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 tour or wander freely through galleries, shops, open artist studios and more.
Fuel your visit with snacks from the licenced café, and enjoy the inner courtyard and green rooftop.
Family-friendly and free!
Check back often for updated Open Studios and Activities:
LOWER LEVEL SHOPS & GALLERIES
B02 Spacing
B04 Swipe Design | Books + Objects – Book Signings 12-3PM: Hidden Toronto by Dave LeBlanc and The Story of Ontario Architecture by Shannon Kyles
B20 Gagné Contemporary
B104 Esmeralda Enrique Academy of Spanish Dance – Demonstrations
LL106 Artspace TMU
LL108 Eric Cadesky, Donald Quan, Ashley Marotta, Ken Myhr, and Friends – Musical Performance 1-5PM
S30 Jessica Campbell – Artist
Beside 104 Throbbing Rose Collective’s Nuit Rose Art-A-Thon
1ST FLOOR GALLERIES, CAFÉ, COURTYARD & COACH HOUSE
401 TOURS Approximately 30-60 mins, no rsvp required
10:30 AM with Ruth Burns, Ontario Culture Days Executive Director
12:00 PM with William Huffman, Metro Studio Director
1:30 PM with Simon Bentley, Simon Bentley Fine Art
3:00 PM with William Huffman, Metro Studio Director
COACH HOUSE CineCycle Bring Your Own Film!
135 Dark Horse Espresso Bar
Urbanspace Gallery – MVRDV Carbon Confessions
Urbanspace Corridor – Prefix Prize Exhibition Talk with Gaëlle Morel & Yann Porceau 2:30 PM
104 Open Studio – Letterpress Demo and Last Day of Exhibitions
108 Craft Ontario
110 A Space Gallery
115 Red Head Gallery
120 Gallery 44 – Last Day of Exhibitions
121 Trinity Square Video
122 Critical Distance Centre for Curators – REALTIME Participatory Activity
124 Tangled Arts Gallery
128 Market Gallery | Offsite
133 Simon Bentley Fine Art
140 YYZ Artists’ Outlet
2ND FLOOR OPEN STUDIOS
210 Lindsay Chambers – Artist
215 Vibe Arts – Workshops
216 Made With Your Art – Jewelry Designer
219 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival – Film Screenings & 2026 Festival Trailer
220 Rob Nicholls – Artist
223 Conservation+Culture – CONTACT Exhibition Sanctuary by Chloé Beaulac
225 elsewhere Collective – Artists
226 Guido Costantino Projects – Architectural Design Practice
250 Brigitte Nowak – Artist, Participatory Art Making
251 Book*hug Press – Writing Activity & Book Sale
257 Lay-Up Youth Basketball
260 401 Career Launcher Prize Recipient FROSTILLO – Artist
264 Jenn Law – Artist, Line-O-Scribe Press Activity
276 William Greaves – Ceramicist
278 Marian Wihak – Artist
3RD FLOOR OPEN STUDIOS
305 Toronto Art Club by PH1 Studios – Workshops and Co-Working Artists’ Space
306 Metro Studio – Exhibition
309 Made by Emblem – Artists, Design Studio
354 SITE Toronto, Olukemi Lijadu – Artist in Residence
355 Howard Podeswa, earlyWoRm – Artists
359 Simon Glass – Artist
360 Anu Raina – Fashion Designer
364 8 80 Cities
366 Janine Lindgren, Isabel Paget, Jessica Volpe, Pelin Yildiz – Artists
376 CANADALAND – Meet Your Favourite Podcast Host
383 Peter Harris – Artist
387 Janna Robins Walters – Artist
389 Isabel Fryszberg, Christy Hayhoe, Maureen Mahan, Diane Mohan, Angela Tamari – Artists, Participatory Art Making
392 Third Party Public
4TH FLOOR OPEN STUDIOS & ROOFTOP GARDEN
ROOFTOP 401 Seedlings Sale
410 Mammalian Diving Reflex – Preview Upcoming Arts in the Park Program 12-4PM
417 Nancy Friedland – Artist
421 Envoke – Email Marketing Software
427 Anthony Trask Graphic Studio – Designer, Calligrapher, Alphabetologist
430 Jacknife – Featuring Jacknife team members’ personal art projects
433 Alice Burton – Artist, Contribute To A Community Artwork
436 Progress Toronto
450 The Commons at 401 – Tours of FADO, imagineNATIVE, Reel Asian, SAVAC, Vtape, and a Short Film Program in the Bachir Yerex Presentation Space Curated by Kelly Lui and Kaitlynn Tomaselli