Abilities Arts Festival A Celebration of Disability Arts and Culture  

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phone: 416-966-0393
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Abilities Arts Festival provides an exciting opportunity to support the arts and culture sector in Toronto in a unique and positive way; one that acknowledges and recognizes the power of art and its potential as a unifying and transforming medium.

    A contribution to Abilities Arts festival does make a difference. Our partners are:
  • Active proponents of diversity and leaders in raising awareness about the benefits to an accessible and inclusive arts and culture sector.

  • Part of a growing circle of progressive corporations and individuals that actively promote innovation, excellence and participation in the arts by people with disabilities.

  • Dedicated to enhancing performance, exhibition and exposure opportunities for artists with disabilities and to supporting connections between artists, audiences and industry representatives.

  • Playing a vital role in creating and reinforcing positive attitudes and helping to transform public perceptions about people with disabilities.

  • Awakening children with disabilities to the opportunities and possibilities that await those who strive towards excellence in all life's endeavours.

Abilities Arts Festival offers a wide range of partnership opportunities that include specific festival events, programs, and services. Through a donation or a specifically tailored sponsorship package designed to meet your needs, Abilities Arts Festival acknowledges and celebrates your commitment as valued partners and contributors to the on-going success of the festival.

Contact us to develop a custom package that will suit your budget and address your specific goals and objectives.

Featured Artists:

Patrice Kouma

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Patrice Kouma is an artist who is deaf due to an early bout with meningitis. In 1985, at the age of 15 he started painting with Sr Maria Rosa, an Italian. Kouma's paintings have been shown at many exhibitions throughout the Cameroon and were featured in a series of greetings cards produced by Gallaudet University in Washington DC in 2000. In June 2004, Kouma's work was showcased at VSA Arts Festival in Washington DC. Patrice Kouma currently teaches painting and ceramics to youth with disabilities. <Read More>


Pierrette Theriault

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Early on in her childhood, Pierrette felt and expressed a passion for artistic creation. The spark that ignited her inspiration and creativity is very much alive and thriving although tainted by the gradual loss of her eyesight. <Read More>