October 25, 2025 – January 10, 2026
Reception: October 25, 2025 | 1 – 3 PM
TRADITION TRANSFORMED
Annual Juried Landscape Exhibition
Our vast and varied landscape is as unique and diverse as the people who inhabit, traverse, or envision it. This year, in conjunction with the exhibition John Gould: Travels of the Body and Mind running concurrently at OMAH, we invite participants to consider the theme of travel or daydreaming in relation to the Canadian Landscape.
Now in its 24th year, this annual juried exhibition was created in recognition of Franklin Carmichael, a renowned landscape artist and member of the Group of Seven, who was born in Orillia. Inspired by Northern Ontario’s natural beauty, Carmichael often travelled there to capture the landscape in watercolours, his preferred medium. This exhibition invites artists from across Canada to reinterpret the Canadian landscape through their chosen medium—including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and media arts.
2025 Selected Artists
Amy Thompson
Anita Granger
Annabelle MacRae
Anton (Tony) Pickard
Astrid Hood
Barbara Nightingale
Barbel Smith
Charles Beamish
Chris Nelson
Christine Mack
Diana Hillman
E. Connie Munson
Elayne Windsor
Erin Fyfe
Frances Patella
Frank Myers
Frieda Ambroziak
Gita Karklins
Jacquie Sullivan
Jamie Kapitain
Jane Lawrence
Jennifer Clark
Jennifer Lantz
John Graham
Jordan Shaw
Julia Nathanson
Karla Houser
Kate Cummins
Katherine Stark
Kathy Melanson
Kelly Crowe
Laura Parna
Lindsay Smail
Liz Schamehorn
Marlene Madole
Mary Elizabeth Duggan
Maureen O’Connor
Meaghan Fraser
Michael Callaghan
Nancy Bennett
Nancy Hallas
Nicole Rulff
Paige Bromby
Peter Adams
Raju Alexis
Ross Skoggard
Steph Dunn
Tanya Fenkell
Tatiana Chilova
Victoria Alexander
Zhan Zhang
Additional Information
Entry Fee
Submission Details
Jurors
Carol-Ann Ryan
Visual arts professional and former Public Art Coordinator for the City of Barrie, with past roles at AGO, MOCA Toronto, MacLaren Art Centre, and more.
Erin Vincent
Acclaimed Toronto-based artist with exhibitions across Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., represented by Christie Contemporary and other leading galleries.
Prizes
Jurors' Prize
$1,500
Juror’s Prize is awarded to the artist who best exemplifies the qualities that Franklin Carmichael found ideal, incorporating diversity in their work, using an impressionistic style, and remaining sophisticated in their depictions of the various landscapes in our geography. The recipient of this award should visibly be embracing, challenging or addressing existing approaches to Canadian landscapes.
Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award
$1,000
This year marks the 10th year of this award, which has been graciously funded by the Batchelor family upon the passing of arts advocate Kevin J. Batchelor in 2015. Batchelor was a local music teacher and artist.
The Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award will be given to an emerging artist* working in either one of the 2-D mediums such as painting, drawing or mixed media (photography excluded) and will be selected by the Batchelor family.
NEW: The Philip Jackman Photography Prize
$500
This year marks the inaugural year of this award. Philip was a photographer, graphic designer and editor for The Globe and Mail. Philip passed away in 2022.
The Philip Jackman Photography Prize will be given annually to an artist working in photography, be it digital or print, and will be selected by the Jackman family.
The 2025 Philip Jackman Photography Prize is generously sponsored by:
Norma Duggan Award
$250
This award is presented annually for a landscape which exemplifies a uniqueness of artistic vision and creative approach and is executed with excellence. Norma Duggan was an Ontario based artist who loved painting the Ontario landscape. Eligible artworks include non-digital painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media and collage works created by artists who are not enrolled as full-or part-time art students.
