Current & Upcoming Events:
January 10 - February 25, 2012 - The Gypsies of 1909
A beautiful display of art that tells a story of a group of Roma people who came to Peterborough in 1909. This exhibit exemplifies intolerant behavior that was and still is happening in cities all over North America and Europe. Come and enjoy the works of this visual storyteller, JoEllen Brydon and her exhibit Lost Histories: The Gypsies of 1909.
Exhibit Grand Opening - Jan 14, 2012 at 1:30 pm
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January 18, 2012 - History Speakers
Noted author Rae Fleming, a guest lecturer at the Leacock Festival this past summer, will comment on his biography of the legendary Peter Gzowki. This new and controversial biography details a personal and special relationship unknown at the time to Morning Man's vast CBC audience.
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February 13, 2012 - History Speakers
Fred Addis, curator of the Stephen Leacock Museum, will provide an audio-visual presentation of the humorist's most famous work, "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town", completed in 1912. Still outrageously funny the book originally offended a number of prominent Orillia citizens.
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Women's Show - February 27, 2012 - April 7, 2012
The Orillia Museum is pleased to present the 16th Annual Women's Show to celebrate women's creative expression. Since its inception in 1997, this exhibit has had dozens of contributing artists and thousands of viewers attracted to this dynamic and stimulating show.
Grand Opening: Saturday March 3, 2012 - 1-4pm
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High School Art Show - April 9, 2012 - May 12, 2012
Each year OMAH partners with the four high schools to present the best of art from the senior graduating students. Exciting, innovative, and experimental art projects that are recommended by the Art Instructors at the schools are exhibited in "a real art gallery". Large groups of parents and friends of the exhibitors come to view the works of these emerging new talents. As a visitor to this exhibition, you never know what artistic experience you will have until you get there!
Exhibit Grand Opening - Thursday April 12, 2012 at 7pm
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Simcoe Watershed - May 14, 2012 - June 30, 2012
Waterline - Timeline, Juried Exhibition
Reflect upon the waterline ~ contemplate the timeline.
Simcoe Watershed Art Project/Artists Afloat and OMAH present a juried art exhibition, featuring artists from the Lake Simcoe and Couchiching watersheds in the expression and documentation of the unique aspects of this ecosystem; culturally, environmentally and aesthetically. The exhibition will include contemporary drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and photography.
Opening reception: Thursday May 17, 7-9 pm
Please contact OMAH or watershedart1@gmail.com for more information.
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All Ontario Juried Art Show - July 3, 2012 - August 18, 2012
This annual exhibit of new landscapes, both fine art and photography, has grown over the past 8 years to be the premier Ontario show for contributing artists in the genre. Over $3000.00 is awarded to the best of show and the "peoples choice" exhibits.
Exhibit Grand Opening - Thursday July 5, 2012 at 7pm
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Frozen in Time – Nathalie Daoust
These images are set in an ambiguous territory where dream and reality clash. In this altered state of reality, stillness and silence permeate each image, each is a moment frozen in time. Here memory and introspection create a labyrinth of illusion, mystery and fantasy. The narrative that evolves throughout the works is a personal one, a journey, steeped in self-scrutiny, towards coming to terms with one’s identity through life experiences, loss and sorrow as well as pleasure.
Exhibit runs from August 21, 2012 – October 27, 2012
Exhibit Opening: Thurs Aug 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm
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Brodie – Images Within
A second generation stone carver. When I create a sculpture I dream about the stone and then remove everything that wasn’t in the dream. I love the whole process of working with stone, from design to sculpting through to the polishing and finishing. Karen comes from Toronto, Ontario and now lives on a small farm. The peace and quiet is conducive to the creative process. Beautiful nature is constantly a source of inspiration.
Exhibit runs from August 21, 2012 – October 27, 2012
Exhibit Opening: Thurs Aug 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm
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Festival of Banners 2012
Sunshine Sketches is the theme for the 2012 Festival of Banners and your starting point to create a unique work of art that may line the street with other banners in downtown Orillia this summer. Everyone eight and over is invited to enter a design for the festival. The chosen designs will be painted by the designers themselves, and will hang on the city streets from May to October of 2012. This year we are trying something new with the festival of Banners. This year artists will select one of three templates to create their image with. We are excited to see the creative results.
Exhibit runs from October 29, 2012 to November 3, 2012.
Exhibit Gala: Saturday November 3, 2012
Keep visiting for future updates from OMAH!
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