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  • CONTACT is a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing, and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.

  • The CONTACT Photography Festival is an annual city-wide festival that began in 1997. It encompasses exhibitions, public art installations, and programs that feature the work of local and international lens-based artists every May.

    The Festival’s Core Program brings together exhibitions and public programs presented in partnership with museums, galleries, and artist-run centres throughout the GTA and beyond.

    The Open Call Exhibitions extend the festival’s community through the inclusion of independently organized modes of publicly presenting lens based work across the city.

  • The Photobook Lab champions photobooks through a year-round reading room and store. During the Festival the Lab presents a roster of programs that investigate contemporary approaches to photobooks and more. The Lab is a young initiative that is being nurtured to grow into a rigorous and playful leader on photobook publishing, experimentation, and conversation.

  • CONTACT Gallery + The Photobook Lab

    80 Spadina Ave, Suite 205
    Toronto, ON, Canada M5V2J4
    [email protected]

    416 539 9595

    Currently open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am-5pm.

    The gallery is wheelchair accessible at street level via the Spadina Ave entrance, and then by taking the elevator to the 2nd floor.

    CONTACT is an open forum for the promotion and discussion of photography, and thus some exhibitions or materials may be offensive, upsetting, or disturbing to some members of the public. CONTACT is not responsible for the specific content or subject matter of any work displayed or advertised.

  • Bow Bridge Communications, LLC
    240 West 102nd St, Suite 53, New York, NY 10025
    [email protected]
    bow-bridge.com

    Libby Mark, New York
    917 968 5567

    Heather Meltzer, Toronto
    647 544 8441

  • INSTALLATION PROJECT MANAGER
    Ariyo Bahar

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    Darcy Killeen

    SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
    Pegah Peivandi

    PROGRAMS MANAGER
    Tara Smith

    FESTIVAL MANAGER
    Brian St. Denis

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    DESIGN
    Small
    Bartosz Gawdzik & Andrew Di Rosa
    smallprojectstudio.com

    WEBSITE
    Yarek Waszul

    COMMUNICATIONS & PR
    Bow Bridge Communications LLC
    bow-bridge.com

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    BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    Edward Burtynsky
    Lucia Graca
    Erin Iles, Chair
    Sally Lee
    Felicia Mings
    Abraham O. Oghobase

    ADVISORY BOARD
    Stephen Bulger
    William Ewing
    Sarah Milroy
    Kenneth Montague
    Penny Rubinoff
    Lisa Steele
    Maia-Mari Sutnik

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS
    Bonnie Rubenstein

    FOUNDERS
    Darren Alexander
    Linda Book
    Stephen Bulger
    Judith Tatar
CONTACT Photography Festival
80 Spadina Ave, Ste 205
Toronto, M5V 2J4
Canada
416 539 9595
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CONTACT acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and that this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. CONTACT is committed to promoting Indigenous voices; to generating spaces for ongoing, meaningful, and creative Indigenous-settler dialogue; and to continuous learning about our place on this land.

CONTACT is committed to the ongoing development of meaningful anti-oppressive practice on all levels. This includes our continuing goal of augmenting and maintaining diverse representation, foregrounding varied and under-represented voices and perspectives via our public platform (the Festival and all related programs), as well as continually examining the structures of power and decision-making within the organization itself. We aim to actively learn, grow, and embody the values of inclusivity, equity, and accessibility in all facets of the institution, as an ever-evolving process.

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