Highlights from the blog
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 Intelligence evolve - from intersectoral residencies with new immigrants and refugees, to consulting and research collaborations with science, education, government, and nonprofits. Today, in 2026, the European Union is allocating 15 million euros for research projects in artistic intelligence... What…
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 innovative collaborations between artists + changemakers all started with people at the Centre for Social Innovation, folks like Tonya Surman, Marie Moliner, Adil Dhalla, and Elke Grenzer, all saying, “Yes, let’s!” Social spaces and social experiences that go beyond the normal, where people’s boundaries…
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+ audiovisual performances in the evenings, the festival includes hands-on workshops and inspiring speakers throughout the week. A homegrown, community-driven effort, supported by a veritable raft of sponsors, MULTIfest uniquely features only artists and contributors from Toronto. Check out the program here.…
UNESCO Mondiacult Event Sept 24, 2025
ART/IN Forum is honoured to host a special UNESCO Mondiacult 2025 event online on Sept 24, 2025, at 12:30 PM ET called, Artistic Intelligence: Shoring up resourceful and resilient cultures. This is open session for all who may be interested in the topic! Register here. Mondiacult is the world's biggest cultural policy conference. Participating ART/IN Forum partners include ELIA, Culture Action Europe, VUB Cultural Diplomacy, Creative Labour Critical Futures, and more. "We are thrilled to be…
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 of Culture of the Government of Mexico. Notes on Biology is, metaphorically, the longest conversation I have ever had with my father. It begins with his notes on biology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and more, written during his youth at university, years before I was born. Within those notes I…
Poetic Assembly: An invitation to co-create a mobile poetry library
We’re calling on our community to help us co-create a mobile poetry library. Poetic Assembly is an interdisciplinary project and newly formed collective of cultural workers, united by a shared vision of creating opportunities for decolonized study and gathering. Our goal is to develop a mobile library focused on circulating poetry to foster community engagement and preservation. We view poetry as an active method for cultivating relationality and enlivened perception, helping us see beyond…