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Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 2026

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) 2026 marks its 65th anniversary as Canada’s largest and longest-running contemporary outdoor art fair, featuring a vibrant gathering of artists and art lovers. This milestone event will celebrate the work of Canadian artists with $65,000 in awards, exhibitions, live programming, and a special 'Forwards Retreat' curated by Rui…

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18Speakers
16Sponsors
64On the bill · sessions
18Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Toronto, in alphabetical order.
Christelle Inacio
Art Consultant
Dyana Ouvrard
Ed Pien
Artist
Heidi Strauss
Choreographer · adelheid dance projects
Joshua Heuman
Curator
Luis Anselmi
GRATITUD
Max Dean
Artist
Micah Lexier
Artist
Moskitto Bar
Music band
Myta Sayo
Art Nest Curator
Naomi Dodds
Artist
Nizo Alimov
Odessa Paloma Parker
Paula Sofia
Singer-songwriter
Paula Sofía
Singer-songwriter
Peggy Baker
Artist
Rui Pimenta
Curator
Trevor Twells
Curator
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ADACProgramming Partners
CEADProgramming Partners
City of TorontoPublic Funders
Emily CarrProgramming Partners
Emily Carr University of Art + DesignProgramming Partner
esseMedia Partners
Government of CanadaPublic Funders
Koffler Centre of the ArtsProgramming Partner
Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto CanadaProgramming Partner
OCAD University (OCAD U)Programming Partner
OntarioPublic Funders
Province of OntarioPublic Funder
QuebecPublic Funders
SankofaMedia Partners
TDFoundations & Corporate
Ville du QuébecPublic Funder
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Agenda

Selected from 64 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM

    Award Winners: The Best of the Best with Joshua Heuman

    Visitors got to know TOAF64’s top award recipients with this special tour led by curator Josh Heuman! The tour visited the booths of stand-out award recipients, meeting the artists…

  • 10:00 AM

    Fall in Love with What you Collect with Christelle Inacio

    Art consultant Christelle Inacio made collecting feel personal— spotlighting emerging and established artists whose work pulls you in and keeps you looking.

  • 10:00 AM

    Flânerie with Dyana Ouvrard

    In a world that moves too fast, slowing down and rediscovering a natural space and time with artists is the most natural of movements: putting one foot in front of the other. Visit…

  • 1:00 PM

    _tender_

    _[tender]_, choreographed by Heidi Strauss, is a movement-based ambulatory performance project and real-time study of tenderness in public space. we followed [adelheid dance] throu…

  • 10:45 AM

    Moskitto Bar

    Moskitto Bar is a world music band based in Toronto, Canada, celebrated for their vibrant fusion of global sounds and infectious rhythms. With their eclectic mix of instruments and…

  • 11:00 AM

    Awards Ceremony

    We celebrated the most outstanding artists of this year’s Fair. We handed out $40,000+ cash and in-kind awards supported by a wonderful circle of donors and businesses.

  • 11:45 AM

    Luis Anselmi

    Luis Anselmi, a scholar and mentor of the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation, skillfully merges his Venezuelan roots with diverse world music influences. Proficient in playing the Ve…

  • 12:00 PM

    Moskitto Bar

    Moskitto Bar is a world music band based in Toronto, Canada, celebrated for their vibrant fusion of global sounds and infectious rhythms. With their eclectic mix of instruments and…

  • 12:30 PM

    Nizo Alimov

    Nizo Alimov, born in Štip, Macedonia in 1986, is a renowned specialist in Balkan Brass Traditions. He began his musical journey with informal guitar and vocal training, later maste…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 18 companies, parsed from the program.

Eighteen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
16Sponsoringsponsor only
2Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Engineer · IC16%
  • Other roles1794%

Of 18 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ADACSp·P
  2. 02CEADSp·P
  3. 03City of TorontoSp·P
  4. 04Emily CarrSp·P
  5. 05Emily Carr University of Art + DesignSp·P
  6. 06esseSp·M
  7. 07Government of CanadaSp·P
  8. 08Koffler Centre of the ArtsSp·P
  9. 09Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto CanadaSp·P
  10. 10OCAD University (OCAD U)Sp·P
  11. 11OntarioSp·P
  12. 12Province of OntarioSp·P
  13. 13QuebecSp·P
  14. 14SankofaSp·M
Sponsors by tier
foundations & corporate1
6% of 16
media partners2
13% of 16
programming partner4
25% of 16
programming partners3
19% of 16
public funder2
13% of 16
public funders4
25% of 16
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