North Toronto Group of Artists: The North Toronto Perspective

Images (left to right): Lori Ryerson, The Meadow at Midday, 2022, Photography on glossy metal; Sheila Merer, After the Storm, 2023, Acrylic; Jen Tse, Tumbling, 2023, Acrylic

North Toronto Group of Artists
The North Toronto Perspective

January 22 – February 20, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 2 – 4pm | Refreshments will be provided, and artists will be in attendance.
Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery

The North Toronto Perspective is a visual celebration for what the North Toronto Group of Artists have achieved in culturally enriching their neighbourhood through artistic expression. As an artist collective in a tight geographical boundary, the NTGA is hyper local, with its artists living within blocks of one another. They are a diverse group along many lines, including age, heritage, educational backgrounds, past careers, length of artistic establishment, etc. The NTGA celebrates their unique ways of looking at the world and what their individual perspectives do to create the lenses from which they interpret what is around them. Despite the variety in the group’s work, there is cohesion and harmony, much like the essence of the neighbourhood.

Participating Artists

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Shailyn Bruining, Tide Out, 2023, Encaustic

About the North Toronto Group of Artists

The North Toronto Group of Artists (NTGA) is a not-for-profit cooperative of artists whose goal is to promote local fine artists and culturally enrich the community. Founded 16 years ago, the purpose of the group is to provide opportunities for local artists to display and sell their works, as well as to provide a platform in which to connect with fellow local artists. Artists are admitted to the NTGA by both living within the qualifying geographical borders, and by being juried in by a panel of current and past executive members. Group members run the full range from emerging to mid-career to established, creating original art in a wide range of styles from realism to abstraction, and in a variety of mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolour, encaustic, mixed media and photography.

The NTGA produces two major annual events: spring and fall Studio Fine Art Tour and Sales. These events provide the local community with opportunities to view and purchase one-of-a-kind artwork from several dozen local artists. It gives the neighbourhood a chance to meet the artists, learn more about their work, and it puts artists in touch with local buyers.

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Melissa Morrow, They’re Not Listening, 2024, Mixed Media

Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm and Saturday, 10am to 6pm
Admission is free and the venue is accessible.

Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery
399 The West Mall
Toronto, ON M9C 2Y2
toronto.ca/eccartgallery
416-394-8628
eccartgallery@toronto.ca

About City of Toronto’s Cultural Centres & Galleries
Toronto’s Cultural Centres & Galleries comprise of five unique sites owned and operated by the City of Toronto. They include Assembly Hall, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Clark Centre for the Arts and Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery and the Ascent Gallery at the Etobicoke Civic Centre. Collectively the centres present over 40 gallery shows annually, showcasing works by more than 800 artists, and offer close to 150 art programs each year in collaboration with some 70+ community partners.

More information about the City of Toronto’s Cultural Centres & Galleries can be found at toronto.ca/CulturalCentres or by following City of Toronto Culture on X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

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