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18th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ART SHOW

Back for its fourth year at OMAH, The International Women’s Day Art Show honours and celebrates women’s creative expression in both visual and written form.

Its main goal is to encourage women to express themselves artistically in a themed group show, which is not juried and therefore inclusive. The spirit of the exhibit is one of affirmation and cooperation.

High School Art Show

Come to OMAH for This is Tomorrow an Art-stravaganza featuring food, music, spoken word poetry, performance, prizes and enough art to tide you over 'til the spring thaw. Orillia-and-area High-School students have put aside cross-regional differences to collaborate on this once-in-a-year chance to see some of the very best work produced by young local artists and support the Sharing Place Food Bank.

Re-Imagining the OMAH Collection

Cited by poets and scholars as among the most beautiful pairings in the English language, the words, Cellar Door on the one hand describe a familiar object, while on the other, suggest something wonderful lying in wait.

"I  owned a farm in Oro Medonte from 1976 - 1981. Many paintings in this show were inspired by this rural retreat, including my series of The Painted Flags, and Barns.  I continue to paint in a waterfront studio on Lake Simcoe  converted from an Ice Storage Depot built in the 1920s. The lake, the hay fields, ducks, birds, moose, the peninsula of Eight Mile Point, all figure in the most recent works.

In this exhibition at the Orillia Museum of Art & History I examine local customs, symbols, historical events, and national iconography."

- Charles Pachter