OAC Exhibition Assistance
*NEW* SAVAC accepts submissions on an ongoing basis as of the 2025-26 program year. The Ontario Art Council’s exhibition assistance program supports Ontario-based artists and artist collectives working in visual arts, craft and media...
DOORS OPEN: The Commons @ 401 Curation: SERIOUS BIZ
Lead curators Kelly Lui and Kaitlynn Tomaselli May 24, 2025 10 am – 5 pm The Commons @ 401, 401 Richmond Street West Free Admission All AgesFull program duration: 30 mins One weekend a...
We are ten thousand hands that plant seeds
Special Exhibition Featuring artists: Megan Feheley, Maureen Gruben, Sharmistha Kar, Gloria Martinez-Granados, Soledad Fátima Muñoz, and Nazzal Studio Curated by Abedar Kamgari Borrowing its title from the last poem written by Chilean singer and...
Aysia Tse
SAVAC is pleased to host Aysia Tse for an artist residency in support of her ongoing material and theoretical research. Over the coming months, Aysia is further developing a fabric installation previously shown in...
AGM: Where the Tide Meets the Stream
22 February 2025 from 2-5pm EST / 11-2PM PSTFollowed by SAVAC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM)Free event. Zoom closed captioning. The talk will be recorded. Register for the zoom link Whose ideas, ways of relating, materialities,...
Oliver Husain
SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) and the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities (CSACH) are pleased to welcome Oliver Husain as the winter 2025 artist-in-residence at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). Over...
Art and Words from Gaza
by Hussain Al-Jerjawi and Mayar Nateel Publication Launch and Fundraiser Art and Words from Gaza is a pilot zine series and fundraising project featuring young artists living in Gaza organized by Hussain Al-Jerjawi and...
Faisal Karadsheh
Faisal Karadsheh is SAVAC’s current Artist-in-Residence and Programming Assistant! Faisal will be with us for the next 24 weeks and will be splitting their time between working in the studio and working with our...
Fermentation and Conversation with Haruko Okano
SAVAC is thrilled to host interdisciplinary artist Haruko Okano for a very special event in Toronto. Haruko’s decades-long practice spans performance, sculpture, installation, earth and community work. She combines her concerns for the environment...
