Toronto Arts Foundation is proud to announce the launch of a new multi-year Mentorship Project, designed to provide targeted, career-enhancing support to artists across the city. Backed by a two-year, $100,000 commitment from RBC Foundation, this initiative supports Toronto Arts’ mission to build a more vibrant, sustainable and inclusive arts sector.

With a focus on emerging and early-career artists, the Mentorship Project responds directly to urgent challenges artists face today, including precarious employment, lack of access to professional development, and barriers that disproportionately affect equity-deserving communities.

The initiative offers skill-building and tailored mentorship opportunities across three tiers of programming:

• foundational mentorship and career pathways
• skill-specific classes with one-on-one follow-up
• intensive workforce development through existing Toronto Arts Foundation programs, including ArtWorksTO and the Indigenous, Newcomer, and Black Arts programs

The Mentorship Project is part of the Foundation’s broader strategic focus on workforce development. By creating accessible, artist-centric pathways to career sustainability, this initiative will help ensure Toronto’s creative sector continues to thrive.

We’d like to thank RBC Foundation for its support of this important work.

More details about upcoming mentorship opportunities will be shared via torontoartsfoundation.org in the coming weeks.