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By James Fritz Directed by Mark McGrinder Canadian Premiere Running April 20 to May 12 at the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace Produced by Studio 180 Theatre
This Online Silent Art Auction will be open on Tuesday, May 23 until Friday, June 2. These art pieces were procured by the Feminist Art Collective and can be viewed in-person during "An Even…
The YWCA Toronto’s Inspirations Studios is a unique low-barrier ceramics program for women and gender-diverse people who have experienced marginalization. The President’s Office of OCAD University is thrilled to collaborate with Inspiration Studios to celebrate its 30th Anniversary & Art Auction on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Online exhibition (Facebook, Instagram) responding to COVID-19 pandemic inequities: health, race, disability, violence.
FAC partners with Black Women Film! Canada to present this year’s Film Night featuring three short-films
FAC presented its 5th Festival, an international and intersectional celebration of multidisciplinary arts.
The 2020 period marked a significant transformation for FAC. The organization rebranded its annual gathering as the "5th Toronto Feminist Art Festival"
20 international feminist artists open the doors to their studios to show you their finished works and works in progress!
An affordable market of feminist art
Framed by Feminists is a one-day public market and evening panel featuring feminist art vendors offering affordable works across various media.
Join 22 international feminist artists as they open their studios to the public for one evening only, showcasing the results of their two-week residency. Visitors will see both finished and in-progress works addressing topics such as racism, transphobia, cultural appropriation, environmental degradation, and more. Attendees can meet the artists, discuss their work, and engage in a celebratory, community-focused atmosphere.
REGENERATION celebrates the digitization and revival of The Women’s Kit an influential feminist education resource first produced in 1973 at OISE by Pamela Harris and collaborators.
A one-night-only open studio and social event to showcase the creative outcomes of the FAC Residency, featuring 22 international feminist artists. Attendees can meet the artists, view their work-in-progress, and celebrate their explorations of feminist and social justice…
This powerful satellite show brings together emerging voices from across marginalized and intersecting communities through visual, audio, film, and performance-based feminist art. Presented in collaboration with SKETCH, a community-arts-development organization supporting marginalized youth (16–29), the exhibition runs alongside the 2017 Feminist Art Conference: Embodied Resistance. The works reflect diverse lived experiences, creative resistance, and the urgency of visibility from the margins.
Now in its second year, Made by Feminists is a vibrant public marketplace celebrating feminist makers, artists, organizations, and publishers. It is held as part of the Feminist Art Conference 2017, but is open to all – including the wider public. Attendees can explore clothing, zines, self-care products, crafts, and critical feminist literature while engaging with creators and advocates across a range of disciplines.
The exhibition featured multidisciplinary works that activated the body as a site of resistance, responding to an open call for intersectional feminist art.
The exhibition featured multidisciplinary works that activated the body as a site of resistance, responding to an open call for intersectional feminist art.
Iris at 20 commemorates the two-decade legacy of the Iris group—a feminist collective known for its creative interventions tied to International Women’s Day. This FAC satellite event reflects on the legacy of Decade of Days (1997)…
Screening of the acclaimed documentary The Apology, followed by a panel discussion (panelists TBA). The film chronicles the journeys of three former “comfort women” from South Korea, China, and the Philippines—survivors of military sexual slavery under the Japanese Imperial Army. Now elderly, they speak out after decades of silence in an effort to bring truth, healing, and justice.
FAC received a grant to digitize and archive the Women’s Kit, a series of multimedia educational materials published by OISE in 1974.
Digitizing 1974 Women's Kit, making feminist educational materials accessible online.
A one-night-only exhibition celebrating the work created during the FAC Residency. Featuring 19 artists from 10 cities, the evening provides a platform for showcasing feminist art centered on themes of social justice, including anti-racism, trans inclusion, anti-violence, decolonization, and more. Join the artists in a welcoming, scent-reduced, wheelchair-accessible space for conversation, snacks, drinks, and community.
The period from 2016-2019 marked significant programmatic expansion. FAC launched its international artist residency program at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Islands, hosting 19 artists annually in two-week intensive programs. The residency program provided individual studio time, group discussions, guest speakers, and collaborative critique sessions.