May 7, 2026
Peace In Me: A Solo Exhibition by Karina Sanchez Jaimes
What I Left Behind, a painting by Karina Sanchez Jaimes, 2025. Karina Sanchez Jaimes was born in Toluca, Mexico. At the age of 10, she and her family immigrated to Canada. Today, she is studying…
March 8, 2026
FILL YOUR CUP: Gather with women physicists, poets, and policy advisors
Happy International Women's Day. Come gather with women physicists, poets, and policy advisors... For those of you who have been with us since 2019, you've watched the Laboratory for Artistic…
January 17, 2026
On Dismantling & Weaving New From Old: “‘Wearability’ is not the end of life” – An Artist Statement By Joe Lewis
Artist Joe Lewis holds up an embroidery sampler on a dismantled pillow case (27.94 cm X 223.52 cm). Artist Statement Having learned to turn old bed sheets into braided rugs at the age of three, I was…
November 23, 2025
Rainbow Circle: An Augmented Reality Comic Book Project by Cynthia Undyantara
YOUR PHONE IS A PORTAL. Wander by PS707 and use your cellphone to unlock a rich Augmented Reality experience. As winter approaches, PS707 switches over to primarily function as a window gallery. Stop…
October 17, 2025
Immortal Spirits: A Halloween Fundraiser & Farewell Party at CSI Annex
Social change requires social and cultural infrastructure, which is a fancy way of saying change happens when people come together with care around art, community, and making special. The Lab's…
October 16, 2025
The Drawing Forest: A 5-Hour Drawing Exercise by Heather Frise and Anita Matusevics
Interview with artists Heather Frise & Anita Matusevics 1. What inspired you to want to draw with others? what led to this impulse of co-creating large scale drawings with community and…
October 16, 2025
MULTIfest: Toronto’s first-ever experiential art festival
Yesterday Toronto's very first week-long MULTIfest was launched at Stack Market by the Lab's very own Tom Kuo and Alex Martin. Featuring 10+ interactive art installations on view daily, 6+…
September 14, 2025
Origins & Endings: Photography by Sebastian Portillo
Reflections from the artist Origins & Endings brings together two projects: Notes on Biology and The Day I Destroyed the World, both collections developed with support from the Ministry…
January 6, 2025
Winter greetings & a call for proposals
Hello, New Year. My winter break began with a solstice gathering for which I was wholly unprepared. We were given a prompt about Light, and somehow other people in this gathering were hopeful,…
July 17, 2024
Longing Belonging Redux
Poster art by Kwoi Gin We're proud to launch our new home with a poster art series by artist Kwoi Gin. Longing Belonging Redux is a vivid, powerful assemblage of tableaux vivant dealing with…
June 25, 2024
What TCM has to offer Indigenous Science
Some reflections from artist Helen Yung: Last month, Dr. Melanie Goodchild, founder of the new Indigenous Knowledge Lab at Agoma University, invited the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence to…
December 30, 2021
Let’s have a meal together in the New Year
What a year. Are you happy, and is this a holiday for you? May this week before the New Year offer a generous combination of rest and salve for your soul. I will not recap 2021 in this holiday…
September 10, 2021
Decolonizing RDM
To decolonize Research Data Management (RDM) is to commit to preventing further harms and trying to undo or repair previous colonial violence. With the support of Compute Ontario and the University…
January 11, 2021
What is Creative Morning Practice?
Developed by the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence, Creative Morning Practice is a 6-week virtual guided arts program to support health and wellness, and mitigate the effects of stress, loneliness…
December 31, 2020
Making possible, making visible
On the other side of the world, it's already 2021. In these transitional hours between 2020 and 2021, many of us are thinking about the lives we've lived these past twelve months. The joys, the…
November 20, 2020
The Imagination Audit
Chief Artistic Officer Helen Yung discussing The Imagination Audit at republica Detroit, 2019. What are ‘diverse ways of thinking?’ How can artistic intelligence help leaders produce innovative,…
August 19, 2020
Thinking Forward On Immigration: A Public Report To The IRCC On Modernizing Immigration
It's ready! The public version of our recommendations to the Department of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship of Canada is now available. Download your copy of Thinking Forward On Immigration……
March 25, 2020
Gone Virtual: Taking Our Creation Practice Online
Newsletter On Monday, March 9, we entered the Meridian Arts Centre to begin the first day of a 3-week creation residency supported by TO Live. On Friday, March 13, we received an email at 6:55 PM…
February 27, 2020
Impact Evaluation for the Arts in Kingston Ontario
Workshop On Saturday, March 7, Helen Yung, Chief Artistic Officer of the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence will teach a special half-day workshop on Impact Evaluation for the Arts at the Tett…
September 26, 2019
The role of artists in evidence-based policymaking
Earlier this year, we gave a presentation at The Mowat NFP’s Innovations in Evidence conference at the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The presentation was enthusiastically received by participants,…
September 17, 2019
What is artistic intelligence?
We’ve only just started using our new name, the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence. Already the questions are rolling in. What does ‘artistic intelligence’ mean? Why a lab? What will we do?…