SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) is a non-profit, nomadic artist-run organization dedicated to fostering imaginative thought among artists and curators of colour and integrating them into the Canadian contemporary arts ecology through frameworks of self-representation.
Programming
THREE PROMISES الوعود الثلاثة
We're thrilled to be co-presenting THREE PROMISES الوعود الثلاثة by Yousef Srouji with Toronto Palestine Film Festival!
LEARN MOREMONITOR 15 - Clearings in the Fog
Monitor 15 is here! SAVAC would love to see you at the screening for the 15th edition of our long-standing experimental film and video festival curated by Faraz Anoushahpour.
LEARN MOREDoors Open Toronto
FADO, imagineNATIVE, Reel Asian, SAVAC, and Vtape, collectively known as The Commons @ 401, are pleased to present Community Vibrations: The Commons @ 401 Film Curation for this year’s city-wide Doors Open event.
LEARN MOREPanel Discussion & Annual General Meeting
You're invited to join this momentous virtual panel featuring all past Artistic Directors at SAVAC! Followed by our AGM and board elections.
LEARN MOREIshtar's International Network of Feral Gardens
Ishtar's International Network of Feral Garden's is back. Join the network!
LEARN MORENothing is lost except nothing at all except what is not had Nour Bishouty
We're thrilled to announce Nour Bishouty's first solo show in Toronto!
LEARN MOREAGM 2022
Kicking off our 25th year with a special Annual General Meeting featuring artist talk with Sunil Gupta!
LEARN MOREStill Indian?
After 16 years we are revisiting Ali Kazimi's Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas with Reel Asian and imagineNative!
LEARN MOREWe Have Not Come Here To Die
We're pleased to co-present We Have Not Come Here To Die by Deepa Dhanraj at Rendezvous With Madness 2021, along with Cinema Politica.
LEARN MOREDrifting with the Summer Tides
Monitor 14 is here! We invite you to watch the 14th edition of our long-standing experimental film and video festival curated by Rasha Salti!
LEARN MOREMissed Connections
Learn more about SAVAC’s new pedagogical and research platform -Missed Connections!
LEARN MOREAnnual General Meeting
Please join us at our Annual General Meeting happening on Zoom. You will get to meet staff, board members and learn more about what we are planning for 2021!
LEARN MOREA RIFLE AND A BAG
We’re thrilled to be partnering with Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival for the presentation of A RIFLE AND A BAG by directors Cristina Hanes, Arya Rothe, & Isabella Rinaldi
LEARN MOREErdem Taşdelen: A Minaret for the General's Wife
We are excited to announce that Erdem Taşdelen: A Minaret for the General's Wife will be on view at Mercer Union
Nasir
We are happy to co-present Nasir by Arun Karthick at Rendezvous With Madness 2020, along with the Tamil World Initiative, ANBU and the Canadian Tamil Congress
LEARN MOREIshtar's International Network of Feral Gardens
SAVAC invites you to join Ishtar’s International Network of Feral Gardens, a playful, experimental food sovereignty initiative.
LEARN MORECultural Suppression and Revival
Please join us for a panel discussion about the suppression of Palestinian arts and culture, and artists who support Palestinian human rights with TPFF.
LEARN MOREOpen Call: ADA-DADA
SAVAC is seeking participants for the 2020-2021 ADA-DADA Artist Residency: a collaborative production residency and learning community asking how artists can reclaim and reposition data as a form of counter-culture. The program is curated by Maria Alejandrina Coates.
P. Mansaram
We are thrilled to announce that P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium will be on view at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
LEARN MORENimtoh (Invitation)
We are happy to co-present the closing night film at the 2020 Images Festival: Nimtoh (Invitation) by Saurav Rai.
LEARN MOREMy Lovely Lunarite
We are happy to co-present this program of short films curated by Aaditya Aggarwal at the 2020 Images Festival.
LEARN MOREAnnual General Meeting
Please join us in celebrating a remarkable year of art and community at our AGM on Monday 24 February 2020 !
LEARN MORERecipes, Finished and Unfinished
SAVAC is pleased to invite you to a three-part program Recipes, Finished and Unfinished with artist Michael Rakowitz, to be held on 18-19 November 2019.
LEARN MOREThey Built For Eternity
The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (WAHC) and SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) present They Built for Eternity*, a group exhibition that shares the stories of migrant construction workers and laments the human cost of labour in the global economy.
LEARN MOREWe Have Always Been Here
Moderated by Laila Malik, join Samra Habib for a reading from her triumphant new memoir We Have Always Been Here.
LEARN MOREMonitor 13
SAVAC is pleased to present our bi-yearly experimental film and video program MONITOR 13: Dance on my head and scratch my heart, curated by Sharlene Bamboat and Priya Sen.
LEARN MOREChaos
SAVAC is happy to co-present Chaos by Sara Fattahi with Workman Arts/Rendezvous with Madness. Chaos tells the story of three women in three cities and asks: what’s the effect of war on the human spirit?
LEARN MOREFlight Mode
Curated by Prachi Khandekar, Flight Mode questions the effects of the departure of solitude from our schedules.
LEARN MOREThe Loudspeaker and the Tower
In partnership with Trinity Square Video, we are pleased to present The Loudspeaker and the Tower featuring works by artist Manar Moursi.
LEARN MOREDomestic Cinema
We are happy to co-present "Domestic Cinema" as a part of the 2019 Images Festival.
LEARN MOREPriya Sen
SAVAC is pleased to invite Priya Sen to Toronto, ON for an artist residency. Her work explores form, ethnography, music, and migration in different urban contexts. We will be screening her latest film, Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life (2018).
LEARN MOREFakepicnik
SAVAC’s annual wintertime picnic, Fakepicnik, is coming up soon. Join us on Thursday 28 February 2018.
LEARN MORE2019 AGM
You are invited to SAVAC’s 2019 Annual General Meeting. Apply to join the board today!
LEARN MORElas cosas que se quedan / the things that remain
SAVAC is pleased to present Coco Guzman's graduate student exhibition,
las cosas que se quedan / the things that remain.
Demons in Paradise
SAVAC is happy to co-present Demons in Paradise by Jude Ratnam with Workman Arts/Rendezvous with Madness and ANBU (Abuse Never Becomes Us). It is a groundbreaking documentary about Sri Lanka's devastating civil war.
LEARN MOREPandi
In partnership with Tangled Arts + Disability, SAVAC will be screening Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam's film Pandi, which looks at mental health in South Indian communities.
LEARN MOREWeather to Store
In partnership with FADO Performance Arts Centre, SAVAC is pleased to present Weather to Store, a durational performance by artist Kristina Guison.
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