A true reflection of Toronto’s diversity at Nuit Blanche 2019
Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:51:51 +0000
The 14th annual Nuit Blanche Toronto, the city’s annual all-night celebration of contemporary art is on this Saturday, October 5, starting at 7 pm. From sunset to sunrise, the event will fill the city’s streets with nearly 90 contemporary art projects created by more than 300 local, national and international artists.
Produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto’s arts community and funded by the Government of Ontario and Tourism Toronto, the program for 2019 speaks to the one-event wide curatorial theme of Continuum. Set against the back drop of the ever-present renewal of night into day, a continuum of experience and ideas is brought to light by the participating artists. Two City of Toronto-produced, curated exhibitions in Scarborough and at Fort York, and a large-scale artist installation at Nathan Phillips Square will also be presented under the event theme.
Since 2006, this award-winning event has featured almost 1,571 art installations by approximately 5,600 artists and has generated over $398 million in economic impact for Toronto.
Additional efforts have been made in the recent years for the exhibits to be more cognizant or incorporate the diversity of the city. According to Michele Simpson, from the City’s Economic Development and Culture Division: “Nuit Blanche has made a very strong effort to include artists and art projects that are a true reflection of Toronto’s diversity be it culture, religion, language, lifestyle and more. Even expanding Nuit Blanche from the downtown core to include other neighborhoods such as Scarborough is a commitment to also bring the art experience to diverse neighborhoods.”
Navigating art by neighbourhood
Nuit Blanche art projects will be clustered into nine easy-to-navigate neighbourhoods to make exploring the event more efficient. The nine Nuit Neighbourhoods are Scarborough, Don Mills, East Danforth, Bloor-Yorkville, Waterfront, Downtown, Sterling Road, West Queen West and Fort York. The full event map is available at http://toronto.ca/nuitblanche.
Details about the full Nuit Blanche Toronto program are available at http://toronto.ca/nuitblanche.