A Collective Sensemaking Session
Join The Bentway, From Later, and residents for the launch of the Field Guide to Digital and/as Public Space!
A Settler’s Land Acknowledge-ment: Public Space is Colonized Space
As a responsive creator investigating the power of Touch, choreographer Karen Kaeja is curious about what we can touch and cannot touch, and what is seen and unseen in public territory. In a raw live-stream performance that is intimate and up close, the presence and harmony of three womxn of different identities address public safety.
To Be Safe in our Skin
November 2020
As a responsive creator investigating the power of Touch, choreographer Karen Kaeja is curious about what we can touch and cannot touch, and what is seen and unseen in public territory. In a raw live-stream performance that is intimate and up close, the presence and harmony of three womxn of different identities address public safety.
Safe in Public Space: A Photo Essay
Summer 2020
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
The Bentway as Hostile Architecture
Summer 2020
A call to reinvest the work’s production budget into community initiatives by establishing aid networks to disseminate resources to local affinity groups.
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A multimodal interface that receives, anonymizes, archives, and performs testimonies to anti-Asian aggression in public space. Viewable on The Bentway site from October 16 – November 11, 2020.
Roller Skate Lessons: August 14
August 14, 6:30pm-7:30pm and 7:30pm-8:30pm
Learn how to roll with us! This summer, we’re offering weekly roller skate lessons for those who are looking to gain basic skills. Our expert instructors will help novice skaters build confidence on wheels and navigate our figure-eight trail.
Gardiner Gateways
On view as of May 21, 2026
New lighting at Dan Leckie Way and Bathurst Street brightens key crossings, improves walkability, and illuminates a pedestrian-friendly future under the Gardiner.
Roller Skate Rentals
Fridays 5:00pm–8:00pm, Saturdays & Sundays 1:00pm–7:00pm. From August 7–September 27, 2026.
The Bentway Skate Trail continues to be the best place to rock and roll in the summer, visit our Skate Rental Container on site to rent your roller skates and protective gear from Fridays-Sundays in August and September!
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In her piece, Scarborough artist Erika DeFreitas’ fingers caringly trace the architectural lines and wounded cracks of the city’s many structures, including the Canada Malting Silos, suggesting a much-needed tenderness and tactility during this period of distancing.
Life Preserver
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In Alvin Luong’s Life Preserver, a leisurely walk along the water leads to the discovery of a bundle of food that has been washed ashore. The bundle appears purposeful in its assembly, yet its function is unknown. The artwork is inspired by the essentials of food, shelter, and mobility; and the pursuit of these essentials by people across geographies, histories, and nations.
Interchanges
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Interchanges, by Winnie Truong, takes inspiration from the postal network that keep us connected while we’re apart, and reveals the paralleled complexity in seed dispersion among local urban flora. By making a connection between planting and mail distribution this work reveals how these overlooked systems are essential to meaningful connections to nature and each other.
FIFA Fan Festival™ Neighbour Ticket Giveaway
Do you live or work in the Fort York or Liberty Village neighbourhood? The City of Toronto is offering residents the opportunity to access tickets to the FIFA Fan Festival™ through a community ticket distribution initiative!
Bentway After School
Tuesdays, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Two 5-week sessions: Sep 8-Oct 6, Oct 13-Nov 10.
The Bentway invites young urbanists to explore and learn about their city with lots of fun, creativity, and outdoor discovery along the way! The program empowers participants to understand and influence concepts in urban design, city building, and placemaking through neighbourhood investigations, storytelling, and recreation.
Hosted Event Rental“Matching” Community Art Workshops
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Hosted Event RentalOn the Way Festival
Radical Love: A Digital Exhibition
Summer 2020
A multimedia installation that centres Black and Afro-Indigenous Trans women and non-binary people, creating monuments to Trans lives and their survival.
Textiles: Bag Charms
Join the World Cup fever and make a leather tassel bag charm to represent your your favourite team in this workshop. No matter what country you’re rooting for, we’ve got you covered. Wear them to the stadium, put them on your bag, or rub them for good luck while you watch from home.
Textiles: Felted & Embroidered Pins
Learn how to “draw” with textiles this summer! Using needle felting, stitching, and other creative embellishments, design your own unique, wearable button. You’ll learn how to work with wool roving, and some simple embroidery stitches that are useful for adding lines, dimension, and artistic expression.
Printmaking: Letterpress Type Flags & Banners
For sports fans and creatives alike! Get ready for World Cup game days or create new artwork for your home through this fun and traditional printmaking technique. Design and print your own pennant flag from antique wood type on a printing press. While your flag dries, experiment with banner making with cut-out letters from previously printed alphabets and assemble a unique text-based artwork.
Sculpture: Miniature Polymer Clay Fruit, Pride Edition!
Come make an adorable one-of-a-kind miniature fruit charm bracelet to celebrate Pride month! In this 2-hour workshop, you will learn some of the basics of creating miniature fruits from polymer clay. Together we will mix clay to achieve realistic colours, shape the pieces and add details using clay and clay tools. We will make a series of fruit beads, bake them together, and assemble your very own fruit charm bracelets using string and other fun beads provided in the workshop.
Still Life Painting: BYOO – Bring Your Own Object!
BYOO – Bring Your Own Object from home and learn to paint a still life! This is a beginner friendly workshop where Mason will guide you through the creation process and help you discover just how fun and relaxing painting can be. Suggested objects: things that are nostalgic or sentimental. Bring something that you enjoy looking at and have good memories associated with! Mason will also bring his collection of interesting nostalgic objects in case you prefer to paint something new.