Desire Lines

noun. unplanned paths that are formed over time as alternatives to the main route. 

Desire Lines is VIBE Arts’ multi-year Arts Educator Mentorship Program. Each year, a cohort of equity-seeking, youth artists receive employment and mentorship opportunities to lead and curate their own hands-on art experiences for children and youth. These artists create two unique works for art that go on to be displayed in TTC Stations across Toronto. 

Desire Lines is funded by the RBC Foundation and presented with support from PATTISON Outdoor Advertising. 


Desire Lines: Women’s Work II

VIBE Arts is pleased to introduce the second cohort of RBC Desire Lines: Women’s Work Artists. 

You can see their work at The Gallery at Mason Studio until November 30, 2022. Learn more about this exhibition here. These pieces will also be displayed in TTC stations across the city in February/March 2023. Click here to see a map. 

Learn more about previous Desire Lines cohorts:

2019 | 2020 | 2021

About Desire Lines

Desire Lines is a creative arts mentorship program presented by VIBE Arts & made possible by the RBC Foundation and Pattison Outdoor Advertising.

Each year, a cohort of equity-seeking, youth artists receive employment and mentorship opportunities to lead and curate their own hands-on art experiences for children and youth.

The artists are then provided with the resources to create their own original 4’ x 6′ artworks. These works go on to be publicly exhibited in subway stations across Toronto.

For more information or to find out how you can get involved in Desire Lines, contact info@vibearts.ca.