An enchanting afternoon of classical and popular pieces featuring pianist Jacquie Dancyger Arnold and clarinetist Hugh Coleman in support of the Orillia Museum of Art & History.
With Blair Bailey, MC, and special guests Ross Arnold, accordion and percussion, Laura Aylan-Parker, vocalist, and Gail Spencer, flute.
An enchanting evening of classical and popular pieces featuring pianist Jacquie Dancyger Arnold and clarinetist Hugh Coleman in support of the Orillia Museum of Art & History.
With Blair Bailey, MC, and special guests Ross Arnold, accordion and percussion, Laura Aylan-Parker, vocalist, and Gail Spencer, flute.
We have teamed up again with the team of Parklane Landscapes to bring you eight sessions of eco-art programmes starting this fall. In this family based program, both children and guardians will learn about plants and planting, biodiversity, sustainable garden design, pollination, and the watershed through unique art projects, seed planting and games. Eco-Art runs on the first Tuesday of each month until June, December excluded. All family members are welcome, pricing is based per child.
This program is open to children ages 4-12 and requires guardian participation.
This is OMAH’s 20th year hosting this juried exhibition that honours the legacy of Group of Seven member, Franklin Carmichael, who was born in Orillia in 1890. This year, Jurors Martha Reeve; Art Advisor and Deborah Farquharson; Interdisciplinary Artist, had the very tough task of sifting through submissions by almost 400 incredibly talented artists of all mediums from across Canada. After weeks of careful consideration the jury has selected 54 pieces from 53 artists. Tradition Transformed marks the ever-changing landscape in the artist’s mind, fulfilling the Group of Seven’s aim to create a uniquely Canadian identity. Introducing the artists of the 2021/2022 Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed.
November 5, 2021 - April 16, 2022We Are Still HereD. Ahsén:nase Douglas is a Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) painter, children's story book author, educator and urban NDN with roots in Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory. He works primarily with oil on canvas and describes himself as a figurative painter whose work, while exploring Indigenous themes, does not follow the […]
Saturday, November 6, 2021 - Wednesday, April 13 2022Got the Time?An exhibition all about clocks, clock-making and how Orillians have kept the time throughout our city’s history. Come see some of the beautiful clocks from our collection, meet the talented clock-makers right here in our community, and learn about what makes OMAH’s own iconic clocktower […]
Take a guided Zoom tour through photographs of some of the OMAH collection's greatest hidden treasures. Your guide will discuss an array of artifacts from both the art and the history collection. Through Zoom's chat feature, participants can ask questions of their guide white exploring the collection via slideshow.
Wondering what to do with the kids during their PA Days this year? OMAH has the answer! We will be offering full-day camps at the museum which include art projects, history activities, and of course, time to explore the museum’s exhibits.
Take a guided Zoom tour through photographs of some of the OMAH collection's greatest hidden treasures. Your guide will discuss an array of artifacts from both the art and the history collection. Through Zoom's chat feature, participants can ask questions of their guide white exploring the collection via slideshow.
About the speaker: Anna Hudson, PhD / FRSC, is an art historian and curator specializing in 19th and 20th-century art in Canada, in addition to modern and contemporary circumpolar Indigenous art and performance. Hudson is a professor of Art History and Visual Culture in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York […]
Take a guided Zoom tour through photographs of some of the OMAH collection's greatest hidden treasures. Your guide will discuss an array of artifacts from both the art and the history collection. Through Zoom's chat feature, participants can ask questions of their guide white exploring the collection via slideshow.
Join ceramic artist Bethany Scott for this “midday-make”, pottery painting workshop. Participants will each paint one supplied raw ceramic bowl while learning various underglazing techniques. After the workshop, Bethany will fire your bowl in her kiln. OMAH will contact you as soon as your one-of-a-kind bowl is ready to be picked up. All materials and light refreshments included.
