Thanks to a generous anonymous benefactor, Toronto School of Art finds a new home GlobeToronto
Co-founder and advertising executive Aldo Cundari works on a clay sculpture in one of the workshops of the Toronto School of Arts' new location in Toronto on March 1, 2019.Most days, Aldo Cundari is busy helming his eponymous ad agency, crafting campaigns for marquee clients such as Maple Leaf Foods and the LCBO. But every Saturday morning, almost without fail, he unwinds at the Toronto School of Art , elbow-deep in clay.
For the TSA, the donation is particularly miraculous considering it went bankrupt in 2012. Enrolment had fallen from 1,200 to 500 students a year, and it was no longer able to pay the lease at its central Adelaide and Spadina location. Prior to that, in the 1990s, it almost closed after taking on too much debt.
The approach worked: last year saw the highest ever registration with about 1,500 pupils, helping the school run a slight budget surplus. Which might have caused a protracted existential crisis. With rents in Toronto skyrocketing, the TSA’s only affordable alternative might have been to leave the city altogether, rebranding as the Hamilton or Cambridge School of Art. But everything changed when Mr. Cundari sent an e-mail to a friend who he says has “done extremely well in his career." The subject line simply said “dream big,” and the message was a photo of the Ryerson Avenue building.
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