A Home for the Arts – Support Us!
This winter season we are spotlighting some incredible people from our community to share their stories about how East End Arts has created a second home for them. Help us continue to be a home for the arts in the…
#EEABlog: EEA’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide!
East End Arts is encouraging you to shop and support local businesses and creators this holiday season in east Toronto and beyond! It's one of our favourite times of the year: the winter holidays are approaching and now is a…
#EEABlog: Celebrating Asian Heritage Month
This month our Communications Intern, Aiko, put together a short post in Celebration of Asian Heritage month! Scroll on to read about a few Asian art forms and their meaning. Celebrating Asian Heritage Month: Exploring the Beauty of Asian Art…
#EEABlog: East End Arts’ 2022 Holiday Gift Guide!
East End Arts is encouraging you to shop and support local businesses and creators this holiday season in east Toronto and beyond! It's one of our favourite times of the year: the winter holidays are approaching and now is a…
September East End Spotlights – IN VIEW 2022
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! This month we are spotlighting the 20 amazing artists…
#EEABlog: Talking Textiles with Norwin Anne
With our current programs, TAPESTRY and ArtMEETs, being so textile-focused we've had sustainability in textiles and fashion on our mind. This month we invited Norwin Anne, a Filipinx textile based artist, eco-culture communicator and (re)maker/designer, to write about these incredibly…
August East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! August East End Artist Spotlights For August 2022, we…
July East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! July East End Artist Spotlights For July 2022, we…
June East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! June East End Artist Spotlights For June 2022, we…
#EEABlog: 5 Ways to Promote and Protect Pollinators in Your Community
Together let’s honour Earth Day by helping out your local pollinators! By Kimberley Dewing, Comms & Marketing Assistant *Banner photo from The Butterfly Laneway (along Felstead Park)* Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd and with the coming spring,…
April East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! April East End Artist Spotlights For April 2022, we…
#EEABlog: Trans Love for Transgender Day of Visibility
This month, in recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility, the East End Arts team put together a listicle that we hope you'll find useful and informative! Did you know that every year on March 31st it's International Transgender Day…
March East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! March East End Artist Spotlights For March 2022, we…
#EEABlog: 7 Books You Must Read During Black History Month 2022 And Beyond!
This month we invited Lalaa Comrie, an Afro-Caribbean Poet, Book Blogger, and Diversity Advocate from Toronto (who currently facilitates our program, the Anti-Oppression Book Club), to share some of her book recommendations for Black History Month. We are excited to…
February East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! February East End Artist Spotlights For February 2022, we…
January Staff Spotlights, 2022
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! For January 2022, we decided to do something a…
#EEABlog: East End Arts’ 2021 Local Holiday Gift Guide!
East End Arts is encouraging you to shop and support local businesses and creators this holiday season in east Toronto and beyond! You've likely read the statistics: giant corporations like Amazon have seen their profits grow more than 200% since…
November East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! November East End Artist Spotlights For November 2021, we…
October East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! October East End Artist Spotlights For October 2021, we…
#EEABlog: A Thought on Public Art from Paula Fletcher
This month of the #EEABlog, we invited one of our local Councillors, Paula Fletcher, to reflect on Toronto's Year of Public Art, and what it means to her. A Thought on Public Art from Paula Fletcher I always say that…
September East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! September East End Artist Spotlights For September 2021, we…
#EEABlog: Re-Imagining “Normal”
This month of the #EEABlog, we are reflecting on our most recent 2021 Arts Survey, and reflecting on the changes we want to see in a post-pandemic world. Re-Imagining "Normal" Our East End Arts Survey looked a little different for…
August East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! August East End Artist Spotlights For August 2021, we…
#EEABlog: Small Art, Big Impact – The Rock Snake
Small Art, Big Impact: The World's Longest Rock Snake on Kew Beach “How One Special Community, Participatory Arts Project has helped to Unite and Inspire Communities in East Toronto and Beyond” As a Community Arts Organization, we truly believe in…
July East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! July East End Artist Spotlights For July 2021, we…
#EEABlog: 40 Years of Pride Toronto
40 Years of Pride Toronto - Looking Back and Looking Ahead This month we invited two talented guest writers to share their thoughts on the 40th Anniversary of Pride Toronto, and to think about where Pride will be in another…
June East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! June East End Artist Spotlights For June 2021, we…
May East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! May East End Artist Spotlights For April 2021, we…
#EEABlog: Asian Heritage Month is Every Month
Asian Heritage Month is Every Month By, Chelsea Cameron-Fikis This month is “Asian Heritage Month”, and according to the Government of Canada’s website, this is a month “for all Canadians to learn more about the many achievements and contributions of…
April East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! April East End Artist Spotlights For April 2021, we…
#EEABlog – A Spoonful of Art Helps the Medicine Go Down
A Spoonful of Art Helps the Medicine Go Down At the end of March, East End Arts staff, along with our colleagues from the other LASOs and The Toronto Arts Foundation, got a little science lesson over Zoom! We thought…
#EEABlog – #ChooseToChallenge for International Women’s Day
This month on the #EEABlog, our Communications Manager, Chelsea, sat down with some local women who work in the arts sector of Toronto to hear their thoughts and ideas around this year's theme for International Women's Day: #ChooseToChallenge! *Banner image…
March East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! For March 2021, we got in touch with some…
#EEABlog: Dismantling Structural Violence Against Black Artists: An Afrofuturistic Mission
This month we invited Fiona Raye Clarke, an award-winning Trinidadian-Canadian writer, community-engaged artist, and curator/moderator of our 2018 event, Black to the Future, to share some of her thoughts around Black futures in the arts. We are excited to share…
February East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! For February 2021, we got in touch with some…
January Staff Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! For January 2021, we decided to do something a…
#EEA Blog: What does #EastEndLove Mean to East End Arts?
As we wrap up 2020, East End Arts is taking a moment to reflect on what #EastEndLove means to us! We hope you enjoy this final blog post of 2020, and stay tuned for future blog posts in 2021! #EastEndLove…
#EEABlog: East End Arts’ 2020 Local Holiday Gift Guide!
East End Arts is encouraging you to shop and support local businesses and creators this holiday season in east Toronto and beyond! There’s no doubt that it’s been a rough year for everyone, notably local businesses and creators who have…
#EEABlog: Why is public art so important now, and for the future?
This month on the #EEABlog, we're chatting all about public art! [Photo above is a recent mural on Danforth Avenue, completed by Elicser Elliott, Nick Sweetman, Sight and Spyone]. Cities gain value through public art – cultural, social, and economic…
November East End Spotlights
East End Spotlight is a monthly news piece where we highlight a series of east end artists, arts organizations, creative spaces & professionals that we want to shine a spotlight on💙! For November 2020, we got in touch with some…