Art program

Our program is our way of supporting Toronto’s vibrant art scene and making creativity a part of the daily ritual.

Corktown Curator

Craig D’Arville

is an active contributor to Canada’s visual arts community, with more than 25 years’ experience in communications and development roles at both non-profit organizations and in the private sector. Co-founder of the online art platform FFOTO.com, Craig also gives back through his volunteer work, which includes sitting on the board of directors for Gallery TPW, serving as a mentor on the BIPOC Photo Mentorship Program, and participating on the curatorial committee for Art With Heart, Casey House's annual fundraiser. Craig is a 2026 Mentor in Residence for photography BFA/MFA candidates at Emily Carr University.

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Corktown featured artist

Amada Estabillo

The land recalls, the land fortells. These works are part of my ongoing reckoning with the Canadian landscape,specifically Ontario and British Columbia. They are an exploration of theseasons, weather and my connection to a land in which, as animmigrant-settler, I am both an inhabitant and guest. The paintings evoke avariety of moments: the passing of clouds, a storm arriving over a lake, flowersemerging in a garden.The physical shape of the pieces draw from diverse references: maps which arecrumpled and unreadable; clothing patterns with folds, darts, and gathers.These objects parallel landforms such as hills, valleys and shorelines. Manypieces incorporate a range of sewing and embroidery; these stitches referenceboth European and Filipino embroidery patterns.

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Leslieville Current Curator

Robert Farmer

(b.1968) is a dynamic Canadian mixed media artist based in Toronto, originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. A largely self-taught creative, he pursued formal studied briefly at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, and later at The Kootenay School of the Arts in Nelson, British Columbia before fully committing to his signature practice. Farmer’s work is rooted in upcycling- repurposed found materials like used construction materials, mass-produced prints, and whatever he finds interesting lying on the street. His recent venture is vintage maps from atlases, applying these worn pages to birch panels to create abstracted urban collages both real and imaginary.His meticulous process involves cutting strips and circles, and gluing them with matte medium, blurring the boundaries between analog nostalgia and contemporary collage.In addition to his fine art, Farmer is proprietor of Colourcoat, a home and commercial painting business founded in 2009, blending entrepreneurial drive with artistic flair. With effective time management, Farmer is pursuing both these pursuits with equal zeal.With solo and group exhibitions across Toronto- Mercury Espresso, Eastern Front, Headbones Gallery- and art fairs including Art Toronto and The Affordable Art Fair in NYC, Farmer continues to expand his influence. Whether reimagining maps, icons, or everyday objects, his work invites viewers to question convention, bridging the aesthetic of nostalgia with a fresh, irreverent twist

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Leslieville featured artist

Faris Darwazeh

Timeless in Tofino. Tofino feels untouched by time. Driftwood-strewn beaches, misty mornings, and rolling waves create a quiet rhythm that invites one to slow down. Each moment feels unhurried, grounded, and deeply present. These images capture Tofino’s timeless beauty: raw, reflective, and quietly serene. Every photograph holds a sense of calm that lingers long after one has left the coast.

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