Event activations

An interactive art activation that turns guests into collaborators

A moment of collective making in the middle of your event. Images, words and simple prompts spark curiosity and conversation. Within minutes, strangers are creating something together.

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Guests at an evening corporate event gathered around a collage activation table
Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017

Inside one activation: Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto

The reception room set up with collage tables and three panels on easels
The room before guests arrive Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017
Guests in suits building collages along a long table
Guests drop in between conversations Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017
Three guests making collages at a coffee table
Small groups settle in to create Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017
Collages mounted on prompt cards
Each collage answers a prompt Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017

What an activation looks like

Drop in, create, and watch the artwork grow

Guests stop by the station for two to five minutes, add their contribution and move on. The artwork grows throughout the event, so every visit shows something new. By the closing session, your event has a shared visual record of its people and its ideas.

Three panels of warped hexagons with the first collages set in
In progress: the hexagons fill as guests add their collages Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017
The finished three panel artwork hanging in a boardroom
Finished: hanging in the Georgian Partners boardroom Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017
  • Turns strangers into collaboratorsA natural way to start conversations between attendees.
  • Gives people somewhere to goA welcoming focal point between sessions and at receptions.
  • Creates a shared memoryOne artwork that carries the theme and voice of your event.
  • Scales to your crowdFrom 50 guests to 1,000+, with concurrent stations for large events.

How we scale

Staffed to match your crowd

The same experience runs for a team of twelve or a conference of a thousand. What changes is how many facilitators and stations we bring.

Facilitator Assistant Participants Shared artwork

  1. Team

    One facilitator, one shared canvas. Everyone works on the same piece.

  2. Department or offsite

    A lead facilitator with assistants. Table groups each create a section, and the sections join into one artwork.

  3. Conference

    Concurrent stations, each with its own facilitator, open through the day. Every station feeds the same final piece.

What we handle

We bring everything: materials, setup, facilitation and takedown. You tell us your crowd size, your venue and what you want people to feel. We design the activation around that.

  • Designed around your conference theme or brand message
  • Concurrent stations and extra facilitators for large crowds
  • Indoor, outdoor and hybrid formats
  • Venue left the way we found it
  • The finished artwork, photographed for your channels
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Conference guests at a long collage table in a hotel ballroom
Libro Credit Union, London, Ontario, 2018

Recent activations

What this has looked like

The assembled mascot artwork made from 80 painted pieces
Amazon DEN3, Colorado, 2026

Amazon DEN3, Colorado

80 leaders, one artwork

On Mental Health Day, each leader painted one piece of the site mascot. The pieces were assembled into a single collective artwork within 45 minutes.

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Three wooden panels filled with hexagon collages
Georgian Partners AGM, Toronto, 2017

Georgian Partners AGM · Toronto, 2017

The future of AI

During an evening reception, about 60 guests built collages in response to prompts about artificial intelligence, set into a three panel triptych.

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The Queer Joy collective artwork
Queer Joy, Mount Royal University

Mount Royal University

Queer Joy

A hybrid, multi-campus activation that brought students and staff into one shared celebration.

A city official and a young person talking over art materials at a picnic table
Heart 2 Heart, London, Ontario, 2018

London, Ontario · 2018

Heart 2 Heart

A knowledge exchange between city officials and immigrant youth, held through image making.

Sir Ken Robinson speaking in front of the students’ large painting
Out of Our Minds, School District 68, Nanaimo, 2011, with Sir Ken Robinson

School District 68

Elevating a keynote

Participatory painting woven into a district gathering, with the artwork on stage alongside the speakers.

A guest painting at the Paddle to Lummi engagement booth
Paddle to Lummi, engagement booth

Paddle to Lummi

Engagement booth

A drop-in painting station at the Paddle to Lummi canoe journey gathering.

An engagement booth with a collage table and a painted globe
Youth summit engagement booth

Youth summit

Engagement booth

A drop-in collage station where young delegates answered big questions about the arts and global change.

Noreen Allossery-Walsh
Ursuline Heritage Alive, Chatham, Ontario, 2023
Our experience was amazing for the level of skill, engagement and passion for the project. We felt ourselves in highly qualified hands to achieve our goals.Noreen Allossery-Walsh, Ursuline Sisters of Chatham

Not sure which format fits?

Tell us your group size, your goal and your timeline. We recommend a format and send an estimate, usually within two business days. Every engagement is priced for the whole group and designed around your goal.

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