Special Exhibit, Love’em Hate’em: Canadians and their Politicians
April 24 – August 29, 2010

A new showcase exhibition at the St. Catharines Museum gives a very different perspective of how the public views its elected political leaders. Love ‘em Hate ‘em: Canadians and their Politicians, a travelling exhibition produced by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, shows how public opinion is often shaped and expressed by the images of public personalities and by the styles of political…

Museum exhibition focuses on Niagara on the Lake’s Villages

Much of what we know about Niagara on the Lake pertains to the “Old Town”; that is, the township of Niagara on the Lake, with its own unique history, events and people, often gets forgotten. The village communities that make up the rural township have unique stories that have shaped their development and the people who live there. What makes each village distinct, what are the challenges they face and what does the future hold…

Local artists have been asked by the City of St. Catharines’ Public Art Advisory Committee to shoot high and go low with the City’s latest juried art exhibit, opening this month.

Opening Thursday, May 20 at 4 p.m., sports fans and art aficionados alike can see the results netted with the help of 11 local artists at the opening reception of Shoot High – Go Low: Arts & Sports in St. Catharines. The exhibit aims to celebrate and address the connections and disparities between art and sport…

Sir Isaac Brock was a person who, as far as we know, only sat to have his portrait painted twice during his lifetime. A small miniature was painted when he was about 16 years old. Later, while he was stationed in Canada, he sat for the itinerant artist, Gerritt Schipper sometime between 1807 and 1810, likely either in Montreal or Quebec City. The portrait became part of his personal effects which were shipped back to England after his death at Queenston in 1812. The portrait was owned by his…

Niagara Parks Commisson & Niagara Falls Grand Dinner Theatre present “The Altos, Like the Sopranos Only Lower”. An Interactive Murder Mystery Comedy Musical Spoof of the HBO hit series The Sopranos! Queen Victoria Place, on the Falls. 289 477 5255 or 866 845 7469.

Niagara Falls Grand Dinner Theatre now at 2 locations, Niagara Falls & Niagara-on-the- Lake! Presenting “The Altos, Like the Sopranos, only Lower” An interactive murder mystery comedy musical spoof of the HBO hit series “The…

Graeme Patterson | Grudge Match
Karilee Fuglem | steady streams, living rooms

GRAEME PATTERSON
Grudge Match
May 15 – September 5, 2010

Executed in Graeme Patterson’s signature style, Grudge Match imagines a freestyle wrestling match between the artist and his long-lost childhood friend, Yuki. Best friends at the age of 5, Patterson lost touch with Yuki once his friend returned to Japan four years later. Through sculptural installation and stop-motion animation, puppets of…

Delio Delgado – This ordinary mind is broken- July 2 – 28, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, July 2nd, 8 pm

The blueprints, found in the garbage of architectural firms at various sites in the Golden Horseshoe area, function as support for pigments and medium, and they provide the primed ground for a many-layered narrative. As discarded architectural plans, the blueprints bear the weight of their actual or potential consequences on the region that they describe, be it St. Catharines, the Town…

Olga Philip- Marks on Paper

a retrospective in nature that includes work from each decade of the artist’s career

July 3~30

Everyone is Welcome to attend and there is no admission

Also presenting new works in wood, raku and glass by our Niagara Artists!
JORDAN ART GALLERY
www.jordanartgallery.com

3845 Main Street, Jordan Village, ON, Canada, L0R 1S0
905~562~6680

SUMMER HOURS:

Sunday to Thursday 10-~5
Friday and Saturday 10~6

“Ah-Ha” Moments
Paintings by Cathy Peters

July 8 – August 4, 2010

Fort Erie Arts Council Gallery
Located in the Cover to Cover Bookstore
238 Ridge Road – Ridgeway 905-894-8373
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Website: www.cathypetersgallery.com

1 Year Retrospective
A Group Exhibit of Local Contemporary Artists in Celebration of the Gallery’s First Year Anniversary. Acrylic, Oil on Canvas, Twist Tie, Mixed Media, Photographic Prints and more: An exciting installation showcasing the works of 14 established and upcoming visual artists from Niagara.

One year after converting the medical offices of Dr. Santina Malaguti, the gallery is set to celebrate its first year of operation by inviting back all who have contributed to its sucess…