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401 Richmond

401 Richmond opens its doors for Doors Open Toronto!

Explore the building and the community of tenants, and observe the Three ‘C’s – community, culture, and commerce – at work.  Join a guided tour or wander freely through galleries, shops, open artist studios and more. Fuel your visit with refreshments from our licenced café and take in our green rooftop and inner courtyard. Family-friendly and free! 

Where

401 Richmond Building-Wide

When

May 24, 2025
10 AM – 5 PM

Admission

Free

OPEN STUDIOS & PROGRAMMING

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LOWER LEVEL SHOPS & GALLERIES

B02  Spacing 

B04  Swipe Design | Books + Objects

LL Bar Ontario Culture Days – Information Kiosk

LL Bar Work in Culture – Information Kiosk

LL01 Museum of Toronto      

B104 Esmeralda Enrique Academy of Spanish Dance – Demonstrations

LL106 Artspace TMU – Last Day of Exhibition

1ST FLOOR GALLERIES, CAFÉ & COURTYARD

Guided Tour

135  Dark Horse Espresso Bar    

 Urbanspace Gallery – Deconstructing TOD by SvN with Curator Onsite

 Urbanspace Corridor – Prefix Prize Exhibition Talk with Gaëlle Morel, 1 PM

104  Open Studio – Interactive Card Printing

109  Contemporary Textile Studio Cooperative – Demonstrations

110  A Space Gallery – Last Day of Exhibition

115  Red Head Gallery – Exhibition Opening Reception 1 – 3 PM

119  Park People – Make a Button

120  Gallery 44 – Last Day of Exhibition

121  Trinity Square Video – Animated Short Film Screenings

122  Critical Distance Centre for Curators – Tea & Curatorial Publications Sale

124  Tangled Arts Gallery    

128  Abbozzo Gallery   

133  Simon Bentley Fine Art

140  YYZ Artists’ Outlet

2ND FLOOR OPEN STUDIOS

209  CFMDC Media Arts Distributor

210  Lindsay Chambers – Artist

215  North Light Studio, Jon Chau – Artist

216  Made With Your Art – Jewelry Designer

218  Misbah Ahmed – Artist

219  Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival – Film Screenings & 2025 Festival Trailer

220  Rob Nicholls – Artist

228  Surface Impression – ‘What makes a space creative?’ Survey & Tech Demo

250  Brigitte Nowak – Artist, Participatory Art Making

251  Book*hug Press – Write a Poem

256  Crystal Liu, Tim Sullivan – Artists

260  401 Career Launcher Prize Emerging Artists Studio – elsewhere collective

276  William Greaves – Ceramicist, Participatory Ceramic Glazing

277  Le Labo – Lycée Français de Toronto’s Art Program Exhibition 

282  PH1 Studios – Artists, Make a Button, 2 – 5 PM

3RD FLOOR OPEN STUDIOS

306  Metro Studio – Exhibition

366  Janine Lindgren, Isabel Paget, Mara Verna, Jessica Volpe – Artists

359  Simon Glass – Artist, 12 – 5 PM

362  OCADU Illustration Studio – Nik Clydesdale, Gabriella Golec, Mark Krzepis, Anoosh Mubashar

370  Stefan Berg – Artist

376  Canadaland – Try the Recording Studio  

380  JAYU – Youth & Community Artists’ Market

383  Peter Harris – Artist

387  Alex D’Arcy, Janna Walters – Artists

389  Isabel Fryszberg, Christy Hayhoe, Maureen Mahan, Diane Mohan, Angela Tamari – Artists, Participatory Art Making

4TH FLOOR OPEN STUDIOS & ROOFTOP GARDEN

410  Mammalian Diving Reflex – Performing Arts Group, 1 – 4 PM  

412  Earthroots    

417 Nancy Friedland – Artist

427  Anthony Trask Graphic Studio – Designer, Calligrapher, Alphabetologist

433  Alice Burton – Artist

450  The Commons at 401 / Bachir Yerex Presentation Space

FADO, imagineNATIVE, Reel Asian, SAVAC, Vtape

Short Film Program Curated by Kelly Lui and Kaitlynn Tomaselli

Tours of The Commons at 401