welcome

RICHMOND

Since 1994, 401 Richmond Street West has been

providing affordable workspace to artists and the
creative community in downtown Toronto. This
restored turn-of-the-century industrial building
has become a hub of cultural production with close
to 150 tenants contributing in various ways to
the culture, commerce, and creativity of our city.
The collection of galleries and artist-run centres
located at 401 provide vital exhibition space,
facilities, and member services to countless local,
national, and international artists. This cluster of
galleries represents a diverse spectrum of voices,
mediums, as well as approaches to artistic practice
that is reflective of the broader community in Toronto
and an important contributor to our cultural economy.
We invite you to spend time exploring each of the
unique galleries and shops located at 401 Richmond.
Please refer to this guide, as well as the exhibition
listings page in our Update newsletter as you tour
the building.

www.401richmond.net

401 Richmond Street West is owned and operated by

Urbanspace Property Group. As a mission-driven
developer, Urbanspaces initiatives are directed
toward the preservation and restoration of historic
and architecturally significant spaces with the goal
of adaptively reusing these buildings to provide
commercial opportunities for the creative sector.
Along with 215 Spadina Avenue, we provide spaces
for the arts and social innovation communities.
The Brickolage Tour Program provides opportunities
throughout the year for groups to visit the galleries
and artist-run centres that bring visual arts programming to the building. Arrangements can be made to
meet the curators, artists, and staff who run these
presentation venues, as well as behind-the-scenes
access to art-making facilities. Please contact
Erin MacKeen at erin@urbanspace.org if you would
like to arrange a visit.

RICHMOND

401 Richmond St. W., Studio 111

Toronto, ON Canada M5V 3A8
www.401richmond.net
416 . 5 9 5 . 5 9 0 0
Building CLOSED Sundays.
Gallery hours vary.
Please refer to individual listings.

Lisa Kiss Design

guide

Studio 110
Tuesday to Friday 11 am6 pm
Saturday noon5 pm
www.aspacegallery.org

A Space Gallery is one of the oldest not-for-profit artist-run

The Red Head Gallery is one of Torontos most respected

centres in Canada. Since its inception in 1971, it has played a

significant role in the evolution of contemporary art in Canada
and exhibits multi-disciplinary contemporary art that engages
social critique. We are interested in how artists and curators
create spaces for different readings or experiences of culture
and politics and in multidisciplinary projects that create forums
for dialogue and collaboration between diverse communities.

artist collectives. The gallery provides a means for criticallyengaged artists to manage and present their artwork in a collective
setting. Over the past two decades, more than 100 artistmembers have produced hundreds of exhibitions at The Red
Head. As the membership changes and evolves, The Red Head
Gallery continues to maintain a reputation for promoting artists
of the highest caliber and variety.

Studio 120
Tuesday to Saturday 11 am5 pm
www.gallery44.org

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography

is an artist-run centre committed to photography as a multifaceted and ever-changing art form. Gallery 44 offers exhibition
and publication opportunities to national and international artists,
award-winning education programs, and affordable production
facilities for artists.

Studio 122
Tuesday to Friday 11 am5 pm
Saturday noon5 pm
www.warc.net

Studio 115
Wednesday to Saturday noon5 pm
www.redheadgallery.org

Studio 376
Monday to Friday 10 am6 pm
www.trinitysquarevideo.com

Womens Art Resource Centre/WARC Gallery

Gallery 44

A Space

Open Studio

Studio 140
Tuesday to Saturday 11 am5 pm
www.yyzartistsoutlet.org

Trinity Square Video is a not-for-profit, artist-run centre

that provides artists and community organizations with video
production/post-production equipment, facilities and services
at accessible rates. TSV is committed to providing a broad
spectrum of services related to video: workshops, screenings,
gallery exhibitions, artist residencies, festival sponsorships,
and community partnerships for artists at all career levels.

YYZ Artists Outlet is a site of contemporary cultural

Prefix

Studio 104
Tuesday to Saturday noon5 pm
www.openstudio.on.ca

is a not-for-profit, artist-run centre dedicated to the advancement of contemporary Canadian women artists. WARC
founded and maintains a Curatorial Research Library to
facilitate the documentation and representation of women
within contemporary culture. WARC Gallery presents
exhibitions of visual, media, and performance art featuring
Canadian as well as international artists. WARC supports
curatorial and artistic experimentation from diverse ideological,
cultural, and theoretical perspectives.

Red Head

Ground Floor
Monday to Saturday 9 am7 pm
www.urbanspacegallery.ca

conversation. It exists to give artists space and support

to take risks and create freely. YYZ initiates critical and
engaging projects through the YYreZidency program and
YYZUNLIMITED. Hosting twelve exhibitions annually,
alongside a number of other special programming events,
YYZ publishes a wide range of books about Canadian
criticism and art history, contributing to a broad discourse
on visual culture.

Open Studio is Canadas leading non-profit, artist-run

printmaking centre, opening the door to contemporary fine art
printmaking by encouraging collaboration, creativity and discovery
through creation, presentation, learning and community
development. Open Studio provides services for artists and the
public, including exhibitions, print sales, affordable studio facilities
and a comprehensive education program. Print-based artists
can rent time in the Studio, with equipment for screenprinting,
lithography, intaglio and relief printing.

Studio 124
Wednesday to Saturday noon5 pm
www.prefix.ca

Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is a public art

gallery and arts publishing house that fosters the appreciation
and understanding of contemporary photography, media,
and digital arts through exhibitions, publications, and related
activities. Prefix presents the work of contemporary Canadian
and international artists, critically examining the issues that
affect the production and reception of photography, media,
and digital arts.

Urbanspace Gallery is a presentation space about cities,

@ 401 Richmond
October 5, 2013 6:51 pm to sunrise

with a focus on Toronto. The gallery features exhibitions and

events that celebrate and analyze neighbourhoods, public
spaces, transportation systems (including walking), governance
ideas, and citizen participationall related to the physical shape
and human energies of urban space.

Studio 452
Tuesday to Friday 11 am5 pm
Saturday noon4 pm
www.vtape.org

Vtape is a non-profit organization which distributes video art

works and provides extensive information resources related
to media arts. V tape is dedicated to connecting artists and
audiences and makes their extensive collection accessible to
a client base of over 9,000 educators, curators, programmers,
scholars, and diverse publics worldwide. V tape is one of the
largest and most important video art distributors in the world.

Vtape

WARC
YYZ

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Trinity Square

Urbanspace

For over a decade, 401 Richmond has

been coordinating annual exhibitions
and events in collaboration with
Toronto-based arts festivals. Our programming represents
a synergy between on-site galleries, tenant artists, and the
broader arts community. In collaboration with Scotiabank
Nuit Blanche, we will be hosting interactive, environmental,
site-specific projects, and performances that transform the
buildings public spaces on October 5, 2013. We work
collaboratively with our artist community to mount projects
that speak to the unique character of 401 Richmond,
activating the space in interesting and engaging ways.
MUSIDEUM Studio 133
Tuesday to Saturday noon6 pm
www.musideum.com
SWIPE DESIGN I BOOKS + OBJECTS Studio 121
Monday to Friday 10 am7 pm, Saturday 11 am6 pm
www.swipe.com