Xpace Cultural Centre

🙌SAVE THE DATE 🙌 Xpace Cultural Centre invites you to the opening reception of our summer exhibitions: 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 on Friday, May 15, 2026 from 7pm–10pm 🤲🤝 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 is a thematic about togetherness. Here, we think about what it means to have, but also to reminisce on what we may no longer have. We hold these thoughts and feelings with us as we traverse beyond the self. We seek connection and understanding with others, forming collectives and communities with those we value most. As summertime is especially a time for gathering, communing, and sharing—we reflect upon themes of love and loss in the context of correlating to others. Stay tuned for individual exhibition announcements next week! 👉👈👉👈👉👈👉👈 WINDOW SPACE: 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 🍭 @oli.e99 MAIN SPACE: 𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙑𝙀/𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍/𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙔 👣 Curated by @tttriptychhh @wintanaglobal @bahar_en @nghtanh @spare_label @raz.daram & @farida.archives PROJECT SPACE: 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 ♾️ @lingx22 👉👈👉👈👉👈👉👈 📆 Friday, May 15, 2025 from 7pm–10pm 🌎 2-303 Lansdowne Ave. ❤️ FREE and ALL AGES 🥂 PWYC CASH BAR for 19+ with ID with thanks to our sponsors @paradisegrapevine @steadfastbrewing 🥃 Poster by @abby.kettner

🌎 XPACE CULTURAL CENTRE ANNUAL OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2026/2027 🌏 ╰┈➤ Apply until May 31, 2026 at 11:59PM EDT We are seeking submissions for: 🐠 Exhibitions 🪸 Workshops 🐚 Designers 🐬 Writers Apply for thematic exhibitions and workshops through Submittable. 2026/2027 Thematics: Thematic 1: Insert Here (2026 OCAD U Graduate Residency) Thematic 2: Exchange Thematic 3: Softness Thematic 4: Illusion Apply for our annual designer and writer pools on our website. For more information, please visit xpace.info/submit (link in our bio!) 📧 Please note that we do not accept submissions or questions sent to us through direct messages on social media. ❓Open Call related questions? Check our FAQ document, or send us an email at [email protected] We look forward to seeing your submissions! Design by: @hyunsun.illust ✴️

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 ✍️📋 ☑ Saturday, May 9, 2026 ☑ 2pm-5pm ☑ In person at Xpace! ☑ RSVP at xpace.eventbrite.com ☑ PWYC — Xpace is excited to announce a Grant Writing Workshop with Peter Kingstone, Visual/Media Arts Program Manager at the Toronto Arts Council! Join us on Saturday, May 9th, 2025, from 2 PM to 5 PM at Xpace for an insightful session on the grant writing process for emerging creatives. Peter will guide emerging artists, curators, and arts administrators through a presentation and discussion on grant requirements, formats, and the application process. Key topics will include budgeting, writing grants for collectives, and strategies for presenting multiple works to a jury through storytelling, context, audience engagement, and effective documentation. ✏️✏️✏️ About the Facilitator: Peter Kingstone is a Toronto-based visual artist and curator, working primarily in video and photography. As an independent artist, Peter’s installation pieces have been shown across Canada and internationally, and he was awarded the Untitled Artist Award in 2005 for his installation The Strange Case of peter K. (1974-2004). Peter holds a degree in Philosophy/Cultural Studies from Trent University in Peterborough and a Masters of Fine Art focusing on video and new media from York University in Toronto. Peter has presented at many conferences on the ideas around storytelling and social engagement. Poster by @crybuggy

LAST NIGHT WAS ONE FOR THE BOOKS! 🙌 Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday to celebrate the opening of 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈! 🤲 Congratulations to @oli.e99 , @tttriptychhh , @wintanaglobal , @bahar_en , @nghtanh , @spare_label , @raz.daram , @farida.archives , and @lingx22 on your wonderful exhibitions 💖 And as always, thank you @paradisegrapevine @steadfastbrewing for the generous drink selection 🥃🍸 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 is on until June 27, with a free guided tour being held on June 13. Stay tuned for more info on how to sign up 👀

It’s finally starting to feel like spring at Xpace, just in time for the opening of 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈! 🤲 Please join us tomorrow from 7pm–10pm for a warm and wonderful evening with drinks generously sponsored by our friends @paradisegrapevine @steadfastbrewing 🥂 We’ll see you tomorrow! ☀️👉👈

📖 Bookbinding Workshop with Tugce Tasdemir 📖 🧵Saturday, May 30, 2026 🧵2pm–5pm 🧵In person at Xpace 🧵RSVP at xpace.eventbrite.com 🧵PWYC (no one will be turned away for lack of funds) ___ Join Tugce Tasdemir at Xpace Cultural Centre for a beginner level workshop that introduces simple techniques to create your own handmade books. Participants will learn basic folding and stitching methods to create sewn and dos-a-dos pamphlets. @tt.tugce.tasdemir (b. Istanbul, TR) is a photographer based in Toronto, ON. Her work explores identity, self-image, nature, and urban spaces. Tasdemir has interest in experimenting with photography processes in both colour and b&w darkroom. Photography, image-making, is her way of communicating to the world. Recently she has been implementing bookbinding into her photography work. Poster by @sanchfish.cat

Finally, introducing our Project Space exhibition for 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈! 🤲 PROJECT SPACE: 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 ♾️ @lingx22 Essay by @simon_liyantong 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲–𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📍Opening Reception: Friday, May 15, 2026 from 7pm–10pm 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 brings together three bodies of work from my ongoing research project 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, which examines how online platforms turn bodies into both material and medium for endless cycles of production and consumption. Using collected TikTok videos, the exhibition reimagines these digital bodies through three abstract forms—experimental video, large-scale collage, and a projection-based media installation. Together, the works translate scrolling rhythms into a physical environment of loops, density, and pulsation. The exhibition invites audiences to linger beyond a single scroll, sitting with desire’s repetition while reflecting on (and resisting) the compulsion to consume. The project and exhibition are generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

Introducing our Main Space exhibition for 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈! 🤲 MAIN SPACE: 𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙑𝙀/𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍/𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙔 👣 Curated by @tttriptychhh with @wintanaglobal @baharenshaeian @nghtanh @spare_label @raz.daram & @farida.archives 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲–𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📍Opening Reception: Friday, May 15, 2026 from 7pm–10pm Slipping between states of presence, the previous feeling trailing into the next, and finding a future behind our backs. Grief is remembering a presence, remembering is forgetting an absence, and each lingering sensation welcomes a new feeling. So where do we go from here, when each day lasts forever, ending and beginning again? 𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌/𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙/𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘠 is a participatory exhibition rooted in repetition, spatial perception, and gestures of intimacy. Anchoring the cyclical process of 𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘝𝘌/𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙/𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘠 are works by Winta Hagos, Trâm Anh Nguyễn, Bahar Enshaeian, Sabine Spare, and artistic duo Farida Rady and Darian Razdar.

It’s time! Introducing our Window Space exhibition for 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈! 🤲 WINDOW SPACE: 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 🍭 @oli.e99 Essay by @yo0n___a 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲–𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📍Opening Reception: Friday, May 15, 2026 from 7pm–10pm Hyper-referentiality is the ultimate expression of "girlness", but the production of “girl” as cultural code diffuses the “girl” to an infinite dispersion of ideas. The ensuing search for meaning, leaves the once “girl” in an endless twirl. 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 presents a site-specific painting exploring the grief embedded in “girlness”, aging, paint, and skin. /watch?v=mJWi9Xy_Lto

Finally, the last thematic of our 2026/2027 Open Call! 🐬 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 🐬 Increasingly our daily lives intersect with 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. True or false, real or fake, misery or happiness. This can be seen relating to the rise of AI generated content, political propaganda, and a never ceasing algorithm. But despite all that we contend with, 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 is also a tool of resistance and reliance. It is a state of unsettledness where the act of undoing is also doing. This thematic invites artists to explore refusal, failure, losslessness, and moments marked by trends, fads or short lived crazes. 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗗𝗧 For full info and to submit, please visit: xpace.info/submit (link in bio!) ❓Want to receive feedback on your submission or have some questions for us? Join us for our Open Call Info Sessions on Saturday, May 2 and Saturday, May 16! RSVP on our Eventbrite to secure your spot! (link in bio)

Introducing the thematics of our 2026/2027 Open Call. Over the next few days we will be highlighting the thematics in this year’s call for submissions! 🐚 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 🐚 Between moments of light and shadow, there is 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. A trace, a quiet shift, a slow thaw. Fragility and vulnerability give space to repair and care, while intimacy is felt all around. Our five senses are heightened in moments of 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, ready to receive what is tenderly guided towards them. This thematic prioritizes gentle whispers over loud proclamations. 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗗𝗧 For full info and to submit, please visit: xpace.info/submit (link in bio!) ❓Want to receive feedback on your submission or have some questions for us? Join us for our Open Call Info Sessions on Saturday, May 2 and Saturday, May 16! RSVP on our Eventbrite to secure your spot! (link in bio)

Introducing the thematics of our 2026/2027 Open Call. Over the next few days we will be highlighting the thematics in this year’s call for submissions! 🪸 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 🪸 In moments of isolation, it is 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 that grounds us back into connection and community. With our tongues untied we are able to participate, in dialogue, in the joy of remembering, and in chance encounters that elicit relationality. We are able to see ourselves in one another and flow between self and other. This thematic asks artists and curators to consider 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 as a site of building through connection. 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗗𝗧 For full info and to submit, please visit: xpace.info/submit (link in bio!) ❓Want to receive feedback on your submission or have some questions for us? Join us for our Open Call Info Sessions on Saturday, May 2 and Saturday, May 16! RSVP on our Eventbrite to secure your spot! (link in bio)