52nd Annual Exhibition
July 5, 6 & 7, 2013
Nathan Phillips Square
Hours: Fri – Sat 10:30 – 7:30, Sun 10:30 – 6:30 p.m.
http://www.torontooutdoorart.org
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition [TOAE] is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place annually on Nathan Phillips Square, every July.
As the largest juried outdoor art exhibition in Canada, TOAE offers a fresh-air alternative to conventional art shows and galleries. Hundreds of artists participate and an estimated 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition every year. Side by side, established artists, undiscovered talents and innovative students sell their work directly to the public and make lasting connections with art dealers and collectors.
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is also presents Art Now, a program that celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of Toronto’s art community through installations, performances, video, sound and other media that have traditionally fallen outside the parameters of TOAE. Now in its third year, the program features more artists than ever in a new, dedicated space on and beside the stage. Guest curator Rafi Ghanaghounian, with board members Elise Hodson and Rui Pimenta, formed the curatorial committee that selected 13 projects from an open call.
Artists were invited to respond to a choice of themes: current issues shaping contemporary art; the role of the art fair and the commercialization of art; or the idea of “art relief” – relief through art, relief from the art world, or relief in the context of an outdoor art show.