On Task

ONE LAST WEEK AT STUDIO T.O. 3.0 ❤️ Our temporary home at 302 Spadina is in its final stretch, and we’re filling the closing week with community events, creative gatherings, collaborative experiments, and one final fundraiser as we prepare for the next chapter. Join us this week (May 12-17) for: ✨ Speed Friending 
Speed dating for making new friends. ✨ Vision Board Party 
Make a collage of your intentions for the next season of your life. ✨ Sober Sip ’N’ Paint 
Enjoy a variety of options from our bottomless tea bar and explore your inner painter. ✨ Video Show & Tell 
Share your favourite clips and win prizes. ✨ Game Night 
Play our games, bring your own to share, gather your crew, or make new friends. ✨ Stitch Society 
Our flagship fibre art club. BYO project or use our supplies to knit, crochet, sew, or embroider away with fellow fibre artists. ✨ Farewell Party + Fundraiser 
Help us wind down this chapter and prepare for the next. Plus all week long: 🎨 Sarah Rubenstein wraps up her debut solo exhibition 🧵 All You Can Make Craft Buffet 
Get open access to our arts and craft supplies and tools to make whatever your creative heart desires. 🛋 Studio Clear-Out Sale 
Take home a piece of history (or a piece of furniture, or an appliance) and help us clear out! 🫂 BYO Mentoring Sessions 
Learn to Build Your Own (BYO) community project or event with hands-on support from our organization’s founder. Help support our transition into Studio T.O. 4.0 as we work toward securing a permanent home for the project in Toronto by the end of the summer, while also preparing to relaunch Studio LA 2.0. All previous Speed Friending attendees are welcome to attend our final round free of charge. Donations are warmly welcomed to support the next phase of the project. Want to join us but money is tight? Many events include Financial Barrier ticket options where you can pay any amount within reach for you. You can also reach out to [email protected] to inquire about volunteering in exchange for free access. RSVP + info:
ontask.eventbrite.com

Do you miss MTV or Much Music Video on Demand? Love sharing your favourite reels? This Friday night at 7pm (our final Friday night in this pop up at 302 SPADINA AVE) bring a video to share that lives rent-free in your mind. Video Show & Tell is a relaxed, participatory night where everyone is invited to share a short video that means something to them; a music video, Instagram reel, Tiktoks, YouTube clips, short films or anything in between. Each attendee will be invited to share their current favourite video clip and tell us why it matters to you, what it makes you think, feel, or remember or anything you want to share. We’ll watch together, talk about what we saw, and vote on a few informal categories like: * Most surprising video * Funniest clip * Most emotionally impactful * Audience favourite Prizes will be given in these categories and any others we decide are fun and worthy of an award. This is a low-pressure, community-centered evening for sharing culture, curiosity, and personal meaning through the things we watch online. Guidelines: * Keep selections respectful and accessible (it doesn't need to be "clean" but we're not here to traumatize each other) * Videos should ideally be up to 3 minutes (longer clips up to ~5–7 minutes allowed if needed) * Bring a link or have your video ready to play * Sharing is encouraged, but optional if you just want to attend and watch For tickets & more info, visit VideoShowAndTell.eventbrite.com

Sober Sip & Paint: Tea, Texture & Creative Play This Thursday & Saturday (Extra Date Just Added!) | Choose Your Own Start Time Join us for a relaxed, alcohol-free sip & paint evening centred around tea, creativity, and community. Instead of wine, we’ll be serving a rotating selection of teas to keep things warm, grounded, and social while you create at your own pace. How it works: * Choose a paint-by-numbers kit * Or select your own surface from our giant watercolour roll * Or get playful and pick a found object to paint (vases, ceramic cups, poster boards, photo frames, and more) There’s no right way to make something here, just space to experiment, unwind, and make something with your hands. For those who enjoy a bit of gentle structure, we’ll be screening episodes of Bob Ross’s The Joy of Painting, offering soft, optional guided prompts throughout the evening. Why we’re gathering: 
This event supports our nonprofit as we wind down this pop-up space and raise funds and resources for our next long-term home. Your participation directly helps sustain accessible, community-based arts programming. For more info and tickets, visit: SoberSipAndPaint.eventbrite.com

STUDIO CLOSING SALE 📦 302 Spadina Ave (Basement) Our temporary pop-up home resting on the border of Kensington Market & Chinatown is officially winding down, and we’re clearing out the space before we begin the next chapter. From now until Sunday May 17, come browse a rotating collection of: 
🛋 Furniture 
👕 Clothing 
👜 Accessories 
📚 Mystery books 
🎞 Movie posters 
🏠 Home decor 
🔌 Appliances 
🎨 Select art supplies Take home a piece of Studio T.O. 3.0 history while helping support our transition into Studio T.O. 4.0. Every purchase helps us move toward continuing our programming in satellite and pop up spaces around the city while we work to secure a new permanent home for the project in Toronto. You can shop during any of our closing week events or RSVP for a free visit at: 
StudioClosing.eventbrite.com You can also check out our closing week programming at: 
ontask.eventbrite.com Thank you for helping us clear out this strange little world with love ❤️

Join us tonight at 302 SPADINA AVE (basement level, side door entrance) for a very special instalment of intuitive readings with @sarahrube You are warmly invited to bring a question or an area of your life where you're seeking clarity, perspective, or deeper understanding. Sarah opens the Akashic Records - a non-physical field of information about our lives. Through images, words, or felt sensations, she receives messages that are designed to be the most loving and supportive to you at this time in your life. Sessions typically also include a transmission of healing energy, as well as a channeled melody. These are quiet, reflective sessions and are not therapy or fortune-telling. At the end, you're welcome to choose a small crystal you feel drawn to. Sign up in person during our Vision Board Party, or book your spot at IntuitiveGuidanceaSessions.eventbrite.com Be sure to also check out Sarah’s debut solo art exhibition while you’re here, and for other events during our closing week, visit OnTask.Eventbrite.com

🌑✨ FINAL BONUS EDITION ✨🌑 We thought the series was over… but we managed to squeeze in one last very special Vision Board Party before we close our doors at 302 Spadina. Join us this Wednesday, May 13 for a dreamy evening of New Moon Manifestation in anticipation of this weekend’s new moon 🌙 This edition is all about calling in the next phase of your life through creativity, intention setting, and community support. Come collage, craft, journal, reflect, and romanticize your future with us in our cozy little pop up studio one last time. ✨ All supplies included ✨ Complimentary light refreshments + unlimited tea ✨ Supportive, inspiring atmosphere ✨ Sliding scale tickets Tickets are already selling quickly and space is limited 💫 📍302 Spadina Ave (Basement level, side door entrance) 🎟️ Tickets + info: VisiOnTask.Eventbrite.com Bring your dreams. We’ll bring the scissors, glue sticks, paper ephemera and vibes.

TOMORROW · 7PM · 302 SPADINA AVE · $15-35 (FREE FOR PAST PARTICIPANTS!) LAST CALL FOR SPEED FRIENDING ON SPADINA❤️ Before we close the doors on our temporary home, we want to fill the space one last time with conversation, connection, and community. This special edition of Speed Friending is designed to foster meaningful, cross-generational connection. Whether you’re just finding your footing, deeply rooted in your path, or carrying a lifetime of experience, there is something powerful in coming together across stages of life. Guests are invited to self-select into one of three groups: ✨ Emerging 
✨ Established 
✨ Elder (These are gentle guidelines, not strict age categories. Choose the group that resonates most with you.) Throughout the evening, you’ll rotate through all three rooms, creating intentional opportunities to connect both within and across generations through guided prompts and low-pressure conversation rounds. Expect: 
• thoughtful facilitation 
• meaningful conversations 
• one-on-one and group connection 
• a warm and welcoming atmosphere If you’ve attended Speed Friending with us before, we would love to welcome you back for this final gathering at no additional charge. Just RSVP and let us know which group you’d like to join. If this will be your first time joining us, sliding scale tickets are available now and we’d love to have you there for this very special farewell to the space. 🎟 For more info, to book a spot or to hear our founder discuss Speed Friending on CBC Metro Morning, visit: OnTaskSpeedFriend.eventbrite.com Join us as we close out this chapter the best way we know how: making friends and building community.

🌸 CLOSES THIS SUNDAY MAY 17 🌸 The Craft Buffet is OPEN for Spring! Join us at our pop-up at 302 Spadina Ave for one of our most loved programs: the All You Can Make Craft Buffet 🎨 Pick your own three-hour time slot, dive into a treasure trove of art supplies and create whatever your heart desires.  ✨ Complimentary refreshments 
🎁 Bring a friend and receive a free gift 
💖 Heal your inner child Choose your date and time, pile up your materials, and make something magical! Open NOW through SUNDAY 🎟️ Tickets & info: AYCMBuffet.eventbrite.com

UPDATE: EXTENDED FOR ONE FINAL SESSION THIS SUNDAY! THIS WILL BE OUR ABSOLUTE FINAL EVENT AT 302 SPADINA Our flagship Fibre Art Club returns for a very special limited spring series ✨ Join us at our Spring pop-up at 302 Spadina Ave (basement) 🗓 Every Sunday 
⏰ 6–8pm Bring your own felt, crochet, knitting, cross-stitch, embroidery, or any fibre art project and enjoy half-price entry, or dive into our treasure trove of supplies and start something brand new. 🎟 Tickets & Info: stitchsociety.eventbrite.com Accessing the space: Enter through the glass side door entrance located between a big brown bear statue and McDonald's. Look for one of our volunteers at the Tiki Bar Umbrella at our entrance along the side of the building. They will guide you to our fully accessible basement space via the elevator or stairs!

✨ FOCUS GROUPS BEGIN THIS WEEK ✨ We have been feverishly staging our temporary home while connecting with local organizers and groups. Now we are opening the call more widely so anyone interested can help shape this project from the ground up. Help us create our newest soft place to land for: • Live comedy, music, & variety shows 
• Workshops & classes 
• Choir & rehearsal groups 
• Film & podcast projects 
• Vision Board & Collage parties ✂️🖼️ 
• Wellness events (meditation, sound baths, restorative yoga) 
• Special pop ups (tutoring, tarot and astrology readings, art therapy, coaching and training, tattooing, massage therapy, grief counselling, hypnotherapy, and more) 
• “All You Can Make” craft buffets 🎨 
• Social clubs (arts & crafts, book, film, and other special interests) 
• Swap parties (clothing, books, art supplies and more) 
• Movie and game nights 
• Panel discussions and support groups 
• Food, handmade, and vintage vendor markets And much, much more. If you are interested in collaborating, DM us or email [email protected] with a little info about what you would like to host and your current availability. From there, we will do our best to invite you to a focus group that fits your schedule. If we cannot make that work, we will invite select organizers for a personal tour of the space as capacity allows. Let’s build this together, starting right NOW 💛

Hi hello hey hi there HELLOOO!! The rumours are TRUE 👀✨Our holiday wish came true and we are BACK, baby! We have partnered with the Kensington Market Community Land Trust for a very special short term initiative to activate the ENTIRE basement floor at 302 Spadina Ave! This is a pilot project designed to test a revenue-sharing rent model as a sustainable alternative to traditional rent; contributing 50% of the proceeds from all of our programming and partnerships for the duration of this project. With your help, we can prove that ideas like these have the support of our community. Our hope is this initiative will open up future opportunities not just for On Task, but to serve as an open access roadmap that other organizers can use to transform more under-utilized spaces into vibrant community resources. Help us prove that community powered creative spaces can be sustainable, accessible, and continue to grow. Keep an eye on this space and our website, we’ll be posting all kinds of ways you can get involved (PS You can also sign up for our mailing list if you want to make sure you won’t miss anything). 

OKAY BYE FOR NOW-- SEE YOU VERY SOON!

@timothydaviddaniels has started cooking up some memories to share… and he’s just getting warmed up, baybee!! If you have any photos or videos, or would be willing to chat with us about the moments we’ve shared together, we’d love to include you in this mission to make silly, crafty, and otherwise wonderful things feel possible in every little empty corner we can get our lil mitts on. Whether you found us through sharing something, learning something, making something, watching something, finding something, or just cuddling one of @popupshoppups ; now is the BEST possible time, if there ever was one, to tell us about any moment you felt at home in any of our little clubhouses, so we can share the impact of these spaces in our quest for the next one. DM or email us at [email protected] Mission Studio T.O. 3.0 🤍