InterAccess flashDRIVE: Digital Arts Fundraiser

May 1 – 17, 2025
InterAccess, Toronto ON

Support the future of new media arts with an archive poster sale, panel discussion, digital arts market, and more. All programs are open to the public with a suggested donation to support InterAccess’s gallery, studio, and new media artist community. Feed the squid!

flashDRIVE: Digital Arts Fundraiser Exhibition
May 1 – 17, 2025

Celebrate the opening of InterAccess’s new programming space with a survey exhibition of Toronto’s current digital arts scene, curated by Miriam Arbus. All artworks will be available for purchase as digital files or physical screens, with proceeds split between InterAccess and artists. Digital artwork files can be taken home on a limited-edition USB drive. Find the full list of featured artists at the InterAccess website.

flashDRIVE: Opening Party
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 7 – 10pm

Celebrate InterAccess’s move to 32 Lisgar Street and support local digital artists with music, BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), and a special digital arts market and poster sale. Sign up for the BYOB here.

Artist Gathering
Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 4 – 6pm

We invite you to share space with artists from the flashDRIVE exhibition, learn more about their practices, and see the exhibition with artist insights.
The gathering is held alongside the Remix Zine Studio, where participants will collage physical and digital zines from archival material that reflects on the preceding artist talk, The InterAccess Time-knot: Should We Let Media Die?, by former IA Archivist, Kit Haehnel.

Spring Open HDMI, presented with Venus Fest
Friday, May 16, 2025 | 7 – 10pm

For the first time in our new space, the IA 360° will be available in an open deck style to visual artists interested in live performance and audio-reactive visuals. Featuring DJ set by Ana Luisa. More info and sign up for artists available here.

Digital Arts Market
May 1 – 17, 2025 | In-person and online

Support the InterAccess flashDRIVE by buying digital artworks by local digital artists in our community, and take them home on a limited-edition USB drive. View online here.

Archive Poster Sale
May 1 – 17, 2025 | In-person and online

Take home a piece of InterAccess history with your very own archival poster from past programming. View online here.

Volunteering

Interested in supporting the fundraiser by volunteering? Sign-up here! You will receive an email from InterAccess’s Programming Manager to confirm your volunteer shifts. All events take place at 32 Lisgar St, Toronto, ON. Reach out to art@interaccess.org with any questions.

What’s with the squid?

The squid, InterAccess’s aged and beloved mascot, dives deep into nostalgia, back to the days when technology was more tactile and tentacled. The friendly and intelligent cephalopod represents decades of inked emails, adaptability, and swimming through the cyber waves. During events, artists and viewers drop cash and coins into the squid’s tank, “feeding” it to support future programming.

Founded in 1983, InterAccess is a non-profit gallery, educational facility, production studio, festival, and registered charity dedicated to emerging practices in art and technology. Our programs support art forms that integrate technology, fostering and supporting the full cycle of art and artistic practice through education, production, and exhibition. InterAccess is regarded as a preeminent Canadian arts and technology centre.

32 Lisgar Street, Units 4 & 5
Toronto, ON M6J 0C7
interaccess.org
For programming inquiries, contact: art@interaccess.org
For education and studio inquiries, contact: education@interaccess.org

Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm

Accessibility
We are located on the second floor of the building, accessible by two flights of stairs or an elevator. The front entrance has an automatic push door and is accessible by ramp or a short flight of stairs. Inside, all InterAccess facilities are on the same level, including a single-user accessible washroom.