Call for Participants: Can You Do a Headstand?
April 10, 2023
The Bentway is hosting a public performance, WOODS, during our upcoming 2023 spring/summer season. Led by Brazilian choreographer Clarice Lima, alongside a team of female artists from around the world, this performance is an artistic call for environmental awareness that reflects on the fragility of the human body and global deforestation.
Call for Expressions of Interest: Temporary Public Art Commission at The Bentway
January 4, 2023
The Bentway invites artists, designers, and creative collectives to submit an expression of interest for a temporary public art project.
Call for Applications: Artist Residency at The Bentway
November 15, 2022
This year, The Bentway has teamed up with Toronto Dance Theatre to create a residency opportunity dedicated to dance in public space. The 2023 The Bentway Artist Residency: Dance in Public Space invites three (3) artists with a focus on dance, movement, and/or embodied practice to participate in a three-month, open-ended, and research-based project that […]
Call for Fellows: Public Space Fellowship Program 2023
October 11, 2022
Application Deadline *extended*: November 10, 2022 Fellowship Dates: January 16, 2023 – May 31, 2023 (21.6 weeks) Information Session: October 25, 2022 Prospective applicants are invited to participate in an online information session with The Bentway team to learn more about the Public Space Fellowship Program. Click here to view the recording of the information […]
Call for Dancers: Audition for “Bodies in Urban Spaces”
September 28, 2021
Register for the audition >> Audition Date: October 27 from 5:30-7:30pm or 8:00-10:00pm Calling Toronto Dancers! Especially those with backgrounds in circus, physical theatre, breaking, contemporary, contact improv, and parkour. Audition to be part of a unique, choreographed piece of urban intervention. Having toured the world from Miami to St Petersburg, Willi Dorner’s renowned performance […]
Call for Fellows: Public Space Fellowship Program 2022
September 16, 2021
Application Deadline: October 24, 2021 Fellowship dates: January 10, 2022 – May 27, 2022 (20 weeks) Download the full Call for Fellows >> During a time marked by widespread challenges to public health and well-being, public spaces have served as essential sites for civic life; including recreation, cultural engagement, advocacy, activism and commerce. But the […]
Call for Expression of Interest: Waterfront ReConnect Design Competition
July 13, 2021
UPDATED DEADLINE: August 17, 2021 at 11:59pm Download the complete Call for Expressions of Interest >> In collaboration with the City of Toronto, the Waterfront Business Improvement Area, and the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area, The Bentway is seeking Expression of Interest (EOI) submissions from professional artists and/or designers interested in participating in The […]
Community Programming – Call for Proposals
May 6, 2021
This fall, The Bentway moves beyond the Gardiner with an exciting new expansion site as part of the Canoe Landing Campus, right on Fort York Blvd. With the help of emerging community leaders like you, this space (“The Bentway Studio”) will grow into a vibrant neighbourhood hub and active programming venue located steps from the […]
Call for Vendors – Tent Rentals
June 12, 2018
The Bentway is a unique and innovative public space that transforms a kilometre stretch underneath Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway into a new gathering place for our city’s growing population. The Bentway offers year-round artistic, cultural, and recreational activities and events, including public art installations, seasonal and special exhibitions, theatre and musical performances, festivals, creative marketplaces, and […]
Call for Vendors – Electrical and Security
June 6, 2018
The Bentway is a unique and innovative public space that transforms a kilometre stretch underneath Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway into a new gathering place for our city’s growing population. The Bentway offers year-round artistic, cultural, and recreational activities and events, including public art installations, seasonal and special exhibitions, theatre and musical performances, festivals, creative marketplaces, and […]