LUCKY 13!
December 13, 2025 - August 31, 2026This year, Critical Distance is turning 13, and while some might call it an “awkward phase,” we’re choosing this moment to celebrate how lucky we’ve been over the past 13 years.
It’s been our good fortune to collaborate with over 350 guest curators, artists, and co-presenting partners on 70+ exhibitions and curatorial projects, 30+ public art billboards, and well over 100+ art and educational events including screenings, performances, workshops, field trips, talks, and tours since opening our doors in 2013!
As we look ahead to our next 13 years, we’re asking for your support to keep the momentum going. If Critical Distance has ever supported, engaged, challenged, enriched, or inspired you, now is a great moment to give back. As a small arts organization facing real sustainability barriers, every dollar makes a huge difference in helping us continue to both provide, and thrive.
Please consider donating $13 (or more!) to celebrate 13 years of curatorially-focused programs at Critical Distance. Whether it’s $13, $130, or something in-between, we are grateful for your support, and pleased to offer some fun perks in turn:
$13: your choice from selected art postcards;
$26: your choice from selected small art multiples;
$52: a set of 13 iconic CDCC thank-you postcards;
$104: your choice of two of the above perks;
$130: your choice from selected CDCC art editions;
plus, optional acknowledgement on our website and in-gallery,
and, heartfelt thanks from all of us at Critical Distance—together we’ll make the next 13 years even better!
With gratitude from all of us at Critical Distance,
— Shani K Parsons, Director
— Yaoxi Zhu, Gallery Assistant, Communications
— Alex Johnston, Gallery Assistant, Admin
— Glodeane Brown, Board Co-Chair
— Midi Onodera, Board Co-Chair
— Jenneen Marie Beattie, Board Secretary
— Anna Bartula, Board Treasurer
Note: Please be sure your contact information is provided so that we can reach you with options for perk fulfillment. Local pickup, delivery, and standard domestic shipping for perks is included. For international addresses, standard shipping rates may apply.
As a not-for-profit, we rely on financial support from public and private funders including individuals like you, who are inspired by the potential for curating, art, and exhibitions to enhance our collective quality of life.
While we don’t yet have charitable status and are thus unable to provide tax letters for now, we are pleased to offer these free perks as a token of our gratitude for your support.
Click through the slideshow on our front page for highlights from our past 13 years of programs, visit our programming page to see the full archive, and see our about page for more information on our history, mission, vision.
All donations go toward our programming and operations, through which we hold space for curators, artists, partners, and audiences alike to come together across cultures, generations, and geographies.
Address
Suite 122 at 401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 Canada
Phone Number
1 (647) 930-6930
Email
info@criticaldistance.ca
Registered Business Number
845138106 RC0001