The Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning (J.K. Tett building) is located on Lake Ontario's waterfront in Kingston, Ontario. This historic building is owned by the City of Kingston and was fully renovated in 2015. It originally formed part of the 19th C. Morton Brewery and Distillery Company and it is now a part of the Kingston's arts hub, housing nine art organizations, eight Creativity Studios, and a waterfront cafe. The Tett Centre provides four rental spaces, including the spacious Malting Tower with its limestone walls, high ceiling, bright windows and breath-taking view of the lake.

A portion of each rental of the venue spaces goes towards our not-for-profit charity's community arts programming. For more information about our community arts programming, please visit our website at www.tettcentre.org/programs.

Facilities and capacity

The Malting Tower is our finest rental space, balancing old world historical charm with modern technical features to make your event memorable. This versatile, light-filled space is a perfect choice for special celebrations, business meetings, and a variety of arts performances and events.

Surrounded by breathtaking lake views and framed with large windows, the bright social space features automatic blinds, a one-touch operated gas fireplace, and a projector screen. Reflected sound makes vocals and instruments appear more personified, providing guests with a compelling concert experience. The beautifully finished floor ties the 1,600 sq. ft space together. There is a fully-equipped server kitchen for catering, a coat room, round and rectangular tables, upholstered chairs, and courtesy style seating for guests.

100 guests seated at round tables, or 120 guests seated theatre style, or 150 guests for a standing reception.

Services offered

A friendly Tett staff member will attend to your rental needs, including setting up the Tett furniture according to different floor plans, adjusting the lighting and fireplace, and for operating rented Tett audio-visual equipment. They will help regulate traffic, enforce public safety policies, and ensure that emergency procedures are followed.

The Tett Centre also provides services for anniversaries and vow renewals, birthday parties, reunions, and more!

Cuisine

Renters at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning have the convenient option of directly hiring a licensed caterer of their choice. The Tett can provide a list of Preferred Caterers who are favoured based on their food quality, customer service standards, reliability, professionalism, and reputation. The list of Preferred Caterers can be found under Catering at The Tett on our website.