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Annual Report 2016 ANNUAL 20 REPORT 16 FROM OUR CHAIR & CEO Dear friends, We are happy to share with you Artscape’s annual report for 2016. It was a year of tremendous momentum and change for us with abundant activity happening in our existing projects and construction beginning on four new ones. Over $4.2 million in combined savings on occupancy costs and event rentals for Artscape tenants, owners and clients were generated through our properties. Additionally, at least half a million (457,600) people came through our doors to attend events and activities. In addition to our regular activities, Artscape embarked on two special projects. The first was a collaboration with the United Nations and more than 20 local partners to build empathy and support for refugees and resettlement through The Sidra Project. The second involved helping to incubate an extraordinary creative placemaking project called,The Bentway, which has the potential to do for Toronto what the High Line has done for New York. Artscape is a not-for- As you peruse the highlights of our projects, programs, exhibitions and events profiled in this report, you should know that virtually all of them have happened through partnership and profit urban development collaboration. Our work at Artscape happens at the intersection of arts, culture, activism, urban development, philanthropy and public policy. We would like to thank our many tenants, owners, organization that makes clients, participants, funders, partners, donors, volunteers, public servants and neighbours who helped make 2016 another terrific year for Artscape. Our collective efforts are helping to keep art at space for creativity and the centre of city-building in Toronto. transforms communities Susan Pigott Tim Jones Chair, Board of Directors CEO, Toronto Artscape Inc. Artscape FEATURE PHOTOS Covers: “Faces of Regent Park” artwork by Dan Bergeron | fauxreel.ca. Inside Front Cover: Photo by Richard Rhyme Page 10: Photo by Hector Vasquez Inside Back Cover: Photos by Garrison McArthur Photography 1 | Artscape Triangle Lofts 38 ABELL STREET, Queen St. W. & Ossington Ave. PROJECTS savings passed on to artists* and organizations on occupancy costs Our projects (see Projects in Development – page 10) represent our mission in action. Each one *Analysis based on comparison of comparable makes space for creativity and transforms communities in its own distinct model. In 2016: Class B spaces using Colliers data. We had 11 cultural facilitiesin operation including community cultural hubs, multi-purpose creative centres and artist live/work projects 2,351 people lived and/or worked within our portfolio 14 artist-led familiesmoved in to the Artscape Lofts at PACE in October and collaborated on a video project to On average, our commercial celebrate their new community rents are Daniels Spectrum* attracted two awards, including the Urban Land Institute Award for Global Excellence *Developed in partnership with Toronto Community Housing Corporation; The Daniels Corporation; and the Regent Park community. Artscape Sandbox Artscape Youngplace Daniels Spectrum Artscape Lofts at PACE Artscape Lofts at 210 Simcoe 301 ADELAIDE STREET WEST, Adelaide & Widmer Sts. 180 SHAW STREET, Queen St. W. & Ossington Ave. 585 DUNDAS STREET EAST, Parliament & Dundas Sts. 159 DUNDAS STREET EAST, Sherbourne St. & Dundas St. E. 210 SIMCOE STREET, Queen St. W. & University Ave. of average gross market rates* *Analysis based on comparison of comparable Class B spaces using Colliers data. We currently operate rental residences and live/work units, all at below-market rates*. We will be launching 106 more units in 2018 Artscape Wychwood Barns Artscape Distillery Studios Artscape Gibraltar Point Parkdale Arts & Cultural Centre Artscape West Queen West 601 CHRISTIE STREET, St. Clair Ave. W. & Christie St. 55 MILL STREET, Front St. E. & Parliament St. 443 LAKESHORE AVENUE, Hanlan’s Point, Toronto Island 1313 QUEEN STREET WEST, Queen St. W. & Dufferin St. 900 QUEEN STREET WEST, Queen St. W. & Ossington Ave. *Includes rent-geared-to-income and affordable housing units. The Artscape Mortgage has made first-time home ownership more affordable and attainable for artist-led households* to date *Includes original and subsequent sales on 65 units. | 2 Photos: Garrison McArthur Photographers 3 | EVENTS THAT GIVE BACK In 2016, our Performance and Event Venues team worked with over EVENTS & 500 clients to present thousands of fantastic events and exhibitions through our social enterprise performance and event venues business total subsidies to non-profits and grassroots that helps support the Artscape portfolio. groups through Artscape EXHIBITIONS The Artscape Wychwood Barns hosted dozens of popular annual events Performance & Event Venues and welcomed attendees of multiple large-scale fundraisers hosted UNFORGETTABLE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN ART GALLERIES ACROSS ARTSCAPE by prominent charities and non-profits. Artscape Gibraltar Point was EVENTS There are many galleries within the Artscape portfolio, booked solid with private ceremonies, conferences, movie nights, In a year of notable Artscape community-driven events, from dedicated spaces Koffler Centre of the Arts, festivals and retreats. some were unforgettable. The tenant organizations of Propeller artist-run centre and Gallery 1313, to smaller Daniels Spectrum was characteristically busy with gatherings, Daniels Spectrum presented the 3rd Spectrum Collective display spaces and pop-ups in tenant spaces at Artscape Summer Arts Lab, engaging 27 youth aged 10 to 17 in a performances and special presentations, from Rebels and Rascals to West Queen West, the Artscape Distillery Studios, public event & one-week multidisciplinary camp. the Pride Toronto Post-Festival Townhall to the 11th Annual Fashion Art Artscape Gibraltar Point, Artscape Younglace and other performance venues in our facilities. The Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery is Toronto week-long show. The Wee Festival from Theatre Direct, the new Pop-Up portfolio an intimate community space at the Artscape Wychwood at the Barns and the weekly Farmers’ Market of The Stop Artscape Sandbox capped its first full year of operations in October. Barns. In 2016, our Hallway Galleries at Daniels Spectrum Community Food Centre were ever-popular attractions And what a year it was! Our newest venue hosted an incredible array of and Artscape Youngplace presented shows representing to the Artscape Wychwood Barns, as was a March event presenting organizations and was an official site for multiple festivals. 263 artists including artist Meera Sethi, whose artwork that crowded the hub with children participating in We were also proud to have our venues selected as the site for several was purchased by the Royal Ontario Museum during her performances, parades and camps offered by tenants. high-profile meetings and special announcements by multiple levels of Upping the Aunty show at Daniels Spectrum. Our performance & event venues government. We welcomed new visitors during Doors Open Toronto team worked with over All the gallery spaces in Artscape buildings are free to the 2016 with the Artscape Wychwood Barns and Daniels public. Spectrum, where we teamed up with Regent Park clients photographer Yasin Osman on tours. PHOTOS BELOW: Ellen and Steve hosted their wedding ceremony at Artscape Youngplace. Photo: Celine Kim Photography. Big occasions at Artscape Youngplace were full-facility Five independent Toronto art galleries joined forces to present events including Nuit Rose, Nuit Blanche, the Scotiabank SURFACE II, an Art Party + Emerging Gallery Showcase at CONTACT Photography Festival and our own RECESS and Artscape Sandbox. Photo: Andrew Williamson. Art of Darkness Community Open Houses. The Panamanian Food Festival returned to Daniels Spectrum. Our performance & event venues hosted events people visited Artscape From The Fabric of Tanzania exhibition in the Daniels Spectrum Hallway projects for events & Galleries, curated by Elle Alconcel. Work by Hans Poppe. activities | 4 5 | PROGRAMS artists represented in ARTIST RESIDENCIES artist in residence: researcher, visual artist, activist and exhibitions in our Hallway In 2016 our island retreat Artscape Gibraltar Point hosted educator Syrus Marcus Ware. Galleries 647 artists in residence and returning islander artist At Artscape Youngplace, seven recipients of the Artscape collective The Fake Art School. Brightening our darkest Youngplace Community Fund presented accessible arts season, Artscape presented Winter Island, a residency programming ranging from creative movement for young series that also involved talks, dinners and performances people to networking for newcomers involved in the arts. by some of Toronto’s most celebrated artists, including Jim Monroe, Andrew Harwood and Yuula Benivolski. THE JOURNEY STUDIO Artscape has mounted with its partners several mentees & mentors involved in the Ada Slaight Youth Arts ENTREPRENEURSHIP performances of The Journey, a spirited musical based Mentorship Program to date We continued to offer our Launchpad programs for artists on the story of three young people living in the Regent in 2016 and designers planning, launching and running their own Park neighbourhood. This year, Artscape was pleased businesses, including workshops with guest facilitators to expand this project to include an arts mentorship and our signature offerings, the Creative Business Design component for youth in Regent Park and surrounding Workshop and Creative Entrepreneurship Program. area, The Journey Studio. PHOTOS
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