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Cultural planning, strategy, placemaking and engagement

Reimagining how culture and civic life bring people together.

We help cultural leaders, cities and city builders turn big ideas into cultural places and programs that last.

We helped launch The Bentway, the Toronto Biennial of Art, the Fogo Island Inn and nearly every cultural project along Toronto's waterfront.

What we do

Five ways we help culture take shape

Cultural planning and strategy

Culture plans for cities, strategic plans for arts organizations, and feasibility studies for new cultural places.

City of Brampton · Northcrest Developments · TIFF · FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

Visioning and facilitation

Workshops and retreats that bring leaders, boards and communities together to co-create the future and agree on next steps.

National Public Art and Sustainability Symposium · MCA Chicago · National IBPOC Artist Touring Network

Public engagement

Joyful citywide engagement that meets people where they are, from pop-ups and focus groups to town halls.

Waterfront Toronto · Infrastructure Ontario · City of Calgary · City of Burlington

Storytelling, naming and interpretation

Finding the story of a place and its people, then giving it a name, a voice and a form in exhibitions, public spaces and launches.

Museum of Toronto · Art Gallery of Nova Scotia · The Bentway · The Meadoway

Research and evaluation

Impact reports and research that show the value of culture and what it can achieve.

Indigenous Fashion Arts · Biidaasige Park, Port Lands · Toronto Biennial of Art · Prospect New Orleans

Explore our case studies