April 4 and 5 2026 from 10am to 4pm daily. Discover the art and fine craft of local artists and artisans at 7 fascinating tour stops located in and around the charming heritage village of Pakenham Spring is just around the corner and the sap will soon be running - which means it's almost time for the...
Lenni Workman - Artist Statement My work is a Request. A request to the viewer to look and look again, don’t stop at superficial information. A request to notice how time and light transform your visual world. Experience that a still-life or a room acts as a sun-dial. A request to see the alignment of the...
April 9 to 26, 2026 Vernissage: Saturday April 11, 1-4 pm Galerie Old Chelsea is thrilled to present a series of new paintings by Andrew Rucklidge, an internationally recognized artist now living in Chelsea. The exhibition captures the invisible yet deeply familiar forces that shape the earth over time as Rucklidge draws on processes such...
Still*life is not a meditation on fruit bowls or porcelain vases; it proposes a dialogue between breath and silence, between the pulse of existence and the hush of its surroundings. These paintings have emerged from the experience of living surrounded by nature—a life steeped in forests, rivers, and the quiet choreography of seasons. They are...
Step into the world of Randall Anderson in Trailer Trash, a provocative exploration of high and low culture through personal and social lenses. Drawing on his upbringing in trailer parks, early work as a diesel mechanic, and extensive studies in critical theory and formalist painting, Anderson creates work that challenges conventional ideas of art and...
In Dimensions, Annie-France Bowker explores form, perception, and imagined landscapes through handwoven wall hangings. Her work navigates the space between the tangible and the abstract, where geometry meets intuition and structure gives way to otherworldly possibility. Weaving is a deeply meditative process for Bowker, and in its rhythm, she often finds herself transported into unfamiliar...
Le photographe Valérian Mazataud a recréé, avec des citoyens de son quartier de Montréal-Nord, des scènes de la vie quotidienne d’autrefois. Il a fouillé des archives photographiques et des albums de famille pour ensuite, lors d’ateliers, reconstituer ces photos en imaginant un univers à la croisée des époques et des cultures. Près d’une centaine de...
Wall Space Gallery is proud to present From the Ground Up by Ottawa artist Nicole Allen. This exhibition reflects both a physical and emotional journey toward renewal and serves as a meditation on growth, resilience, and the transformative power of starting anew. Through her richly layered florals and botanical imagery, Allen explores the delicate interplay...
Wall Space Gallery is delighted to present Falling Back into Bloom by Kaitlin Johnson. In this new body of work, Johnson revisits florals with a fresh perspective and a sense of freedom. Blending abstraction with representation, she approaches still life as a dynamic space for experimentation, where colour, pattern, and form can shift, overlap, and...
Wall Space Gallery is pleased to exhibit WILD HEART Tapestries: Portraits from the Forest & Garden, featuring new works by Crystal Beshara. This collection explores an allegorical space where fine art and narrative illustration intertwine. Beshara’s compositions, built like textiles of dense foliage and radiant light, create a tactile sense of depth. Rooted in the...
Galerie Old Chelsea is thrilled to present a series of new paintings by Andrew Rucklidge, an internationally recognized artist now living in Chelsea. The exhibition captures the invisible yet deeply familiar forces that shape the earth over time as Rucklidge draws on processes such as erosion, sedimentation, metamorphism, volcanic eruptions, exposed faults, and slipping terraces....
Still*life is not a meditation on fruit bowls or porcelain vases; it proposes a dialogue between breath and silence, between the pulse of existence and the hush of its surroundings. These paintings have emerged from the experience of living surrounded by nature—a life steeped in forests, rivers, and the quiet choreography of seasons. They are...
Nicole Allen | From the ground up Kaitlin Johnson | Falling Back Into Bloom Crystal Beshara | WILD HEART Tapestries: Portraits from the Forest & Garden Exhibition Dates: April 11 - 25 Vernissage: Saturday, April 11 at 3 - 5 PM
Arteast’s first annual Fine Art Show will take place on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, 2026 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the beautiful Pine View Golf Club, 1471 Blair Road, Ottawa. This art show celebrates the richness of our local arts community and will offer artwork of various mediums, something for the home, or a thoughtful gift...
Arts visuels de Gatineau est heureux d’annoncer la tenue de son Expo-vente printanière 2026, qui se déroulera du 24 au 26 avril au Centre communautaire Tétreau, situé à proximité du parc Moussette, dans le secteur Hull. Réunissant trente-sept artistes membres, cet événement met en lumière la richesse et la diversité de la création artistique en...
The Kanata Civic Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to a special off-site exhibition, “Farther Afield”, opening this Saturday, April 25th, at the Carleton Place Gallery. This time, we’re taking things a little farther afield. For this exhibition, 29 artists are stepping outside our usual Kanata home and bringing their work to the Carleton Place...
The Kanata Civic Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to a special off-site exhibition, “Farther Afield”, opening this Saturday, April 25th, at the Carleton Place Gallery. This time, we’re taking things a little farther afield. For this exhibition, 29 artists are stepping outside our usual Kanata home and bringing their work to the Carleton Place...
The Fourth Annual West End Sculpture Show runs from April 28 through to May 10 at the Kanata Civic Art Gallery (John G. Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr, Kanata). This is a juried exhibition showcasing contemporary sculpture in stone, metal, wood, and mixed media made by sculptors from across the National Capital Region. Free and...
Galerie Old Chelsea is thrilled to welcome Chelsea’s Reid McLachlan with “A Murmuration of Whispers”, a compelling new body of work that offers a rare glimpse into his creative process. McLachlan’s paintings begin not with images, but with words. Whether fragments, phrases, or complex thoughts, his visual language emerges from an incessant, shape-shifting murmuration of internal...
Tim desClouds - Artist Statement In this most recent body of works I have pared down my working process to a celebration of the tradition of drawing and painting leaving behind the many sculptural embellishments included in earlier works. The content of the works flow forward from my previous 2022 exhibition, “Somewhere Between Mother Goose...
An annual Fine Art exhibition will feature 6 artists showing in Carleton Place for the first time. Mark your calendars and come out and support all the regional artists from in and around your community. 54 regional artists will be participating in this show, which will have a great diversity of art offerings for you...
Wall Space Gallery is excited to present Andrew Beck's solo exhibition Into the Trees, a series of paintings that invites viewers deep into the northern forests where light filters through...
Wall Space Gallery presents Depth of Field, a solo exhibition by Kelly Grace that considers the act of looking as a reciprocal exchange. Moving between screen, audience, and painted surface,...
Galerie Old Chelsea is thrilled to welcome Chelsea’s Reid McLachlan with “A Murmuration of Whispers”, a compelling new body of work that offers a rare glimpse into his creative process. McLachlan’s...
The Fourth Annual West End Sculpture Show runs from April 28 through to May 10 at the Kanata Civic Art Gallery (John G. Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Dr, Kanata). This...
March 26 to May 5, 2026 Opening: Thursday, March 26, 5:30 to 7:30 pm By looking at her role in society as a woman, wife, mother, and artist, Ada Brzeski...
Don’t Just Watch — Decide Who Wins! Step into a world where imagination comes to life! Watch as talented artists transform blank canvases into breathtaking masterpieces in just 20 electrifying...
Join us for the 5th Annual Spring Art Festival, a one-day celebration of original art created by Ottawa–Gatineau artists, and set in a covered open-air venue at the Jim Tubman Chevrolet...
In Two Sisters, Mary Ellen Mueller Legault and Deborah Mueller Peate bring together two distinct yet complementary artistic voices shaped by family, creativity, and imagination. Mary Ellen’s playful watercolours capture the beauty of everyday scenes through vibrant colour and spontaneity, while Deborah’s imaginative mixed-media works combine textiles, collage, and vintage elements to create expressive “Whimsical...
Bryna Cohen - Artist Statement Painting remains central to my practice, even within the vast range of contemporary art. It is how I chose to express the beauty I see. Flora and vegetation have their own allure and vitality. Each painting begins with an emotional or sensory response to nature and evolves gradually on the...
