Public Programs

Wednesday September 9 | 6 - 8:30 PM

Book Launch: Vidal by Danila Botha

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Saturday August 29 | 2 - 3 PM

The Secret Lives of Crystals: Stories Written in Stone

Koffler Arts

Thursday August 20 | 6:30 - 7 PM

Exhibition Tour with Josh Heuman on Plague Crystals

Koffler Gallery

Tuesday August 18 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Wonders to Behold: the Ten Plagues as Art and Protest

Online

Tuesday August 11 | 6 - 7:30 PM

Writing Workshop: What Plagues Us?

Online

Monday July 20 | 7 - 8:30 PM

WORLD PLAY: Reading Toronto's Many Languages | Chapter 7

Koffler Arts

Thursday July 9 | 6:30 - 7:00 PM

Exhibition Tour: Plague Crystals with Josh Heuman

Koffler Gallery

Sunday June 28 | 2 - 3 pm

Curator Walkthrough: David Liss on Don't Look Back

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Saturday June 27 | 2 - 3 PM

Conversation: Artist Natalia Romik and Curator Kuba Szreder with Matthew Jocelyn

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Thursday June 11 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Gallery Talk: Dot Tuer on Vera Frenkel

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Wednesday June 10 | 5:30 - 7 PM

TJFF 2026 Film: Maintenance Artist

Saturday June 6 | 2 - 3 PM

In Conversation: Artist Vera Frenkel and Filmmaker Atom Egoyan

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Thursday May 28 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Gallery Tour: Allegra Charleston on Glorious Catastrophe

Koffler Arts

Wednesday May 27 | 2 - 3:15 PM

Film: The Lost Music of Auschwitz

Saturday May 23 | 2 - 3 PM

Gallery Talk: Lisa Steele on Vera Frenkel

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Saturday May 16 | 2 - 3 PM

Panel Discussion: Toronto's Urban / Nature (Ab)uses

Koffler Arts

Thursday May 14 | 7 - 8 PM

Sholem Aleichem and Evolving Jewish Traditions

Miles Nadal JCC

Monday May 4 | 7 - 8:30 PM

WORLD PLAY: Reading Toronto's Many Languages | Chapter 6

Koffler Arts

Saturday May 2 | 7 - 10 PM

HOLLATCHABOI High Vibrations with Kalmplex on the 1’s and 2’s

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Monday April 27 | 4 - 5 pm

Faces & Feelings: A Gallery Adventure for Families

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Saturday April 25 | 2 - 3 PM

Stories in Portrait: An Exhibition Walkthrough by Karen Carter and Kalmplex

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Thursday April 23 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Exhibition Walkthrough: Rui Pimenta on Glorious Catastrophe | Gillian Iles

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Saturday April 18 | 4 - 5 PM

Music Performance: The Jay Blues Trio

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Wednesday April 15 | 12 - 12:30 PM

Gallery Stroll: Baby-friendly Tour

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Saturday April 11 | 2 - 3:30 PM

Artist Walkthroughs | Blessed and Highly Favoured & Glorious Catastrophe

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Thursday April 9 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Music Performance: Rudy Ray & Jared Higgins

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Sunday March 29 | 1 - 3:30 pm

Artist Conversations | Glorious Catastrophe & Blessed and Highly Favoured

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Monday March 23 | 7 - 8:30 PM

WORLD PLAY: Reading Toronto's Many Languages | Chapter 5

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Sunday February 22 | 2 - 3 PM

Curator Walkthrough: David Liss on Sybil Goldstein / URBAN MYTHS

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Saturday February 21 | 2 - 3:30 PM

ChromaZone and contemporaries in 1980s Toronto

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Thursday February 19 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Panel discussion: Public Collections & Artists’ Legacies

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Saturday February 14 | 2 - 3 PM

Gallery Talk: Portrait of the Artist as a Coffee Bean/Being by Dr. Mavis Himes

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Sunday February 8 | 2 - 3:30 PM

Planning Your Legacy: Artists & Estate Planning

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Monday February 2 | 7 - 8:30 PM

WORLD PLAY: Reading Toronto's Many Languages | Chapter 4

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Saturday January 24 | 2 - 3 PM

Curator Walkthrough: David Liss on Sybil Goldstein / URBAN MYTHS

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Thursday January 22 | 6 - 7 PM

In Conversation: Teresa Przybylski, installation design for Kentridge’s SELF-PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE POT

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Thursday December 4 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Punk in Toronto: A Panel Discussion

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Monday December 1 | 7 - 8:30 PM

World Play: Reading Toronto's Many Languages | Chapter 3

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Saturday November 29 | 2 -3 PM

Curator Walkthrough: David Liss on BEING THERE

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Sunday, November 23 | 2 - 3 PM

Allegra Charleston on INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY

Koffler Gallery

Saturday November 15 | 2 - 3 PM

Artist Walkthrough: Dimitri Levanoff on BEING THERE

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Sunday, November 9 | 4 - 5 PM

Gallery Talk: Dr. Carolyn Whitzman on Place and Identity in INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY

Koffler Gallery

Saturday, November 8 | 2 - 3 PM

Gallery Talk: Ellen Bleiwas on INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY

Koffler Gallery

Sunday November 2 | 2 - 3 PM

In Conversation: Artist Dimitri Levanoff and Curator David Liss

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Saturday November 1 | 7 - 10 PM

Mizrahi Voices: Art, Words & Music by Yemeni Jewish Women

Miles Nadal JCC

Sunday October 19 | 2 - 4 PM

Gallery Talk & City Stroll: Shawn Micallef on INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY: Tracey Snelling

Koffler Gallery

Wednesday October 15 | 7 - 8:30 PM

World Play: Reading Toronto's Many Languages | Chapter 2

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October 4 - October 5

Nuit Blanche at Koffler Arts

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Saturday, September 20 | 11 AM - 1 PM

Procession of Community Art Workshops

Toronto

Saturday September 20 | 2 - 3 PM

Conversation: Tracey Snelling with Matthew Jocelyn & Meredith Kenny

Koffler Gallery

Wednesday August 6 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Workshop: Magic Mirrors through a Jewish Mystical Lens – Craft and Learn with Sof Kreidstein

Koffler Gallery

Sunday August 3 | 2 - 3 PM

Gallery Talk: Sof Kreidstein on Jewish Mysticism and Elinor Carucci | Hannah Altman

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Saturday August 2 | 2 - 3 pm

Gallery Talk: Dr. Gillian Einstein on Women’s Brain Health and Elinor Carucci | Hannah Altman

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Thursday July 31 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Panel Discussion: Working Artists / Working Mothers

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Thursday July 17 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Gallery Talk: Dr. Andrea O’Reilly on Motherhood and Elinor Carucci | Hannah Altman

Koffler Gallery

Monday July 14 | 7 - 8:30 PM

World Play: Reading Toronto's Many Languages

Koffler Gallery

Saturday July 12 | 2 - 3 PM

Gallery Talk: Marina Dumont-Gauthier on Elinor Carucci | Hannah Altman and WONDER: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart

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Thursday July 10 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Gallery Tour: Allegra Charleston

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Sunday July 6 | 1 - 4 PM

Workshop: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart on Shooting Conceptual Self-Portraits

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Thursday June 26 | 5 - 6:30 PM

Film Screening: “Flavio Belli: A Life in Square Inches”

Small World Music Centre

Saturday June 21 | 2 - 3 PM

Gallery Talk: Taiga Korper Bentley on WONDER: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart

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Thursday June 19 | 6 - 6:30 PM

Exhibition Walkthrough: Josh Heuman on Elinor Carucci | Hannah Altman

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Thursday June 19 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Curator’s Walkthrough: David Liss on WONDER: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart

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Wednesday June 18 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Curator’s Walkthrough: Barbara Astman on Elinor Carucci | Hannah Altman

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Sunday June 15 | 2 - 3 PM

Artist Walkthrough: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart on WONDER

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Saturday June 14 | 2 - 3 PM

In Conversation: Artist Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart and Curator David Liss

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Sunday June 8 | 2 - 3 PM

Curator's Walkthrough: David Liss on WONDER: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart

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May 31, 2025

Gallery Talk with Hannah Altman and Barbara Astman

Koffler Arts

May 4, 2025

Marks in Time: Exploring the Art of Rust Dyeing

Koffler Arts

May 3, 2025

Clowning Around with Contemporary Art: Professor Eff

Koffler Arts

Sunday, April 27 – 2 pm

Reflections on Elana Herzog: Roda Medhat

Koffler Arts

Apr 21, 2025

William Kentridge and Eleanor Wachtel: Live in Conversation

Saturday April 5, 2 pm

Curator Walkthrough with Jessica Stockholder

Koffler Arts

Apr 3, 2025

Simon Wynberg on Miklós Rózsa’s “Double Life” as a composer for films

Miles Nadal JCC

Mar 23, 2025

Reflections on Elana Herzog: Jason Baerg

Koffler Arts

Sunday, March 16, 2025, 1 to 4:30 pm

Hands-on Workshop - Shaping the Plane: Explorations in Material & Form with artist and Sheridan College professor, Rachel Miller

Koffler Arts

Mar 8, 2025

Reflections on Elana Herzog: Sarah Quinton

Koffler Arts

Feb 15, 2025

Gallery Talk with Elana Herzog

Koffler Arts

Jan 28, 2025

Bonny Reichert in conversation with Talia Schlanger

Koffler Arts

Jan 24, 2025

LOUDMOUTHS: an autistic non-speakers' rally

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Jan 18, 2025

Gallery Talk & Poetry Reading: Adam Wolfond & Dr. Estée Klar

Koffler Arts

Jan 11, 2025

Panel Discussion: Neurodiversity & Languaging

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Dec 15, 2024

Gallery Talk: dis assembly, Adam Wolfond and Estée Klar

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Dec 11, 2024

Gallery Talk: Intergalactic Arts Collective

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Dec 5, 2024

Guided Tour of Another DECADE with Exhibition Curator David Liss

Koffler Arts

Dec 1, 2024

Artists in the Gallery: Nile X and LALA

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Nov 21, 2024

Gallery Talk with Flavio Belli and Zach Atticus

Koffler Arts

Nov 17, 2024

Artist in the Gallery: LALA

Koffler Arts

Nov 14, 2024

Artist in the Gallery: Nile X

Koffler Arts

Nov 10, 2024

Guided Tour of Another DECADE with Exhibition Curator David Liss

Koffler Arts

Oct 26, 2024

A Jeweller's Legacy: An Evening of Celebration and Remembrance

Koffler Arts

Oct 20, 2024

Adopt a Plant From the Garden of Resilience

Koffler Arts

Oct 19, 2024

Botannica Tirannica: End of Exhibition Party, Featuring Erez Zobary

Koffler Arts

Oct 17, 2024

Our Last Guided Tour of Botannica Tirannica

Koffler Arts

Oct 10, 2024

Andy Fabo and Bruce Eves on Pivotal Art Movements of Kensington Market for National Coming Out Day

Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College

Oct 5, 2024

Nuit Blanche 2024

Sep 25, 2024

A Tour with Josh: A Guided Tour of Botannica Tirannica with Head of Artistic Engagement, Josh Heuman

Koffler Arts

Sep 23, 2024

In Conversation: Titilope Sonuga & Andrew Burashko on Sankofa

Harbourfront Centre Theatre

Sep 19, 2024

Jennifer Podemski on Intersectionality and Representation in Partnership with Jewish&

Koffler Arts

Sep 12, 2024

On the Jewish History of Garlic in Partnership with Shoresh

Koffler Arts

Aug 18, 2024

Dr. Jonathan Ferrier at The Crane Gathering Space

673067 Hurontario St

Jun 9, 2024

Tour The Garden of Resilience with Isaac Crosby

May 5, 2024

Gallery Talk and Studio Visit with Matthew Schofield and Gillian Iles

Koffler Arts

Apr 28, 2024

DECADE: Curator's Walk Through with David Liss

Koffler Arts

Apr 24, 2024

Gallery Talk with Vid Ingelevics

Koffler Arts

Apr 10, 2024

DECADE: Gallery Talk & Studio Visit with Barbara Astman & Midi Onodera

Koffler Arts

Apr 7, 2024

Koffler Arts / ARC Ensemble / Royal Ontario Museum Present “The Viennese in Los Angeles”

Mar 26, 2024

Dr. Natalia Romik on Hideouts: The Architecture of Survival

Mar 17, 2024

Gallery Talk with Shabnam K. Ghazi

Koffler Arts

Mar 10, 2024

Studio Visit and Gallery Talk with Carolyn Murphy

Koffler Arts

Feb 25, 2024

DECADE: Curator’s Walkthrough & Gallery Talk with David Liss and Ruth Adler

Koffler Arts

Feb 7, 2024

Free Talk: Jewish Contributions during the Weimar Republic

Small World Music Centre

Jan 7, 2024

Curator Walk-through of The Synagogue at Babyn Yar

Koffler Arts

Nov 12, 2023

Live Demonstration: Hebrew Calligraphy

Youngplace

Nov 6, 2023

PRESERVING LOST WORLDS Memories in Wood followed by Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Holy Blossom Temple

Nov 5, 2023

Symposium - Babyn Yar, the Holocaust & Beyond: Architectures of Memory

Mediatheque (Room DA 200), John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto

Nov 3, 2023

Koffler In Conversation: Artist Linda Dayan Frimer on working with Holocaust Survivors and their Children

Leboff Family Community Engagement Studio (Room 1-131), Prosserman JCC

Oct 22, 2023

Exhibition Tour with Theatre Artists of 'Camp'

Koffler Arts

Oct 18, 2023

Free Inclusive Guided Meditation with Alysa-Beth Engel

Koffler Arts

Oct 15, 2023

A World Away: Photographing Babyn Yar

Royal Ontario Museum Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre Level 1B

Oct 15, 2023

Rafael Goldchain, Photographer: Gallery Talk

Koffler Arts

Oct 8, 2023

Hands-On Workshop: Kirigami with Daniel Abramson

SKETCH Studio

Sep 23 - Sep 24, 2023

Nuit Blanche

Koffler Arts

Sep 12, 2023

Educator Open House

Koffler Arts

Sep 10, 2023

Poetry Reading: Gili Haimovich

Koffler Arts

Sep 10, 2023

Hands-On Workshop: Portrait Pebbles

Koffler Arts

Sep 6, 2023

Film Series: Children of the Storm and Tribute/Promise

Small World Theatre

Aug 30, 2023

Film Series: Footprints/Lábnyomok and Shimon's Return

Small World Theatre

Aug 27, 2023

Dr. Shelley Hornstein of York University

Koffler Arts

Aug 24, 2023

Film Series: Babi Yar. Context

Small World Theatre

Aug 22, 2023

Treacherous Memories, Sacred Futures: Virtual Writing Workshops about The Synagogue at Babyn Yar

Online

Aug 17, 2023

Jewish Ancestor Meditation with Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein

Koffler Arts

Aug 13, 2023

Family Activity: Hebrew Calligraphy

SKETCH Studio

Jul 16, 2023

Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein, Assistant Rabbi, Beth Tikvah Synagogue

Koffler Arts

Jul 9, 2023

Look Up! Look Down! Look Upside Down! Photo Journalists & Photography Exploration

SKETCH Studio

Jun 13, 2023

Walking Tours: Toronto's Historic Jewish Neighbourhood & Synagogue

Kensington Market

Jun 11, 2023

Discussions on Jewish Immigrant Aid Service with Jodi Block and Raya Feiner: Gallery Talk

Koffler Arts

Jun 4, 2023

Family Activity: Printmaking

Koffler Arts

Jun 1, 2023

Treacherous Memories, Sacred Futures: Virtual Writing Workshops about The Synagogue at Babyn Yar

Online

May 28, 2023

BREAKING NEWS from the Front in Ukraine: Gallery Talk

Koffler Arts

Apr 18, 2023

In Conversation: Manuel Herz and Robert Jan van Pelt

Mar 4, 2023

SIREN by nichola feldman kiss | A three-part gathering

Feb 24, 2023

Collective Conversation: Art, Nature, Thresholds & Borders

Koffler Gallery

Feb 22, 2023

Collective Conversation: Art, Money & Power

Koffler Gallery

Feb 21, 2023

Film Screening: An Opera for the World

Nov 23, 2021

2021 Vine Awards Online Ceremony

Online

Nov 18, 2021

Vine Awards Panel 3: Memoir & Motherhood

Online

Nov 17, 2021

Vine Awards Panel 2: Storytelling, Family & Loss

Online (Zoom)

Nov 16, 2021

Vine Awards Panel 1: WWII Fiction & Stories of Survival

Online (Zoom)

Nov 3, 2021

In Conversation: Sameer Farooq, Jared Stanley, Gabie Strong, with Mona Filip

Online (Zoom)

Nov 1, 2021

Riva Lehrer with Chase Joynt (postponed)

Online (Zoom)

Apr 29, 2021

Tawhida Tanya Evanson with Sheniz Janmohamed

Online (Zoom)

Apr 13, 2021

Judy Batalion with Garvia Bailey

Online

Apr 7, 2021

Heritage of Theft: On Museums and Cultural Restitution

Watch Online

Apr 1, 2021

Larissa Lai with Kai Cheng Thom

Online (Zoom)

Mar 31, 2021

Tenille K. Campbell with Joshua Whitehead

Online (Zoom)

Feb 17, 2021

Dr. Ann Heberlein with Ken Krimstein

Online (Zoom)

Nov 30, 2020

Catherine Bush & Saleema Nawaz

Online (Zoom)

Nov 18, 2020

The 2020 Vine Awards Online Ceremony

Online (Virtual J)

Nov 11, 2020

History in Remaking

Online (Zoom)

Nov 10, 2020

The 2020 Vine Awards: History Panel

Online (Virtual J)

Nov 10, 2020

The 2020 Vine Awards: Non-Fiction Panel

Online (Virtual J)

Nov 2, 2020

In Conversation: Carol Sawyer & Michelle Jacques

Online (Zoom)

Nov 1, 2020

Shani Mootoo & Jane Urquhart

Online (Zoom)

Oct 26, 2020

Michael W. Twitty with Nam Kiwanuka

Online (Zoom)

Oct 21, 2020

Amyra León & Hannah Testa with Huda Hassan

Online (Zoom)

Oct 6, 2020

Kimberly Drew & Xiuhtezcatl Martinez with Whitney French

Online (Zoom)

Sep 29, 2020

Adam Eli and Alok Vaid-Menon with Seth Day

Online (Zoom)