Upcoming at FCG - Hear Here and Countless Visions by Jason Lujan

Check out the upcoming Hear Here, Opening Reception, and Collaboratory programming!

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Join us for Hear Here tomorrow, March 15th!

Join us at Forest City Gallery for the upcoming Hear Here "Beauty and the Beasts" on Saturday, March 15th.

Prepare for an unforgettable night where delicate beauty collides with untamed energy. "Beauty and the Beasts" is a sonic journey that spans haunting folk melodies, intricate math-rock rhythms, and crushing post-metal soundscapes.

FEATURING:
JULIA HUNTER
THE ROOSTER
HUNTER GATHERER

From whispered ballads to earth-shaking crescendos, "Beauty and the Beasts" is a night of contrast and transcendence. Don’t miss this genre-defying lineup at Forest City Gallery. We look forward to seeing you there!

Hear Here is generously supported by Chris and Lina Bowden from the Cambia Development Foundation.

Hear Here Presents Beauty and the Beasts

Image: Jason Lujan. Fata Morgana; acrylic and flashe on canvas, 40"x30." 2024.

Attend the Upcoming Opening of 'Countless Visions' By Jason Lujan

Jason Lujan

March 21 - May 15, 2025

Opening Reception March 21, 5-7pm

Join us for the opening reception of Countless Visions on Friday, March 21 from 5-7pm.

Countless Visions is about dismantling and reassembling cultural narratives; Jason Lujan invites viewers to reflect on the complexities of cultural interaction and the creation of new meanings in a global context. The exhibition features artwork about transnational experiences and aesthetics regarding the limitations of translation and the exchange of ideas.

Just as previous generations of Native artists responded to the introduction of modern art materials like synthetic paint to record, recode, and reframe traditional ideas and put forth new ideas, Countless Visions will emphasize transitive zones involving the processes of unfamiliar becoming familiar, or the unfamiliar being made familiar.

Biography:

Jason Lujan is originally from Marfa, Texas, and lives in Toronto, ON. Lujan is an Assistant Professor at OCAD U and one of two artists behind Native Art Department International (NADI), a project in collaboration with Maria Hupfield. As an artist, he creates things that realize his lived environment, connecting it to larger global experiences to generate new meanings.

Jason Lujan - Countless Visions

Join the next Collaboratory Drawing Circles Session

Looking to meet fellow artists and create collaborative art?

Come and draw with us! The Media Collaboratory will be hosting two more upcoming drop-in Drawing Circle sessions to encourage connection and creativity, led by gallery intern Genevieve Buchanan.

How does it work?

Everyone starts drawing on their sheet of paper for around 10 minutes. When the timer goes off, each person passes their sheet to the left and adds to their neighbour’s sheet. The process repeats until your original paper comes back and you get a collaborative artwork to take home!

Some drawing supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring some materials if you’d like to share.

The next date is: Thursday March 27th, 5-7pm

Forest City Gallery’s Media Collaboratory has been made possible through funding from The London Community Foundation’s Community Vitality Grant.

Drawing Circles - More info

Upcoming FCG Pier - Develop the Earth

Develop the Earth

March 26 to May 8

Save the date! Join us for opening of ‘Develop the Earth’ on Thursday, April 3rd from 5-7pm organized by Grad intern Mingjie Ni, featuring work by Will Maclean, Mingjie Ni, and Amanda White.

When the shutter clicks, we capture fragments of Earth’s fleeting light; when developer solution flows, we physically etch the planet’s surface with its chemical tides.The word “develop” becomes a provocative double exposure: it is both the alchemy of bringing images to life in the darkroom and humanity’s relentless "development" of the Earth—a process where technology carves progress into landscapes yet leaves behind toxic negatives of exploitation.

We invite viewers to gaze at the beauty of the captured moment yet also confront the darkroom runoff flowing beyond the frame. To ask: Can the camera, so adept at freezing time, become a tool to develop ecological repair? The exhibition argues yes—but only if every click of the shutter becomes a developing agent for the Earth’s tomorrow.

FCG Pier - Develop the Earth

Upcoming and Ongoing Community Events, Calls and Opportunities

Nuit Blanche Call for Proposals Nuit Blanche is back in London, ON, September 20, 2025! Interested artists are encouraged to apply by March 31, 2025.

TAP Centre for Creativity Beholder Fanshawe Fine Art 2nd year Painting. March 12-22.

Community Portraits - Madeline and Cory: Wyn Geleynse, March 4-29 in LAB 203

Michael Gibson Gallery Anne Meredith Barry - Newfoundland: Land & Sea, March 6-22.

Western U ArtLab To Here Knows When, Practicum Exhibition, artLAB Gallery

Oaxaca -Cohen Commons, Exhibition | March 21 – April 10, 2025
Opening: Friday, March 21 from 6–8PM

Museum London Mark Stebbins: Supersampler, Feb 15- August 17

Westland Gallery Polypropylene by Laszlo Szabo and Mixed Messages - Gail Blima and Lyle Goorvich - March 4-29

Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre Call for Submissions Check out the Call for Submissions at Modern Fuel - Due April 1st (Kingston, ON)

London Arts Council CAIP Grant - Individual Artists and Collectives - due March 21st.

Ontario Art Council Important Grant Dates 2025

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