KawarthaNOW: Explore the art of Peterborough and the Kawarthas during the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour

Presented by the Art Gallery of Peterborough, the 41st annual self-guided tour on September 27 and 28 features 50 artists at 39 studios

By Megan Gallant

One of Canada’s longest-running studio tours, the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour (KAST) is returning for its 41st year this fall to once again celebrate the talents of artists from across Peterborough and the Kawarthas.

Presented annually by the Art Gallery of Peterborough as the fall colours reach their peak, this year’s free self-guided tour takes place on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28. Between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 39 studios featuring 50 artists will be open and inviting visitors to browse and purchase original artwork, watch live demonstrations, and learn about the process and inspiration of each of the artists.

There’s also a preview exhibition on now at the Art Gallery of Peterborough featuring selections from the artists participating in the tour.

Paul Chester is an oil painter and sculptor inspired by the horizons, waterscapes, and rolling hills that surround his studio in Keene. Visitors will have the chance to see inside his studio space and converse with him at Tour Stop 25 of the 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour on September 27 and 28, 2025. (Photo: Zach Ward)

“Spring Gardens” by Cydnee Hosker (watercolour on paper, 2024), a Peterborough watercolour painter and mixed media artist new to the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour on September 27 and 28, 2025. Hosker’s studio, located at Watson & Lou in downtown Peterborough, is Tour Stop 6. (Photo courtesy of Art Gallery of Peterborough)

Nick Leniuk is a Peterborough stone carver and sculptor who pays homage to the forest by transforming trees into inspirational stone sculptures. Leniuk will be giving live demonstrations out of his Peterborough studio, which is Tour Stop 7 of the 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour on September 27 and 28, 2025. (Photo: Zach Ward)

“Fancybird” (2024, hand-painted porcelain bowl) and “Garden” (2024, hand-painted porcelain plate) are two works by Thomas Aitken and Kate Hyde, collaborative ceramicists who work out of their studio in Warsaw. Aitken and Hyde will be hosting visitors at Tour Stop 22 of the 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour on September 27 and 28, 2025. (Photos courtesy of Art Gallery of Peterborough)

“Fancybird” (2024, hand-painted porcelain bowl) and “Garden” (2024, hand-painted porcelain plate) are two works by Thomas Aitken and Kate Hyde, collaborative ceramicists who work out of their studio in Warsaw. Aitken and Hyde will be hosting visitors at Tour Stop 22 of the 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour on September 27 and 28, 2025. (Photos courtesy of Art Gallery of Peterborough)

Multidisciplinary new media artist Kim Beavis Sanderson will be doing demonstrations in her studio at the Commerce Building in downtown Peterborough, which is Tour Stop 22 of the 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour on September 27 and 28, 2025. (Photo: Zach Ward)

A work by visual artist Paul Nabuurs in his home studio, a recently renovated church building at 1580 English Line North in Douro-Dummer north of Warsaw. Nabuurs’ studio is Tour Stop 34 of the 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour presented by the Art Gallery of Peterborough and taking place across Peterborough and the Kawarthas on September 27 and 28, 2025. (Photo: Zach Ward)

“The Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour is an opportunity for community engagement and helps people to understand that art is all around them,” says Andrew Ihamaki, Education Programming Coordinator at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. “There’s always a bit of a surprise when people see that there are so many artists living in their communities — and the tour is really just a small sample of the number of incredible artists that are working here.”

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