November Paynter

Artistic Director and Chief Curator @Lassonde Art Trail

Toronto, ON, CA

The Lassonde Art Trail Foundation (LAT) is a new non-profit foundation and public art program planned for Toronto’s future Villiers Island on Lake Ontario. In June 2022 a visionary $25 million donation from the Pierre Lassonde Family Foundation was committed to commission two landmark permanent art works, and to establish a new non-profit organization to manage the art trail, with the intention of raising additional matching funds to sustain the organization over the long term. The art trail will be located in a public park along a renaturalized river mouth - a free, open-air route operated and curated by myself and Chloe Catan in the position of Executive Director. A rotating cycle of contemporary installations from local, national and international artists will be featured alongside the anchor commissions, all set to launch in several years once the park is complete.

Royal College of Art

Master's degree, Curating Contemporary Art

The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Architecture