events 2025
Events + Community Programs
The LAC is an award winning organization known for its wide range of activities, and emphasis on community and local programming alongside ancillary events.
The Mill St Markets and Arts @ the Marina are a couple of our more distinguished events, however the LAC also host monthly receptions, private venue rentals and more.
Questions?
coordinator@leamingtonartscentre.com
How to Participate:
Find an event below, click, register and complete the payment.

February
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8×10 Amateur Photography Contest 2025 Eligibility & Terms This exhibition was open to ALL (adults and children) amateur photographers. Categories/Themes: 1. Vacation Places 2. People + Pets 3. Artistic + Abstract *The LAC/SEAA defines an amateur photographer
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8×10 Amateur Photography Contest 2025
Eligibility & Terms
This exhibition was open to ALL (adults and children) amateur photographers.
Categories/Themes:
1. Vacation Places
2. People + Pets
3. Artistic + Abstract
*The LAC/SEAA defines an amateur photographer as anyone who photographs as a hobby and does not earn from their photography on a regular basis or who has not had substantial training/experience in photography that would give them an unfair advantage over other amateur photographers.
Awards & Prizes
Over $700 of Photography Prizes to be won! Awards in EACH of the 3 categories:
1st Place – 18” x 24” Print ($95 Value)
2nd Place – 16” x 20” Print ($79 Value)
3rd Place – 10” x 14” Print ($57 Value)
*choice of canvas or dry mount to form core printed by SPEEDPRINT
People’s Choice – LAC Gift Card ($50 Value)
* can be used in the art supply shop, visitor admission, for future exhibition and event submissions, classes & more (visitor votes tallied at the end of exhibit, one vote per person)












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January 3, 2025 11:00 am – February 27, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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Breathing Spaces unites the compelling works of Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch in a two-person exhibition exploring themes of stillness, movement, memory, and transformation. Through distinct yet complementary
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Breathing Spaces unites the compelling works of Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch in a two-person exhibition exploring themes of stillness, movement, memory, and transformation. Through distinct yet complementary practices, the artists invite audiences to reflect on the interplay between presence and impermanence, identity and resilience.
Schindler’s Permission to be still focuses on mindfulness and connection to place. Inspired by landscapes in Nova Scotia, France, and Ireland, her richly textured drawings use oil pastels to capture layered impressions of time and environment. These works encourage viewers to pause and discover beauty in often overlooked details, reflecting an intimate engagement with the natural world and the fleeting moments of everyday life.
Lynch’s Of breath and water features fragmented self-portraits set against elements like rain, snow, and stormy seas, reflecting emotional states of vulnerability and strength. Using cyanotype and silver-based photographic processes, Lynch combines digital and physical techniques to create layered, collaged compositions that explore the fluid nature of perception and identity. His works challenge assumptions about sight and invite contemplation on the complexities of being.
Together, Breathing Spaces offers a thoughtful meditation on the shared human experience of navigating stillness and motion, calm and chaos. This exhibition invites audiences to reflect on their own connections to memory, place, and resilience, offering a space for introspection and discovery.
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January 3, 2025 11:00 am – March 27, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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My name is Krishna Adhikari. My artistic journey unfolds in the vibrant realm of imagination, where acrylics on canvas become a medium for unrestrained expression. Liberating myself from
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My name is Krishna Adhikari. My artistic journey unfolds in the vibrant realm of imagination, where acrylics on canvas become a medium for unrestrained expression. Liberating myself from the constraints of realism, I delve into the boundless landscapes of creativity, weaving abstract elements into the tapestry of my vision. Through the fusion of form and color, I invite viewers to join me on a visual odyssey, where the conventional dissolves, and the extraordinary emerges. My work is a celebration of the limitless possibilities that arise when imagination takes precedence, transcending the boundaries of traditional representation. As an artist, I have always been drawn to the infinite possibilities that exist beyond the realms of reality. Each piece is a journey, an odyssey into the unknown, where the brushstrokes are guided by intuition, and the colors are chosen to evoke emotional response.
January 31 – February 27
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January 31, 2025 11:00 am – February 27, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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The SEAA/LAC’s collection is of great pride amongst its staff, members, and constituents. We take seriously our mission to enrich culture through the collection and preservation of art. Since
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The SEAA/LAC’s collection is of great pride amongst its staff, members, and constituents. We take seriously our mission to enrich culture through the collection and preservation of art. Since its founding in 1971, the SEAA/LAC has acquired hundreds of works of art, collecting in the areas of Canadian and international historical and contemporary art.
The collection has been built both through donated gifts and considered purchases. Approximately 90% of Gallery acquisitions come from private donors—often dedicated collectors looking for a permanent home for their works where they will be appreciated, cared for, and put on display for others to enjoy. It is because of the generosity of these donors that the SEAA/LAC enjoys the position it holds as a collecting institution.
This exhibit features select works acquired throughout the years with a focus on contemporary works.
January 31 to February 27
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January 31, 2025 11:00 am – February 27, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
28feb(feb 28)11:00 am24apr(apr 24)5:00 pmThe BIG Show11:00 am – (April 24) 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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The BIG Show is a display that aims to celebrate larger-than-life works. This show is an opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork between 36″ and 72″ in size
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The BIG Show is a display that aims to celebrate larger-than-life works. This show is an opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork between 36″ and 72″ in size in any 2D media.
February 28 – April 24
Reception: Friday, March 21, 6- 8pm
Time
February 28, 2025 11:00 am – April 24, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The 2025 members exhibition celebrates the strength, vitality, creativity, and wealth of talent found within the Leamington Arts Centre (LAC)/South Essex Arts Association (SEAA). Each year, the diverse and outstanding
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The 2025 members exhibition celebrates the strength, vitality, creativity, and wealth of talent found within the Leamington Arts Centre (LAC)/South Essex Arts Association (SEAA). Each year, the diverse and outstanding works by our members creates an exciting and engaging exhibition whereby artists are able to showcase, share and sell their work. The exhibition creates a platform for artists to network with peers to develop their skills and experiences.
This exhibition is open to all emerging, midcareer and established visual artists. All mediums accepted in 2D and 3D (watercolour, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile, mixed media, etc.)
Friday, February 28 – Thursday, April 24
Reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8 pm
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February 28, 2025 11:00 am – April 24, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
March
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Breathing Spaces unites the compelling works of Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch in a two-person exhibition exploring themes of stillness, movement, memory, and transformation. Through distinct yet complementary
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Breathing Spaces unites the compelling works of Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch in a two-person exhibition exploring themes of stillness, movement, memory, and transformation. Through distinct yet complementary practices, the artists invite audiences to reflect on the interplay between presence and impermanence, identity and resilience.
Schindler’s Permission to be still focuses on mindfulness and connection to place. Inspired by landscapes in Nova Scotia, France, and Ireland, her richly textured drawings use oil pastels to capture layered impressions of time and environment. These works encourage viewers to pause and discover beauty in often overlooked details, reflecting an intimate engagement with the natural world and the fleeting moments of everyday life.
Lynch’s Of breath and water features fragmented self-portraits set against elements like rain, snow, and stormy seas, reflecting emotional states of vulnerability and strength. Using cyanotype and silver-based photographic processes, Lynch combines digital and physical techniques to create layered, collaged compositions that explore the fluid nature of perception and identity. His works challenge assumptions about sight and invite contemplation on the complexities of being.
Together, Breathing Spaces offers a thoughtful meditation on the shared human experience of navigating stillness and motion, calm and chaos. This exhibition invites audiences to reflect on their own connections to memory, place, and resilience, offering a space for introspection and discovery.
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January 3, 2025 11:00 am – March 27, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
28feb(feb 28)11:00 am24apr(apr 24)5:00 pmThe BIG Show11:00 am – (April 24) 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The BIG Show is a display that aims to celebrate larger-than-life works. This show is an opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork between 36″ and 72″ in size
Event Details
The BIG Show is a display that aims to celebrate larger-than-life works. This show is an opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork between 36″ and 72″ in size in any 2D media.
February 28 – April 24
Reception: Friday, March 21, 6- 8pm
Time
February 28, 2025 11:00 am – April 24, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The 2025 members exhibition celebrates the strength, vitality, creativity, and wealth of talent found within the Leamington Arts Centre (LAC)/South Essex Arts Association (SEAA). Each year, the diverse and outstanding
Event Details
The 2025 members exhibition celebrates the strength, vitality, creativity, and wealth of talent found within the Leamington Arts Centre (LAC)/South Essex Arts Association (SEAA). Each year, the diverse and outstanding works by our members creates an exciting and engaging exhibition whereby artists are able to showcase, share and sell their work. The exhibition creates a platform for artists to network with peers to develop their skills and experiences.
This exhibition is open to all emerging, midcareer and established visual artists. All mediums accepted in 2D and 3D (watercolour, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile, mixed media, etc.)
Friday, February 28 – Thursday, April 24
Reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8 pm
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February 28, 2025 11:00 am – April 24, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
08mar1:00 pm1:00 pmBreathing Spaces Artist Talk1:00 pm – 1:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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Join Colleen Schindler and Graham Lynch at 1pm on March 8 for an artist talk on their exhibition Breathing Spaces. Invite your friends to come and enjoy free admission, coffee, tea
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Join Colleen Schindler and Graham Lynch at 1pm on March 8 for an artist talk on their exhibition Breathing Spaces.
Invite your friends to come and enjoy free admission, coffee, tea and great conversation!
Breathing Spaces unites the compelling works of Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch in a two-person exhibition exploring themes of stillness, movement, memory, and transformation. Through distinct yet complementary practices, the artists invite audiences to reflect on the interplay between presence and impermanence, identity and resilience.
Please let us know you are interested in this event, register at the link below:
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March 8, 2025 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
April
28feb(feb 28)11:00 am24apr(apr 24)5:00 pmThe BIG Show11:00 am – (April 24) 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The BIG Show is a display that aims to celebrate larger-than-life works. This show is an opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork between 36″ and 72″ in size
Event Details
The BIG Show is a display that aims to celebrate larger-than-life works. This show is an opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork between 36″ and 72″ in size in any 2D media.
February 28 – April 24
Reception: Friday, March 21, 6- 8pm
Time
February 28, 2025 11:00 am – April 24, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The 2025 members exhibition celebrates the strength, vitality, creativity, and wealth of talent found within the Leamington Arts Centre (LAC)/South Essex Arts Association (SEAA). Each year, the diverse and outstanding
Event Details
The 2025 members exhibition celebrates the strength, vitality, creativity, and wealth of talent found within the Leamington Arts Centre (LAC)/South Essex Arts Association (SEAA). Each year, the diverse and outstanding works by our members creates an exciting and engaging exhibition whereby artists are able to showcase, share and sell their work. The exhibition creates a platform for artists to network with peers to develop their skills and experiences.
This exhibition is open to all emerging, midcareer and established visual artists. All mediums accepted in 2D and 3D (watercolour, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile, mixed media, etc.)
Friday, February 28 – Thursday, April 24
Reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8 pm
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February 28, 2025 11:00 am – April 24, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Leamington and the Kiwanis Club, the Leamington Arts Centre presents the 27th annual Juried Student Art Show. Eligibility: This exhibition is open to all grade
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Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Leamington and the Kiwanis Club, the Leamington Arts Centre presents the 27th annual Juried Student Art Show.
Eligibility: This exhibition is open to all grade 11 and 12 Essex County secondary students only (grades 9 and 10 students not eligible) in the following categories:
1. Painting (Acrylic, Oil, Watercolour, etc.)
2. Drawing (Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, etc.)
3. Sculpture/3D (Clay, Found Objects, etc.)
4. Photography (Analogue, Digital)
5. Mixed Media (Assemblage, Collage, Textiles, etc.)
6. Video/Filmmaking (Animation, Experimental, etc.)
7. New Media Art (Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, etc.).
Schedule
Entry Deadline: Thursday, April 24, 5pm (SHARP! NO EXCEPTIONS!)
Exhibition Opens: Friday, April 25
Awards Presentation & Reception: Friday, May 16, 6pm
Exhibition Closes: Thursday, May 22
Artwork Pick Up: Saturday, May 24 – Saturday, June 7
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April 25, 2025 11:00 am – May 22, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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The Spring Studio Clear Out Show is here again! Artists, this is your chance to clear out that packed studio to make room for new work! Do you have old
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The Spring Studio Clear Out Show is here again! Artists, this is your chance to clear out that packed studio to make room for new work! Do you have old artwork that has been sitting for years, work that your are tired of shuffling around to make space in your studio? The spring studio clear out exhibit has low submission fees so you can enter a lot work and get back that studio space you need!
April 25 – June 19
Reception: Friday, May 16, 6-8pm
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April 25, 2025 11:00 am – June 19, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
May
Event Details
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Leamington and the Kiwanis Club, the Leamington Arts Centre presents the 27th annual Juried Student Art Show. Eligibility: This exhibition is open to all grade
Event Details
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Leamington and the Kiwanis Club, the Leamington Arts Centre presents the 27th annual Juried Student Art Show.
Eligibility: This exhibition is open to all grade 11 and 12 Essex County secondary students only (grades 9 and 10 students not eligible) in the following categories:
1. Painting (Acrylic, Oil, Watercolour, etc.)
2. Drawing (Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, etc.)
3. Sculpture/3D (Clay, Found Objects, etc.)
4. Photography (Analogue, Digital)
5. Mixed Media (Assemblage, Collage, Textiles, etc.)
6. Video/Filmmaking (Animation, Experimental, etc.)
7. New Media Art (Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, etc.).
Schedule
Entry Deadline: Thursday, April 24, 5pm (SHARP! NO EXCEPTIONS!)
Exhibition Opens: Friday, April 25
Awards Presentation & Reception: Friday, May 16, 6pm
Exhibition Closes: Thursday, May 22
Artwork Pick Up: Saturday, May 24 – Saturday, June 7
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April 25, 2025 11:00 am – May 22, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The Spring Studio Clear Out Show is here again! Artists, this is your chance to clear out that packed studio to make room for new work! Do you have old
Event Details
The Spring Studio Clear Out Show is here again! Artists, this is your chance to clear out that packed studio to make room for new work! Do you have old artwork that has been sitting for years, work that your are tired of shuffling around to make space in your studio? The spring studio clear out exhibit has low submission fees so you can enter a lot work and get back that studio space you need!
April 25 – June 19
Reception: Friday, May 16, 6-8pm
Time
April 25, 2025 11:00 am – June 19, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
June
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The Spring Studio Clear Out Show is here again! Artists, this is your chance to clear out that packed studio to make room for new work! Do you have old
Event Details
The Spring Studio Clear Out Show is here again! Artists, this is your chance to clear out that packed studio to make room for new work! Do you have old artwork that has been sitting for years, work that your are tired of shuffling around to make space in your studio? The spring studio clear out exhibit has low submission fees so you can enter a lot work and get back that studio space you need!
April 25 – June 19
Reception: Friday, May 16, 6-8pm
Time
April 25, 2025 11:00 am – June 19, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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The Henry Family travelled the world collecting art and artefacts from all around the globe, with some pieces from even as far as East Asia. The collection includes
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The Henry Family travelled the world collecting art and artefacts from all around the globe, with some pieces from even as far as East Asia. The collection includes Canadian and American oil paintings, Chinese porcelain figurines, as well as jade and silver sculptures, reliefs and much more.
This prominent collection was gifted to the Municipality of Leamington and is currently in care and possession of the Leamington Arts Centre/ South Essex Arts Association.
Select works form the collection are regularly brought into the gallery space for public viewing. Works selected for this exhibit include paintings in the medium of oil, acrylic and watercolour, with several of them by well-known Canadian and American painters.
June 20 – July 17
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June 20, 2025 11:00 am – July 17, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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MIXED is an exhibition that seeks to explore the creative expression of mixed media art and the use of non-traditional media. Mixed media is a term used
Event Details
MIXED is an exhibition that seeks to explore the creative expression of mixed media art and the use of non-traditional media.
Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials.
June 20 – August 14
Reception: Friday, July 18, 6-8pm
Time
June 20, 2025 11:00 am – August 14, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The WFCU Credit Union 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
Event Details
The WFCU Credit Union 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.
The exhibition’s focus is to showcase the beauty within the Leamington and Point Pelee district, and celebrate the joy and impressionism in full view when painting in the open air .
This exhibition is open to all amateur, emerging, mid-career and established visual artists.
ONLY paintings completed in the manner of “En Plein Air” will be accepted (painted outdoors on location, in the moment – no portion of the painting is to be completed from a photograph or in studio).
All paintings MUST be completed within the municipal limits of Leamington, Point Pelee, and may include Caldwell First Nations territory within Leamington.
Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, June 20, afternoon
Reception: Friday, July 18, 6-8pm
Exhibition Closes: Thursday, August 14
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June 20, 2025 12:00 pm – August 14, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s
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Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s work is distinct in form, both bodies of work explore the uncertain nature of the future from personal and global perspectives.
Luth’s series, I Don’t Know These People, appropriates decontextualized images of everyday life from her collection of found photographs to examine the relationship between physical photographs, memory, and nostalgia. Using collaboration with generative AI, analogue darkroom processes, and sculptural interventions, Luth merges digital and physical techniques to create new and altered versions of the past. Her works challenge the role of personal photographic archives in daily life and invite reflection on their function once their intended context and audience no longer exists.
Chinnia’s Life Support Systems is an ongoing series that engages with the human species ecological power, and whether we can leverage it to be more responsible to our co-inhabitors on this planet. Using a variety of sculptural languages from the heavy industrial to organic bioart, his installations interrogate humanity’s ecological role. His work seeks to provoke change from highly destructive modes of extraction, into reciprocal modes of growth.
Where Do We Go From Here? materializes each artists’ anxieties about the future into the present. Both Luth and Chinnia utilize found objects to probe questions regarding the sustainability of our relationship with the natural world, what it means to be remembered, and what happens when we forget or are forgotten.
June 20 – September 11
Reception: Fri. July 18, 6-8pm
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June 20, 2025 11:00 pm – September 11, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
July
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The Henry Family travelled the world collecting art and artefacts from all around the globe, with some pieces from even as far as East Asia. The collection includes
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The Henry Family travelled the world collecting art and artefacts from all around the globe, with some pieces from even as far as East Asia. The collection includes Canadian and American oil paintings, Chinese porcelain figurines, as well as jade and silver sculptures, reliefs and much more.
This prominent collection was gifted to the Municipality of Leamington and is currently in care and possession of the Leamington Arts Centre/ South Essex Arts Association.
Select works form the collection are regularly brought into the gallery space for public viewing. Works selected for this exhibit include paintings in the medium of oil, acrylic and watercolour, with several of them by well-known Canadian and American painters.
June 20 – July 17
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June 20, 2025 11:00 am – July 17, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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MIXED is an exhibition that seeks to explore the creative expression of mixed media art and the use of non-traditional media. Mixed media is a term used
Event Details
MIXED is an exhibition that seeks to explore the creative expression of mixed media art and the use of non-traditional media.
Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials.
June 20 – August 14
Reception: Friday, July 18, 6-8pm
Time
June 20, 2025 11:00 am – August 14, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The WFCU Credit Union 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
Event Details
The WFCU Credit Union 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.
The exhibition’s focus is to showcase the beauty within the Leamington and Point Pelee district, and celebrate the joy and impressionism in full view when painting in the open air .
This exhibition is open to all amateur, emerging, mid-career and established visual artists.
ONLY paintings completed in the manner of “En Plein Air” will be accepted (painted outdoors on location, in the moment – no portion of the painting is to be completed from a photograph or in studio).
All paintings MUST be completed within the municipal limits of Leamington, Point Pelee, and may include Caldwell First Nations territory within Leamington.
Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, June 20, afternoon
Reception: Friday, July 18, 6-8pm
Exhibition Closes: Thursday, August 14
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June 20, 2025 12:00 pm – August 14, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s
Event Details
Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s work is distinct in form, both bodies of work explore the uncertain nature of the future from personal and global perspectives.
Luth’s series, I Don’t Know These People, appropriates decontextualized images of everyday life from her collection of found photographs to examine the relationship between physical photographs, memory, and nostalgia. Using collaboration with generative AI, analogue darkroom processes, and sculptural interventions, Luth merges digital and physical techniques to create new and altered versions of the past. Her works challenge the role of personal photographic archives in daily life and invite reflection on their function once their intended context and audience no longer exists.
Chinnia’s Life Support Systems is an ongoing series that engages with the human species ecological power, and whether we can leverage it to be more responsible to our co-inhabitors on this planet. Using a variety of sculptural languages from the heavy industrial to organic bioart, his installations interrogate humanity’s ecological role. His work seeks to provoke change from highly destructive modes of extraction, into reciprocal modes of growth.
Where Do We Go From Here? materializes each artists’ anxieties about the future into the present. Both Luth and Chinnia utilize found objects to probe questions regarding the sustainability of our relationship with the natural world, what it means to be remembered, and what happens when we forget or are forgotten.
June 20 – September 11
Reception: Fri. July 18, 6-8pm
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June 20, 2025 11:00 pm – September 11, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
25jul5:00 pm5:00 pmArts @ the Marina 2025 – Entry Deadline5:00 pm – 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
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Join us for the 31st annual ARTS @ THE MARINA outdoor arts and crafts show. Saturday July 26, 10am-6pm & Sunday July 27, 10am-4pm at the scenic Leamington Marina/Rick Atkin Park. All
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Join us for the 31st annual ARTS @ THE MARINA outdoor arts and crafts show.
Saturday July 26, 10am-6pm & Sunday July 27, 10am-4pm at the scenic Leamington Marina/Rick Atkin Park.
All forms of arts and crafts, food and beverage vendors are welcome.
ARTS @ THE MARINA is one of the regions oldest and most widely acclaimed fine arts & crafts shows which attracts approximately 6000+ visitors each year featuring roughly 80+ arts and crafts artisans and food vendors with live performances by local musicians and a children’s art activities area.
Each year Arts @ the Marina continues to gain recognition and attention. Over the years it has become a highly anticipate event for residents and has become a significant tourist attraction for the region.
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July 25, 2025 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
26jul(jul 26)10:00 am27(jul 27)4:00 pmArts @ the Marina 202510:00 am – 4:00 pm (27)(GMT+00:00)
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Sat July 26, 10am – 6pm + Sun July 27, 10am – 4pm Leamington Municipal Marina/Rick Atkin Park, 100 Robson Rd. Celebrate the arts with us! The Leamington Arts Centre proudly presents the 31st
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Sat July 26, 10am – 6pm + Sun July 27, 10am – 4pm
Leamington Municipal Marina/Rick Atkin Park, 100 Robson Rd.
Celebrate the arts with us!
The Leamington Arts Centre proudly presents the 31st annual Arts @ the Marina outdoor arts and crafts show.
This two-day event held at the scenic lakeside Leamington Municipal Marina/Rick Atkin Park, features dozens of artisans on display, live local music, children’s activities, food and refreshments.
Admission
By Donation of your choice… $5, $10, $20 or more depending on your group size… Arts @ the Marina is a major fundraiser for the LAC as a not for profit charitable organization.
Questions?
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July 26, 2025 10:00 am – July 27, 2025 4:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
August
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MIXED is an exhibition that seeks to explore the creative expression of mixed media art and the use of non-traditional media. Mixed media is a term used
Event Details
MIXED is an exhibition that seeks to explore the creative expression of mixed media art and the use of non-traditional media.
Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials.
June 20 – August 14
Reception: Friday, July 18, 6-8pm
Time
June 20, 2025 11:00 am – August 14, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The WFCU Credit Union 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
Event Details
The WFCU Credit Union 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.
The exhibition’s focus is to showcase the beauty within the Leamington and Point Pelee district, and celebrate the joy and impressionism in full view when painting in the open air .
This exhibition is open to all amateur, emerging, mid-career and established visual artists.
ONLY paintings completed in the manner of “En Plein Air” will be accepted (painted outdoors on location, in the moment – no portion of the painting is to be completed from a photograph or in studio).
All paintings MUST be completed within the municipal limits of Leamington, Point Pelee, and may include Caldwell First Nations territory within Leamington.
Exhibition Opens to the Public: Friday, June 20, afternoon
Reception: Friday, July 18, 6-8pm
Exhibition Closes: Thursday, August 14
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Time
June 20, 2025 12:00 pm – August 14, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s
Event Details
Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s work is distinct in form, both bodies of work explore the uncertain nature of the future from personal and global perspectives.
Luth’s series, I Don’t Know These People, appropriates decontextualized images of everyday life from her collection of found photographs to examine the relationship between physical photographs, memory, and nostalgia. Using collaboration with generative AI, analogue darkroom processes, and sculptural interventions, Luth merges digital and physical techniques to create new and altered versions of the past. Her works challenge the role of personal photographic archives in daily life and invite reflection on their function once their intended context and audience no longer exists.
Chinnia’s Life Support Systems is an ongoing series that engages with the human species ecological power, and whether we can leverage it to be more responsible to our co-inhabitors on this planet. Using a variety of sculptural languages from the heavy industrial to organic bioart, his installations interrogate humanity’s ecological role. His work seeks to provoke change from highly destructive modes of extraction, into reciprocal modes of growth.
Where Do We Go From Here? materializes each artists’ anxieties about the future into the present. Both Luth and Chinnia utilize found objects to probe questions regarding the sustainability of our relationship with the natural world, what it means to be remembered, and what happens when we forget or are forgotten.
June 20 – September 11
Reception: Fri. July 18, 6-8pm
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Time
June 20, 2025 11:00 pm – September 11, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
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
Event Details
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.
This year’s curators/jurors are Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch.
Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch are multidisciplinary artists and educators whose practices explore themes of identity, memory, and shared experiences. Both are Associate Professors at Toronto Metropolitan University and hold Master of Fine Arts degrees. Their work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions internationally in Japan and the United States, and across Canada including the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, the Thames Art Gallery, Gallery Stratford, and the Leamington Arts Centre. With Colleen’s expertise in drawing, printmaking, photography, and textiles, and Grahame’s focus on image-making and installations that challenge perceptions of vision and space, they bring a thoughtful and dynamic approach to their artistic practices. As guest curators, they aim to engage audiences by fostering dialogue and encouraging broader connections.
August 15 – October 9
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
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Time
August 15, 2025 11:00 am – October 9, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The exhibit’s focus is to highlight and showcase those offbeat, avant-garde or radical works that make us push the limits of expressionism in contemporary art. August 15 – September 11 Reception: Saturday,
Event Details
The exhibit’s focus is to highlight and showcase those offbeat, avant-garde or radical works that make us push the limits of expressionism in contemporary art.
August 15 – September 11
Reception: Saturday, August 23, 1-3pm
Time
August 15, 2025 11:00 pm – September 11, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
September
Event Details
Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s
Event Details
Where Do We Go From Here? is an interdisciplinary exhibition comprised of artwork from recent University of Windsor MFA graduates Julie Luth and Garvin Chinnia. Though each artist’s work is distinct in form, both bodies of work explore the uncertain nature of the future from personal and global perspectives.
Luth’s series, I Don’t Know These People, appropriates decontextualized images of everyday life from her collection of found photographs to examine the relationship between physical photographs, memory, and nostalgia. Using collaboration with generative AI, analogue darkroom processes, and sculptural interventions, Luth merges digital and physical techniques to create new and altered versions of the past. Her works challenge the role of personal photographic archives in daily life and invite reflection on their function once their intended context and audience no longer exists.
Chinnia’s Life Support Systems is an ongoing series that engages with the human species ecological power, and whether we can leverage it to be more responsible to our co-inhabitors on this planet. Using a variety of sculptural languages from the heavy industrial to organic bioart, his installations interrogate humanity’s ecological role. His work seeks to provoke change from highly destructive modes of extraction, into reciprocal modes of growth.
Where Do We Go From Here? materializes each artists’ anxieties about the future into the present. Both Luth and Chinnia utilize found objects to probe questions regarding the sustainability of our relationship with the natural world, what it means to be remembered, and what happens when we forget or are forgotten.
June 20 – September 11
Reception: Fri. July 18, 6-8pm
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Time
June 20, 2025 11:00 pm – September 11, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
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
Event Details
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.
This year’s curators/jurors are Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch.
Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch are multidisciplinary artists and educators whose practices explore themes of identity, memory, and shared experiences. Both are Associate Professors at Toronto Metropolitan University and hold Master of Fine Arts degrees. Their work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions internationally in Japan and the United States, and across Canada including the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, the Thames Art Gallery, Gallery Stratford, and the Leamington Arts Centre. With Colleen’s expertise in drawing, printmaking, photography, and textiles, and Grahame’s focus on image-making and installations that challenge perceptions of vision and space, they bring a thoughtful and dynamic approach to their artistic practices. As guest curators, they aim to engage audiences by fostering dialogue and encouraging broader connections.
August 15 – October 9
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
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Time
August 15, 2025 11:00 am – October 9, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
The exhibit’s focus is to highlight and showcase those offbeat, avant-garde or radical works that make us push the limits of expressionism in contemporary art. August 15 – September 11 Reception: Saturday,
Event Details
The exhibit’s focus is to highlight and showcase those offbeat, avant-garde or radical works that make us push the limits of expressionism in contemporary art.
August 15 – September 11
Reception: Saturday, August 23, 1-3pm
Time
August 15, 2025 11:00 pm – September 11, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Our urban life, the environment and my connection to it is my inspiration. The machines we create and live in and constantly use, present intended and sometimes serendipitous design often ignored,
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Our urban life, the environment and my connection to it is my inspiration.
The machines we create and live in and constantly use, present intended and sometimes serendipitous design often ignored, yet beautiful.
The paradoxical relationship of infrastructure to nature is often parallel in that they augment each other as they destroy each other.
September 12 – December 4
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
Time
September 12, 2025 11:00 am – December 4, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Jeff Suchak is a contemplative fine art photographer who works in film and digital formats. His photography is informed by the Traditional Peoples and transcendental poets throughout history
Event Details
Jeff Suchak is a contemplative fine art photographer who works in film and digital formats. His photography is informed by the Traditional Peoples and transcendental poets throughout history who view the landscape as sacred, entrusted as stewards and caretakes, living in partnership with the land.
As we are now witnessing climate catastrophe and disruptions around the world as regular occurrences, the resulting societal impacts are becoming more apparent. We are now living it.
So how do we live in this new reality of catastrophe understanding it will continue to grow in frequency and devastation?
In the exhibition, “A Covenant of Reciprocity”, Jeff asks what is the nature of our relationship with the Natural World?
His selection of images often go unseen. Many are close and invite you in. Seeing the unseen. Will the experience evoke a sense of mystery, of wonder, of awe? Can the image contribute to one giving thought to their relationship with the natural world and possibly awakening into a new one?
The exhibition, “A Covenant of Reciprocity” asks us to ponder our relationship and to give consideration to entering into a new covenant with the Natural World.
September 12 – December 4
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
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Time
September 12, 2025 11:00 am – December 4, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
October
Event Details
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
Event Details
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.
This year’s curators/jurors are Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch.
Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch are multidisciplinary artists and educators whose practices explore themes of identity, memory, and shared experiences. Both are Associate Professors at Toronto Metropolitan University and hold Master of Fine Arts degrees. Their work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions internationally in Japan and the United States, and across Canada including the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, the Thames Art Gallery, Gallery Stratford, and the Leamington Arts Centre. With Colleen’s expertise in drawing, printmaking, photography, and textiles, and Grahame’s focus on image-making and installations that challenge perceptions of vision and space, they bring a thoughtful and dynamic approach to their artistic practices. As guest curators, they aim to engage audiences by fostering dialogue and encouraging broader connections.
August 15 – October 9
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
more
Time
August 15, 2025 11:00 am – October 9, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Our urban life, the environment and my connection to it is my inspiration. The machines we create and live in and constantly use, present intended and sometimes serendipitous design often ignored,
Event Details
Our urban life, the environment and my connection to it is my inspiration.
The machines we create and live in and constantly use, present intended and sometimes serendipitous design often ignored, yet beautiful.
The paradoxical relationship of infrastructure to nature is often parallel in that they augment each other as they destroy each other.
September 12 – December 4
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
Time
September 12, 2025 11:00 am – December 4, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Jeff Suchak is a contemplative fine art photographer who works in film and digital formats. His photography is informed by the Traditional Peoples and transcendental poets throughout history
Event Details
Jeff Suchak is a contemplative fine art photographer who works in film and digital formats. His photography is informed by the Traditional Peoples and transcendental poets throughout history who view the landscape as sacred, entrusted as stewards and caretakes, living in partnership with the land.
As we are now witnessing climate catastrophe and disruptions around the world as regular occurrences, the resulting societal impacts are becoming more apparent. We are now living it.
So how do we live in this new reality of catastrophe understanding it will continue to grow in frequency and devastation?
In the exhibition, “A Covenant of Reciprocity”, Jeff asks what is the nature of our relationship with the Natural World?
His selection of images often go unseen. Many are close and invite you in. Seeing the unseen. Will the experience evoke a sense of mystery, of wonder, of awe? Can the image contribute to one giving thought to their relationship with the natural world and possibly awakening into a new one?
The exhibition, “A Covenant of Reciprocity” asks us to ponder our relationship and to give consideration to entering into a new covenant with the Natural World.
September 12 – December 4
Reception: Friday, September 19, 6-8pm
more
Time
September 12, 2025 11:00 am – December 4, 2025 5:00 pm(GMT+00:00)