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The Creative Spirit Art Centre provides art education and studio space for people with disabilities. Feel free to browse our site and contact us on how you can become a member, make a donation or let us know if you're aware of an individual who could make use of our resources, also see our contact page.
Hours: Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 1 - 4 p.m. The gallery is closed on all statutory holidays and throughout the month of August .
Holiday Hours
Submitted by Michael on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 11:08We will be closed on Friday, December 23 and reopen Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Toy Stories opening
Submitted by Michael on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 13:04Thank you all for attending the opening for our Toy Stories exhibit last weekend. Hope to see you all again soon.
Toy Stories
Submitted by Michael on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 14:43
November 5th – January 28th 2012 Opening reception Saturday November 12, 2 - 4 p.m.
Artist Hanni Sager believes that the first work of art in a person’s life is a toy. This exhibition is dedicated to Hanni, to grown-ups and children who never gave up their toys. This is the launch of an annual Creative Spirit Toy Show. We feel that Toronto is ready to embrace a Toy Collection which is universally accessible. Toy owners are asked to write a brief story about a toy and to lend the toy and story to the exhibition. There will be toys to play with, look at and reminisce about. Please, join us for a visit and bring a friend or a toy for a visit. You can leave a story about a toy, donate a toy or join the Toy Club. We want to meet people who believe in the magic of toys and the stories they have to share.
After all who doesn’t understand a Toy?
(We'd like to thank The Japanese Paper Place for providing Japanese paper as part of our exhibition installation for Toy Stories.)
Thank you!
Submitted by Michael on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 18:35
A big thank you to participants, volunteers, artists and friends at this year's Creative Spirit Festival, exhibition, and conference! It was a big success. Photos: Jai Wax with Creative Spirit Executive Director Ellen Anderson, Ellen and Ronnie Burbank, Brenda Speilmann discusses her Light Writer program at Bloorview Kid's Rehab, Roger Knox with The Craft Studio's Debbie Dew, artists Bunny Brown and Grazia Marigioli, In the cap is artist Gilles Arseneault, photographer Robert Picton, Ottawa artist & Propeller Dance Company co- founder Alan Shain. multi- media artist Erella Ganon and Adrianna Limongi who created a tribute ofrenda in memory of Frida Khalo and the Mexican Day Of The Dead Celebration. Below left is University of Toronto's Denise Reid, with her Creative Spirit study findings, artist Catharine Little and Mark and Gilles during a Q & A session.
