VIBE Arts

Artist Call: NExT Program

VIBE Arts is seeking upcoming or early-career artists between the ages of 16-29 to join Cohort V of NExT, our Black youth mentorship program.

To apply, you must:

  • Be between the ages 16-29
  • Identify as Black
  • Consider yourself to be an upcoming or early-career artist
  • Have the willingness or ability to travel within Toronto


About the opportunity:

We are looking for applicants to join a group of dedicated, Black youth artists.

Press Release: VIBE Arts unveils community mural in Church-Wellesley Village

The Story In Your Cup of Coffee community mural, July 2023

In July 2023 VIBE Arts and artists Kseniya Tsoy, Rob Matejka and Frannie Potts created a community mural outside of Church Street Espresso (585 Church St, Toronto). The Story In Your Cup of Coffee is inspired by the cafe–an informal and very integral local community hub in The Village bringing people together through the shared love of a cup of good coffee. …

Press Release: VIBE Arts Introduces a 4-Day Work Week

Starting May 1st, VIBE will be providing its employees a 4-day work week. Staff will be working a 32-hour week, taken Monday-Thursday, while getting paid for a 40-hour work week. 

Why are we doing this?

4-day work weeks have been successful in summer months at VIBE for the past 2 years, with summer 2022 being one the busiest programming seasons we’ve ever had. 

Press Release: VIBE Arts, in partnership with TO Live, presents NExT: The Future of Art Exhibition 3.0

“I felt a shift happen when I realized that I can utilize these resources to help me keep hustling towards my goals. My confidence is more so rooted in a plan now rather than wishful thinking. And that’s extremely powerful for me because I can take steps on my own journey to make things happen with the resources around me”

– NExT III Artist

March 8, 2022… VIBE Arts and TO Live present NExT: The Future of Art Exhibition 3.0, an online and in-person exhibition celebrating Black Futures, March 16 – 31, 2022.