ARCHITECTURE TOUR
H3 Building
and
Aqualuna & Aquabella Condominiums
TFVA members so enjoyed the location of our opening meeting in September 2025, we knew we had to return! Our tour begins with an overview of the plans for the Bayside waterfront area, provided by Waterfront Toronto which has its offices in the Hines H3 building . The tour will then proceed on foot to the adjacent Aqualuna and Aquabella condominiums (a Leeds Platinum Tridel/Hines project), designed by Denmark-based 3XN Architects in collaboration with Kirkor Architects. Their undulating and stepped design maximizes views of the waterfront.
Aquabella
Aqualuna
Images courtesy of Tridel.
DATE: Tuesday May 26, 2026
TIME: 10:30AM
PLACE: 251 Queens Quay East, Suite 301 Toronto, ON
COST: $20
MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE: 20 people
ORGANIZED BY: Lindsay Dale-Harris, ldh@lindsaydaleharris.ca 416 947-9744
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NOTES
Restaurants in the immediate neighbourhood (reservations recommended):
Simona – 59 Merchant’s Wharf… five minute walk, west of T3 building on the water
Irene – 25 Dockside Drive… seven minute walk west, also on the water
Traveling to T3 Bayside
TTC: Take the 114 TTC bus from Union Station and get off at Dockside Drive.
By Car: If you are driving, there is some parking available on the south side of the building along Edgewater Drive, or directly across on the north side of Queen’s Quay.
MOCA
Baby Blue Benzo Beta & Dimensions of a Needle
Join us for a guided tour of exhibits by Sara Cwynar and Kimsooja with CuratorRui Mateus Amaral.
Sara Cwyar is a Vancouver born multimedia artist and MOCA’s Digital Futures Resident. The video installation explores the ideas of values, production and visual seduction.
Sara Cwynar, Baby Blue Benzo video installation view, 2024. Photo: Chase Barnes.
Kimsooja, originally from South Korea, is a textile artist of international acclaim who has had solo shows at major museums around the world. She represented South Korea at the 55th Venice Biennale. In this exhibit she uses textiles to trace the history of Amsterdam and its diverse immigrant communities.
Kimsooja, Meta-Painting 2020, Linen canvases stretched on wooden frame and bottari made of linen canvases, used local clothes. Installation View, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, 2025, Courtesy of Wanås Konst, Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio.
Photo by Janliegeois.
DATE: Thursday May 21, 2026
TIME: 1PM—2PM (Meet in the Lobby at 12:45PM)
PLACE: Museum of Contemporary Art, 158 Sterling Avenue, Toronto, ON
COST: $25
MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE: 25 people
ORGANIZED BY: Julia Foster, julia@juliafoster.ca 647-646-9700
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NOTES
Restaurant
The Forno Cultura Restaurant is available on site. Perfect for a light lunch.
Parking
Paid Parking is available at 152 Sterling Road underground in the Hines Parking Garage, just west of the museum. Hourly and daily rates apply.
Getting From the Parking Lot to MOCA – exit via Stairwell D to the ground level and walk a short distance east through the plaza to reach MOCA.
TTC
Subway: Landsdowne or Dundas West Stations on the Bloor Subway Line. From the subway walk 10 minutes along Bloor Street to Sterling Road and then turn South on Sterling Road.
Streetcar: 505 Dundas and 506 Carlton streetcars. Stop is at Dundas West and Sterling Road. Walk 5 minutes North on Sterling Road from the stop.
Space Still Available!
Scotia Bank Corporate Art Tour
Learn about the Scotiabank Global Art Program with a private tour led by Senior Curator, Vanessa Runions. Located at the Bank’s new corporate office, the executive hosting floor showcases over 100 outstanding contemporary works from the corporate collection. Exhibited artists include winners of the Scotiabank Photography Award, a special commission by Tony Romano, and works by Shaan Syed, Shannon Bool, Meryl McMaster, Sonny Assu, Caroline Monnet, past TFVA prize winners Sandra Brewster and Esmaa Mohamoud, and many more.
DATE:
Tuesday May 19, 2026
TIME:
1:45 for
2PM (
one spot left!), and
2:45 for
3PM (
10 spots left!)
PLACE:
Scotia Bank, 40 Temperance Street, Toronto, ON
COST: $20
MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE: 20 per tour
ORGANIZED BY: Cathy Williams
catherine.w64@yahoo.com 416 961-9388
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NOTES
Parking
City Hall at Queen and Bay; walk south on Bay to Temperance then left (east) at Temperance.
TTC
Queen Street Subway Station; a four minute walk south past Richmond St to Temperance St; turn right (west) to 40 on the north side.
Bay Street Bus: to Queen Street; walk south on Bay to Temperance then left (east) at Temperance
May Gallery Walk
United Contemporary & Susan Hobbs Gallery
One walk, two galleries. We will see the works of Delali Cofie and Gordon Shadrach at United Contemproary, and Derek Sullivan and TFVA Project Support Award winner, Ella Gonzales, at the Susan Hobbs Gallery.
Both are located on Tecumseh Street in the Niagara district south of King Street West so there are lots of shops and restaurants for further exploration that day.
Delali Cofie
A Place of Ours, image courtesy of United Contemporary Gallery
Simone Elizabeth Saunders (left) and Gordon Shadrach (right) images courtesy of
United Contemporary Gallery
DATE: Thursday May 28
TIME: 1PM—2PM
PLACE: 129 and 137 Tecumseth St, Toronto, ON (Meet at 129 Tecumseth, United Contemporary Gallery)
COST: Free
MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE: 25 people
ORGANIZED BY: Sue Kidd, suemlkidd@gmail.com (416) 454-9502
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NOTES
Public Transit (TTC)
Queen Streetcar Westbound to Palmerston/Tecumseth
Walk 1.5 blocks south
King Streetcar Westbound to Tecumseth.
Walk 2.5 blocks north.
Bathurst Streetcar Southbound to Queen.
Walk 1 block west to Tecumseth then 1.5 blocks south.
Parking
Street parking on Tecumseth, Mitchell, and Richmond Streets. Metered parking on Queen Street.
Join Us for the
27th Annual General Meeting & Luncheon
Monday, June 1, 11AM
The Cricket Club
141 Wilson Avenue
$80 per person, cash bar (no credit cards)
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See the AGM Notice and Invitation for further details.
Looking Ahead!
TFVA TRAVEL
A two-night Getaway to PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY!
Wednesday, September 30 to Friday, October 2Watch for further information this month!
An Invitation for TFVA Members