The director of Basketball World Toronto, Michael Reio, was selected to visit the Toronto Raptors Art Of The North Exhibit last night where he was celebrated for his story on how basketball and the Toronto Raptors have influenced his career and his life. Check out his story in the column on the right!

The Art Of The North Exhibit features over 100 Raptors-inspired art pieces, from paintings, sculptures created by over 40 artists from all over the world. Here at Basketball World Toronto, we were highly impressed with the Exhibition and encourage anyone that has a passion for basketball and art to check it out.  

More details:

• 100 Pieces Of Raptors Inspired Art — Portion of the collection is available for purchase and the opportunity to win an art piece.
• Free Raptors Inspired Semi-Permanent Tattoos provided by inbox.
• Markt'd Live Action Shoe Artists presented by Adidas

The event is free and open to the public from January 10th to January 13th, at 2 Snooker Street (Liberty Village). 

We would like to thank the Toronto Raptors and Conscious Basketball for putting on such an amazing event with so many talented artists work for the Toronto community to enjoy.

"My name is Michael Reio and I founded Basketball World Toronto (BWT), a non-profit grassroots basketball organization.  My passion and interest in basketball started when I was young playing every weekend on local outdoor courts and at school.  As my passion for basketball grew, I pursued a Sports Management Degree and an internship with the Toronto Raptors Basketball Club.  My basketball experiences fostered my desire to address the need for high-quality non-professional basketball programming. In 2006, I founded Basketball World Toronto and made it my commitment to help develop the sport of basketball.   Over the past 13 years, we have impacted the lives of close to 15K individuals by creating positive high-quality programs for youth, women and men that teach basketball skills, leadership development, and foster a positive basketball culture in our city.  I firmly believe that basketball can teach anyone life skills and how to become a better community member".