DTK Art Walk
Experience Arts & Culture
Downtown Kitchener is home to some of Ontario's most renowned arts and cultural organizations. Experience arts, culture and DTK's creative community by exploring the following spaces and organizations.
| 44 Gaukel Creative Workspace |
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A post office reimagined as a facility to grow and connect local artists, cultural practitioners and entrepreneurs, 44G is DTK’s emerging creative industries hub. This talented, multidisciplinary community is supported by a unique partnership between the City of Kitchener, ArtsBuild Ontario, an organization dedicated to realizing long-term solutions for arts and creative spaces and the Accelerator Centre, a technology incubator dedicated to building and scaling globally-competitive technology.
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| Centre in the Square |
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The region’s largest and busiest performing arts centre. It's acknowledged as a technically state-of-the-art theatre making it acoustically superior and widely regarded as one of the finest performance spaces in North America.
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| Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts |
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The Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts is a vibrant and dynamic cultural space, and home to The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
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| Kitchener Public Library |
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Besides functioning as the community library for Downtown Kitchener, KPL Central Library also has numerous specialized collections and services including a theatre, bookable meeting spaces, an extensive public art collection, 3D printing, a state-of-the-art audio and digital media production lab and so much more.
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| Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery |
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Waterloo Region's leading public art gallery, connecting people and ideas through art, with a focus on the best of contemporary culture. For the benefit of current and future generations, the Gallery collects, preserves, researches, interprets, and exhibits the visual arts and offers dynamic public programming relating to the visual arts, all with a view to inspire creativity and an appreciation of the visual arts in the Region.
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| Pat the Dog Theatre Creation |
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A catalyst for new play creation, Pat the Dog Theatre Creation is nationally recognized as a leader in the cultivation and promotion of regional Ontario theatre.
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| Registry Theatre |
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This theatre provides an affordable venue for community groups and individuals, as well as fulfilling the role of an arts incubator where new and experimental shows can be presented. Professional shows of all types are frequently presented, and the small theatre auditorium makes The Registry the perfect studio setting for the taping of film and television productions.
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| Schneider Haus |
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A local landmark and one of Kitchener's oldest dwellings, the 1816 homestead was restored and furnished, then opened as a living history museum in 1981. The heart of the complex is a fine Georgian-frame farmhouse that was built by and was home to the area's earliest non-Aboriginal settlers, Joseph and wife Barbara Schneider, Pennsylvania-German Mennonites.
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| THEMUSEUM |
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A new kind of museum – one of ideas and experiences. No dusty objects, no collections, and no velvet ropes here. THEMUSEUM features thought-provoking exhibitions, family programming, camps, The Underground Studio Maker Space, adult classes, signature events, dialogues and workshops, and way more.
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