Toronto Creative CouncilIndependent by nature.
Collective by choice.
An open invitation to the city

Where Toronto meetsto make something.

Culture, art, technology, community.
A little room for what happens between them.

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A collective. A lab. A reason to start.Studies in possibility
For the city. From the city.
01The idea

Good ideas shouldn’t
have to happen alone.

Toronto is full of people making brilliant things. Too often, they’re making them in separate rooms.

We’re here to open the doors. Some ideas begin with a conversation. Others need a few more people around the table. We’re creating space for both.

An event, a small business, a project, a movement. The shape can change. The city is what connects it.

The shape is still taking shape.
That’s the point.

A streetcar passing independent storefronts on Queen Street West, Toronto, in 2008
Made in the spaces
between us.Queen Street West
Toronto / 2008
02Ideas on the table

A few places
we might begin.

Loose thoughts. Possible experiments.
Nothing set in stone.

An illustrative studio still life with a telephone, handwritten notes, paper experiments and an artist token
Study / 01Voices, out loud.

Voices, out loud.

A public phone. An open invitation to pick it up and say something. Stories, observations, and little moments from Torontonians, shared back with the city.

No category required.Just a little curiosity.
03The council
An open invitationToronto, Ontario

There’s a place
for you here.

Bring a little curiosity.
Leave room for the unexpected.

A place at
the table.

Be one of the people behind
whatever happens next.

Bring what you make, what you care about, and what you’re curious to try. The council is a group of people building this together, with room for you to help shape it.

  1. 01

    Be there early.

    Early access to what we’re developing. A say in where it goes.

  2. 02

    Build it with us.

    Collaborate on projects, events, movements, and causes.

  3. 03

    Find your people.

    Make connections that can turn a thought into something real.

You don’t have to have it all figured out.Participation makes the difference.