{"id":41112,"date":"2018-07-05T11:05:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=41112"},"modified":"2018-07-11T11:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T15:30:24","slug":"toronto-outdoor-art-fair-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=41112","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/slidePhoto_p1cdkjnajn1kpiqja8nn1rgb1bck4_opt-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/slidePhoto_p1cdkjnajn1kpiqja8nn1rgb1bck4_opt-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 6 \u2013 8, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Nathan Phillips Square<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday &amp; Saturday: 10 am &#8211; 7 pm, Sunday 10 am &#8211; 5 pm.<br \/>\nFree admission<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toronto Outdoor Art Fair<\/strong> is Canada\u2019s largest, longest running juried contemporary outdoor art fair. Founded in 1961, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair was established to put contemporary visual artists and makers at the front and centre of their works, in direct contact with the public, to nurture artistic excellence and artists\u2019 entrepreneurial spirit. This free public event showcases works by over 340<b>\u00a0<\/b>contemporary visual artists and makers, ranging in medium from painting, photography, and mixed media to jewelry and ceramics, and attracts 115,000 visitors each year to Nathan Phillips Square.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of special programs planned for you. Over the three days of the Fair, discover the fresh talents in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/artists\/student-zone\">student zone<\/a> and delve into the accomplished works of returning <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/artists\">seasoned artists<\/a>. Circle back to the centre of the square and rest your feet at the <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/the-partial-lounge\">Partial Lounge<\/a> and then catch the exuberant Tiffany Pratt, one of Toronto\u2019s most recognizable design figures, as she shares her love of art in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/art-before-dishes-with-tiffany-pratt-tickets-46695951849\"><em>Art Before Dishes<\/em><\/a>. Enjoy a custom craft beer at our third annual <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/beer-garden\">Henderson Brewing Co.\u2019s Beer Garden<\/a> while watching the premiere of<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/calibrate\">Calibrate<\/a><\/em>, a contemporary dance piece by Karen Kaeja from Kaeja D\u2019dance.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/art-tours\">art tours<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/eyes-of-society\">nested exhibitions<\/a>, adventures in <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/slow-foto-box\">photo darkrooms<\/a> as well as exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/kids-programming\">Power Kids<\/a> workshops and a special collecting program for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/torontooutdoor.art\/2018-programs\/kids-programming\">young art lovers<\/a> to keep you inspired and stimulated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Toronto-Outdoor-Art-Exhibition-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Toronto-Outdoor-Art-Exhibition-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2017<\/p>\n<p>For more information please go to:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontooutdoorart.org\">http:\/\/www.torontooutdoorart.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 6 \u2013 8, 2018<br \/>\nNathan Phillips Square<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot to see in the exhibition, all the artists are very friendly and willing to talk about their work. It is also an excellent opportunity to buy an artwork<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=41112\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41117,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41112\/revisions\/41117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}