No.9 Contemporary Art and the Environment
39 Queens Quay East, Suite 100 M5E 0A5 Toronto, ON, Canada

#Pillars artist Kellen Hatanaka is a multidisciplinary artist from Toronto, living and working in Stratford, ON. His vibrant, figurative work is centred around heritage, tradition, identity and representation. Swipe through for @kellenhatanaka's previous artworks: (1) Gold Rope, acrylic on paper, 2020 (2) Shoyu, acrylic on canvas, 2019... (3) Japanese Arrangement, acrylic on paper, 2019 Kellen created the #PillarsofChange art for Open Green Space, one of No.9's Pillars of Sustainable Design. Download and engage with his artwork. Browse the full @PillarsofChange.art gallery at pillarsofchange.art Your creations could end up in billboards and large-scale formats across the GTA, as part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022.. Take part Make art! #PillarsOfChangeArt #PillarsOfChange #ArtworxTO #publicart #engageinart #torontoart #no9 #no9publicart #torontoculture #protestart #environmentalart #artforsocialchange #communityproject #communityart #torontopublicart #communityartproject #environmentalsolutions #ecosolutions #artforsocialimpact #artforsocialtransformation

Sweet Fin bonding with Emily, one of our new staff members at @no.9gardens #doglove #No9 #No9Gardens

#PillarsofChange is a public art project for everyone of all ages and abilities who want to engage in social and environmental issues. The image above is an original work by Vishwa, who is in Grade 11. You can choose to personalize and colour one of our free Open B&W Edition artworks, or create your own original work about what makes a sustainable world. Don't forget to share your work with us @pillarsofchange.art for a chance to see them presented in large-scale formats acro...ss the GTA, as part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022. Take part Make art! #PillarsOfChangeArt #PillarsOfChange #ArtworxTO #publicart #engageinart #torontoart #no9 #no9publicart #torontoculture #protestart #environmentalart #artforsocialchange #communityproject #communityart #torontopublicart #communityartproject #environmentalsolutions #ecosolutions #artforsocialimpact #artforsocialtransformation

Each #PillarsofChange artist has created poster artwork in both an Artist Colour Edition and an Open Black & White Edition that can be customized and remixed by you! You can view the artworks in full and download for free at pillarsofchange.art Images: @studiosabmeynert - Green Building Design... Share your creations with us @pillarsofchange.art for a chance to see your artwork presented in large-scale formats across the GTA, as part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022. Take part Make art! #PillarsOfChangeArt #PillarsOfChange #ArtworxTO #publicart #engageinart #torontoart #no9 #no9publicart #torontoculture #protestart #environmentalart #artforsocialchange #communityproject #communityart #torontopublicart #communityartproject #environmentalsolutions #ecosolutions #artforsocialimpact #artforsocialtransformation

Since launching #PillarsofChangeArt, we've been receiving submissions like this one from Dhanya. Dhanya chose to remix @mango_peeler's work for Alternative Energy. What social and environmental issues matter to you most?... Download the customizable artworks at pillarsofchange.art or create your own design. Share your work with us @pillarsofchange.art for a chance to see them presented in large-scale formats across the GTA, as part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022. Take part Make art! #PillarsOfChangeArt #PillarsOfChange #ArtworxTO #publicart #engageinart #torontoart #no9 #no9publicart #torontoculture #protestart #environmentalart #artforsocialchange #communityproject #communityart #torontopublicart #communityartproject #environmentalsolutions #ecosolutions #artforsocialimpact #artforsocialtransformation

In 2008, Canadian artists Tony Roman and Tyler Brett (T&T) created ‘Everything’s Gonna Be OK’, their first full-scale creation of this imaginative and unconventional version of sustainable design (pictured at TIAF ‘08). T&T practices a wide range of experimental art activities that connect architecture, art history, sculpture, graphic design, and music into a cohesive vision of an optimistic future. They combine humour, irony, and fantasy with serious technological and envi...ronmental concerns to offer a picture of a post-apocalyptic future constructed from familiar elements of the recent past. Their ‘Carchitecture’ series of drawings and maquettes imagines a post-oil world where cars are best used as building blocks for a new society. Swipe through for more Visit no9.ca to view all of our Past Public Art Projects. #publicart #No9archives #TTart #Torontoartfair #No9publicart #artincanada #torontoart #torontopublicart #sustainability #civicengagement #artanddesign #environmentalart #artto #internationalart #sustainableliving #ecoart #ecoeducation

Already feeling nostalgic for gardening weather and planting 50lbs of garlic in 2020 Swipe through for some @no.9gardens mem’ries. Stay tuned for updates of when you can participate in this year’s projects, and tag a friend you’d want to garden with. ... #garlic #No9 #No9gardens #sustainability #sustainableliving #organicfarming #growyourownfood #ecoeducation #gardening

In 2007, No.9’s very first public project used the platform of the Toronto International Art Fair to present a new commissioned environment by @castordesign (formerly ‘Castor Canadensis’), and a far-ranging, international film program on themes of ecology, land use, and the utopian impulse. The Canadian design firm is known for their iconoclastic approach to furniture and lighting. For this project, their custom shipping container housed the film program, and a com...fortable lounge and reading area that was fashioned from jeans, magazines, cardboard sheeting, stuffed animals and other pre-owned materials. Providing a focus for the space was a campfire-like nest of recycled fluorescent lights, inviting contemplation, and conversation. Swipe through for more images of Castor Design’s No.9 project. Visit no9.ca to view all of our Past Public Art Projects. #publicart #No9archives #CastorDesign #Torontoartfair #No9publicart #artincanada #torontoart #torontopublicart #sustainability #civicengagement #artanddesign #environmentalart #artto #internationalart #sustainableliving #ecoart #ecoeducation

In Spring/Summer 2013, in partnership with @evergreen_brick_works, we invited Scottish artist @_nathan_coley_ whose installation, ‘We Must Cultivate Our Garden’, continues to resonate with what we do today at No.9. ‘We Must Cultivate Our Garden’ is a phrase taken from the last line of Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ (1759), which calls for action and participation rather than passive acceptance. It indicates that happiness is cultivated through an active lifestyle that fosters personal... growth. Coley’s installation, placed atop the Evergreen Brick Works building a hub for green innovation and sustainable solutions asks audiences to reflect upon personal responsibility, self-sufficiency, and how the individual can get involved and take action to help in creating change in a positive way. In this context, Coley’s work acts as a catalyst for thinking about our individual responsibility to our environment, neighborhoods, and cities. Swipe through for more images of Nathan Coley’s work at Evergreen Brick Works. Visit no9.ca to view all of our Past Public Art Projects. #publicart #No9archives #NathanColey #Evergreenbrickworks #No9publicart #artincanada #torontoart #torontopublicart #sustainability #civicengagement #artanddesign #environmentalart #artto #scottishart #internationalart #sustainableliving #ecoart #ecoeducation

Did you know we have a 40-acre hands-on teaching facility just north of Kingston? @No.9gardens is Canada’s First Cultural Centre for Sustainability and Reconciliation a place for you to think and learn about sustainable living. In 2020... We donated 800lbs of fresh produce to Community Harvest Kingston, Food Bank, and Tyendinega. We hope to double this in 2021. We had 31 Queen’s University volunteers for 6 Volunteer Events.... Our volunteers learned to plant 50lbs of Garlic, and closed the garden beds by weeding, and mulching with locally donated hay and leaves from the property. Our volunteers enjoyed forest walks and music as well as attended an outdoor and distanced Volunteer Appreciation Day, where they enjoyed a fire, plant identification walks, and playing music with wooden instruments. Swipe through for images of No.9 Gardens in full swing. We look forward to continuing our work and expanding our projects with you in 2021! Happy new year! #sustainableliving #ecoeducation #no9 #ecofriendlyliving #growyourownfood #environmentallyconscious #sustainability #localfood #organicfarming

We are pleased to announce that No.9 received a grant from the Digital Strategy Fund from Canada Council for the Arts for our award-winning education program, Imagining My Sustainable Community. The program offers Grade 7 and 8 students online workshops to brainstorm and collaborate to create art around the theme of environmental issues. Art and design are the central pillars of the search for innovative ways and concrete steps to stabilize the Earth’s climate. No.9 is counti...ng on the cross-pollinating effects of this initiative to create a huge network of information and education about climate change. To reach youth, No.9 has developed digital tools that enable participants from Halifax to Vancouver, including First Nations people, to discuss the sustainable development challenges their communities are facing. These new online spaces and communication tools also foster understanding and reconciliation between peoples. We sincerely thank all of our educators and volunteers during this particularly challenging year.