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Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts is a member-based independent non-profit organization founded in 1998.
TFVA offers an active education program for 240 members, promotes a knowledge and understanding of traditional and current art, architecture, landscape design, and the decorative arts through lectures, films, gallery tours, studio visits, travel, museum and art institution visits.Our mission is to encourage excellence and creativity by supporting up-and-coming artists and art organizations. Every year at our annual Tribute Night, we celebrate art and artists by giving financial support. So far we are proud to have awarded over $830,000 to the visual arts community.
TFVA 20th Anniversary Panel Event, Hart House / Photo: Isabella Cesari
Our History
In 1998 a small group of energetic, like-minded Toronto residents dedicated to the flourishing arts scene formed TFVA as an independent, non-profit organization.
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Coco Guzman, Paraiso, 2017 (detail) / Photo: Coco Guzman
Our Awards
Our annual awards, presented at Tribute Night held in May, financially support and salute a wide and diverse community in the visual arts.
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A Visit with Nep Sidhu at Mercer Union
Posted Mar 20th, 2019 • 1 min read
Art can stand on its own and touch your soul .Learning the art’s backstory and examining the layers of symbolism can often [...]
Our Prize-Winners in the News
Posted Feb 18th, 2019 • 2 min read
Coco Guzmán, an Artist Prize finalist from 2017, opens her MFA thesis exhibition, “Las cosas que se quedan / The things that [...]
Stephen Andrews is the winner of the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Governor General’s Award
Posted Feb 18th, 2019 • 1 min read
Toronto based visual artist Stephen Andrews is the winner of the $25,000 Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award as a part of the Governor [...]
Institutions We Have Recently Supported
