Sportsmanship Under Surveillance exhibition, Sur Gallery, 2015. Photo: Shawn McPherson.

July 10 – July 12, 2025
Sur Gallery, Toronto

In 2015, Sur Gallery opened their doors with the exhibition Sportsmanship Under Surveillance during the Pan Am ParaPanAm games in Toronto. Ten years later, Sur Gallery continues to offer relevant and engaging programming, dedicated to promoting and disseminating Latin American and Latinx art, as well as supporting artists of the diaspora through various programs.

Join Sur Gallery in celebrating 10 years of Canada’s first publicly funded Latin American art gallery.

Colour of Women exhibition, Sur Gallery, 2022. Dinorah Catzalco, Colibrí (detail), 2016. Photo: Raquel Romero.

Artist’s Share
Thursday, July 10, 7pm – 10pm

Participants will share food, experiences, art, and friendship at this community building event. At a time of divisiveness and hardship, Sur Gallery will come together to celebrate the potency of solidarity and communal alliances. Tickets to enter will be to bring a dish to contribute to the table and share with others. Come out and enjoy the vibes with DJ ESCOBUTT who will play their sets, a mix of electronic cumbia, neo-guaracha, dembow, Latin club, jersey, alternative, downtempo, jungle, tribal, pop edits and their personal vinyl collection.

*Ticket price: bring a dish to share.
Register here.

Silent Art Auction
Thursday, July 10, 7pm – Saturday, July 12, 4:15pm

This fundraising effort will not only support the gallery and its programs, but half of the proceeds will go back to contributing artists. Place your bid to win an original piece by a local artist.

No registration required.
Visit here for more information.

Sur Gala
July 11, 6pm – 9pm

Ten years of exhibitions, events, and programs are reasons to celebrate but also to financially support. An exclusive fundraising night to cheer on another ten years of Sur Gallery and help continue this important work. Come out, dress up, and enjoy the evening.

Your ticket will include a cocktail reception, dinner, live music, and entertainment. All proceeds will benefit Sur Gallery’s exhibitions, programs, and initiatives.

Visit here for more information and to register.

Decade of Dialogue
Saturday, July 12, 9:30am – 4pm

As Sur Gallery reaches ten years, this panel series highlights the past, present, and future, creating a safe space for reflection, conversation, and vision.

Registration & Coffee
9:30am – 10am
Arrive at 9:30am to enjoy a morning coffee and treat on the house.

20 Years of LACAP
10am – 11:15am
Founders highlight the various projects developed throughout the years such as the Allende Arts Festival, the IMAGINE Project, and others, which led to the opening of Sur Gallery. They will discuss various challenges and successes of 20 years of advocacy.
Rodrigo Barreda and Tamara Toledo
Moderated by Eva Salinas

ARCHIVO: Activating Latin American Art Archives in Canada
11:30am – 1pm
Since 2023, Sur Gallery has hosted the ARCHIVO project, which digitally documents the contributions and trajectories of Latin American, Latin-Caribbean, and Latinx artists in Canada. ARCHIVO was born out of the need to archive a diaspora lacking resources, platforms, and forms of representation. Two years after ARCHIVO’s launch, Sur Gallery asks: how can the gallery further activate this project and involve communities? What possibilities for research become available? What are the challenges and opportunities of working with archives that cross borders, languages, and hemispheres? This panel gathers researchers, archivists, and artists offering an opportunity to imagine potential futures for ARCHIVO.
Dr. Yasmine Espert, Francisco Fernando-Granados, and Luz Sierra
Moderated by Luisa Cruz

Lunch
1pm – 2pm
Food, beverages, and merch will be sold. Silent Art Auction bidding will be open to the public.

Co-Designing the Future of Sur Gallery
2pm – 4pm
This workshop introduces participants to the Three Horizons Map, a tool used to imagine “what a future Sur Gallery may and should be”, and co-design how to get there. Interested participants are asked to fill-out a seven-question survey prior to the workshop and come prepared with a constructive outlook on building community. All are welcome.
Facilitated by Rodrigo Barreda, MDes

Register for all panels and the workshop here.

After Party
Saturday, July 12, 4pm – 8pm

The festivities will end with a party! Come and enjoy some food, cake, entertainment and music. The Toronto-based South American ensemble Sikuris will bring an authentic blend of traditional Andean music and Cumbia rhythms, instrumental solos, and original compositions to create a captivating experience for all generations. End the evening with DJ ESCOBUTT, a non-binary Colombian-born artist whose sets are a mix of electronic cumbia, neo-guaracha, dembow, latin club, jersey, alternative, downtempo, jungle, tribal, pop edits and their personal vinyl collection.

Food, beverages, and merch will be sold.
Register here.

For more information about events and registration visit surgalleryvirtual.ca.

Sur Gallery is Toronto’s first gallery space dedicated to the exhibition and critical engagement of contemporary Latin American and Latinx art and is a project of LACAP (Latin American Canadian Art Projects).

For information contact:
416-654-7787
info@surgallery.ca
www.surgallery.ca | www.lacap.ca
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All events will take place at Sur Gallery:
39 Queens Quay East, Suite 100
Toronto, ON M5E OA5

Sur Gallery gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario, Toronto Arts Council, and The City of Toronto through section 37. We also acknowledge our community partners, donors, and sponsors: Hemispheric Encounters; York University; Irmao; Martin Gomes and Matheus Coelho; Guaricha’s Brew; Nuna Kitchen; Consulate of Chile; DJ ESCOBUTT; Sikuris; SeeThrough Web; Hoffworks Productions; and Ready2Post.