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
info@contactphoto.com

416 539 9595

CONTACT is currently open to the public Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am-5pm, or by appointment.

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 a registered Canadian charity. Donate online via CanadaHelps.

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.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited submissions or exhibition proposals for the CONTACT Gallery or the Festival’s Core Program.

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INSTALLATION PROJECT MANAGER
Ariyo Bahar

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Darcy Killeen

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

COPY EDITING
sol Legault

COMMUNICATIONS & PR
Bow Bridge Communications LLC
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Edward Burtynsky
Lucia Graca
Erin Iles, Chair
Navin Khanna
Sally Lee
Felicia Mings
Stephen Ranger

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