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Join us at the Upcoming Forest City Print & Zine Fair
Forest City Print & Zine Fair 1025 Elias St. Saturday, July 19th, 2025 12-5pm
Save the Date! Forest City Gallery is organizing a new event, Forest City Print & Zine Fair, to celebrate local and regional artists working in print and zine making.
Call for Vendors: Are you an artist and/or collective working in printmaking, illustration, zines, or independent publishing? Apply today to be a vendor!
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FCG is a Recommender for the OAC Exhibition Assistance Program
Are you a Southwestern Ontario artist looking for financial assistance for exhibition presentation costs?
Forest City Gallery is a third-party recommender as part of the Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance program, now open for 2025-26! Grants assist with artists’ costs related to the presentation of artwork in a confirmed, public exhibition.
Zone 1 artists can apply online through the OAC Nova portal, listing Forest City Gallery as a recommender.
The FCG Deadlines are:
July 20th, 2025, 1pm
October 10th, 2025, 1pm
January 5th, 2026, 1pm
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Image credit: Colleen Heslin. Stories of belonging. Photo by Paul Lambert Photography.
Check out Stories of Belonging by Colleen Heslin
Colleen Heslin Stories of Belonging May 29 - July 24, 2025 Forest City Gallery (1025 Elias St)
Check out the current exhibition Stories of Belonging by Colleen Heslin on display until July 24th.
Stories of belonging by Colleen Heslin is an installation of six hand-dyed, sewn monochrome abstract paintings that explore colour theory and queer pride. Each work reflects on progressive stages of spiritual, emotional, and psychological awakening brought on by social disconnection and generational dysfunction within western culture. These paintings echo shifts towards presence and self-awareness, from unconscious to consciously bringing attention to subtle nuances within colour spectrums. |
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Artwork Documentation: Where does your image live? Collab Workshop
Saturday July 12th 1-4pm Free Facilitated by Ruth SkinnerThis interactive workshop explores what effective artwork documentation is, where it lives, and how we can use the technologies and locations available to us in creative ways. Participants will be introduced to the basics of photography (focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO) and ad hoc lighting situations. We’ll explore case studies of artwork documentation in different circumstances (“white cube” exhibition, live performance, video documentation, studio installation, and experimental alternatives to gallery installation for documentation). We’ll end by discussing what to be aware of when sharing work on social media and website platforms. Throughout the workshop we’ll use the gallery and surrounding area outside to practice documenting works in a variety of situations. Participants are asked to bring two- or three- dimensional work for documenting. Performance-based artists are asked to be prepared to perform briefly for the sake of live documentation. Bring your smartphone and, if you have one, your digital camera (any kind will be suitable). Facilitated by Ruth Skinner who works as an arts administrator, educator, and public programmer in London, Ontario. She is currently a teaching fellow and the Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator for the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities at Western University. Her research, teaching and programming interests include artists' publishing and distribution practices; digital and media literacy; histories and theories of photography; artist-run culture and advocacy in Canada; intersections of art, esotericism & forensics. Ruth has operated as the art imprint Edna Press since 2017, and is part of the Advisory Circle for the newly revitalized Embassy Cultural House.
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Join the Creating Space Workshop to Support SafeSpace London
FCG will be hosting 'Creating Space,' in support of SafeSpace on Sunday, June 29th from 2-5pm, an afternoon of creativity, community, and reflection through collective therapeutic art making. Supplies are provided - all you need to bring is yourself!
Facilitated by an artist and registered art therapist, all proceeds from this workshop directly benefit SafeSpace, contributing to ongoing outreach and rebuilding of the organization.
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Upcoming and Ongoing Community Events, Calls and Opportunities
Becoming Otherwise, June 26-July 10
Soheila Esfahani, Jessica Karuhanga, Behnaz Fatemi, Imogen Clendinning, Xi Jin, and Racquel Rowe, Curated by Yijing Li Opening Reception - Thursday, June 26th, 5:30 - 7pm
The Digital Fourth Wall, June 26-July 10
Natasha Beaudoin and Moira Hayes Opening Reception - Thursday, June 26th 5-7pm
opening July 3rd, 7-9pm
Museum London - Fashion, Grit, Glamour & Guts, May 31 to October 26 Living Room Jam Sesh - June 12 - Aug 31
Gallery TPW - Palestine All the Time, July 18–19, 6PM–6PM 24-hour program bringing together Palestinian artists, writers, filmmakers, scholars, and activists.
NoBA Contemporary Nature, Being & Technology, Call for textile/fibre artists. Cotton Factory, Hamilton, ON, Nov 7 - Dec 8th. Apply by July 30th. |
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Our mailing address is:1025 Elias Street London, Ontario, N5W 3P6 Canada FCG's programs and exhibitions are free and accessible to all thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, London Arts Council, and the London Community Foundation. We are grateful to our artists, members, volunteers, donors, and community partners. Our operations rely on your generous and dedicated support. Please consider becoming a member of FCG.For information on our programming, or for other general inquiries please contact the gallery at info@forestcitygallery.com Copyright © 2025 Forest City Gallery. All rights reserved.You received this email because you subscribed to our list. You can unsubscribe at any time. |
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