The 7 Works Collective Artists had plans in 2020 to travel to Toronto Island for an Artists' Residency. But, as often happened in 2020, well laid plans were derailed due to the COVID pandemic. Unable to attend the Artists' Residency in person, the seven artists did their best to adapt to the situation and made plans to regularly "meet" virtually to see what we were all working on. It was during one of these meetings the plan was hatched to challenge each other to biweekly art prompts. Each artist would show a work of art in their medium and the remaining 6 artists would create a piece in their own medium based on the visual prompt. This website will show you the original art and each artists' response in their own voice.

7 Works Collective: Continuum
August 22 – Sept 3, 2023
LESLIE GROVE GALLERY: 1158 Queen Street East, Toronto
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, August 24, 2023 – 6-8 pm
Join us IN-PERSON at the Leslie Grove Gallery.
See the show, meet the artists, bring a friend!
ABOUT CONTINUUM
The 2018 Artscape Gibraltar Point Residency accepted 2 artists for a week of immersive art. 2019 they traveled to Toronto Island with 3 more artists from various art disciplines. 2020 the world changed. 7 artists postponed the island residency. When plans were upended these determined artists committed themselves to finding inspiration via Zoom to see/talk about what they had done during their at-home residency week. A plan was then hatched to challenge each other biweekly. Each artist showed art in their medium; the remaining 6 responded in their voice with a piece in their medium, or an experimental medium outside their style, inspired by the prompt. It wasn’t long before we became the 7 Works Collective. The excitement during lock downs was to listen to each artist describe their process/thinking behind the work from the challenge, including showing preliminary sketches/experiments. As we are not all painters, we learned about other mediums, which was a big feature of our Zoom discussions. 7 Works Collective is paint, embroidery, mosaic, fibre and lens based art. The upending of our residency became the possibilities of creativity in a continuum.
Featured Artists:
Kathryn Spooner Bossy, Mario Cerroni, Lynn Dubinsky, Catherine Gutsche, Karen Wynne Mackay, Judi Miller, Jo-ann Zorzi.
August 22 – Sept 3, 2023
LESLIE GROVE GALLERY: 1158 Queen Street East, Toronto
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, August 24, 2023 – 6-8 pm
Join us IN-PERSON at the Leslie Grove Gallery.
See the show, meet the artists, bring a friend!
ABOUT CONTINUUM
The 2018 Artscape Gibraltar Point Residency accepted 2 artists for a week of immersive art. 2019 they traveled to Toronto Island with 3 more artists from various art disciplines. 2020 the world changed. 7 artists postponed the island residency. When plans were upended these determined artists committed themselves to finding inspiration via Zoom to see/talk about what they had done during their at-home residency week. A plan was then hatched to challenge each other biweekly. Each artist showed art in their medium; the remaining 6 responded in their voice with a piece in their medium, or an experimental medium outside their style, inspired by the prompt. It wasn’t long before we became the 7 Works Collective. The excitement during lock downs was to listen to each artist describe their process/thinking behind the work from the challenge, including showing preliminary sketches/experiments. As we are not all painters, we learned about other mediums, which was a big feature of our Zoom discussions. 7 Works Collective is paint, embroidery, mosaic, fibre and lens based art. The upending of our residency became the possibilities of creativity in a continuum.
Featured Artists:
Kathryn Spooner Bossy, Mario Cerroni, Lynn Dubinsky, Catherine Gutsche, Karen Wynne Mackay, Judi Miller, Jo-ann Zorzi.
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair - exclusively online

We are excited to announce that the 7 Works Collective participated exclusively ONLINE at the Toronto Online Art Fair at TOAF.ca from July 2 - 9, 2023!
Some works are still available on the TOAF website. Check them out before they go to new exhibitions.
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https://toaf.ca/gallery/7-works-collective
Some works are still available on the TOAF website. Check them out before they go to new exhibitions.
#TOAF #TOAF62 #TorontoArtFair #SupportArtistsOnline #TorontoArt #CanadianArt #OnlineArtFair #TorontoOutdoorArtFair #toronto #TorontoOutdoorArtExhibition #TorontoOnlineArtFair #SeeTorontonNow #CommunityBooth #CommunityBoothatTOAF
https://toaf.ca/gallery/7-works-collective
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“Congratulations to this diverse and talented group of artists who have created a community out of a period of social isolation. The connection of friendship and mutual admiration is evident in their collaboration on the various “challenges” they have created from.
In the face of our global challenges it is inspiring to see a wholehearted expression of optimism and friendship. These works imbue the beauty of community and creative expression.”
Jennifer Kelly
Owner of Current Works of Glass, on the Mississippi River in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada
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"An extraordinary variety of talent and creativity."
Patrick John Mills
Owner of The Art Factory in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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