08/24/2026
This September, US Consulate Toronto will commemorate the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, with a special exhibition "25 Years of Healing Hearts: A Tribute to 9/11 in Drawings" by Toronto-based artist John Coburn.
Opening September 1 at 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media & Education in Toronto, the exhibition includes Coburn’s artwork on loan from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York and additional works from his personal collection.
Created at Ground Zero and throughout New York City following the 9/11 attacks, Coburn’s pen-and-ink drawings capture extraordinarily intimate moments of healing, hope, and human dignity as recovery efforts unfolded. Years after Coburn created the Healing Hearts collection, a devastating fire destroyed virtually everything in his studio. The drawings, stored together in a leather briefcase, were the only items recovered. Though burned around the edges, the works remained intact.
📍 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education, Toronto
📅 September 1–12, 2026
Join us to remember, reflect, and experience these powerful works 25 years later.
🖼️Courtesy of 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Gift of Canadian artist, John Coburn and Thomas G. Beckett, Beckett Fine Art Ltd.