Animating Our Waterfront grant program returns for 2017

Waterfront Toronto’s Animating Our Waterfront program returns for its second year. The program provides funding to individuals, organizations, collectives and groups that want to create free arts and cultural programming in waterfront parks and public spaces during the summer months. The objective of this program is to facilitate arts and cultural programming that celebrate public spaces and invite Torontonians and visitors to enjoy our waterfront.

Sherbourne Common’s eclectic mix of woods, water and greenery offers some of the best views in the city. (Image by: Nicola Betts)

POSTED: FEBRUARY 1, 2017 I DESIGN, INNOVATION, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC ART, SUSTAINABILITY
By: Meghan Hogan

By Ilana Shamoon

Waterfront Toronto has awarded the public art commission for Bayside's Aitken Place Park to the Calgary-based artist team of Caitlind Brown, Wayne Garrett, and Studio North. The artists have proposed a large-scale light projection that invites slow, contemplative interaction with visitors to the park.

Corktown Common has more than 700 trees that are bursting with colour right now. (Image by Nicola Betts)

POSTED: NOVEMBER 9, 2016 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC ART, WALKABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS
By: Meghan Hogan

The George sits adjacent to the new Cooper Koo Family YMCA and former CN Police Building at the corner of Cherry Street and Front Street (Image from Urban Toronto). 

POSTED: JUNE 28, 2016
BY: MEGHAN HOGAN

Detail of Caryatid (left) and Atlas (right), two of the sculptures that compose Garden of Future Follies, by Hadley+Maxwell.
POSTED: JUNE 28, 2016 I PUBLIC ART, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, DESIGN
By: Ilana Shamoon

The riotous graffiti artwork at Underpass Park takes full advantage of the imposing concrete beams and columns to create a fun and energetic atmosphere (Photo credit: Nicola Betts).

POSTED: MAY 18, 2016 
By: Meghan Hogan

Building on the success of Nuit Blanche 2015 and our recent Sugar Beach Sugar Shack event, we’re doing even more to help Torontonians revisit and reimagine their waterfront. (Image: Christof Migone’s Hit installed on Queens Quay. Photo by Connie Tsang.)

POSTED: APRIL 20, 2016 I PUBLIC ART, DESIGN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
BY: CHRISTOPHER McKINNON

From Parliament Street to the Don River and King Street to the Rail corridor, the West Don Lands is people focused, family friendly and environmentally sustainable.

POSTED: APRIL 7, 2016
BY: CAROL WEBB

Arts and cultural events are enticing Torontonians to revisit their waterfront. Last year’s edition of Nuit Blanche, in particular, was an extraordinary success.

POSTED: JANUARY 29, 2016 I PUBLIC ART, DESIGN, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
BY: CHRISTOPHER MCKINNON