Beaux-Arts Brampton includes three distinct galleries, ten artists' studios, plus a variety of classes / workshops for both adults and children.

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Annual Open Juried Wildlife, Nature and Native Show 2010.
Esteemed jurors: Charles Pachter, Daphne Odjig & Steve Wilson.

The Sculptors Society of Canada presents – 11th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition.
Jurors: Dr. Anna Hudson, Assistant Professor, York University; David Pellettier, Assistant Professor, OCAD; and Andrew Benyei, sculptor, selected the following participants: Ivo Ardaudov, Yves-Laurier Beaudoin, Kim Bruce, Federico Carbajal, Troy Coulterman, Umberto DeBoni, Jane Hook, Samantha Mogelonsky, Holly Wheatcroft, Donna Zekas.
Award sponsors: Abraham & Malka Green, Artcast Inc., MST Bronze Ltd.

The SSC is proud to present a solo exhibition by international artist Alex J. Tavares. Psychokinesis is a series of welded steel works exploring the movement of physical objects through pure thought.

Artist talk & tour with Alex J. Tavares, in connection with his exhibition, Psychokinesis, and coinciding with Canadian Art Gallery Hop.

(See Calls for Artists for membership submissions – click here; see John B. Aird Gallery in Downtown Toronto, for SSC exhibition, Critical Mass, Sep 28-Oct 22, 2010 – click here).

Dedicated to advancing the creative power in people with disabilities.
Public art gallery. Studio. Gift shop.
Resources and information on art and disabilities.
Outsider art, art brut, folk art, contemporary Canadian art.

Queen of Tears: The Art of Kristine Erglis.

Creative Works Studio is a community art program of St. Michael's Hospital which operates in partnership with the Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes Inc. It offers healing and recovery through creative arts. Our mandate is to provide an oasis from the rigors and challenges of life for people living with long-term mental illness or addictions. The studio believes in educating the public to reduce the stigmatization of mental illness.

The 7th Annual National and International Juried Exhibition – Latinoamerica 2010. Fundarte Latinoamerica is a not-for-profit cultural organization dedicated to promoting the Latin American community's artistic development in Canada. The group was founded to make the general public aware of Latin American cultural heritage and to integrate the Latin American community into the Canadian mainstream, thereby, enriching this country's cultural mosaic. The exhibition includes painting, drawing, sculpture and photography.

Solid Colour Group Show.

The Hang Man Gallery is accepting submissions for their 2010-2011 exhibition schedule on an ongoing basis. Rentals are for 3-week exhibitions and submissions are juried by the Programming Committee on a quarterly basis. Our gallery is able to accommodate a variety of fine arts including painting, photography, sculpture, watercolour, etc. Please see our website for layout and submission details at www.artistsnetwork.ca/hangman.

Hang Man is the gallery face of the Artists' Network, a non-profit initiative where artists build success.

(See also Calls for Artists for info on submitting work to The Little Art Show – click here).

Elizabeth Babyn: Illumination. Babyn's current series derives its inspiration from that which brings her to a sacred intuitive space.
Linda Heffernan: Inadvertent Intervention – a series of paintings exploring the esthetic beauty in the potential ramifications of extreme climate change via imagined satellite views of Canfield oceans.

Q&A with Elizabeth Babyn and Linda Heffernan, moderated by Catherine Beaudette.

Maureen Paxton: Wish Well – a series of paintings exploring the oval and the locket in particular.
Barbara Rehus: Saint's. Inspired by religious icons and their risas, the protective coverings occasionally used, Barbara Rehus endeavors to keep your standard saints and ordinary people from harm. Physical traits, history, and fantasy all play a role in determining who has been chosen and how they are to be kept safe. Portraits are painted in acrylic on panel, each cradled by a carved encaustic risa.
Q&A with the artists will be moderated by Antonia Lancaster.

The Nature of Words – Reg Beatty, Sigrid Blohm, Wendy Cain, Mira Coviensky, Margaret Lock, Will Rueter, Don Taylor.
This exhibition brings together unique works by seven book artists, including accomplished private press printers, designer-bookbinders, papermakers, printmakers, and multi-media artists who use paper in assemblages and sculpture. Drawn in pen and ink or printed from wood and metal type; "written" in legible letters or imagined alphabets, careful calligraphy or gestural grafitti; cut from leather and paper or constructed with wire and thread; from single pages to books and scrolls, these works encourage viewers to think about the many possible ways that texts can be presented, and therefore about the nature of words.

2010 Ring Show. Curated by Lily Yung.
Beth Alber, Lois Betteridge, Teresa Biagi, Kai Chan, Wing-ki Chan, Lise Downe, Doug Guildford, Lori Myers, Michele Perras, Pam Ritchie, Tiana Roebuck, Sarah Troper, Lily Yung and Anneke von Bommel.
In 2005, Lily Yung invited four artists to participate in a five-person show of 1001 rings inspired by the late jeweller and teacher Onno Boekhoudt. For 2010, there will be fourteen artists to exhibit a total 2010 rings. It is a fun project, a kind of extreme jewellery show that might generate some sales.

(See also Calls for Artists – click here)

The OSA is a community of artists which provides exhibition opportunities for its members and promotes excellence in the visual arts in Canada.
We welcome applications from Ontario artists to our 2010 jurying.
Download application from www.ontariosocietyofartists.org and send to:
NEW MEMBERS JURY
c/o Joseph Muscat
224 Sheppard Avenue West
Toronto ON M2N 1N1.
Submission deadline: Sep 10th, 2010.

Open Air Painting and Fundraiser at Jesse Ashbridge House (1444 Queen Street East in Beach area of Toronto).
Several of the famous landscape painters in the Group of Seven were founding members of the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA). You have a unique opportunity to see current members of the OSA paint outdoors, on location, in the beautiful gardens of the Jesse Ashbridge House in Toronto. All paintings are for sale at $75. each. Proceeds go to the pARTners Project.
Through the pARTners Project, the OSA and the Woodstock Art Gallery aim to establish an ongoing mentorship program where members of the OSA will work with some of Ontario's top graduates of fine arts programs in universities and colleges, as they begin their art careers.

(See OSA listing in T.O. Central, Beach for info on Sep 25, 2010 fundraising event – click here).

(See Calls for Artists for info on applying for membership in the OSA – click here).

The Whole Ball of Wax: Encaustic Group Show.
A celebration of encaustic! with 12 diverse encaustic artists taking part – Pieter Bakker, Daniel Beirne, Andrea Bird, Andrew Csafordi, Lisa-Beth Glassman, Supria Karmakar, Tanya Kirouac, Jane Longman, Maura Joy Lustig, Georgina Rodrigues, Michelle Salter, Tania Wycherley. With gratitude to the Ontario Arts Council.

Main Gallery – Uros Jelic: Oil – an exhibition of mixed media paintings, depicting practices and mishaps of oil industry.
“I began working on the “Oil” theme in 2009, with the intention of increasing awareness about these practices, but the bizarre chain of events in the Gulf of Mexico made this series incredibly timely.” – Uros Jelic.
Paintings have expressive, experimental and intuitive quality with paint applied in various ways: spraying, dripping, using brush and roller, stamping, stenciling and drawing with paint sticks. This approach creates diverse textures while preserving the identity of materials used. The end result is figurative painting with deep exploration into the possible uses of media.
North Gallery – Gillian Iles: That's Not How We Do Things Here.

Face It Head On: Self-Portrait Redefined – interactive art installation by Anthony F. Saad. Propeller in collaboration with Workman Arts.
Two-part project designed to explore the nature of the traditional self-portrait, by challenging artists to create non-literal representations of self. Featuring a unique interactive installation by Anthony F. Saad, live in the gallery space Sat 2 Oct, when visitors will participate in creating the Face It Head On group portrait by having their photo taken and added to a composite group portrait in real time, that will then be projected onto the gallery window.

Member of ARCCO (Artist-Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario).

(See also Calls for Artists – click here)

55th Annual Art Exhibition – by the Society of Estonian Artists in Toronto (EKKT).
Exhibiting works by member artists from Canada, Estonia, USA, Sweden.
Open Sat Oct 2, 10am-4pm; Oct 3, 4 & 5, 10am-8pm.
For more information please call 416 250 1245.

The Shilling Experience: Past and Present.
In 1957, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Alex Colville and others oversaw the creation of the Southampton School of Fine Arts. In its inaugural year, 16-year-old Arthur Shilling (1941-1986) received his first professional training there. Just ten years later, he was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal, and in his tragically short life, he went on to become one of Canada's finest Aboriginal artists.
The Southampton Arts Society presents a groundbreaking multi-generational exhibition – The Shilling Experience: Past and Present. This exhibition will include paintings by Arthur Shilling that have never been viewed by the public before, exhibited side by side with the accomplished works of Arthur's sons, Bewabon and Travis Shilling.

Five New Artists... Group Exhibition – Lois Dierlam, Sue Ennis, Michi Komori, Paulette Lister, Kerri Palangio. The Heliconian Club is showcasing a group exhibition of five members who through their paintings reveal a diversity of artistic styles expressed in a variety of media.

Tres Trio 2010.

Please call for additional viewing times: 416 922 3618, or visit www.heliconianclub.org.

Toronto Watercolour Society Fall Juried Show – TWS's annual fall exhibition.
Two noted Canadian artists, Art Cunanan and Merv Richardson will jury Toronto Watercolour Society members' original water media art pieces of various themes and subjects. All interested members of the public and media are invited to attend and view the best of this exhibition of portraits, florals, landscapes, street vignettes, abstractions and non-objective water media paintings and drawings in this colourful, creative and one-of-a-kind selection.
The opening reception will take place on the upper level of the North Toronto Community Centre.
All the art on display will be available for viewing and purchase by the public.
For more information on TWS see www.torontowatercoloursociety.com.