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Streeter staff July 1, 2023July 17, 2023 art, climate change, Flemingdon Park, RV Burgess Park, Thorncliffe Park, Thorncliffe Park Drive

July 15–Aug. 19: View art in the park on climate change

Flemingdon Community Support Services presents Art, Equity and Climate Change in RV Burgess Park every Saturday from July 15 to Aug. 19.

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Streeter staff October 29, 2021November 16, 2021 art, Artscape Wychwood Barns, ArtWorxTO, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Walmer Road Baptist Church

Nov. 12–27: See artworks on Dis/Play

More than 50 artists with disabilities will be presented through the Dis/Play project at three locations in Toronto from Nov.

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Streeter staff September 28, 2021October 13, 2021 art, Awakenings, Mackenzie House, projections, Spadina Museum, Todmorden Mills

October: Experience outdoor art projections from Awakenings program

The city’s Awakenings program of art by Black, Indigenous and artists of colour is projecting art on Toronto History Museum sites.

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Eric McMillan October 2, 2020October 6, 2020 art, Bell boxes, Josh Matlow, murals, St. Clair Avenue, Toronto-St. Paul's

Lots more public art to come in midtown: Matlow

There are lots more drab areas of Toronto-St. Paul’s that would benefit from an artful sprucing up, Joah Matlow said recently.

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Eric McMillan September 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Alex Duff Memorial Pool, art, BigArtTO, Don Mills Library, Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pool, Equinix Data Centre, George Brown College, John Tory, Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre, Lawrence Heights Community Centre, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, Shelley Carroll

BigArtTO projects art into local neighbourhoods

In case you can’t get leave your neighbourhood to see art, Toronto is bringing art to your neighbourhood, projected onto local buildings.

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Streeter staff July 11, 2019July 15, 2019 art, Northern District Library, Orchard View Boulevard

July 25: Painting lesson for teenagers

The Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd., hosts Paint With Me, an artist-led step-by-step workshop to create a finished painting.

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Brian Baker September 30, 2018November 24, 2020 art, Bell box, Davisville Avenue, Ghazaleh Rastgar, Michael Cavanaugh, Mt. Pleasant Road, murals

Bell Box Murals Project has been artistic labour of love

It started with a simple tweet. Michael Cavanaugh posted a picture of a painted Bell box by Sarah Cannon on Davisville Avenue.

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Streeter staff May 10, 2018May 25, 2018 Andy Warhol, art, C9 ART, Corno, Sultan Street

May 24–July 7: Warhol and Corno at C9 gallery

C9 ART gallery presents Corno & Warhol, a pop art exhibition celebrating the influence of Andy Warhol on Canadian artist Corno, from May 24 to July 7, in collaboration with Corno Gallery in Montreal.

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Eric Emin Wood April 6, 2015 art, development, Postal Station K, Rockport

Art planned for redesigned Postal Station K

The owners of a midtown landmark are about to add a landmark art installation. City council approved on March 31 developer

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Shawn Star March 27, 2015March 28, 2017 art, ArtsBuild Ontario, city council, Karen Stintz, TTC

Karen Stintz joins arts firm

The former Eglinton-Lawrence councillor and mayoral candidate announced this morning she was joining ArtsBuild Ontario as an executive director.

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Brian Baker September 26, 2014October 7, 2014 art, Film Making, Havergal College, music, University of Toronto Schools, York School

The arts are more than electives to midtown schools

When it comes the required courses at the high school level, it’s always the maths, science and Englishes that take precedence. But what of the electives: visual arts, drama and film making?

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Eric McMillan July 11, 2014November 21, 2017 art

Quick art for your walls

Since I don’t have a huge home décor budget, I decided to create my own pieces of art to make my home homier.

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Town Crier staff March 5, 2014June 21, 2014 activities, art, March Break

DIY cure for March Break madness

Whether your kids are into flexing their muscles or their creativity, here are a few ways to keep them entertained and active during March Break week, March 10–14.

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