2026 ONCulture Days Printmaking Demonstration

Claudine Crangle, Building Blocks, 2026. Detail of work in progress. Screenprinted paper blocks. Dimensions variable.

For 2026 Ontario Culture Days, visit our printmaking studio on Saturday, September 26, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and try your hand at screenprinting. Inspired by the artwork of Claudine Crangle, whose installation will be on display in an Open Studio Vitrine from September 11 to November 21, 2026, this hands-on activity invites participants…

Defiant Memory

Sylvat Aziz, Defiant Memory (installation view), 2026.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, May 29, 6-8pm at Open Studio Sylvat Aziz’s work engages with the political, social, and cultural forces that shape contemporary life and social interactions. It explores how structures of illegitimate power influence cultural memory and identity, and lay waste to the continuity of ways of life. Rather than presenting singular or dogmatic images,…

Refraction: Translations of Japanese Landscape

Fumiko Goto, 'trimmed I-4', 2026, photo-intaglio, chine-collé, 22" x 33" (detail)

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, May 29, 6-8 pm at Open Studio. Refraction (noun)The fact or phenomenon of light being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface of one medium and another of varying density.— Oxford Dictionary Fumiko Goto, Fuki Hamada, and Yoshie Uchida are active members of the Japanese graphics scene, each approaching their surroundings with distinct…

to your own devices

Jenn Law, to your own devices, 2026, letterpress-printed ivy with roots attached.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, September 11, 6-8pm at Open Studio Jenn Law is a Toronto-based artist and writer whose work explores the relationship between language and the natural world. In to your own devices, Law considers the possibilities of collaboration between artist and plant, examining the exchange between intervention and autonomy. Law’s practice involves letterpress printing poetic…

The Book of Roaring Memories

Mohammad Tabesh, The Book of Roaring Memories (detail: 47 Now, 23 Then), 2026, varied edition (V/E), 8.5" x 11", work in progress.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, September 11, 6-8pm at Open Studio Mohammad Tabesh is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture and installation, creative writing, and printmaking. In The Book of Roaring Memories, Tabesh gathers anonymous oral memories from the Iranian diaspora shaped by war, violence, censorship, and displacement, translating them into poetic prose and colour-based print works….