Join us for an evening celebrating video games' artistic innovation and cultural value. Video Game Arts Night features an international playable showcase, demos, and discussions with local game auteurs. Grab a drink and join us for a fireside chat with former AGO Artist-in-Residence Jim Munroe on how the games-are-art movement is playing out around the world.  

Jim Munroe, according to the Austin Chronicle, is a “pop culture provocateur”. His graphic and prose novels have been praised by Pulitzer-winner Junot Diaz and comics legend Neil Gaiman and his lo-fi sci-fi feature films have been featured in Wired and The Guardian. His political video games have appeared at Sundance and Cannes, and he co-founded the world’s first video game arts organization. He was an Art Gallery of Ontario Artist-in-Residence in 2014 and he currently lives in the Junction neighbourhood in Toronto.