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Grow Your Art Career • Conversation with KEVPOP
Fri, Jul 31, 8:00 PMYou know how to make things. Maybe you've always known. Maybe you figured it out over years of practice, failure, and starting over. Either way — the making part? You've got that. But there's another part. The part that happens after the work is finished. How it finds an audience. How it finds a home. How you keep going long enough to make the next thing and the thing after that. Nobody really teaches that part. I'm KEVPOP. I've taught community education courses and workshops at public and private universities. I've received thousands in grant funding. I've shown work around the country. I've spoken globally from the US to Indonesia. And the thing I kept hearing from artists everywhere, at every stage, in every room? *Nobody told me how any of this actually worked.* So let's talk about it. This is a free, candid conversation for working artists, emerging artists, and anyone who makes things and wonders what a sustainable creative life actually looks like — not in theory, but in practice, right now, in the real world. **We'll cover:** 🎨 How artists are building lasting careers right now — the paths, the models, and the ones most people overlook 📋 Grants, open calls, and residencies — where they live, how to find them, and why most artists never apply even when they qualify 👥 What artist communities actually offer — peer support, accountability, access, and whether the paid ones are worth it 🌍 Public art activations — how showing up in the world builds an audience over time 💬 Your questions — bring them. This is a conversation, not a lecture. I've been in those rooms and I'll tell you what I actually know. **This event is free and open to all 10,000+ members**. It's also the first glimpse of something larger we're building. More on that at the event. Come curious. Come with questions. Come ready to talk about the part nobody talks about. **Reserve your spot today.** *KEVPOP • 10,000+ artists, collectors, and art lovers across North America.*
Arts and Culture Social Mixer
Thu, Jul 30, 11:00 PMCome out and socialize with other GTA Art lovers, business professionals and entrepreneurs over drinks! **The Parlour Restaurant Entrance is located on the north side of King Street West, just north through the outdoor corridor that you’ll find directly across the street from the Starbucks on the south side of King St. West, and to the right of Lapinou. The corridor isn’t hard to miss, just look for a tunnel with metal walls and walk all the way down until you see the Parlour sign (you will see the fire pit as a marking pot).** **Once you enter parlour restaurant you will be directed by the host staff to our lounge.** **There will be an event sign on the King Street West sidewalk pointing to Parlour Restaurant.** Reservations under Frank for the networking event. We have over 7 meetup groups invited to this event so this won't be a small crowd. Remember to bring your business cards as this is a networking event. This event is FREE to attend, food and drinks are at your own cost. Please purchase 1 drink to support the venue. We will have name tags for everyone and encourage people to mingle. \*\*\* FREE BUSINESS CARD RAFFLE DRAW - PRIZE $20.00 LCBO GIFT CARD. \*\*\* Please follow us on social media: Facebook/TikTok: @TorontoSocialMixer Twitter/Instagram: @TOSocialMixer Photos/videos of our previous events have been uploaded to our social media links.
THROUGH Opening Reception
Thu, Aug 13, 10:00 PMNew paintings by Mark Viola explore layered identity, movement, and perception through translucent, process-driven works. Through explores translucence, movement, and the layered nature of perception. Figures emerge and recede within surfaces that reveal the process of their making, inviting viewers to look beyond the immediate image toward what lies beneath. In this way, the act of painting becomes inseparable from the subject itself. The accumulation of layers echoes the psychological and emotional weight carried by each figure, suggesting that identity is not static, but continuously constructed, obscured, and revealed over time. Rather than offering resolution, the works remain open—holding space for ambiguity, motion, and multiple readings. Through ultimately asks not only what we see, but how we see, and what might be uncovered when we choose to look beyond the surface. [ENROLL NOW](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/through-opening-reception-tickets-1989021637260?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
Meet Your Creative Monsters
Wed, Jul 29, 11:00 PM**Meet Your Creative Monsters — Toronto Workshop** **July 29th\, 7pm \| Toronto** Something keeps getting in the way of your creative work. You probably already know it isn't laziness or lack of talent. It's something more specific, more persistent, and more workable than that. In this workshop we call them monsters. Each one is a pattern your nervous system built to protect you, usually a long time ago, now quietly running in the background every time you sit down to make something. The Hibernator that freezes you before you start. The Pot Dweller that makes sharing feel dangerous. The Razor Eye that tells you nothing is ever good enough. Once you name yours, something shifts. Here's what happens in the room: We start with an introduction to the creative monsters framework, grounded in nervous system science and symbolic thinking. You'll hear about the most common patterns and start recognizing your own. Then we move into a hands-on exercise where you give your monster a shape, a voice, and a name. We close with a small group reflection and a ritual to begin changing your relationship with it. Past participants have described leaving feeling lighter, clearer, and surprisingly less alone in what they'd been carrying. This is a small group of 8-10 people maximum, which means everyone gets space to share and be heard. It's intimate by design. **Date:** Tuesday July 29th **Time:** 7pm **Location:** Toronto (exact address shared with ticket holders) **Price:** $75 **Spots:** Limited to 10 Facilitated by Cuau, filmmaker and founder of the Poetic Toolbox, who has run versions of this workshop with artists in Berlin and Japan. You can also purchase a ticket and learn more here: poetictoolbox.com/creativemonsterslive *** Grab your spot below. Questions welcome, just send a message through the group.
The Toronto Artist's Way Meetup Monthly Meetup
Mon, Jul 20, 11:00 PMThe purpose of the group, based on the book The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, is for people to meet and talk about their artistic challenges in any field (painting, writing, music etc.) and encourage each other to break their creative blocks and fulfill themselves in their art. If you find people who are sympathetic, you may want to form your own group, meeting regularly to explore the book and supporting each other in their artistic journeys. I have gone through 2 such clusters and can say that it is a very powerful experience. Why not come to a meeting and see for yourself?
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