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📣Join Us! Risograph Printing with Howsem Huang Curated by GAS Collective as part of Material Conversations 📅 Thursday, May 21, 6:30 - 9:30 PM 📍San Cafe (165 Augusta Avenue, Toronto) ✉️RSVP via 🔗 in bio Howsem Huang will facilitate a Risograph printing workshop centred on zine-making and collaging. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the Risograph and how this knowledge can be applied to curatorial practice, from the making of exhibition brochures and other marketing materials to exploring new ways of printing. Please note: Due to limited venue capacity, please RSVP via 🔗in bio to express interest in attending. Confirmed attendees will be notified 1 week before the event. If you receive an invitation, please confirm your attendance within 48 hours to secure your spot.  This program is part of Material Conversations, an ongoing research project by GAS Collective, Curators-in-Residence at NAMARA | projects.  Learn more via 🔗link bio.  @thegascollective @howsem 📸 Courtesy of Howsem Huang. #NAMARA #Curator #CuratorialResidency #TorontoArt #ArtWorkshop

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Natural Paint-Making with Michelle Peraza! 💫 @mperaza_ offered insight into the gouache-making process using natural materials, including ashes. @thegascollective spoke about translating natural paint into sustainable curatorial strategies, including sustainable vinyl and other exhibition-making components. Next Up! 

Risograph Printing with Howsem Huang @howsem 🗓️ Thursday, May 21, 6:30 - 9:30 PM 📍 San Cafe (165 Augusta Avenue) ✉️ RSVP via 🔗 in bio More details soon! This program is part of Material Conversations, an ongoing research project by GAS Collective, Curators-in-Residence at NAMARA | projects.  Learn more via 🔗 in bio. #NAMARA #NAMARAprojects #CuratorialResidency #TorontoArt #curatorialstrategies

On Practices of Belonging Presented by Asian Arts & Culture Trust (AACT) 📍 YYZ Artists’ Outlet On view April 29 – May 29, 2026 Join us for the opening ✨ May 1, 2026 | 6–8 PM Artists will be present. All are welcome. No RSVP required. — Featuring: @abhijit_eternalhappiness @alek.phantruc @aliceyutonghua @chloerod @professionaldanner @steffitung @yu.artww @7eresa_storyteller — Bringing together artists working across photography, painting, installation, and digital media, the exhibition considers belonging not as a fixed state, but as a practice shaped by migration, memory, identity, and care. Developed through AACT’s newcomer artist mentorship program, the exhibition emerges from workshops, dialogue, and shared exploration, reflecting on what it means to arrive, remember, and remain connected across distance and time. — See you there! Presented by Asian Arts & Culture Trust (AACT) Produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Metabolic Loop public programming! From the Curatorial Tour with GAS Collective on Friday, April 10, to Embodied Traces: In Conversation with Alyssa Alikpala and Maria Simmons on Saturday, April 11, it was wonderful to share these immersive experiences with you. Your curiosity, questions, and engagement brought these events to life—exploring themes of metabolism, ritual, and material memory, and diving into the creative processes behind the exhibition. We’re so grateful to our Metabolic Loop guest curators Gizem Candan, Steffi Ng Sin Tung along with artists Alyssa Alikpala, and Maria Simmons, for sharing their insights and guiding us through these thought-provoking experiences. ✨ Thank you for supporting contemporary art and being part of these memorable moments at Onsite Gallery! Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family Image 1 and 2 Photography by Alessandra Camille Perreras Image 3 and 4 Photography by Zenab Kazmi #OnsiteGallery #OCADU

Join us 👉 Registration closes on Saturday, April 18!  
Natural paint-making with Michelle Peraza Curated by GAS Collective as part of Material Conversations 🗓️Saturday, April 25, 1 - 3:30 PM 📍Open Studio (401 Richmond St W, Suite 104) ✉️RSVP via 🔗 in bio GAS Collective recently visited artist Michelle Peraza in her Toronto studio. Here is an excerpt from their visit:  “We spoke about the origins of the materials she uses in her art practice, including plants, clay, ashes, and different types of binders, as well as the memories and colonial histories of these materials. Michelle shared how she uses certain plants to heal her body, mind and spirit before incorporating their extractions into her artwork: she drinks them, brews them, runs them over her body, and burns them.” Please note: Due to limited venue capacity, RSVP via 🔗 in bio to express interest in attending. Confirmed attendees will be notified 1 week prior to the event. If you receive an invitation, please confirm your attendance within 48 hours to secure your spot. 

This program is part of Material Conversations, an ongoing research project by GAS Collective, Curators-in-Residence at NAMARA | projects. 

Learn more via 🔗 in bio. 
 @thegascollective @mperaza_ @openstudio_toronto 

📸: Studio visit with Michelle Peraza, April, 2026. Courtesy of GAS Collective.
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⭐️ Onsite Gallery "Metabolic Loop | The Delaney Family Emerging Curator's Prize" Curator Spotlight: Steffi Ng Sin Tung @steffitung (GAS Collective @thegascollective ) ⭐️ ❝ For my curatorial practice, I primarily focus on the complexities of Asian immigration experiences and also the different alternative collaborative and accessible curatorial practices... ❞Steffi Ng Sin Tung Steffi Ng Sin Tung curates, writes, and takes photos to explore the complexities of the Asian immigration experience. Her curatorial work centers on creating joyful, participatory spaces for cross-cultural exchanges. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she is now based in Toronto/Tkaronto. Steffi Ng Sin Tung is part of the GAS Collective. GAS is a curatorial collective that explores the notion of balance and tension in ecology, exhibition-making and collaboration. The members came together during their MFA studies in the Criticism and Curatorial Practice program at OCAD University, sharing the identity as first-generation Asian immigrants and women of colour working in the art scene. The Delaney Family Emerging Curator’s Prize: “Metabolic Loop” will be on view at Onsite Gallery till May 16. Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family #OCADU #OnsiteGallery #Metabolicloop

We are thrilled to welcome our next Curators-in-Residence, @thegascollective ! 💫 From April to September, GAS Collective (@steffitung and @gizemcandanart ) will explore materials as a shared ground for knowledge exchange and build upon their ongoing interests in sustainable curatorial cycles and material recirculation. Material Conversations GAS Collective April - September, 2026 Taking the material research and process-based practices of four artists — @mperaza_ , @elenakirbys and @_masu , and @howsem — as an entry point, GAS will develop a publication that inquires into how material knowledge can be put into tangible conversations and transformed into exhibition-making strategies for curators as well as creative solutions for other arts practitioners and a wider community use. Here, artists’ material knowledges serves as the nexus to explore curators’ role in materials and materiality. Why should curators care? How can they learn from artists and mobilize their artistic and technical material strategies to exhibition design? What (new) material kinships might emerge between curators and artists? 👉 Three artist-led curatorial workshops will take place throughout the residency. Registration opens April, 2026. Stay tuned! Read more about the project via 🔗 in bio. 📸: Steffi Sin Tung Ng and Gizem Candan, courtesy of GAS Collective.

We’re thrilled to share some documentation from 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱 curated by @thegascollective (Gizem Candan @gizemcandanart & Steffi Ng Sin Tung @steffitung ) at @onsite_at_ocadu 💫 “𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱” examines the in-between spaces of natural and artificial environments through the lens of metabolism. This two-person exhibition features immersive works by Alyssa Alikpala @alyssaalikpala and Maria Simmons @rattsarina . On view till May 16, 2026! 🫶🏻 * Metabolic Loop, 2026, installation view. Photo by Polina Teif.

/ @thegascollective is back in 2026✨ @gizemcandanart and I are deep diving into the synergy between artistic practice and curatorial strategies💬 It’s so fun to work with @alyssaalikpala & @rattsarina on this exhibition🌱✨💦💫 Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, January 21st from 5pm - 7pm for the opening of 𝑀𝑒𝓉𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒸 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝓅 at Onsite Gallery @onsite_at_ocadu ! On view at the Gallery till May 16, 2026, together with 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 (𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓁𝑒), curated by Farah Yusuf💞

✨ UPCOMING EXHIBITION ✨ Please join us next Wednesday, January 21 from 5 - 7 pm for the opening of our upcoming exhibition, 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱 (January 21 - May 16, 2026) at Onsite Gallery. Recipient of the annual Delaney Family Emerging Curator’s Prize, “Metabolic Loop” explores the in-betweenness of natural and artificial environments through the concept of metabolism. Curated by GAS Collective, the two-person exhibition features multi-sensory works by artists Alyssa Alikpala and Maria Simmons. It foregrounds their artistic practices that render largely inaccessible environments such as peatlands, and invisible experiences such as metabolism and fermentation more accessible, accentuating the tension and balance involved in translating natural phenomena into gallery spaces through technological means. Artists: Alyssa Alikpala @alyssaalikpala Maria Simmons @rattsarina Curated by GAS Collective (Gizem Candan @gizemcandanart & Steffi Ng @steffitung ) 📅 Reception: Jan 21, 2026 (Fri) 🕒 Time: 5-7 pm 📍 Location: Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond St W Ground Floor, Toronto, ON @onsite_at_ocadu 💚🌱🌿🌾☀️💦🌀💫

✨Meet @steffitung the next artist in AACT’s Newcomer Artist Mentorship Program. When asked about a recent project she’s working on, she shared: “I am working on 2402 (tbd), a photo-book project that brings together the photographs I’ve taken with my grandma over the past two years, whether during my visits back to Hong Kong or through Zoom and phone calls.” She added: “In this photo-book, I hope to explore different ways of staying connected with my family, as well as experiment with how to archive my grandma’s stories while we are miles apart.” Stay tuned to meet more artists in this cohort ✨

Through our @photoedmagazine x @thinktankphoto partnership, we've had the opportunity to learn more about @jayucanada , and the arts leaders being developed in their mentorship programs.💥 Meet Steffi (@steffitung ), a Hong Kong-born curator, photographer, and writer based in Toronto. With a focus in Asian immigration and cross-cultural exchanges, her multidisciplinary work creates safe spaces to amplify marginalized voices. Her photography has been featured at DesignTO 2025 and the Toronto Public Library, and also been commissioned by TD Bank for stock images. Our partners at @thinktankphoto are assisting Steffi's practice with pieces thoughtfully designed for protection, durability, and peace of mind. The Mirrorless Mover® Backpack allows for flexible organization of her kit, and the Secure Pixel Pocket Rocket V2 holds up to 6 SD cards, ensuring those captured moments are stored safely. Thanks again to @photoedmagazine and @thinktankphoto for continuing to support the creative work of change-makers like Steffi. Be sure to catch her work in the latest 'Movement' issue in PhotoEd Magazine, available on their page.📖✨ 📸: @alyssavidal #ChangeMade #photoedmagazine #thinktankphoto #mythinktank #thinktanktravel #VentureObserveConnect #canadianphotography #photography#jayucanada