Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Noon to 4 p.m.
From 401, exit Markham Road south. Drive south on Markham Road to Lawrence Avenue East. Drive east on Lawrence to Scarborough Golf Club. Drive south to Confederation Drive. Turn left (East) on Confederation Drive. Drive up the hill to Tingle Crescent, and turn right, which takes you to Cedar Ridge’s parking lot.
There is ample free parking available at Cedar Ridge.
From Kennedy Station, take the Scarborough RT to the Lawrence East station. Take the 54 Lawrence East bus Eastbound to Scarborough Golf Club Rd. Walk along Scarborough Golf Club Rd to the second street south of Lawrence – Confederation Drive. Walk up Confederation Drive (East) until you reach Tingle Crescent. At Tingle, turn right and enter through the driveway.
A two-week visual arts camp for children aged 8 to 13 at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre. Campers will have exciting opportunities to create and experiment with mediums such as drawing and painting, printmaking, sculpture, video, arts and crafts and pottery.
July 4 to 15 (10 days)
Fee: $431
Code: 4030837
July 18 to 29 (10 days)
Fee: $431
Code: 4030838
August 2 to 12 (9 days)
Fee: $387
Code: 4030839
August 15 to 26 (10 days)
Fee: $431
Code: 4030840
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To obtain your client and family numbers, please call Client Services at 416-396-7378 or call the Cedar Ridge Office directly at 416-396-4026.
Cedar Ridge Creative Centre offers a variety of pottery and visual arts workshops for all ages. Fall and winter workshops will be released in mid-August.
Cedar Ridge Creative Centre is excluded from Parks, Forestry and Recreation policies and procedures, including the Welcome Policy.
September 6 to 22
Opening Reception: September 11, 1 to 4 p.m.
Marlene’s work explores themes of life, the reflection of time and the peeling away of exterior layers to reveal internal intricacies. Through clay, wood and glass, her intent is to expose, express and provide insight into the raw emotions in the journey of life.
September 5 to 22
Opening Reception: September 11, 1 to 4 p.m.
Rooted in the solitary and often invisible role of a stay-at-home caregiver, Corynn’s paintings move between the relationship and influence of “mother” and the autonomy and celebration of children. These works comment on traditional and figurative feminist frameworks.
September 24 to October 13
Opening Reception: September 25, 1 to 4 p.m.
These works not only look at Emily Dickinson as a means of self-reflection, but also offer the viewer a moment of personal contemplation; a non-digital selfie. Utilizing reflective panels, text, drawings and photographs, Anne fashions a coming together of artist and poet.
September 24 to October 13
Opening Reception: September 25, 1 to 4 p.m.
In her collection of glass and glass/mixed media works, Kate highlights the way these mediums can carry literal and metaphoric weight in their ability to be transparent, translucent or opaque, allowing the viewer to consider what they can see through, see beyond or not see at all.
October 15 to November 3
Opening Reception: October 16, 1 to 4 p.m.
Tasneem’s art is influenced by the desire to strengthen community and is grounded in equity and diverse perspectives. These watercolour digital paintings illustrate stories that the artist tells her daughter about being kind to ourselves, our planet and all the creatures that inhabit it.
October 15 to November 3
Opening Reception: October 16, 1 to 4 p.m.
Carrie’s sculptures employ ordinary materials and prioritize processes that reflect on systems of support and emotional and psychological connection to home. Each work uses materials as an inquiry to re-frame trauma into specific sites of investigation.
November 5 to 17
Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery holds its fall Member’s Exhibit. Enjoy fantastic works by the artists, featuring watercolour, acrylic and oil paintings, ceramics and sculpture.
November 19 to December 8
Scarborough Arts presents its annual Juried Exhibition, a showcase of visual and media art from new, emerging and established artists.
The Cedar Ridge Collection is a historical and contemporary record of artists who have taught, exhibited and been supporters of Cedar Ridge. It represents each of the mediums taught at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre including painting, sculpture, pottery, woodcarving, fiber art and folk art. The collection and gallery fixtures have been acquired through the fundraising efforts of Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery.
Cedar Ridge Creative Centre gallery issues calls for submissions once annually from visual artists and crafts people working in a variety of media for its two gallery programs. Artists are welcome to apply as individuals or as groups.
Contemporary art exhibitions are scheduled for approximately one month at a time between January and April; artists receive a small honorarium. Applications are assessed by a peer jury. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, September 23, 2022, at 4 p.m.
Download contemporary art application
Ridge Gallery rentals are available on a biweekly basis from September to December. Rental rates are $520.00 for two weeks for all three rooms. Applications are assessed by the Gallery Committee. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, September 23, 2022, at 4 p.m.
Download Ridge Gallery rental application
Gallery commission is 20% on sales, collected by Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery, a not-for-profit organization. All commission revenues are used towards the operation of the gallery.
No fee is required for submitting an application.
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For more information or to request a gallery application form, please call Cedar Ridge Creative Centre at 416-396-4026 or email crcc@toronto.ca
The history of Cedar Ridge, originally known as Uplands, dates back to 1844 when the land was patented to James Humphrey. Soon after, passing through a number of hands, it was bought by Charles Carleton Cummings, President of C.C. Cummings Ltd., the Slater Shoe empire and owner/manager of the Lumsden building (named after his wife’s wealthy family) at Yonge and Adelaide.
Cummings had a 5,000 square foot summer home built, called Uplands. John Campbell Fraser, a Toronto financier moved into Uplands with his family in 1928 and renamed it Cedar Ridge. The beauty of the original home was retained in the main floor gallery space. The upper floor and basement area were developed into studio spaces. Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery operated the gallery and studios from 1978 to 1985.
The estate of Cedar Ridge was acquired by the City of Scarborough in the late ’70s through a land swap with Metropolitan Toronto. The Guildcrest Studios were invited by the City of Scarborough to redirect their fundraising activities to renovate Cedar Ridge, an opportunity to develop a gallery as well as teaching studios. The Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery not-for-profit organization was formed and it successfully operated the gallery and studios as a learning facility for artists from 1978 to 1984. The City of Scarborough assumed full management responsibilities in 1985. In 1993, the Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery raised funds to renovate the chauffeur’s cottage, garage and stables into a beautiful one of a kind pottery studio space. In 1996, the building was renamed Carriage House Studios and it was officially opened by the Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Hal Jackman.
Cedar Ridge Creative Centre provides arts education and engagement opportunities for all, enhancing the liveability and prosperity of the community.
We partner with organizations that help achieve one of our mandates, to offer innovative opportunities for Torontonians in diverse and underserved communities to participate in, contribute to and celebrate the cultural life of their city.
Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery, a volunteer run not-for-profit organization, was the original founding organization of the Creative Centre – the first public gallery with teaching studios in the east end of Toronto.
Infusing Cedar Ridge and the east Scarborough community with arts activity, the Community Arts Guild connects the surrounding diverse community through art making projects and performances.