Koffler Centre of the Arts, Arts centre in downtown Toronto, Canada
Koffler Arts is an art gallery and cultural institution at Artscape Youngplace in Toronto's West Queen West area, founded in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler. Its Koffler Gallery shows contemporary Canadian and international art, while multidisciplinary programs bring concerts, literary events, film screenings and theatre. It also awards the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.
Founded in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler, the centre started as a division of the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre. It became a separate organization in 2009 and established its own independent identity in the city's arts scene.
Koffler Arts is home to the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature, formerly the Canadian Jewish Book Awards. It also ran the Jewish Book Fair from 1977 to 2011 and the Toronto Jewish Literary Festival from 2012 to 2014. Year-round it presents literary events, concerts, film screenings, theatre and talks on contemporary art and culture.
The gallery is on the third floor of Artscape Youngplace, a converted 1914 school building on Shaw Street in West Queen West. Exhibitions are free to visit, and the building is served by the 501 streetcar and the 63 Ossington bus. Programs also run at other venues across the GTA, so confirm the address before setting out.
The Koffler moved its gallery programming off-site in 2009, when the original gallery was demolished together with the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre. After five years of programming in borrowed spaces, it opened a new gallery at Artscape Youngplace in 2013. The centre also awards the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.
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