401 Richmond Street West
401 Richmond St. W. M5V 3A8 Toronto, ON, Canada

Thank you for joining us yesterday for the virtual Career Launcher Prize Studio Tour + Talk, welcoming the 2020 recipient Emily DiCarlo, and celebrating how organizations across 401 provide opportunities for mentorship and resouce-sharing. Keep an eye our feeds for the event recording in case you missed it. #401Richmond #401Community #401BuiltForArt #Mentorship #ResourceSharing

TODAY at 4PM: Studio tour, artist talk, panel discussion, neatly tucked into one engaging hour online! Join us! #401BuiltForArt #401Community #ArtistTalk #PanelDiscussion

Remember your independent bookstores this holiday season! Swipe Design | Books + Objects Spacing Store Between the Lines BookNet Canada #401Community #ShopLocal #CanadianBooks #canadianbookstores https://publishers.ca/independent-bookstore-directory/

Mark Your Calendars: Nov18 @ 4pm! Studio Talk & Tour with Emily DiCarlo, and panel hosted by William Huffman. #401BuiltForArt #ArtistTalk #PanelDiscussion #401Community #401richmond

On NOW! #401Community #shoplocalto

Should you need some holiday shopping ideas... #401Community #ShopLocal #AsianFilm

THIS WED NOV18! Registration in advance is required. See you online soon! imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Ryerson Artspace Tangled Art + Disability Emily DiCarloWilliam Kenneth Huffman #401Richmond #401Community #401BuiltForArt

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on NOW Magazine's Best Events this weekend #401Community #IndigenousFilm #FilmFestival

Join us Nov 18 for a Studio Tour & Talk with 2020 Career Launcher Prize recipient Emily Dicarlo, followed by a panel moderated by William Huffman, with Adriana Chartrand, Institute Manager at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Sean Lee, Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability, Joshua Vettivelu, Gallery Manager at Ryerson Artspace, and Emily Dicarlo. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3087218422 REGISTRATION REQUIRED #401community #401BuiltForArt #artisttalk

C.I.v.16: LIVING IN HOPE, PROGRAM #3 Curated by Sanjit Dhilon, a multidisciplinary artist, curator and cultural worker whose practice interrogates constructions of memory, embodied subjectivity, precarity, and the limits of visual culture in creating and disseminating identity. Friday at 7 EDT on Instagram Live! #401Community #videoart #curatorialincubator

South Asian Visual Arts Centres ADA-DADA Artist Residency is a collaborative production residency and learning community asking how artists can reclaim and reposition data as a form of counter-culture. #401Community #ArtistResidency

MONITOR, this year programmed by Rasha Salti, is dedicated to the presentation of experimental short films and videos that initiate dialogue around the shifting nature of politics, economies and landscapes across the Global South and its diasporas. #401Community #callsforsubmission #southasianvisualarts

Bring your face covering, and visit Yumart in 401s Lower East Side, Wed-Sat 12-4 #401BuiltForArt #401community #401Richmond #SupportCanadianArt #shoplocal

"Wong sees a parallel between creating her art and printmaking; both require a certain process, a ritual. The process of print is very rigid and you have to engage with the paper and print in a specific way. If you mess up the ritual you mess up the image. Open Studio The Toronto Star #401Community #ShopLocalTO

@vtapevideo s Curatorial Incubator program starts TONIGHT! #401Community #401BuiltForArt #videoart https://www.vtape.org//c-i-v-16-living-in-hope-program-1-c

On NOW Magazine Lyla Rae at Prefix Ica: The Toronto artist’s architectural solo show Mirage is part of CONTACT Photography Festival and features the Canadian premiere of of her video installation A Meditation. #401Community #ShowLoveTO

Oct31 Deadline for Images Festival submissions! #401Community #401BuiltfForArt #FilmFestival #imagesfest

"...more than one independent bookstore has closed each week since the pandemic began. Many of those still standing are staring down the crucial holiday season and seeing... enormous uncertainty." Spacing Store Swipe Design | Books + Objects #401Community #ShopLocal https://www.nytimes.com//independent-bookstores-economy.ht

#GlobalHandwashingDay2020 #GlobalHandwashingDay #StopTheSpread #SafeCommunities #WashYourHands

#HappyThanksgiving2020 #401Community #StaySafe #stayhome #thankful

Help document Torontos important buildings with Architectural Conservancy Ontarios TOBuilt publically sourced database. #401Community #HeritageBuildings #BuiltTO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf_0fR38utY&feature=youtu.be

TODAY! Located on 401’s 1st floor, @openstudio_toronto launches FUTURE PROOF, a virtual auction celebrating the printmaking centre's 50th anniversary with the aim of securing the future of print. Continuing to October 19. https://openstudio.ca/event/future-proof/ Artwork featured by: Rocky Dobey, Morris Lum, Alex R.M. Thompson, Jamasie Pitseolak #OSFUTUREPROOF #OpenStudioTO #FutureofPrint #401Community #ShopLocalTO

Now more than ever, there is no health without mental health. https://www.camimh.ca/mental-illness-awareness-/about-miaw/ #401Community #MentalHealth #mentalillnessawarenessweek

Open Tuesday 9.45am!

Although this year didnt go as planned we are happy and excited to end the year with this line up of solo exhibitions: Heather Horton- Sep.11th-Oct.3rd Ron ...Eady- Oct.9th-Oct.31st Marie Rioux- Nov.6th-Nov.28th Katharine Burns- Dec.5th-Dec.19h See more

Excited to be re-opening to the public today with a group show of gallery artists and an excellent display of paintings by Kathryn Bemrose. We will not be havin...g "opening receptions" until further notice, but it just makes me happy to know that people can come and see the work in person again. Please see our website for covid gallery hours www.yumart.ca. See more

Featuring the work of youth artists aged 13-26 residing within the GTA, this exhibition encourages participants and viewers to envision a world post-pandemic and all of its utopian and dystopian possibilities. #401BuiltForArt #401Community #SupportCanadianArt #emergingartists

Exhibition viewings Weds Sats, 125, by appointment at Open Studio on 401 Richmonds 1st floor. #401Community #401richmond #401BuiltForArt #SupportCanadianArt #shoplocal

The Ontario Arts Councils new $1.6M Arts Response Initiative will help Ontario artists and arts organizations respond to challenges posed by the pandemic. https://www.arts.on.ca/gr/activity/arts-response-initiative #SupportCanadianArt #401Community #401BuiltForArt #artsfunding

TODAY at 2PM! @Vtapevideo #401Community #401BuiltForArt #Vtape

In this conversation, Adam Barbu and John Paul Ricco return to Barbus recent exhibition Empty History (Vtape, 2019), now in the context of the COVID pandemic, and the current and ongoing degradation and dispossession of so many lives. #401BuiltForArt #401Community #401Richmond

Watch a celebration of the 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize, while exploring the importance of fostering emerging voices through resource sharing and mentorship. Awarded annually by jury, the residency provides a pivotal opportunity to occupy a coveted 500 sq/ft studio for a full year at one of Canadas most dynamic arts facilities. 2019 Recipient Miles Ingrassia Studio Tour & Talk Panel Discussion, moderated by William Huffman, with: o Anahita Azrahimi, Toront...o Online Art Fair o Ellen Bleiwas, 2017 Career Launcher Recipient o Anna Gaby-Trotz, Open Studio 2020 Recipient Announcement & Introduction: Emily DiCarlo See more

Every time you meet others who are outside of your social bubble, and especially if you do not maintain physical distance, you are exposing yourself and potentially others to a new risk, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Torontos Medical Officer of Health. #401Community #Urbanspace #PhysicalDistance #FaceCoverings #KeepEveryoneSafe #WearYourMask

an old cedar stump I encountered on a walk in the woods. It is a monument to perpetual transformation." - Duane Nickerson, Abbozzo Gallery #SupportCanadianArt #401Richmond #401Community #401BuiltForArt

Spend your Sunday afternoon reading about how the 401 Richmond community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Summer Edition of 401 Update OUT NOW! Learn about: 1. The Tells (@thetelltoronto) Byron Wongs work as Creative Strategy Director for LIVEMEDAID... 2. Guntar Kravis (@guntarkravis) hand-sewn masks made from vintage Marimekko fabric 3. How Images Festival (@imagesfestival) quickly pivoted to make its programming available online And much more! Visit this link to read the latest 401 Update here: https://401richmond.com/newsletter/401-update-summer-2020/ #401community #401richmond

Dont forget to sign up for iAM 2020 Mobile Photography Free Online Classes hosted by 401 tenant, JAYU (@jayucanada). Learn how to grow your photography skills and be mentored by some of the citys top artists. To participate, you must be between the ages of 12 and 25. For more information, please visit: http://www.jayu.ca/online... Image: Courtesy of JAYU #photographyclass #onlinelesson

A celebration of the 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize, while exploring the importance of fostering emerging voices through resource sharing and mentorship. Awarded annually by jury, the residency provides a pivotal opportunity to occupy a coveted 500 sq/ft studio for a full year at one of Canadas most dynamic arts facilities. 2019/20 Recipient Miles Ingrassia Studio Tour & Talk Panel Discussion, moderated by William Huffman, with: o Anahita Azrahimi, Toronto Online Ar...t Fair o Ellen Bleiwas, 2017/18 Career Launcher Recipient o Anna Gaby-Trotz, Open Studio 2020/21 Recipient Announcement and Introduction See more

Today is International Self-Care Day an opportunity to raise awareness about self-care and the important role it plays in leading a healthy lifestyle. Here are a few ways to practice self-care: 1. Physical activity ... 2. Eat healthy foods 3. Get eight hours of sleep #iselfcare #selfcareday https://www.canada.ca//message-from-the-minister-of-health

Grab freshly made coffee or a cool, refreshing beverage from The Roastery Coffee House open Tuesday to Friday, 9:45 - 3PM and Saturday, 10:30 - 3PM then take a sip on the mini patio! For more information, please visit this https://www.theroasterycoffee.com/ #torontopatio #localcoffeeshop

Dont forget to register for Ravines and Resilience Torontos Ravines and Climate Change on July 27th at 7PM with 401 tenant, Park People / Amis des parcs and the City of Toronto - Your Local Government! Toronto and its ravines were shaped by past extreme weather events. If ravines are protected, they can help Toronto be more climate-resilient in the future. Join the City of Torontos Senior Environmental Specialist, David MacLeod to learn what Toronto is doing to manage... future risks, and grassroots organization Carbon Conversations TO with an exercise to ignite your personal motivations for climate action and get you engaged in solutions right at home and while visiting your local ravine. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZYud-CorjwqGdfqzI72lkbrrt90ZmxLU #torontoravines #cilmatechange

We are excited to announce that some of the Galleries and Shops at 401 are now open! Please check websites for additional information. The building will be open to the Public from noon to 5 PM Wednesdays Saturdays. Please access the building through the Spadina or northeast entrance. Masks must be worn indoors. We encourage you to support the galleries and shops, and each other during this unusual time.... #401richmond #401community

Purchase your favourite books from Swipe Design | Books + Objects is open for in-store browsing Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 5PM! Curb-Side Pick-Up is available on Monday & Tuesday 12 - 5PM! For more information, visit: https://www.swipe.com/ #shoplocal #buybooks

Receive a basic introduction to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in a workshop that provides a comprehensive resource list of how to engage with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) through various software. Sign up for Introduction to Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality (VR & AR) Online with Trinity Square Video (@trinitysquarevideo) with Instructor Holly Chang! This workshop is PWYC/By Donation with all profits going to the TSV Artists Emergency R...elief Fund that supports artists during COVID-19. To sign up, visit this link: https://www.trinitysquarevideo.com/wor/upcoming-workshops/ Image credit: Holly Chang #learnvirtualreality #onlineworkshop

Spacing Store is open for shopping from Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 5PM! Space is limited to five customers at a time, and you are required to wear a mask to enter. Curbside pick up and online shopping is still available for those not comfortable to enter the shop.... For more information, please visit this link: https://spacingstore.ca/ #buylocal #supportsmallbusinesses

On July 23 at 2PM Myseum of Toronto presents Over-Policing Black & Indigenous Lives, a panel discussion that takes a critical look into the history of policing in Canada, the communities most affected, where things stand now, and where we go from here. Panelists include Sandy Hudson, Founder of Black Lives Matter Canada, Robyn Maynard, Author of Policing Black Lives: State Violence from Slavery to Present and Caitlyn Kasper, lawyer at Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto. Thi...s panel will be moderated by Rania El Mugammar, a Sudanese artist, anti-oppression consultant, and liberation educator. To register, please visit this link: http://www.myseumoftoronto.com//overpolicing-black-indige/ #Torontohistory #blacklivesmatter

Follow gardener extraordinaire, Saskia on Instagram at @401rooftopgarden for details on how to purchase fresh flowers and produce from the 401 Rooftop Garden Collection. For up-to-date information, please visit this link: https://www.instagram.com/401rooftopgarden/ #sustainablecity #rooftopgardens

Registration is now open for iAM 2020 Mobile Photography Free Online Classes hosted by 401 tenant, JAYU. Learn how to grow your photography skills and be mentored by some of the citys top artists. To participate, you must be between the ages of 12 and 25. For more information, please visit: http://www.jayu.ca/online... #photographyclass

Spacing (@spacingmagazine) is happy to announce the release of Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto, a collection of photos by Vik Pahwa documenting the sometimes beautiful, sometimes neglected collection of mid-century structures that still stand today, dotting Torontos urban landscape. To purchase, visit this link: http://spacing.ca//spacings-new-book-remnants-of-mid-cent/ #toronto #magazine

Last years 401 Richmond (@401richmond) Illustration Career Launcher recipients from OCAD U Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers (@ocaducead) are wrapping up their term in the building. In lieu of a traditional closing end of studio show, the four artists will be raising funds for the Black Artists Fund @blackartistfund and Black Legal Action Centre. All proceeds from the artwork for sale will be donated and can be shipped within Canada and the US. Check out the origin...al prints and works by Camilla Teodoro @millteodoro, Eryn Lougheed @erynlou , Lily Snowden-Fine @lilyfine and Mary Kirkpatrick @marycolombekirkpatrick by copying and pasting this link into your web browser: https://lilysnowdenfine.com/shop/ Image: Mary Kirkpatrick, House Custom Commission, Gouache on paper, 7 x 7 in. Courtesy of Mary Kirkpatrick (@marycolombekirkpatrick) in 401 Richmond. #emergingartists #ocadu

It is World Emoji Day! Share your favourite emoji below! #worldemojiday

Congratulations to Emily DiCarlo, the 401 Richmond 2020 Career Launcher Prize recipient! The award is an exceptional opportunity to occupy a coveted 500 square foot studio for a full year at one of Canadas most dynamic arts facilities. https://mailchi.mp//career-launcher-prize-2020-recipient-a #401Richmond #401Community #401BuiltForArt #EmergingArtistAward

Connect with 401 tenant, Park People (@ParkPeopleCA) and the City of Toronto (@cityofto) for Ravines and Resilience Torontos Ravines and Climate Change on July 27th at 7PM! Toronto and its ravines were shaped by past extreme weather events. If ravines are protected, they can help Toronto be more climate-resilient in the future. Join the City of Torontos Senior Environmental Specialist, David MacLeod to learn what Toronto is doing to manage future risks, and grassroots ...organization Carbon Conversations TO with an exercise to ignite your personal motivations for climate action and get you engaged in solutions right at home and while visiting your local ravine. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZYud-CorjwqGdfqzI72lkbrrt90ZmxLU #torontoravines #cilmatechange

The Beaches Jazz Festival (@beachesjazz) is going online this year! From July 17th 26th enjoy a free stream of music, workshops, and lectures. The festival began in 1989, when local jazz artists were booked to perform at the Kew Gardens Bandshell in the beach area of Toronto. Enjoy the online festival here: https://beachesjazz.com/ #musicfestival #torontobeaches

Stop by the 401 Richmond Street West lobby to purchase mini bouquets, bud vases, mason jar arrangements, Italian kale and a few purple peppers all grown on the rooftop! Building doors are open, come say hi! #401richmond #torontorooftopgardening

TONIGHT! Enjoy the Career Launcher Prize: Virtual Studio Tour + Panel Discussion from 4:00 5:00 PM. Celebrate the 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize, while exploring the importance of fostering emerging voices through resource sharing and mentorship. Awarded annually by jury, the residency provides a pivotal opportunity to occupy a coveted 500 sq/ft studio for a full year at one of Canadas most dynamic arts facilities. 2019/20 Recipient Miles Ingrassia Studio Tour & Talk... Panel Discussion, moderated by William Huffman, with: Anahita Azrahimi, Toronto Online Art Fair Ellen Bleiwas, 2017/18 Career Launcher Recipient Anna Gaby-Trotz, Open Studio 2020/21 Recipient Announcement and Introduction Free! Zoom registration required: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZMocuGspz8vE9Ld_MAEc5KCnjRlRehBX https://www.facebook.com/events/614116512821997/ https://401richmond.com//career-launcher-prize-virtual-st/ #emergingartists #401careerlauncher