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 Whose ideas, ways of relating, materialities, or methods do we claim as our lineage? In fall 2023, SAVAC invited fifteen artists from around the world to “fan out” about subversive, political,...
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...
Grant Feedback Café
Free event We know navigating granting systems can be an intimidating and difficult experience for many artists. That’s why SAVAC has invited four artists and cultural workers who are experienced in grant writing, editing,...
Open Critique
Free event Dreaming of a constructive space for some feedback on your art? Whether you are an emerging, mid-career, or established artist, our Open Critique session is for you. SAVAC has invited artist Luis...
Letter to My Tribe + Panel
Co-presenting with Toronto Palestine Film Festival Letter to My Tribe 97 minutesb.h. YaelDocumentary2024CanadaBUY IN-THEATRE TICKETS English, translated Hebrew & Arabic Letter to My Tribe started with a question: Why don’t more Jews and Israelis speak...
