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Of the Field

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 2026

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oronto 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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6Voices
10Underwriters
0Exhibitors
64On the bill · sessions
10Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Toronto, in alphabetical order.
Ed Pien
Artist
Max Dean
Artist
Micah Lexier
Artist
Naomi Dodds
Artist
Peggy Baker
Artist
Rui Pimenta
Curator
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ADACProgramming Partners
CEADProgramming Partners
City of TorontoPublic Funders
Emily CarrProgramming Partners
esseMedia Partners
Government of CanadaPublic Funders
OntarioPublic Funders
QuebecPublic Funders
SankofaMedia Partners
TDFoundations & Corporate
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The Programme

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 10 companies, parsed from the program.

Ten 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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
10Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
0Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority
  • Other roles6100%

Of 6 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01ADACSp·P
  2. 02CEADSp·P
  3. 03City of TorontoSp·P
  4. 04Emily CarrSp·P
  5. 05esseSp·M
  6. 06Government of CanadaSp·P
  7. 07OntarioSp·P
  8. 08QuebecSp·P
  9. 09SankofaSp·M
  10. 10TDSp·F
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
foundations & corporate1
10% of 10
media partners2
20% of 10
programming partners3
30% of 10
public funders4
40% of 10
06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters