The Institute for Creative Exchange - Americas (ICE) is a non-profit organization that brings together artists, writers, academics, and cultural practitioners in an interdisciplinary international exchange that allows untapped stories and artistic practices to unfold. ICE cultivates and fosters the imagination of artists in Canada, and across the Americas, by creating a space where artists can freely explore diverse cultural creative processes and multi-disciplinary artistic expressions. As our world becomes increasingly polarized, artists require new tools to discuss forms of resistance and to explore different cultural expressions that move beyond Canada’s geographical borders and language. Our goal is to support artists expand their views and explore modes of communication that lie outside of their current realm. ICE offers five lines of services to fulfill its mission: a) we provide high-end immersion workshops with acclaimed artists and theorists from around the world; b) ICE offers artist residencies in partnership with important institutions in the Americas; c) ICE Reactor is a unique creative industries accelerator in Toronto; d) ICE provides training and creative courses to institutions and individuals interested in expanding their creative skills; and, e) ICE produces artistic content and events.