SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) is a non-profit, nomadic artist-run organization dedicated to fostering imaginative thought among artists and curators of colour and integrating them into the Canadian contemporary arts ecology through frameworks of self-representation.
Programming
Ishtar's International Network of Feral Gardens
SAVAC invites you to join Ishtar’s International Network of Feral Gardens, a playful, experimental food sovereignty initiative.
LEARN MORENimtoh (Invitation)
We are happy to co-present the closing night film at the 2020 Images Festival: Nimtoh (Invitation) by Saurav Rai.
LEARN MOREMy Lovely Lunarite
We are happy to co-present this program of short films curated by Aaditya Aggarwal at the 2020 Images Festival.
LEARN MOREAnnual General Meeting
Please join us in celebrating a remarkable year of art and community at our AGM on Monday 24 February 2020 !
LEARN MORERecipes, Finished and Unfinished
SAVAC is pleased to invite you to a three-part program Recipes, Finished and Unfinished with artist Michael Rakowitz, to be held on 18-19 November 2019.
LEARN MOREThey Built For Eternity
The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (WAHC) and SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) present They Built for Eternity*, a group exhibition that shares the stories of migrant construction workers and laments the human cost of labour in the global economy.
LEARN MOREWe Have Always Been Here
Moderated by Laila Malik, join Samra Habib for a reading from her triumphant new memoir We Have Always Been Here.
LEARN MOREMonitor 13
SAVAC is pleased to present our bi-yearly experimental film and video program MONITOR 13: Dance on my head and scratch my heart, curated by Sharlene Bamboat and Priya Sen.
LEARN MOREChaos
SAVAC is happy to co-present Chaos by Sara Fattahi with Workman Arts/Rendezvous with Madness. Chaos tells the story of three women in three cities and asks: what’s the effect of war on the human spirit?
LEARN MOREFlight Mode
Curated by Prachi Khandekar, Flight Mode questions the effects of the departure of solitude from our schedules.
LEARN MOREThe Loudspeaker and the Tower
In partnership with Trinity Square Video, we are pleased to present The Loudspeaker and the Tower featuring works by artist Manar Moursi.
LEARN MOREDomestic Cinema
We are happy to co-present "Domestic Cinema" as a part of the 2019 Images Festival.
LEARN MOREPriya Sen
SAVAC is pleased to invite Priya Sen to Toronto, ON for an artist residency. Her work explores form, ethnography, music, and migration in different urban contexts. We will be screening her latest film, Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life (2018).
LEARN MOREFakepicnik
SAVAC’s annual wintertime picnic, Fakepicnik, is coming up soon. Join us on Thursday 28 February 2018.
LEARN MORE2019 AGM
You are invited to SAVAC’s 2019 Annual General Meeting. Apply to join the board today!
LEARN MORElas cosas que se quedan / the things that remain
SAVAC is pleased to present Coco Guzman's graduate student exhibition,
las cosas que se quedan / the things that remain.
P. Mansaram
We are thrilled to announce that we are curating an exhibition of works by media artist P. Mansaram with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.
LEARN MOREMaría Alejandrina Coates
Through a year-long residency, curator María Alejandrina Coates will research and design a program for BIPOC artists working at the interstices of computer programming, art, and activism
LEARN MOREDemons in Paradise
SAVAC is happy to co-present Demons in Paradise by Jude Ratnam with Workman Arts/Rendezvous with Madness and ANBU (Abuse Never Becomes Us). It is a groundbreaking documentary about Sri Lanka's devastating civil war.
LEARN MOREPandi
In partnership with Tangled Arts + Disability, SAVAC will be screening Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam's film Pandi, which looks at mental health in South Indian communities.
LEARN MOREWeather to Store
In partnership with FADO Performance Arts Centre, SAVAC is pleased to present Weather to Store, a durational performance by artist Kristina Guison.
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