 6th 10AM-7PM

Saturday, July 7th 10AM-7PM

Sunday July 8th 10AM-5PM

Photo of Loren Kaplan's recent botanical inspired work. 

This year Akin will be onsite with our friends CARFAC Ontario, drop by booth #D271 this weekend to learn more about Akin and to discover the many ways both Akin and CARFAC Ontario help artists of all professional levels.

You can also find a number of Akin members at this year's TOAF, including: Stephanie Avery and Raquel da Silva of Akin MOCA, Natalie Waddell of Akin King, Katrina Jurjans of Akin Lansdowne, Kristy Blackwell of Akin Sunrise and Loren Kaplan of Akin Dupont. You can find their work and more at the following locations:

Stephanie Avery - Booth #: E348 - Photography and Digital Media

Raquel da Silva - Booth #: A8 - Painting

Natalie Waddell - Booth #: D269 - Toronto Potter's

Katrina Jurjans - Booth #: AA4 - Painting

Kristy Blackwell - Booth #: A72 - 2D Works

Loren Kaplan - Booth #: E366 - Craft & Design, Ceramics

We would also like to congratulate Anahita Azrahimi of Akin Lansdowne for organizing and overseeing everything that makes the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair possible for 57 years and counting!

Volunteer at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair →

The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) is Canada's largest, longest running juried contemporary outdoor art fair. Founded in 1961, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair exists to nurture artistic excellence and artists’ entrepreneurial spirit, and to showcase contemporary art to the general public. This free event showcases work by over 320 contemporary visual artists and makers, ranging from painting, photography, and mixed media to jewellery and ceramics, attracting over 100,000 visitors each year to Nathan Phillips Square.

The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is only made possible by the amazing volunteers. Each year over 150 volunteers lend their hands, time and expertise to make this event happen. If you are passionate about art or volunteering please join volunteer this July. Types of roles:

• Fair Volunteer Be the face of the festival, includes providing information to audiences, fundraising, tour leading
• Logistics Help out in production, mark up the square, be in the dolly crew helping artists set up, keep everything running smoothly!
• Artist Liaison Connect with our artists, help register them and assist with their needs throughout the day!
• Office assistance Pre-fair assistance preparing items for the fair, plus postering and postcard distribution.

By volunteering for the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, you will not only be supporting the arts, and meeting amazing people but you will also be creating access and helping shape the Toronto arts community. You will be provided with comprehensive training, a TOAF t-shirt and volunteer appreciation events. Without you this event would not be possible. We hope you’ll also have fun and gain some amazing experience!

Any questions don’t hesitate to contact Rosanna at volunteer@torontooutdoor.art

Sign Up For Free Art Talks! →

The 57th edition of Toronto Outdoor Art Fair is almost upon us and this year's fair has an great programming line up, including the following free talks. Sign up for free in advance.

Building the Creative City

July 6th from 1:00-1:45PM

With Anahita Azrahimi (Executive & Creative Director, TOAF), Tammy Yiu (Creative + Community, Partial), and Lauren Pirie (Artist and Muralist).

Art Before Dishes With Tiffany Pratt

July 7th from 3:00-4:00PM

Warp, Weft and Resin

July 7th from 5:00-6:00PM

With Robert K. E. Mitchell (MDes. Assistant Professor, Material Design, OCAD University) and TOAF artists: Dan Driscoll, Tania Love, and Alicia Niles.

The Collector's Panel

July 8th from 3:00-4:00PM

With Alex McLeod (Visual Artist), Justin Broadbent (Director and Artist), Regina Sheung (Owner, Labour of Love). Moderated by Tammy Yiu (Creative + Community, Partial).

Akin Collective Artists among 2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibitions Award Winners

Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Awards! Over $40,000 in cash and in-kind awards were presented last week to some very extraordinary artists of the 2017 Exhibition including many Akin Collective studio members and alumni!

Katrina Jurjans of Akin Lansdowne won Best of Painting as well as Best of Student which includes a one-week Residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point & One-week Exhibition at Artscape Youngplace.

Kendra Yee of Akin Lansdowne received the Emerging Artist by Emerging Curator Award, an award that creates an opportunity for an emerging curator and four emerging artists to participate in an exhibition at a professional gallery.

Loren Kaplan of Akin Dupont received Honourable Mention for Best of Ceramics.  

Kristy Blackwell of Akin Sunrise received Honourable Mention for Best of Painting. 

Julia Hepburn, a former Akin member also received Honourable mention for Best of 3D Works. 

We are so proud of all of you! 

Akin at the 2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition / July 14-16

Akin is excited to be one of the Community Partners featured at the 2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition along with our friends at Toronto School of Art and CARFAC . We will be onsite in the South Mews to answer questions about artists' rights, representation, studio access, education and professional development services. 

The event features over 340 artists and makers, including many Akin studio artists! Make sure to visit Akin Sunrise artist Kristy Blackwell (Booth P-118), Akin Lansdowne artist Katrina Jurjans (Booth SM-21), and Akin Dupont artists Chris Harms (Booth P-088), Iskuhi Avagyan (Booth P-126), and Loren Kaplan (Booth P-141). 

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is open to the public and free of charge. Enjoy amazing art, family programming, new exhibition layout, new works, new artists, along with live performances, food, and refreshments.

Hours:
Fri July 14  10:00am - 7:00pm
Sat July 15 10:00am - 7:00pm
Sun July 16 10:00am - 5:00pm

#TOAE2017

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - Call for Volunteers!

WHAT IS IT?

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) is Canada's largest, longest running juried contemporary outdoor art fair. Founded in 1961, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition was established to nurture artistic excellence and artists’ entrepreneurial spirit, and to showcase contemporary art to the general public. This free public event showcases works by over 320 contemporary visual artists and makers, ranging in medium from painting, photography, and mixed media to jewellery and ceramics, and attracts 100,000 visitors each year to Nathan Phillips Square.This year TOAE runs from July 14-16th!
 

WHY WE NEED YOU!

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is only made possible by our amazing volunteers. We are tremendously grateful for your time and dedication to the exhibition! Each year over 100 volunteers lend their hands, time and expertise to make this event happen. We sincerely hope that you consider joining the volunteer team this summer! As a volunteer, you’ll be responsible for helping set up the exhibition on Nathan Philips Square, supporting artists, providing customer service and assisting with event logistics.
 

WHY VOLUNTEER WITH TOAE?

By volunteering for the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition you will not only be supporting the arts, and meeting amazing people but you will also be creating access and helping shape the Toronto arts community. You will provide you with comprehensive training, a TOAE t-shirt and volunteer appreciation events. Without you this event would not be possible.

Any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us at volunteer@torontooutdoorart.org

Call for Submissions - 2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - Deadline March 1

Calling visual artists working in all mediums and makers in craft & design, to submit applications to the 56th annual juried Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Artists at all levels of their career are welcome to apply.

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition’s Awards Program is unprecedented and unique in North America. Over $30,000 cash and in-kind prizes will be awarded to the best artists in their practices at the event.

Early Deadline: March 1, 2017
Late Deadline: March 14, 2017 (Late Fees apply)

About Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition:
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is Toronto’s first and Canada's largest, longest-running juried outdoor contemporary art fair. Founded in 1961, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition was established to nurture artistic excellence and artists’ entrepreneurial spirit, and to showcase contemporary art to the general public. This free public event showcases works by over 320 contemporary visual artists, ranging in medium from painting, photography, and mixed media to design and installations and attracts 100,000 visitors each year to Nathan Phillips Square.

56th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Call for Submissions

Visual artists working in all mediums, and makers in craft & design are invited to submit applications to the 56th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.

Early Deadline: March 1, 2017
Late Deadline: March 14, 2017 (Late fees apply)

APPLY NOW

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is Toronto’s first and Canada's largest, longest running juried outdoor contemporary art fair since 1961. Attracting an audience of over 100,000 people annually, and showcasing the work of over 320 artists, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition prides itself on creating an environment that gives artists the chance to interact directly with the public in an informal and accessible setting.

Art Hear @ TOAE

Akin Collective

presents

ART HEAR

Akin Collective is  thrilled to present 

a unique series of free panel discussions and artist talks at The Toronto Outdoor art Exhibition 2015.

Talks will span topics and themes including the role of public art and the ownership of public spaces, shifts in the Toronto art world, the internet as artistic space, the benefits of outdoor art, and new methods of engaging public spaces all centered around the theme of “expectations”.

Art Hear Tent at City Hall! 100 Queen Street West.

Friday, September 18:

12:30 pm

: “Art and the Internet”

Alex Mcleod, Artist

Benjamin Bruneau, Artist and critic

Tough Guy Mountain, Artists.

4:30 pm

: “Claiming Public Space: Who does Public Art belong to?”

Ben Mills, Vice President, Public Art Management

Lilie Zendel, Manager, StreetARToronto (StART)

Laura Berazadi, Metrolinx Senior Advisor, Integrated Art

Lara Tarlo, City Planning, City of Toronto

Saturday, September 19:

2:00 pm

: “Outdoor Spaces: Activations, Interventions”

VSVSVS, Artists

Tania Thompson, Founder, 

Sunday

 Drive Art Projects

Sean Martindale, Artist

3:00 pm

: Performance Art: “Audiences and Attention”

Bridget Moser, Artist

Shannon Cochrane, Artist/Director of FADO Performance Art Centre

Basil AlZeri, Artist

Sunday, September 20:

1:00pm

: “Collectives and Collaborations: The Shared Spaces”

Oliver Pauk, Founder and Director, Akin Collective

Adil Dhalla, Director of Culture, Centre for Social Innovation

Ashley Proctor, Founder, Creative Bluerprint & Foundery

3:00pm

:“Popular Commentary: Topics in Toronto’s Art Scene”

David Liss, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

Shari Orenstein, Conversations from Toronto Art World

Jamie Angell, Director, Angell Gallery

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/exhibition/art-hear

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TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION: APPLICATIONS OPEN

ANNOUNCING NEW DATES &; DEADLINES – 2015 TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Nathan Phillips Square
September 18-20, 2015

THE TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION IS MOVING TO SEPTEMBER ON THE SQUARE

NEW DEADLINE - Artist Exhibitor Applications

The application period has been extended to accommodate this change in dates.

Artist exhibitor applications are due 11:59pm on Monday, May 18.

• Artists can apply in up to 3 categories (fees apply):
  Ceramics, Digital Media, Drawing, Fibre, Glass, Illustration, Jewellery, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Print Making, Sculpture, Watercolor, Wood
• Artists have a choice between two booth sizes – 10x10 or 10x20
• Artists retain 100% of all sales;
• Accepted artists are automatically entered into the Best of Exhibition Awards, with over $25,000 in prizes;

The 2015 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition has been invited back to Nathan Phillips Square by the City of Toronto, September 18-20, to accommodate changes in road closure policies that prevent the use of Queen’s Park Crescent, and to accommodate the logistics of the Pan Am / Parapan Am games over the summer months. The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is grateful for the support of the Mayor, City Councillors, and City staff in bringing the exhibition back to Nathan Philips Square for 2015.

The 2015 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition will take place September 18-20 at Nathan Phillips Square, 10:30am – 7:30pm Friday and Saturday, 10:30am – 6:30pm Sunday. More details to be announced.


2015 ARTIST EXHIBITOR APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
http://www.torontooutdoorart.org

For information on applying as an artist, please contact:

Rachelle Sabourin
Exhibitor Relations Manager
416-408-2754
rachelle@torontooutdoorart.org

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is a charitable non-profit organization supported by a volunteer Board of Directors. The organizers take no percentage of the artists’ sales. The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition gratefully acknowledges the support of its many sponsors and award donors.

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition was founded in 1961 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler. Taking place that first year in the parking lot of the Four Seasons Hotel on Jarvis St, the exhibition quickly outgrew its space and moved to Nathan Phillips Square in 1967 to become the first event ever held on the then-new civic square.

For additional information, please contact:

Mark Teeple
Executive Director
416- 408-2202
mark@torontooutdoorart.org

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition gratefully acknowledges the support of all of its sponsors and donors.

For media inquiries:
media@torontooutdoorart.org



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