Get to Know the Lost and Found Project Space
Located at 420 Queen Street East, The Lost & Found is a new artist-led project hosting exhibitions, workshops, and kiln firing services.
The Lost & Found provides exhibition space in downtown Toronto, where space is at a premium. The founder, Nurielle Stern, is a ceramic artist who aims to facilitate connections between artists and curators, create exhibition opportunities, and connect artists and communities. The Lost & Found supports experimental, non-commercial, and under-represented artistic practices.
Image Description: Artist Nurielle Stern sits inside a brightly lit studio. Nurielle wears glasses and a floral shirt, with her hands folded together. Behind her, the studio is filled with plants, shelving and ceramic materials.
Nurielle Stern, Founder of Lost & Found Project Space
Nurielle Stern creates sculptural ceramic objects and immersive installations that often combine ceramics and other media. Her pieces are saturated with texture and vibrant glazes giving them a hyper-real quality. In her work, Nurielle makes tangible a fictional world of her own imagining, creating things at once strange and familiar. Nurielle Stern is a Toronto-based sculpture and installation artist, and a graduate of Alfred University’s MFA program in Ceramic Art (2014, NY).
Images of Nurielle’s work can be found here: deepbreathely.com and
@earthendreaming
Kiln Services
The Lost & Found Project Space offers Kiln Firing Services for ceramic artists. There are two electric Cone Art Kilns available for firings.
The Lost & Found has partnered with Akin to offer 20% off each firing to Akin members.
The kilns are only available for full firings (not by individual shelves), but multiple people can fire their work together. One person must be designated to handle drop-off, pickup and payment.
One very large oval kiln, (42"dia x 31"wide x 27"deep, or 16.5 cubic feet inside, can fit 9 or more shelves). $160/firing plus HST. Discounted rate available for Akin members.
One small round kiln, (17.5"dia x 13.5"deep, or 1.98 cubic feet inside). $65/firing plus HST. Discounted rate available for Akin members.
Contact Nurielle for more details at: thelostandfoundto [at] g m a i l [dot] com
Get Involved!
The Lost & Found accepting submissions from independent curators, artist-curators, organizations, and educational institutions. Centrally located at Queen St E and Parliament, The Lost & Found aims to provide exhibition opportunities for emerging and established contemporary artists working in any medium. Submissions with representation from diverse and marginalized communities are welcome and encouraged. Submissions that include public engagement activities and programming will also be prioritized. Learn more about submissions here
Image Description: The interior of the Lost and Found Project Space. The space has a clean white wall and vintage hardwood floors. Imbedded on the wall is a black graphic that reads “The Lost and Found”. Intricate ceramic sculptures hang on the walls. A small white table holds a guest book. A long print hangs from the ceiling. In the back, a white sliding door also holds vibrant, black and brown prints.
Upcoming Exhibitions
1-800-INF-ERNO
October 5-12, 2024
Doors open:
October 5th-6th from 7PM-7AM (Nuit Blanche)
October 7th, 9th, & 11th from 4-7PM
October 12th from 12-5PM
Nuit BlancheToronto 2024 Independent Project
An interactive installation by Micki-Lee Smith & Zakriya Bashir-Hill, in collaboration with Diana Lawryshyn, Pratap Mathews, & Yun Young Lee. Also featuring paintings by Diana Lawryshyn.
A phone call bridges the gap between personal experiences and the grim realities that exist on the front lines of the global environmental crisis. A devastating forest fire comes to life. Melancholic melody and wistful lyricism weave into an unsettling crackle, forging together the layers of an uncomfortable and alarming soundscape. Audiences are invited to listen in on both sides of a phone conversation and hear how two extremes, ignorance and unobstructed, inescapable awareness, emerge. Learn more about the artists and exhibition here.
Learn more at tlaf.ca