Past Programs

forward motion brings together artworks that converge on concepts of mobility and movement, of transit and the transitory. Exploring ideas ranging from flight, time travel and immigration to displacement and circulation, each of the artists featured within the exhibition navigates the physical and conceptual dimensions of movement across time and space.

Over the next several years, Diane Borsato will be working with the Small Arms Inspection Building and Public Art Department to realize Orchard, an ongoing project aiming to plant rare, historic or eccentric apple varietals in various locations.

Manic Mondays is an ongoing program that provides space access for individual artists and collectives of creatives, including writers, artists, dancers, and musicians, who need a venue for their practice – this can be anything from a short rehearsal, personal photo shoot or small meetings.

In Situ is produced by the Small Arms Society. A three-day multi-disciplinary arts festival at the Small Arms Inspection Building. Immersive and site-sensitive dance, music and art will animate this wonderful partially retrofitted historic building in Mississauga.

This five-part experiential theatre piece journeys through anxiousness, in all its forms.

Manic Mondays is an ongoing program that provides space access for individual artists and collectives of creatives, including writers, artists, dancers, and musicians, who need a venue for their practice – this can be anything from a short rehearsal, personal photo shoot or small meetings.