Exhibitions

On Display: 28.05.-10.09.2018 Exhibit open: Monday to Friday 10am-5pm, during events, and upon request. Tartu College, 310 Bloor St. W. Toronto (entrance on Madison Ave.)  Contact nr: 416 925 9405 Arvo Pärt is one of those composers in the world whose creative output has significantly changed the way we understand the nature of music. Since […]

On Display: 25.05.-10.09.2018 Exhibit open: Monday to Friday 10am-5pm, during events, and upon request. Tartu College, 310 Bloor St. W. Toronto (entrance on Madison Ave.)  Contact nr: 416 925 9405 Tõnu Tormis’ photo exhibit On Pärt is on display as a part of Estonian Music Week.

This exhibition presents perspectives on Estonian identity in Toronto’s tight-knit diaspora community from two ends of a lifespan. Kristen Dobbin’s nostalgic series on Estonian summer camp, Jõekääru, documents young campers exploring their culture and identity, while highlighting a diaspora institution in transition. Toomas Volkmann’s triptychs portray Estonian-Canadian born in Estonia in the early years of […]

VEMU has been working to prepare an exhibit about architects in Toronto with Estonian backgrounds in collaboration with the Museum of Estonian Architecture in Tallinn since 2015. The exhibit will celebrate both Canada’s 150th and Estonia’s 100th birthdays. The exhibit will be on display in Tallinn at the Museum of Estonian Architecture in 2018. The […]

People of Estonian heritage have been going to reconnect with their roots at this total immersion cultural camp in the deep woods of Canada, in Muskoka every summer since 1967.

Through photos, documents, and life stories, Sharing Our Stories: The Baltic Diaspora at Home in Canada profiles the age-old story of people forced to leave their homeland due to war and political oppression and start a new life elsewhere. This exhibit is based on a series of interviews with seniors from Ontario’s Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Baltic […]