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This Is Tomorrow - Annual High School Exhibition

December 02, 2016 to January 29, 2017

OMAH's annual high school art exhibition, This Is Tomorrow will run Friday, December 2 - Sunday, January 29, 2017.

Opening night will be Friday, December 2 from 6-8pm. Live music by Jakob Pearce (Twin Lakes alumnus). Visitors, throughout the entire run of the exhibition, will be able to vote for a work of art that is best exemplary of the theme: What Does Your Tomorrow Look Like.

Art works will be featured by students from:

Orillia Secondary School

Twin Lakes Secondary School

Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary School

Lakefield College

Mad Dog Monty

November 19, 2016 to January 15, 2017

Mad Dog Monty is a series of humorous drawings and etchings by Jim Ireland on display in OMAH's Lounge Gallery from November 19, 2016 - January 15, 2017.

Ireland states, "My daughter had a Boston terrier called Tetley and I started sketching him because he was black and white and so easy to draw [...]And the way he strutted around, he reminded me of a childhood friend called Montague Dennis Oliver Wrigglesworth, so I called this dog character I’d created Monty."

The Spirit of Mariposa

October 01, 2016 to December 31, 2017

The Spirit of Mariposa is a 15 month exhibition at The Orillia Museum of Art & History in celebration of Orillia and Canada's 150th anniversary.

Launching on Saturday, October 1, with a special reception on Friday, October 14, The Spirit of Mariposa will run until December 31, 2017. There will be a series of community engagement programs in conjunction with the exhibit that will run throughout 2017.

Elemental Mariposa: The Water

October 01, 2016 to February 26, 2017

Elemental Mariposa: The Water celebrates Orillia's greatest assets: Lake Simcoe, the Narrows, and Lake Couchiching. These waterways are rooted in our community's collective history as a source for inspiration, sport, travel, and business.

Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed

September 29, 2016 to November 27, 2016

September 29 - November 27, 2016

Mulcahy Family Gallery

This year, the Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition marks its 15^th anniversary at the Orillia Museum of Art & History. This juried exhibition was named in honour of the Group of Seven member and Canadian landscape painter Franklin Carmichael – an Orillia native, born in 1890.

Jazz Impressions: Visual Riffs on Legendary Music

September 29, 2016 to November 12, 2016

Inspired by the 26th Annual Orillia Jazz Festival, Jazz Impressions features new original works by OMAH's artist in residence Jim Ireland, along with local printmakers Susan McTavish, Lois Green, Douglas Wilson, Jessalyn Forsythe, Bob Fortier, Juliana Hawke, and Xavier Fernandes who have all found inspiration in the sounds and visuals of the jazz scene.

Join us for a special reception October 14 at 7pm with music by the Will Davis Trio.

SOMNIATIS I

July 28, 2016 to September 18, 2016

SOMNIATIS I wearable art exhibition features garments and accessories from Orillia's first ever wearable art show held at the Orillia Museum of Art & History in 2015. The exhibition also features over 50 original works of art inspired by the designs and photography from the premiere fundraising event that raised over $11000 for OMAH's sustaining operations.

Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women

July 28, 2016 to September 25, 2016

Homage, is a collection of 39 (currently) framed neck-pieces created as a celebration and tribute to Canadian women, past and present. Susan Benson RCA, sketched portraits of each of the women to accompany the pieces, which, along with short biographies, add so much to the educational aspect of the exhibition. As a contemporary jewellery artist, Donald Stuart has used the familiar form of the necklace to explore history from a fresh perspective.

Hello Bickerstaff

May 18, 2016 to July 17, 2016

May 18 – July 17, 2016

The Lounge Gallery

“For me, the best part of being a cartoonist in Orillia was that, a few years after moving to town from the Big Smoke, I became editor of The Orillia Sun, a worthy little community rag, where the only editor I had to report to was myself. My cartoons could comment on, laugh at, deride or celebrate whatever newsworthy subject came along without the artist ever having to look over his shoulder. It also allowed me to caricature many a politician and public personage, both local and otherwise.”

If These Walls Could Talk: The Oro African Church

April 30, 2016 to September 18, 2016

April 30 - September 18, 2016

Opening Reception May 18 from 5-7pm

Main Gallery, Second Floor, OMAH

Join us for the opening reception on May 18 from 5-7pm prior to our May History Speaker's Evening.

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