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Generously sponsored by the Leamington Lion’s Cub, the Leamington En Plein Air Painting Competition is an incredible opportunity for all artists to present their En Plein Air paintings at the LAC for a chance to win cash prizes.

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Ouroboros 

Tiffany April

Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026

Reception: Oct 16, 2026 6-8pm / Artist Talk : Oct 16, 2026 5:30-6pm

Tiffany April’s paintings and digital-based installations focus on mutually affective relationships between human and more-than-human beings – both digital and (im)material – to question categorizations of “Otherness”; an exploration rooted in her queer and neurodiverse experience.

“Ouroboros” visualizes neurodiverse burnout within the contemporary experience of heightened sensory and bodily connection to nebular digital spaces. Six site-responsive projections engage April’s fluid digital-body with the surrounding environment. Her refracted form becomes malleable, de-forming continuously in response to both the mirror surface and the physical surroundings. For April, the ancient Greek symbol of the ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail in an infinite cycle of self-destruction and renewal, reflects the cyclical experience of exhaustion from the chameleon-like behaviour of masking; an endless reforming of the ‘self’ in order to conform to social norms.

Les peintures et les installations numériques de Tiffany April s’intéressent aux relations réciproques entre les êtres humains et les êtres « plus qu’humains » – qu’ils soient numériques ou (im)matériels – afin de remettre en question les catégorisations de « l’altérité » ; une exploration ancrée dans son expérience queer et neurodiverse.

“Ouroboros” met en images l’épuisement lié à la neurodiversité dans le contexte contemporain d’une connexion sensorielle et corporelle accrue à des espaces numériques nébuleux. Six projections adaptées au lieu mettent en relation le corps numérique fluide d’April avec l’environnement qui l’entoure. Sa forme réfractée devient malléable, se déformant sans cesse en réaction à la fois à la surface miroitante et à l’environnement physique. Pour April, l’ancien symbole grec de l’ouroboros, un serpent se mordant la queue dans un cycle infini d’autodestruction et de renouveau, reflète l’expérience cyclique de l’épuisement résultant 

Let Them Hear You

The Artists of Colour

Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026

Reception: Friday, Oct 16, 6-8 pm

As The Artists of Colour, we have established our mandate to celebrate, preserve and share perspectives of Black culture through the arts. This exhibition at Leamington Art Centre invites the viewer to discover the creative process of each artist.

As artists it is imperative that we tell our stories. The concepts in this body of work convey individual messages and thoughts relative to those stories. Our commission to share individual talents through personal experiences displaying visual art, literary art, and music is celebrated through this exhibition.

Stomping Grounds is a guest curated, cross-region and cross-selection exhibition of juried works. The exhibition’s focus is to bring together a broad and diverse collection and new scope of efficacious works to the Leamington Arts Centre.

Eligiblity:

• This exhibition is open to all visual artists located in Ontario.
• All media is accepted.
• A maximum of 3 submissions (a diptych series up to 5, are one work/submission)
• Original works only. Reproductions not accepted for this exhibition.
• All work must be originals and not copies, derivatives or artworks based in any way on other copyrighted or published artistic works.
• All work must be entirely executed by the applicant.

Juror/Guest Curator

This is a guest-curated exhibition. Only those works selected by the curator/juror will be displayed in the exhibit.

About the Guest Curator: Jaclyn Meloche

How to Submit

Complete this Submission Form. If accepted, deliver the artwork to the LAC before the installation deadline. Incomplete or late submissions will NOT be considered.

Submissions MUST include:

• Artist Statement (PDF or doc(x))
• Curriculum Vitae (PDF or doc(x))
• Artwork (labeled and wired on back)

Submission Fee: 

$35/submission (up to 3 works)

Artist Compensation Fee: 

Selected artists will be compensated according to the 2026 CARFAC standard fee schedule.

Schedule:

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 4, end of day.

Artwork Drop-off: Wednesday October 7, by 5pm.

Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, October 9, afternoon.

Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-8pm

Exhibition Closes to the Public: Thursday, January 7 end of day

Artwork Pick Up: Friday, January 8 to Saturday January 23

NO PICK UP BEFORE JANUARY 8. ALL ARTWORK MUST BE PICKED UP ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 23.

SUBMISSION FORM

We look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 16th at 5:30pm for the Ouroboros: Artist Talk at the Leamington Arts Centre.

Tiffany April’s paintings and digital-based installations focus on mutually affective relationships between human and more-than-human beings – both digital and (I’m)material – to question categorizations of “Otherness”; an exploration rooted in her queer and neurodiverse experience. Join April at her Artist Talk to learn more about “Ouroboros” and her artistic process.

Please let us know you are interested in this event.

Click here to register. 

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Nous avons hâte de vous retrouver le vendredi 16 octobre à 17 h 30 pour la rencontre avec l’artiste autour de l’œuvre *Ouroboros* au Leamington Arts Centre.

Les peintures et les installations numériques de Tiffany April s’intéressent aux relations réciproques entre les êtres humains et les êtres « plus qu’humains » – qu’ils soient numériques ou (im)matériels – afin de remettre en question les catégorisations de « l’altérité » ; une exploration ancrée dans son expérience queer et neurodiverse. Rejoignez April lors de sa Artist Talk pour en savoir plus sur “Ouroboros” et son processus artistique.

Veuillez nous faire savoir si cet événement vous intéresse.

Cliquez ici pour vous inscrire.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 16th at 6:00pm for the Let Them Hear You: Artist Talk at the Leamington Arts Centre.

The Artists of Colour established their mandate to celebrate, preserve and share perspectives of Black culture through the arts. Join them in discussing the ways that “Let Them Hear You” brings together the voices of individual Black artists and empowers them as a collective.

Please let us know you are interested in this event.

Click here to register. 

Join us from 5:30-8:00 pm on Friday, October 16th for another great Evening at the LAC! 

Ouroboros 

Tiffany April

Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026

Reception: Oct 16, 2026 6-8pm / Artist Talk : Oct 16, 2026 5:30-6pm

Tiffany April’s paintings and digital-based installations focus on mutually affective relationships between human and more-than-human beings – both digital and (im)material – to question categorizations of “Otherness”; an exploration rooted in her queer and neurodiverse experience.

“Ouroboros” visualizes neurodiverse burnout within the contemporary experience of heightened sensory and bodily connection to nebular digital spaces. Six site-responsive projections engage April’s fluid digital-body with the surrounding environment. Her refracted form becomes malleable, de-forming continuously in response to both the mirror surface and the physical surroundings. For April, the ancient Greek symbol of the ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail in an infinite cycle of self-destruction and renewal, reflects the cyclical experience of exhaustion from the chameleon-like behaviour of masking; an endless reforming of the ‘self’ in order to conform to social norms.

Les peintures et les installations numériques de Tiffany April s’intéressent aux relations réciproques entre les êtres humains et les êtres « plus qu’humains » – qu’ils soient numériques ou (im)matériels – afin de remettre en question les catégorisations de « l’altérité » ; une exploration ancrée dans son expérience queer et neurodiverse.

“Ouroboros” met en images l’épuisement lié à la neurodiversité dans le contexte contemporain d’une connexion sensorielle et corporelle accrue à des espaces numériques nébuleux. Six projections adaptées au lieu mettent en relation le corps numérique fluide d’April avec l’environnement qui l’entoure. Sa forme réfractée devient malléable, se déformant sans cesse en réaction à la fois à la surface miroitante et à l’environnement physique. Pour April, l’ancien symbole grec de l’ouroboros, un serpent se mordant la queue dans un cycle infini d’autodestruction et de renouveau, reflète l’expérience cyclique de l’épuisement résultant 

Let Them Hear You

The Artists of Colour

Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026

Reception: Friday, Oct 16, 6-8 pm

As The Artists of Colour, we have established our mandate to celebrate, preserve and share perspectives of Black culture through the arts. This exhibition at Leamington Art Centre invites the viewer to discover the creative process of each artist.

As artists it is imperative that we tell our stories. The concepts in this body of work convey individual messages and thoughts relative to those stories. Our commission to share individual talents through personal experiences displaying visual art, literary art, and music is celebrated through this exhibition.

Stomping Grounds is a guest curated, cross-region and cross-selection exhibition of juried works. The exhibition’s focus is to bring together a broad and diverse collection and new scope of efficacious works to the Leamington Arts Centre.

Eligiblity:

• This exhibition is open to all visual artists located in Ontario.
• All media is accepted.
• A maximum of 3 submissions (a diptych series up to 5, are one work/submission)
• Original works only. Reproductions not accepted for this exhibition.
• All work must be originals and not copies, derivatives or artworks based in any way on other copyrighted or published artistic works.
• All work must be entirely executed by the applicant.

Juror/Guest Curator

This is a guest-curated exhibition. Only those works selected by the curator/juror will be displayed in the exhibit.

About the Guest Curator: Jaclyn Meloche

How to Submit

Complete this Submission Form. If accepted, deliver the artwork to the LAC before the installation deadline. Incomplete or late submissions will NOT be considered.

Submissions MUST include:

• Artist Statement (PDF or doc(x))
• Curriculum Vitae (PDF or doc(x))
• Artwork (labeled and wired on back)

Submission Fee: 

$35/submission (up to 3 works)

Artist Compensation Fee: 

Selected artists will be compensated according to the 2026 CARFAC standard fee schedule.

Schedule:

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 4, end of day.

Artwork Drop-off: Wednesday October 7, by 5pm.

Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, October 9, afternoon.

Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-8pm

Exhibition Closes to the Public: Thursday, January 7 end of day

Artwork Pick Up: Friday, January 8 to Saturday January 23

NO PICK UP BEFORE JANUARY 8. ALL ARTWORK MUST BE PICKED UP ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 23.

SUBMISSION FORM

Ouroboros 

Tiffany April

Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026

Reception: Oct 16, 2026 6-8pm / Artist Talk : Oct 16, 2026 5:30-6pm

Tiffany April’s paintings and digital-based installations focus on mutually affective relationships between human and more-than-human beings – both digital and (im)material – to question categorizations of “Otherness”; an exploration rooted in her queer and neurodiverse experience.

“Ouroboros” visualizes neurodiverse burnout within the contemporary experience of heightened sensory and bodily connection to nebular digital spaces. Six site-responsive projections engage April’s fluid digital-body with the surrounding environment. Her refracted form becomes malleable, de-forming continuously in response to both the mirror surface and the physical surroundings. For April, the ancient Greek symbol of the ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail in an infinite cycle of self-destruction and renewal, reflects the cyclical experience of exhaustion from the chameleon-like behaviour of masking; an endless reforming of the ‘self’ in order to conform to social norms.

Les peintures et les installations numériques de Tiffany April s’intéressent aux relations réciproques entre les êtres humains et les êtres « plus qu’humains » – qu’ils soient numériques ou (im)matériels – afin de remettre en question les catégorisations de « l’altérité » ; une exploration ancrée dans son expérience queer et neurodiverse.

“Ouroboros” met en images l’épuisement lié à la neurodiversité dans le contexte contemporain d’une connexion sensorielle et corporelle accrue à des espaces numériques nébuleux. Six projections adaptées au lieu mettent en relation le corps numérique fluide d’April avec l’environnement qui l’entoure. Sa forme réfractée devient malléable, se déformant sans cesse en réaction à la fois à la surface miroitante et à l’environnement physique. Pour April, l’ancien symbole grec de l’ouroboros, un serpent se mordant la queue dans un cycle infini d’autodestruction et de renouveau, reflète l’expérience cyclique de l’épuisement résultant 

Let Them Hear You

The Artists of Colour

Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026

Reception: Friday, Oct 16, 6-8 pm

As The Artists of Colour, we have established our mandate to celebrate, preserve and share perspectives of Black culture through the arts. This exhibition at Leamington Art Centre invites the viewer to discover the creative process of each artist.

As artists it is imperative that we tell our stories. The concepts in this body of work convey individual messages and thoughts relative to those stories. Our commission to share individual talents through personal experiences displaying visual art, literary art, and music is celebrated through this exhibition.

Stomping Grounds is a guest curated, cross-region and cross-selection exhibition of juried works. The exhibition’s focus is to bring together a broad and diverse collection and new scope of efficacious works to the Leamington Arts Centre.

Eligiblity:

• This exhibition is open to all visual artists located in Ontario.
• All media is accepted.
• A maximum of 3 submissions (a diptych series up to 5, are one work/submission)
• Original works only. Reproductions not accepted for this exhibition.
• All work must be originals and not copies, derivatives or artworks based in any way on other copyrighted or published artistic works.
• All work must be entirely executed by the applicant.

Juror/Guest Curator

This is a guest-curated exhibition. Only those works selected by the curator/juror will be displayed in the exhibit.

About the Guest Curator: Jaclyn Meloche

How to Submit

Complete this Submission Form. If accepted, deliver the artwork to the LAC before the installation deadline. Incomplete or late submissions will NOT be considered.

Submissions MUST include:

• Artist Statement (PDF or doc(x))
• Curriculum Vitae (PDF or doc(x))
• Artwork (labeled and wired on back)

Submission Fee: 

$35/submission (up to 3 works)

Artist Compensation Fee: 

Selected artists will be compensated according to the 2026 CARFAC standard fee schedule.

Schedule:

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 4, end of day.

Artwork Drop-off: Wednesday October 7, by 5pm.

Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, October 9, afternoon.

Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-8pm

Exhibition Closes to the Public: Thursday, January 7 end of day

Artwork Pick Up: Friday, January 8 to Saturday January 23

NO PICK UP BEFORE JANUARY 8. ALL ARTWORK MUST BE PICKED UP ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 23.

SUBMISSION FORM

Stomping Grounds is a guest curated, cross-region and cross-selection exhibition of juried works. The exhibition’s focus is to bring together a broad and diverse collection and new scope of efficacious works to the Leamington Arts Centre.

Eligiblity:

• This exhibition is open to all visual artists located in Ontario.
• All media is accepted.
• A maximum of 3 submissions (a diptych series up to 5, are one work/submission)
• Original works only. Reproductions not accepted for this exhibition.
• All work must be originals and not copies, derivatives or artworks based in any way on other copyrighted or published artistic works.
• All work must be entirely executed by the applicant.

Juror/Guest Curator

This is a guest-curated exhibition. Only those works selected by the curator/juror will be displayed in the exhibit.

About the Guest Curator: Jaclyn Meloche

How to Submit

Complete this Submission Form. If accepted, deliver the artwork to the LAC before the installation deadline. Incomplete or late submissions will NOT be considered.

Submissions MUST include:

• Artist Statement (PDF or doc(x))
• Curriculum Vitae (PDF or doc(x))
• Artwork (labeled and wired on back)

Submission Fee: 

$35/submission (up to 3 works)

Artist Compensation Fee: 

Selected artists will be compensated according to the 2026 CARFAC standard fee schedule.

Schedule:

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 4, end of day.

Artwork Drop-off: Wednesday October 7, by 5pm.

Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, October 9, afternoon.

Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-8pm

Exhibition Closes to the Public: Thursday, January 7 end of day

Artwork Pick Up: Friday, January 8 to Saturday January 23

NO PICK UP BEFORE JANUARY 8. ALL ARTWORK MUST BE PICKED UP ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 23.

SUBMISSION FORM