Workman Arts is a multidisciplinary arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction issues through creation and presentation. We support artists with lived experience through peer-to-peer arts education, public presentations and partnerships with the broader arts community.

Workman Arts is the longest-running multidisciplinary arts and mental health organization in Canada. It was founded in 1987 by Lisa Brown, a former psychiatric nurse at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre (now known as CAMH), as a theatre company of eight member artists.

Over the years, it has grown to a multidisciplinary arts organization with 475+ artist members. For more than 30 ground-breaking years, Workman Arts has produced a variety of projects, including 30+ original full-length Canadian plays, the annual Rendezvous With Madness Festival and the annual Being Scene juried art exhibition.

In fall 2020, Workman Arts moved into a new permanent home in the brand new McCain Complex Care and Recovery Building at the corner of Queen Street West and Lower Ossington, which also provides access to a new, state-of-the-art 300-seat auditorium.

Visit their website at workmanarts.com