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Gibraltar Point Centre

Name: Gibraltar Point Centre
Address: 443 Lakeshore Avenue. , Toronto Island, Toronto, ON, M5J2W2, CA
Telephone: +14163921030
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Gibraltar Point Centre Artscape Gibraltar Point an artist retreat centre on the Toronto Islands, just a stone’s throw fro

Located in the former Toronto Island Public and Natural Science School, Artscape Gibraltar Point offers 35,000 square feet of affordable retreat space, artist studios and accommodations for artists and creative thinkers. The tranquil, idyllic setting is world-renowned as a centre for members of the artistic and non-profit communities to think, experiment, collaborate and share ideas. More than 800

artists have experimented and created art through self-directed artist retreats and thematic residencies hosted in our overnight accommodations. In addition to visiting artists, fifteen long-term artist work studios provide space for a range of painters, sculptors, musicians, theatre companies and a recording studio – all of whom contribute to the unique and collaborative atmosphere at Artscape Gibraltar Point. Over 600 charitable and not-for-profit groups have used the centre’s conference facilities to host staff retreats, training sessions, strategic planning and more. Artscape Gibraltar Point also plays host to private events, managed by our Artscape Event Services team. As well, a number of unique partnerships have brought arts and music festivals to the centre’s grounds (and semi-private beach) – including the ALL CAPS Festival, the New Traditions Festival, the JanSport Bonfire Sessions and more.

01/06/2025

Last call for applications ✨

Today is the last day to apply for the upcoming Graduate Research-Creation Thematic Residency.

This new thematic residency provides additional, extra-institutional peer-support for creative practitioners undertaking graduate (Masters and PhD) research-creation projects.

Convened by artist Simon Pope, during the February 2025 reading week/mid-semester break, this week-long residency on Toronto Island provides studio space, accommodation, and peer-led discussion to supplement the support provided by your host institution, committee or supervisory team. Emphasis will be on your own creative practice and its relationship to Masters and Doctoral level research processes. As such, there will be ample opportunity for self-directed work in the studios, as well as group and individual meetings addressing questions that emerge from your own project. You are encouraged to present work-in-progress at one of the sessions at the end of each working-day, and to share insights into your own research process with your peers. We will also touch on more general concerns, such as how to shape a research-creation thesis or project in relation to disciplinary and institutional expectations, the interdisciplinary potentials of research-creation methodologies, approaches to academic writing, and strategies for the presentation and examination of your project. One-to-one meetings attend to the particular details of your project in a familiar diagnostic, supervisory/tutorial mode.

This residency is for creative practitioners currently enrolled either on a Masters or PhD programme, at any stage of the process, and undertaking a research-creation/practice-led project; or those preparing to apply to or prior to beginning a doctoral programme and wishing to develop or review their proposed project.

Link in bio for full details.

12/23/2024

What a year!

Here at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts we began the year on a high note, looking forward to our next chapter under new management and the exciting opportunities for change and connection that presented. Fast forward a few months and by the end of 2024 the Centre has welcomed hundreds of artists and writers-in-residence, 4 Work/Exchange artists, families, kids, furry friends, and many volunteers including school groups, community members, and TD Friends of the Environment.

Looking back, our small team couldn’t have created such a magical year without the love, support and dedication of the GP community. 2024 brought with it a year of joy shared by many as numerous thematic residencies and events took place at the Centre, both big and small. We opened our doors on a number of occasions to welcome the public into our unique space, on one occasion to celebrate a big milestone, our 25th anniversary as an arts centre.

As we faced challenges and celebrated big achievements we were also reminded to celebrate the history of this creative space and the stories held within it’s walls. We look forward to the new year and the many opportunities it will bring.

Happy Holidays from your friends at GP!

12/21/2024

Looking for a beachside paradise to focus on your next creative project?

Consider applying for a thematic or self-directed residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts in 2025. The historic island school house offers artists and writers a unique experience away from the hustle and bustle of the city to relax and focus on their craft.

🌟 Now accepting applications for 2025 🌟
🔸Alchemy Residency *3 artist spots remaining
🔸Graduate (Masters & PhD) Research-Creation Residency - Deadline: January 6
🔸MOTHRA Residencies - Next deadline: January 6
🔸Walking & Art: More Discussions At The Wayside - Deadline: March 17
🔸Awakening Residency (aka ArtWitch camp) - Deadline: April 1
🔸Self-Directed Residencies - Applications accepted on a rolling basis

We also encourage artists to pair a dynamic creative residency experience with a follow-up exhibition in the Hallway Galleries. Find the creative energy, and share it with the world in this holistic programming opportunity.

12/19/2024

Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange Appreciation Post 🌟

Leone joined the team in October for the changing of the seasons in their role as Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange. In this time Leone supported the Centre in numerous ways, connecting with tenants and visiting artists, leading community building activities, caring for the space and so much more.

Throughout their time as part of the Work/Exchange program, Leone played an important role in facilities care at Gibraltar Point and creative networking, often overseeing the many unique spaces around the Centre. They improved upon the Centre’s communications and built GP’s first zine library, all while simultaneously participating in a self-directed residency.

THANK YOU LEONE!

Leone’s artistic practice consists of writing and the related art of bookbinding; Typically, zines that meditate on a theme. Leone’s latest zine explored the relation between love and freedom through short essays, poems, relevant references, drawings, and collage and their current book-length project began as a skatepark review zine to document the parks they visited on a Cross-Canada road trip last fall, hoping to make aggressive roller skating more visible in the skate community.

12/17/2024

Throwback to Hélène Lefebvre’s performance on the Gibraltar Point Beach as part of Luminous Bodies in September 2024.

While at Gibraltar Point Art Centre, Hélène explored performance/video and creating in the public sphere. Inclusivity in the way she comes walking, the Other beings are the surrounding elements; including light, water, maybe the shoreline or forest floor. “The work begins with the body moving and conceiving in its studio space. Time, space, embodied movement and co-presence are of essence. Here I would reconceive the outdoor experience as if memory, embodied trace could explore further and share new beginnings aspiring to building blocks towards a scenario for performance.” - Hélène Lefebvre

Hélène Lefebvre‘s practice expresses itself as an inquiry into identity and alterity, all the while weaving links between visual art, culture and society. The body in movement and sensorial active listening (epicentre of performance action) have been a sustained interest of mine for now approaching 20 years. Recently, Lefebvre’s work has taken the form of performance, installation and video. Their practice in corporeality takes inspiration from studies in visual art, contemporary dance and authentic movement, a form in which improvisation is central.

11/28/2024

Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange Appreciation Post 🌟

David Graham joined the team back in July for much of the busy summer season in his role as Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange. In this time Dave supported the Centre in numerous ways, helping to facilitate a comfortable experience for tenants, artist residency participants and community members.

Throughout his time as part of the Work/Exchange program, Dave played an important role in community building and facilities care at Gibraltar Point, often overseeing the many gardens around the Centre, caring for visiting artists and the odd cormorant while simultaneously participating in a self-directed residency.

THANK YOU DAVE!

David Graham is an artist and graduate of the University of Guelph’s Bachelor of Arts, Studio program, currently living in Toronto. He is working towards a graduate degree in Art Therapy and has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions across Canada.

Image ID: 1) Gibraltar Point building with fall foliage and a blue sky. 2) Close up view of one of the organic gardens.

11/15/2024

Call for Artist Applications: Awakening Residency (aka ArtWitch camp) ✨

Deadline to apply: April 1, 2025

Link in bio for full details.

Awakening is an intensive and immersive 7-day thematic residency open to all professional and emerging artists of all disciplines. The residency will be of particular interest to those who work with the five elements of earth, air, fire, water and spirit, and who wish to connect to the idea of the ‘witch’ in both a historical and contemporary context. People of colour, diverse gender identifications, and all abilities are encouraged to apply and will receive priority acceptance.

This program has been designed to provide a sacred and inspirational space for seekers to explore their own practice within the elemental framework of earth, air, fire, water and spirit. The objective is to engage holistic practices to connect our authentic self with our environment and to incorporate metaphysical practices within creative self-expression. Finding agency through voice, decolonization, global environmental concerns, socio-political and economic factors which affect our ability to be open about our spiritual practice in the arts, are also key components.

11/01/2024

Difficult to believe that our 25th anniversary was more than 1 month ago already. This milestone was filled with laughs, fond memories, storytelling, idea sharing and much more across our community.

We want to thank our community, friends, families, the artists, neighbours and more who dedicated their time, talents, and funds towards supporting the future of Gibraltar Point. Over the last month, through merch sales, 2 auctions (online and in-person), and private donations the GP community raised. These funds will be put towards onsite improvements to our health and safety measures, facility upgrades, and continuing to provide affordable access to artists.

Special thank you to the wonderful team of artists ( and many more) who organized, supported and promoted both the fundraisers and the anniversary.

10/23/2024

It has been a joy hosting Put Your Roots Down residency over the last 2 weeks. Here’s to more creative island time with wonderful people this season 🍂

Put Your Roots Down residency at ! We did a session on grant writing and getting funding for your work, collaboration, strategically planning your practice and lots of time on the Land. We were fortunate to get to see a preview of new work by ! We’ve had some care practices here from so everyone was floating and relaxed. So thankful! Delicious food by milo and a great team of ASL interpreters and ASL notetakers! .council , thank you for supporting our residency!

10/17/2024

🌟 Call for Artists: Halloween Week Residency Bookings 🌟

✨ Are you an artist or writer seeking a space to focus on your next project? Look no further! We have limited availability for our self-directed residencies from October 28 to November 4, 2024; This opportunity includes a 15% discount off the total residency fee.

Last minute applications for this week should be submitted no later than 9 AM EST on Friday, October 25, 2024. Interested artists should submit an application through the link in our bio for this or future dates.

🚀 Immerse yourself in the history of Gibraltar Point and focus on your practice in a supportive environment. Whether you’re a painter, writer, musician, or any form of creative mind, we welcome you to spend Halloween week on Toronto Island.

10/03/2024

The online art auction continues in support of Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts ✨

For 25 years, Gibraltar Point (GP) has served over 10,000 artists by offering residency space on the Gibraltar Point shoreline. Despite its integral role in both the Canada’s creative sector and the island community, GP has faced many ups and downs over the years. Now under new stewardship by the non-profit ArtHubs Toronto Inc., GP needs community support as it embarks on it’s second life to sustain a safe, affordable and community oriented space. The legacy of Gibraltar Point is that it truly is a place built by the arts community. Continue this legacy and ensure that GP is able to celebrate another 25 years in this beautiful location.

The incredible line up of artists who have generously contributed works to the auction include Ibrahim Abusitta, Stephen Andrews, Shary Boyle, Lisa Cristinzo, Laura Dawe, Dylan Glynn, Andrew Harding, April Hickox, Barbara Klunder, Brendan George Ko, Zachari Logan, Rachel MacFarlane, Shawn Skeir, Ilene Sova, Janna Watson, and Alize Zorlutuna.

Bidding closes October 10th, 2024.

Visit the link in bio to view the full list of available works.

Pictured: Chrysalis by Dylan Glynn

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09/29/2024

🌟 Call for Applications: Book your Residency Stay this Halloween 🌟

✨ Are you an artist or writer seeking a space to focus on your next project? Look no further! We’re thrilled to share that we have availability for our self-directed residencies from October 28 to November 4, 2024 🎨✍️

🚀 Immerse yourself in the history of Gibraltar Point and focus on your practice in a supportive environment. Whether you’re a painter, writer, musician, or any form of creative mind, we welcome you to spend Halloween week on Toronto Island.

📆 Spots are limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so don’t wait!

Now booking 2024 and 2025 dates. Link in bio to apply.

09/27/2024

On view now in the GP Greenhouse: Estranged Garden by Mary Dyja

Drop by the GP Greenhouse this fall to view this new fibre installation that is a combination of crochet, mixed yarn, and wire soft sculptures.

finds inspiration in nature and biology, exploring concepts of emergence, self-organization, and interconnectedness. Their work delves into the intersections of complexity theory and the unpredictability of organic forms through chaotic, pattern-free crochet.

Viewers are welcome to engage with the installation tactilely.

On view through October 2024.

09/25/2024

BIG thanks to our community for celebrating with us this past Saturday, marking a significant milestone, Gibraltar Point’s 25th anniversary as a community cultural hub and arts centre. Here’s to the next 25!

The celebration was filled with friends, creativity, storytelling, art making, locally made snacks, games, interactive displays and tons of community love.

Thank you to our sponsors , , and for the delicious refreshments. To Carolyn King of the and Deputy Mayor for your continued community leadership and support. To for the amazing beats. To .maston and .suna for trusting us to host the TRASHURE film premiere. To island artists including but not limited to , , .dickson, , , , , .jpegs for sharing your work and creative spaces. To for sharing and supporting the work of many creatives. To , , ’s Friends of the Environment team and many more for helping us plan and prepare for this community gathering.

Stay tuned for future events that celebrate our 25th anniversary including the GPCA Online Art Auction that is open until October 10, 2024. Link in bio to view and bid on available artworks.

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09/10/2024

Call for applications - New Caregiver Residency

This November, MOTHRA will be piloting a thematic artist residency for artists who identify as unpaid caregivers residing in Canada.

Residency Dates: November 18-25, 2024
Residency Location: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts
Deadline to apply: October 7, 2024

Inspired by Cove Park’s (Scotland) Creative Residencies for Carers, this new program is a respite residency for artists to work on their practice away from those they care for. There will be no expectation of production. The focus of this residency is for reading, thinking, research, and production in a communal studio setting.

This residency is for those with a creative practice (now or in the past). The programme will mostly consist of unstructured time in the studio, but will also provide opportunities for collective group discussion and/or workshops in response to the interests of the group.

Applicants must be 18 years and over and be an unpaid carer for an adult friend or family member. As the artists will be living on site for the week, this residency is most appropriate for those who are not the sole caregiver, or for those who have support in place to replace their caregiving responsibilities for the week. Artist’s who have recently but are no longer caring for another adult may also apply.

Fee to attend is $750 +HST. MOTHRA is currently we are waiting to hear about micro-funding to help off-set the costs of this programme for participants.

Residencies at Gibraltar Point are self-catering. The programme fee covers facilitation, transport from the Island ferry dock to Gibraltar Point and back, private accommodation with shared toilet and shower facilities, and shared studios.

Link in bio to apply.

Artwork: Out Over the Lake by Jim Belisle

08/30/2024

🌟 Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts is hiring!

We are looking for a unique position of Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange!

Know an artist or writer who is looking for a long-term residency opportunity this autumn (October to December) or winter (January to March) and would also enjoy supporting the centre and residency program?

🔗 Check out the link in our bio for more information and how to apply.

🗓 Deadline to apply: September 13, 2024

08/29/2024

Join us next month to celebrate Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts’ 25th anniversary!

Over the last 25 years GP has hosted thousands of artists both local and international, who have taken advantage of the facility’s quiet and natural setting to focus on their practices and projects. This event will take the form of an open house following opening remarks and will feature storytelling by residents, interactive displays, a self-guided art tour, interactive exhibitions, open studios including , and the Gas Station Recording Studio, and the premiere screening of Trashure: Bottle is a Cocoon by .suna and .maston.

Date: September 21, 2024

Time: 3:00 to 7:00pm EST

✨ Free Shuttle Times:
2:45pm from Hanlan’s Point
7:30pm to Hanlan’s Point
*Space is limited
*In the retro blue bus

Address: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, 443 Lakeshore Avenue, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON, M5J 2W2

08/22/2024

Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange Appreciation Post 🌟

Louie joined the team for 4 months in his role as Facilities Assistant - Work Exchange. In this time Louie supported the Centre in numerous ways, helping to facilitate a safe and supportive experience for tenants, artist residency participants and community members.

Throughout his time as part of the Work/Exchange program, Louie played an important role in community building at Gibraltar Point, often overseeing the GP Organic Garden, caring for visiting creatives, garden birds and toads while also participating in a self-directed residency.

THANK YOU LOUIE!

Louie Mangialardi is an artist and recent graduate of OCAD U’s Printmaking BFA program currently living in Toronto. His work focuses primarily on the blending of natural form, found object, and the practice of Self inquiry through chance encounter. Follow to learn about his ongoing creative practice.

Image ID: 1) Louie trimming willow branches in the GP Organic Garden. 2) Close up view of Louie’s recent installation in the GP Greenhouse.

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443 Lakeshore Avenue. , Toronto Island
Toronto, ON
M5J2W2

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Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

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+14163921030

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http://gibraltarpointcentre.ca/

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Join @studio__rat as they explore the binding of plastic and landscape as part of their culminating #winterisland AiR workshop at @gibraltarpointto 🏝 Together we will hang out in their newest inflated space(quilted from recycled plastic!) and conduct a microplastic survey of Gibraltar Point beach using @clear_lab_ community science protocols. Dress for the outdoors, it is going to get sandy! ✨ Event Details ✨ Saturday March 26 from 1-4pm RSVP by March 24th to [email protected] Please note attendees should take the 12:30pm ferry from Toronto to Ward’s Island. You will be met there by AGP’s event bus. Masks required indoors. #artscapecommunity #makingwithplastic #plasticrafting #inflatables

Multi-Species Daydream: Call for images to grow a winter garden! SK Maston (@malafax) and Merle Harley (@mmmerleswwworld) cordially invite you to participate in their greenhouse installation project at Artscape Gibraltar Point. The artists are accepting images of drawings, paintings, sewing, photographs etc. of plants, insects, rodents, amphibians, mushrooms or any other wild/garden related subjects (this can be something you painted 30 years ago or photographed yesterday). Submissions will be printed on paper and vellum and “planted” in the AGP greenhouse to create a collective daydream of a garden oasis in a magic realism ecosystem. Submission requirements: JPEG format, 300 dpi. Please note: Images will be cut out and backgrounds removed. All ages welcome. Please email submissions and any questions to [email protected] by February 15, 2022. The installation will be open to the public at the end of the month (date TBA). It will take place outside and follow COVID-19 protocols. #callforartists #artistresidency #artscapecommunity #winterisland

We are visiting @aprilhickox on day 6 of our Artscape Gibraltar Point #virtualopenstudio April Hickox is a lens-based artist, teacher and independent curator who lives on the Toronto Islands. Over the course of over 35 years, April has mined the distinctions between personal and public sites through film, video, photography and installation. Her work with objects and still lives are rooted in narrative histories that individuals accumulate throughout their lives and the ability of inanimate objects to shape memory. Hickox is currently associate professor of photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto. An active community leader, the founding director of Gallery 44 Center for Contemporary Photography, and a founding member of Tenth Muse Studio, and Artscape Toronto. For the past five years she has been a member of the curatorial board of Art with Heart Casey House. April shares a studio at Artscape Gibraltar Point with @johngreyzone and @stephenandrewsartist Of this work she writes: Observations is an ongoing series of videos that become a meditation on mortality and the fullness of life. A performative work where a floral arrangement is emptied and then rearranged. Observation began as remembrance piece recalling the AIDS Crisis and my personal loss of many friends. As I age I find myself in a familiar cycle as people who have made in impact on my life are facing their mortality. I have been thinking of ways of honoring these people and those that remain. Using a still life at a metaphor for the ephemerality of the nature of time each video recalls a person in my life. During this current crisis these works seem to echo a time as we face an uncertain future and adjust to a new normal. Observations takes a note from the Dutch conceptualist Bas Jan Ader work Primary Time 1974. #aprilhickox #videoart #torontoislands #torontoisland #torontoislandart #canadianart #ocadu #virtualopenstudio #artscape #artscapegibraltarpoint #still

Step into Artscape Gibraltar Point

Need an excuse to visit Toronto Island? Come tour our amazing artists’ retreat on May 26 as we open our doors during Doors Open Toronto’s 20th anniversary event! 🙌

Artist Residencies on Toronto Island

Be inspired by this lakeside haven and make Toronto Island your space for creative exploration at http://www.artscapegibraltarpoint.ca. Video by Toronto artist Chris Boni. Music appearing in this video by New Fries and Eucalyptus. Cookie composed by Brodie West, Performed by Nicole Rampersaud trumpet, Brodie West alto saxophone, Ryan Driver piano, Alex Lukashevsky guitar, Mike Smith, Nick Fraser drums, Blake Howard percussion About Artscape Gibraltar Point: Enjoy Spacious, bright short term studios and accommodations with access to beautiful beaches, free wifi, a shared kitchen and lounge, and bike rentals. Meet other artists from Toronto and around the world at this natural retreat a 15-minute ferry ride from Canada's largest city. Open year-round, Gibraltar Point is a peaceful winter paradise and lively summer retreat!

Winter skies and lake ice spots have appeared! If you haven't had this brilliant idea yet or the thought has been fleeting, book a residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point at some point this winter. Its absolutely stunning out here...very conducive to deep thoughts and inspiring moments....a great way to enter the studio in the new year!

Migrant Northern Pintail Ducks popping up from deep lake. Winter is coming.

Snow volcanoes and sea fog, the beach has changed drastically overnight!

I cant seem to capture the power of the lake with this wind on video. You kind of have to be here!

The boat is back!!