Devon Ostrom

Devon is a curator, artist and advocate with a history of creating projects that connect across sectors, cities and neighbourhoods. Typically involving large assemblages of organizations — greatest hits include collabos such as: the Pan Am Path, Arrivals Canada, Streetscape, Housepaint at the ROM, Hype at the AGO, t.h.e.m., Ignite the Americas and mural and research project in Kingston Penitentiary. A co-founder of Manifesto Festival, Devon was also a founder of Beautifulcity.ca. (A successful campaign that put a levy on billboards to fund art in Toronto.) Devon co-taught Arts Advocacy at UofT, has graduated from Nonprofit Management and HR Management programs at Ryerson and holds an MA in Curating from Goldsmiths.