Winter Stations art installations at Woodbine Beach until March 30

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Winter Stations art installations at Woodbine Beach until March 30

Toronto's only reason to go on the sandy beach in mid-winter continues from Family Day (Feb 17) until the end of March (Mar 30), 2025 at Woodbine Beach. The free public exhibition features six temporary works of art, or art-like, things. 'Slice of Sun' is shown in the photo at top.

Inside Slice. Slice of Sun by Cláudia Franco, Mariam Daudali, Tom Byrom (Portugal)

Winter Stations is an annual, single-stage international design competition that places the art around, or adjacent to the lifeguard towers along Kew and Woodbine beaches. While the beaches are busy during the summer, it is nice that the works bring people to the beach in the cold of winter. For 2025 the theme is Dawn, explained as follows.

From the Winter Stations website, "Dawn marks the beginning of a new era for Winter Stations as it steps into its 11th year, symbolizing a fresh chapter in its creative journey. Just as the first light of morning breaks through the darkness, the exhibition will explore the moments of profound change that redefine and shape our existence, highlighting the delicate process of shedding old layers to emerge as something new. Dawn represents the shift from night to day, and this year, designers are invited to explore how Winter Stations can evolve, and to consider the future of the exhibition and its relationship with the public and the environment. "