Ava Animation & Visual Arts Inc

AVA Animation and Visual Arts is a BIPOC women-led internationally awarded animation studio based in Toronto, that specializes in creating extraordinary visual experience solutions for brands, events and government agencies who want to bring joy and engage communities through art, light, technology, creativity and storytelling. AVA’s goal is to deliver joy through experiences and visual journeys, believing art can transform spaces and reactivate economies. Their main objective is to engage communities with art, providing safe public experiences and spaces where people can feel represented using light and colour to spark a sense of wonder and connection. AVA’s expertise covers both the creative and technical aspects: from research, planning, projection calculations, design, content animation, artist workshops and production to temporary and permanent installations. With years of experience collaborating in placemaking and safe public art experiences with public and private organizations like: The city of Toronto, Toronto History Museums, LiveTo, The City of Brampton, the City of Mississauga, The CN Tower, The Woodlands Institute, the Gardiner Museum, the Amsterdam Light Festival, the Tokyo Light Festival, the Tokyo Government, OCAD University, Seneca Polytechnic, Banff Centre for the Arts, among others. Their work has been presented in more than 12 countries, on landmarks like the Burj Khalifa, The Palace of Parliament and Odawara Castle. Their latest collaboration, “Tokyo Concerto” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building was awarded a Guinness World Record for the Largest Permanent Projection. As a BIPOC women-led company, when collaborating with artists, AVA prioritizes talented individuals coming from diverse, multicultural and often racialized or underrepresented communities, usually coming from Black, Indigenous, Latin, Arabic, Black, Asian, LGBTQ2S+ backgrounds and/or being recent immigrants or recent graduates.