{"id":51173,"date":"2023-04-21T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=51173"},"modified":"2023-09-16T17:26:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:26:57","slug":"contact-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=51173","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rsz_untitled1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28276\" style=\"width:184px;height:184px\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rsz_untitled1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rsz_untitled1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>May \u2013 July, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Various locations in Toronto<\/strong> <strong>and the GTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the month of May experience over 180 lens-based exhibitions, site-specific installations, and commissioned projects by artists and photographers at museums, galleries, and public spaces throughout Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scotiabank<\/strong> <strong>CONTACT Photography Festival 20<\/strong>23&nbsp;showcases an outstanding selection of Canadian and international lens-based artists. The Festival\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scotiabankcontactphoto.com\/2023\">Core Exhibitions<\/a>&nbsp;are comprised of collaborations with major museums, galleries, and artist-run centres as well as site-specific public art projects. These are cultivated through partnerships and commissions, and frame the cultural, social, and political events of our times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scotiabankcontactphoto.com\/2023\">Open Call Exhibitions<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/scotiabankcontactphoto.com\/2023\">Outdoor Exhibitions<\/a> present a range of works by local and international artists at leading galleries and alternative spaces across the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Festival also includes a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/scotiabankcontactphoto.com\/2023\/public-program\">Programs<\/a> including a book fair, artist talks, tours, workshops and screenings. CONTACT exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public, with some exceptions at major museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information please check&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scotiabankcontactphoto.com\/\">their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured image: Maggie Groat,&nbsp;<em>twins, webs, ripples, shifts, sounds<\/em>, 2022 (found paper).  Courtesy of the artist. The same image will be exhibited, titled <em>Pendulum <\/em>at Harbourfront Centre, parking pavilion, May 1-31, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May \u2013 July, 2023<br \/>\nVarious locations in Toronto and the GTA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>the largest photography festival in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=51173\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51173","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\/51173","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=51173"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51857,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51173\/revisions\/51857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}