Shows in 2018 - 2019
October 31 – December 1: Alex Jack – “From Outside” Exhibition of Landscape Paintings
Opening Reception: Friday, November 2 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke in Memory of Paul David Cooke
December 5, 2018 – January 26, 2019: 36th Annual Invitational Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Boyer GMC Bancroft
Closed February
March 6 – March 30, 2019 Anne Renouf – mixed media
Opening reception Friday, March 8 at 7:30pm
April 3 - 27, 2019: Carolyn Jongeward – "Correspondences: Arts of the Loom and the Easel"; painting and tapestry
Opening reception Friday, April 5 at 7:30pm
May 1 – June 1, 2019: Anita Murphy – "Experiencing Yellow", painting and sculpture
Opening reception Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm
June 5 – 29, 2019: Julie Withrow painting and Barbara Allport - "A Sense of Place", painting
Opening reception Friday, June 7 at 7:30pm
July 3 – 27, 2019: Holly Edwards - "I've Used Up All My Courage", painting
Opening reception Friday, July 5 at 7:30pm
July 31 – August 31, 2019: Carol Westcott - "Thin Places", painting
Opening reception Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm
September 4 – 28, 2019: Kimberly Tucker - "Inheritance", sculpture
Opening reception Friday, September 6 at 7:30pm
Also: Studio Tour sampler in gallery shop
October 2 – 26, 2019: Douglas Back - Installation
Opening reception Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm
November 1 – 30, 2019: Rob Niezen – "Nocturnal Reflections", painting
Opening Reception Friday, November 1 at 7:30pm
December 5, 2019 – January 25, 2020: 37th Invitational Juried Show
Opening reception Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30pm
Now Showing
The Opening Reception for the 36th Annual Juried Exhibition was held on Friday, December 7th at 7:30 p.m. The Exhibition received a record number of entries, leaving this year's Juror Caroline deMooy with difficult decisions in awarding the prizes. This year, the Juried Exhibition runs for two months, until the end of January, 2019.
The award winners in each of the seven categories, as well as the Best-in-Show award are listed below. Congratulations to this year's winners!
Best in Show - David B. Milne Award
Alex Jack for his painting Pond and Shoreline
Category 1 - LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Best in Category – Bancroft Times Award
Laura Culic for In the Heart of the Forest
Honourable Mention – Hannah Lithographers Award
Michael Dombrowskik for Grey Day
Category 2 - ABSTRACT PAINTING
Best in Category – FitzPatrick Family Award
Molly Moldovan for Tallan III
Honourable Mention – FitzPatrick Family Award
Shelley Brown for Joy
Category 3 - STILL LIFE AND FIGURATIVE PAINTING
Best in Category – Greg Latremoille Award
Freddie Towe for Tina’s Toes
Honourable Mention – York River Framing Award
Henry Melissa Gordon for I am Still a Ghost Too
Category 4 - DRAWING
Best in Category – Park View Dental Award
Alex Jack for Forest Early October
Honourable Mention- Carol R. Kadwell-Wallace Award
Tom Feenstra for Circles Squares Triangles
Category 5 - FIBRE, MIXED MEDIA
Best in Category – Bancroft Bed & Breakfast Award
Paul Holman for Spring Flare
Honourable Mention - Bancroft Bed & Breakfast Award
Heather Lawrie for Smokey Renewal
Category 6 - PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL ART, PRINTMAKING
Best in Category – Marlin Horst and Margot Currie Award
Keetha Newman for Along Musclow Greenview Road
Honourable Mention – Old Tin Shed Award
Sue Ardea Prentice for Ascension
Category 7 - TWO AND THREE DIMENTIONAL SCULPTURE
Best in Category – McDougall Insurance Brokers Award
Ken Fraser for Father
Honourable Mention – Brown's Hair Design Award
Sue Rankin for Northern Lights Vases
A group photo of the winners appears below.
Visitors to the Gallery can vote for the People's Choice award, a popular event for artists and gallery-goers alike! Each ballot allows visitors to name their three favorite works of art in the exhibition. Winners of the People's Choice Awards will be announced at the end of the Exhibition at the end of January 2019.
The Invitational Exhibition is sponsored by Boyer Chevrolet Buick GMC Bancroft
