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
We are ten thousand hands that plant seeds
We are pleased to announce our latest group exhibition featuring artists Megan Feheley, Maureen Gruben, Sharmistha Kar, Gloria Martinez-Granados, Soledad Fátima Muñoz, and Nazzal Studio.
LEARN MOREAGM: Where the Tide Meets the Stream
Join us for a special AGM where we will here from Khadija Baker, Emelie Chhangur and Jayce Salloum!
LEARN MOREFermentation and Conversation with Haruko Okano
We're so excited to be hosting Haruko Onaka. Learn about Haruko's practice while she facilitates a fermentation activity!
LEARN MOREGrant Feedback + Co-working Café
Join us on October 16 with a draft of your grant to get advice from our peer-reviewers!
LEARN MOREOpen Critique
Get valuable feedback on your art from artist Luis Jacob & curator/writer Heather Rigg!
LEARN MOREThe Humble Leaf as Cushion and Vessel
Artists Basil AlZeri and Nahla Tabbaa of Orraisse (قريص) invite you to a culinary conversation and making session!
LEARN MORESAVAC Community Picnic
You're invited to our community picnic. Let's come together to energize under the sun.
LEARN MOREIshtar's Network of Feral Gardens
Our playful and experimental garden project is back for the next coming months!
LEARN MOREPostcards for Liberation
Check out our postcards for liberation designed by artists from around the world!
LEARN MOREForbidden Images: art and resistance under occupation
Join us for a screening & conversation with Rehab Nazzal and Sarala Emmanuel.
Followed by SAVAC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Fan Out!
SAVAC has invited fifteen artists to “Fan Out” about subversive, political, and genre-bending artists, writers, or activists whose work greatly influences their own.
LEARN MORETHREE 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.
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