A Toronto-based art, theatre and culture festival will be running throughout the month of August, with a mixture of in-person and virtual programming.
The festival will include an “Artists at Work” stream, which lets viewers watch live as artists and groups like Gloria Mok, Michael Caldwell and Tiny Bear Jaws create work. The “SummerWorks Lab” stream will also feature a number of new, experimental works, such as Sorrel Muggridge and Laura Nanni’s “Connected as We Are”, which uses maps and narratives to bring together audiences in different locations, and Dainty Smith and Ravyn Wngz’s “Softness is a Blessing”, a dance piece that comments on black femininity.
SummerWorks will also feature in-person, socially distant performances of Alison Wong’s “nowhen”, an outdoor performance in High Park that allows audiences to travel on a path of their choice, and a screening of “Winchester Prize Triple Bill”, a compilation of award-winning dance-based films.
The SummerWorks festival was first held 30 years ago by five local artists, and it has become an institution in Toronto’s offbeat arts scene. Festivals like this use brochure printing and announcements to give diverse performances and works a common identity, and to attract interested spectators from nearby areas like Vaughan and Richmond Hill.
The Summer Works festival will run throughout the month of August, both online and at outdoor venues like High Park.
