exhibitions + displays
Exhibitions + Displays
With 4 galleries spread across 2 floors along with the Market Place artist market the LAC presents changing calendar of diverse exhibitions.
Distinguished for offering a wide range of local programming, the LAC is committed to facilitating access and stimulating the appreciation and understanding for visual arts and relevant cultural topics.
Bright Spots
The Leamington Arts Centre, in support of the Windsor Endowment for the Arts, the uptown Leamington BIA, the Municipality of Leamington and Speedprint is proud to present “Bright Spots”, a public art project that creates “Bright Spots” in Leamington.
The vision is to bring artwork from within the gallery walls to the sidewalks and parks of Leamington for all to view, experience and take notice of more of our town’s “Bright Spots”.
Mural Mosaic
The Leamington Arts Centre (LAC) in partnership with the Mayor Youth Advisory Committee (MYAC) is proud to present the Mural Mosaic community Arts Project.
The finished Mural Mosaic consists of 272 individual tiles of unique images, each one painted by a community arts participant and based on the artists tiles from the original Tree of Life Mosaic.
All of the individually numbered tiles have been joined together to create one larger image, the Tree of Life.
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Let Them Hear You The Artists of Colour Sept 11 – Dec 3, 2026 Reception: Friday, Oct 16, 6-8 pm As The Artists of
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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.
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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
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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
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Oct 9 – Jan 7, 2026 Reception: Friday, Oct 16, 6-8 pm In June 2026, Parks Canada hosted six artists at Point Pelee National Park’s artist-in-residence program. Artists from all stages of their
Event Details
Oct 9 – Jan 7, 2026
Reception: Friday, Oct 16, 6-8 pm
In June 2026, Parks Canada hosted six artists at Point Pelee National Park’s artist-in-residence
program. Artists from all stages of their careers were invited to apply for this exciting five-day
residency program. The park offered the artists an opportunity to connect with nature and to
learn about its cultural and natural history. The artists stayed at Camp Henry in oTENTiks, Parks
Canada’s unique blend of tent and A-frame cabin, and created Point Pelee-inspired works of
art. This exhibit invites you to witness the natural beauty of the park through the artists’ individual
experiences.
This exhibit features artists Sarah Blumel, Amber Dalgeish, Laura Fedynszn, Bridget George, Milo
Egret LeFort and Alexandria Masse.
En juin 2026, Parcs Canada a accueilli six artistes au programme d’artistes en résidence du parc
national de la Pointe-Pelée. Des artistes à tous les stades de leurs carrières ont été invités à
présenter une demande d’admission à ce programme de résidence palpitant de cinq jours. Le
parc a offert aux artistes une occasion de se rapprocher de la nature et d’en apprendre sur son
histoire culturelle et naturelle. Les artistes ont séjourné au camp Henry dans des tentes oTENTik de
Parcs Canada, qui sont un mariage unique entre une tente et un chalet à structure en A, et ont
créé des oeuvres d’art inspirées de Pointe Pelée. Cette exposition vous invite à venir contempler
la beauté naturelle du parc à travers les expériences individuelles des artistes.
Cette exposition met en vedette les artistes Sarah Blumel, Amber Dalgeish, Laura Fedynszn,
Bridget George, Milo Egret LeFort and Alexandria Masse.
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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.
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.