December Newsletter
December 5, 2024
The season for celebration and giving has finally arrived! We wish you and your family good health and cheer this season and all the best in the coming year.
Check out what’s happening at the gallery this month in our final e-newsletter of 2024:
Message from the Director
We at the AGP want to extend our warmest wishes for the upcoming holiday season and thank you for your ongoing support of the arts in our community. As we near the end of our 50th anniversary, we are thankful for all we have to celebrate.
Over the course of 2024, we presented a series of wonderful exhibitions including the group show, Watershed, our third annual Youth Art Mentorship exhibition, Antoine Mountain’s Et’sehch’i, Stan Olthuis’ Interconnected, which featured site-specific live performance, and the freshly opened Arnold Zageris | Refractions.
From the success of our It’s All About ART fundraising auction (which exceeded our goal!), and the 40th annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour (which hosted visitors in record breaking numbers), to the launch of our new website and Adult Art Camps, the AGP continues to invest in the future and connect with our community. Â
Your support and engagement have made it possible for us to continue to respond to our evolving community. Together, we’ve built something truly special. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to the next 50 years of creativity, connection, and inspiration!
Sincerely,
Celeste Scopelites, Director
Current Exhibitions
November 9, 2024 – January 5, 2025
In this new body of work, Arnold Zageris studies the expressions of water in its many changing states.
Legacy: dedications to the next generation
Works from the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Permanent Loan
In Transition: days to nights
Works from the Art Gallery of Peterborough Permanent Collection
Education Programs
NEW: Adult Art Camp Series
Ages 19+
Grab a friend, or bring a date, and get creative in the AGP studio while you learn something new.
Materials and refreshments provided.
Spots are still available!
Winter Art Camp
Ages 7-11
January 2 & 3, 2025
Spend winter break with the Art Gallery of Peterborough! Learn painting, printmaking, and drawing techniques while taking inspiration from our current exhibitions.
Saturday Art Club
Suitable for ages 7-11
Join us each month for this exploration-based studio program.
Saturday, December 21: Printmaking Cards
Learn basic printmaking techniques to design unique greeting cards.
NEW: Art Start!
Suitable for ages 4-6
A new program for young children looking to learn art basics offering fun and experimental activities designed to foster an excitement for art making!
Application:
Youth Art Mentorship Program
Accepting Applications: 2025 Youth Art Mentorship Program
We are currently accepting applications to the 2025 Youth Art Mentorship Program! Now entering its fourth year, this program offers senior high school students the opportunity to work directly with professional mentors in a gallery setting.
Deadline to apply: December 11, 2024
Gallery Shop
The Gallery Shop at the Art Gallery of Peterborough is your destination for high quality, hand-crafted work by the region’s finest artists and makers. Feel good knowing that every purchase from the Shop supports gallery programs as well as local artists and makers.
The Gallery Shop is open weekly, Wednesday to Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm.
Application:
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Interested in participating in the 2025 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour?
The studio tour offers artists working in a range of styles and media the chance to open up their working spaces to the public, share their artistic practice, connect with potential supporters and the community, while also promoting their work.
Deadline to apply: February 19, 2025
Holiday Hours
Regular Hours
Wednesday – Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm
Admission is free, however donations in support of AGP Programs are always appreciated.
Holiday Hours
December 24 – 26, 2024: CLOSED
December 27 – 29: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
December 30 – January 1: CLOSED
About the Art Gallery of Peterborough
The Art Gallery of Peterborough is a non-profit public gallery dedicated to exhibiting and collecting visual works of art. We present contemporary visual art by artists from the immediate area, region and nation. Exhibitions are supported by artist talks and panels, workshops for all ages, and publications.
The Art Gallery of Peterborough respectfully acknowledges that it is located on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg and offers its gratitude to the First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May those teachings be honoured.
The Art Gallery of Peterborough gratefully acknowledges the support of the following organizations:
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