Description
Artscape Gibraltar Point an artist retreat centre on the Toronto Islands, just a stone’s throw from the city. Located in the former Toronto Island Public and Natural Science School, Artscape Gibraltar Point offers 35,000 square feet of affordable retreat space, artist studios and accommodations for artists and creative thinkers. The tranquil, idyllic setting is world-renowned as a centre for members of the artistic and non-profit communities to think, experiment, collaborate and share ideas.
More than 800 artists have experimented and created art through self-directed artist retreats and thematic residencies hosted in our overnight accommodations. In addition to visiting artists, fifteen long-term artist work studios provide space for a range of painters, sculptors, musicians, theatre companies and a recording studio – all of whom contribute to the unique and collaborative atmosphere at Artscape Gibraltar Point.
Over 600 charitable and not-for-profit groups have used the centre’s conference facilities to host staff retreats, training sessions, strategic planning and more. Artscape Gibraltar Point also plays host to private events, managed by our Artscape Event Services team. As well, a number of unique partnerships have brought arts and music festivals to the centre’s grounds (and semi-private beach) – including the ALL CAPS Festival, the New Traditions Festival, the JanSport Bonfire Sessions and more.
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facebook.comHard to believe but it's already November and that means our first Programmed Residency deadlines are fast approaching! Feminist Art Conference Residency Deadline: Nov. 15 SoftWEAR: Wearable Technology & Art, Dec 1 presented in partnership with InterAccess Collective Assembly: Building Techniques for Artists, Dec 1 For more information on how to apply and residency details: http://artscapegibraltarpoint.ca/artist-residences/programmed-residencies/
Don't miss the boat, or the bus! We're wrapping up Luminous Bodies at Artscape Gibraltar Point with an open studio event! Check out cool art, ride a vintage bus, what else would you rather do on a Saturday evening??
As part of our Luminous Bodies Residency presented in partnership with Arts Unfold we are please to invite you to a virtual talk, by South African Artist, Zanele Muholi at OCAD University. We hope you will join us!
Hope to see you all at the opening of Amy Bowles: Casting The Stones - a lot of this work was created in residence at Artscape Gibraltar Point so we are very excited to see it get its public debut at Gallery 555!
Happy Birthday to the guy who puts the "SUPER" in superintendent! Happy Birthday Darren Reinhart!
Check out this great interview with our Feminist Art Conference residency facilitator Ilene Sova in The Strand! Also don;t forget that the deadline for applications to the annual residency is NOVEMBER 15, 2017. For more information including how to apply, visit: http://artscapegibraltarpoint.ca/programmed-residency/feminist-art-conference-residency-2018/
We are happy to welcome today, Joseph del Pesco! The first of our Islands residency arts writer in residence in partnership with Art Metropole & Fogo Island Arts - WELCOME JOSEPH! About Joseph del Pesco: Joseph del Pesco is a curator, writer and publisher. Since 2009 he has been Director, and in 2016 became International Director of KADIST (Paris and San Francisco). At KADIST del Pesco established a fast-paced program of weekly events that position art as a vehicle for discussion about social and political issues internationally, and started the first residency for international art magazines. Previously he was adjunct curator at Artists Space, New York. As an independent curator he has organized exhibitions, projects and publications at The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; The Banff Centre; Articule, Montreal; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; and the UC Davis Museum among others. In 2015-16 he was in residence at SOMA in Mexico City, Beta-Local in Puerto Rico, The Luminary in St. Louis and ArtPort in Tel Aviv. His recent short stories about speculative museums have appeared in Art21 Magazine and White Fungus magazine. Previously, he has contributed writing to the catalogue for SFMOMA’s exhibition Six Lines of Flight, as well as Manifesta Journal, X-Tra, NERO, Fillip, and SFAQ. The Islands is a residency partnership conceived and organized by Art Metropole and Fogo Island Arts, with support from Artscape.
Self-directed winter residencies are open and available for 2017-2018 Apply today to experience the not-so-secret best time to visit the Toronto Islands. http://artscapegibraltarpoint.ca/artist-residences/book-a-residency/
A HUGE SHOUT OUT to all of you who made the Call for Proposals: Winter Island Artist Project Residency deadline! We are happily overwhelmed by the response to this call! Looking forward to a big weekend of reading! 🤓💻📖
Sorry for the web absence over night, just a note to let you all know that our website is back up and running. You can find all our Programmed Residency deadlines and application information at: http://artscapegibraltarpoint.ca/artist-residences/programmed-residencies/
The deadline for Call for Proposals: Winter Island Artist Project Residency is TUESDAY OCTOBER 10TH at Noon EDT! Do you have what it takes to live on the Toronto Islands for one month and engage with the Islanders and Artist Community! Do you have what it takes to get out of your Thanksgiving food coma to make the deadline??? Find out and apply today! http://artscapegibraltarpoint.ca/winter-island-artist-in-residence-program-2018/
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How I fill my downtime on the island. My not quite to scale piano. Still learning! #drawing #chill #lesson #3
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