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“I share my short time with trees, hills, grasses, sky, and all the living things; with all that is around me and without which I would not exist.
I sit and paint realizing my life is also just a moment squeezed between the light years passed and the light years ahead I will never see. We are immersed in a web of all things within a moment of time, a glimpse.” – Laurie De Camillis, 2025
Laurie De Camillis | Four Seasons, is on view at the Art Gallery of Peterborough until June 22.
#AGPtbo #OilPainting #PleinAir #Landscape
May 30
Join us online on Wednesday, June 4 for a talk with artist Spencer J. Harrison and curator Lucas Azevedo Cabral as they discuss the exhibition, Museum of Closetry.
This online event is free to attend. All are welcome.
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Event Details:
IN CONVERSATION: Spencer J. Harrison and Lucas Azevedo Cabral
When: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: online webinar
Cost: Free
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/…/771…/WN_DPjSyH7sR8y2nYVai1NHfA or visit our website by clicking the link in our profile.
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About the Exhibition:
Through found objects, assemblage, and layered narratives, Dr. Spencer J. Harrison and curator Lucas Azevedo Cabral create a fictional museum that imagines queer history as abundant and visible. By presenting queer narratives as vibrant, messy, and beautifully incomplete, The Museum of Closetry invites viewers to reflect on what it means to belong, to remember, and to make space for the stories that history has tried to hide.
Photo by Zach Ward, We Design Group
#AGPtbo #ArtistTalk #CuratorTalk #InConversation
May 27
Join us this summer as an AGP Youth Volunteer! ☀️😎
Join our Youth Volunteer Team to support our Summer Art Camps. As a youth volunteer, you’ll gain leadership experience in a creative and fun environment, make new friends and some art, too.
The deadline to apply is Sunday, June 15, 2025
For more information, visit our website at: agp.on.ca/connect/volunteer/ or click on the link in our profile and head to our website.
#AGPtbo #Volunteer #YouthVolunteer #SummerArtCamp
May 23
Spencer J. Harrison | Museum of Closetry, curated by Lucas Azevedo Cabral.
The Museum of Closetry is a love letter to the hidden, forgotten, and erased.
This exhibition is more than an archive—it’s an act of resistance and reclamation. By presenting queer narratives as vibrant, messy, and beautifully incomplete, The Museum of Closetry invites viewers to reflect on what it means to belong, to remember, and to make space for the stories that history has tried to hide.
The Museum of Closetry is on view at the Art Gallery of Peterborough until July 20, 2025.
For more information, visit: agp.on.ca/exhibitions/museum-of-closetry/ or click the link in our profile to head to our website.
#AGPtbo #SpencerJHarrison #LucasAzevedoCabral #Exhibition
May 22
Support the gallery and win great prizes!
Purchase your tickets for our first ever Summer Raffle for a chance to win one of three incredible prizes from Cottage Toys, Ste. Anne`s Spa, and Peterborough Golf & Country Club. Check them out:
1st Prize:
Cottage Toys: Kayak and Paddle
valued at $950
2nd Prize:
Ste. Anne’s Spa: Gift Basket
valued at $250
3rd Prize:
Peterborough Golf & Country Club:
Round of Golf for 2
valued at: $175
DRAW DATE: Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 4:00 pm
All proceeds from the raffle go toward supporting gallery programming.
For more information about each prize & how to purchase your tickets, visit our website at: agp.on.ca/support/raffle or head to our website by checking out the link in our profile.
#AGPtbo #Fundriaising #Raffle
May 21
✨Artist Talk + Tour: Museum of Closetry✨
Join exhibiting artist, Spencer J. Harrison, on Sunday June 8, for a tour of his exhibition, Museum of Closetry, curated by Lucas Azevedo Cabral, at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.
Tour begins at 2:00 pm. No registration is required.
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
All are welcome.
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Spencer J. Harrison (he/him) is an Artist, Activist, and Educator. Spencer has been painting and creating installation-based art for forty years, and his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
For more information about the exhibition, visit: agp.on.ca/exhibitions/museum-of-closetry/ or click the link in our profile to head to our website.
#AGPtbo #SpencerJHarrison #ArtistTalk
May 21
Want to learn something new this spring? Check out this month`s studio programs ⬇️🎨
Thursday, May 22: Adult Art Camp
Sculpture: Clay Creations
ages 19+ from 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 24: Saturday Art Club
Clay Sculptures
ages 7-11, from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Saturday, May 31: Art Start!
Under the Sea
ages 4-6, from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
For more information and how to register, visit agp.on.ca/learn or check out the link in our profile.
#AGPtbo #Learn #ArtClass
May 20
Currently on view: Laurie De Camillis | Four Seasons
Out in the open air, through the seasons and across the landscape, Laurie De Camillis renders what she sees in oil painted brushstrokes, en-plein-air. With birch panel and palette in hand, she sets up an ad hoc studio amid the trees and water, land and sky.
Spanning three ramp galleries, this exhibition features 80 plein air paintings that reflect colours and textures as nature composed them.
For more information about this exhibition, visit: https://agp.on.ca/exhibitions/four-seasons/
Photo: Laurie De Camillis, Spring Light Reflection, oil on birch panel
May 16
Visit the AGP this long weekend! 🎆
Saturday, May 17: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, May 18: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Monday, May 19: CLOSED
#AGPtbo #HolidayHours
May 15
IN CONVERSATION: Spencer J. Harrison and Lucas Azevedo Cabral
Join us online on Wednesday, June 4 for a talk with artist Spencer J. Harrison and curator Lucas Azevedo Cabral as they discuss the exhibition, Museum of Closetry.
This online event is free to attend. All are welcome.
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Event Details:
When: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: online webinar
Cost: Free
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/…/771…/WN_DPjSyH7sR8y2nYVai1NHfA or visit our website by clicking the link in our profile.
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About the Exhibition:
Through found objects, assemblage, and layered narratives, Dr. Spencer J. Harrison and curator Lucas Azevedo Cabral create a fictional museum that imagines queer history as abundant and visible. By presenting queer narratives as vibrant, messy, and beautifully incomplete, The Museum of Closetry invites viewers to reflect on what it means to belong, to remember, and to make space for the stories that history has tried to hide.
Photo by Zach Ward, We Design Group
#AGPtbo #SpencerJHarrison @caabral_ #InConversation
May 13
Looking for that perfect gift?
Drop in to the Gallery Shop at the Art Gallery of Peterborough and explore the work of over 60 local and regional artists and makers. The Shop offers a diverse selection of one-of-kind works in ceramic, glass, jewellery, and more.
Feel good bonus: every purchase from the AGP Gallery Shop supports gallery programs as well as local artist and makers 💕
#AGPtbo #GalleryShop #LocalArtists #LoveLocalPtbo
May 9
Join us this summer as an AGP Youth Volunteer!
We have opportunities for youth (ages 14 – 17) to join our Youth Volunteer Team to support our Summer Art Camps. As part of our Youth Volunteer Team, you’ll gain leadership experience in a creative and fun environment, make new friends and some art, too.
The application deadline is: Sunday, June 15, 2025
For more information, visit our website at: agp.on.ca/connect/volunteer/ or check out the link in our profile.
#AGPtbo #Volunteer #YouthVolunteer #SummerArtCamp
May 9
Happy Friday! Enjoy these #florals from the AGP Permanent Collection as we head into another gorgeous spring weekend. 🌷
Image 1: David Hockney, Gregory, 1974, etching in three colours, on paper, ed. /75. Gift of Stephanie McLeod, 1992
Image 2: James Griffiths, Morning Glories, no date, watercolour on paper. Gift of Dorothy Hubbs, 1996
Image 3: Moira Clark, Salon, 1982, etching and aquatint on paper, ed. 4/20. Purchased with the assistance of the AGP Volunteers Committee and the Canada Council Art Bank, 1984
Image 4: George Reid, Still Life with Rose, c. 1903, watercolour on paper. Gift of Miriam Davidson Kaffka, 2011
Image 5: Jim Dine, Hand Coloured Flower, 1980, hand-coloured lithograph on paper, AP. Gift of Evelyn Aimis, 1992
Image 6: Sarah Nind, Untitled, 1987, oil on wood. Gift of Peter Norris, 1994
Image 7: Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1974, screenprint with hand colouring on paper, ed. /500. Gift of Stephanie McLeod, 1992
Image 8: Denise Ireland, Garden Gate, 1983, acrylic on canvas. Gift of Alan M. Schwartz, 1985
Image 9: Elspeth Stevenson, Untitled, 1977, pastel on paper. Gift of Mary Thompson, 1985
#AGPtbo #PermanentCollection #Art #Spring #Flowers #DevilWearsPrada
May 9
We`re thrilled to announce the participating artists of the 2025 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour!
Since 1984, KAST has offered visitors the opportunity to visit the working studios of artists and connect with the artists and makers of Peterborough and the Kawarthas. This year`s tour is sure to be outstanding, with many new and returning artists joining us.
Introducing the Participating Artists of KAST 2025:
City of Peterborough:
Leanne Baird, Kim Beavis-Sanderson, Anne Cavanagh, John Climenhage, Em Farquhar-Barrie, Cydnee Hosker, Nick Leniuk, Janet Lutz, Jeffrey Macklin, Lisa Martini-Dunk, James Matheson, Karyn McKnight, Mary McLoughlin, Cathy Ogrodnik, Elizabeth Popham, Nan Sidler, Ann Way-Nee, and Vince Way-Nee
Village of Lakefield:
Emerance Baker, Holly Edwards, Kay Gregg, Christy Haldane, Mark Hinan, Mary-Anne Johnston, Ann Shier, and Annette Vlieg
County of Peterborough:
Thomas Aitken & Kate Hyde, Doug Andrews, David Beaucage Johnson, Corina Kiefert Chester, Paul Chester, Don Clark, Lynda Cunningham, Valerie Davidson, Tina Fridgen, Garrett Gilbart, Lesley & Al Kroach, Louise Laroche, Lucie Lemieux-Wilson, Lucy Manley, Paul Nabuurs, Rene O’Connor, Kelly O’Neill, Barbara Sorensen, Cathy Stalkie, Todd Ulrich, and Tricia van Oostveen
For more information about the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour visit, kast.agp.on.ca or checkout the link in our profile.
#AGPtbo #KawarthaAutumnStudioTour #KAST2025
May 8
The Museum of Closetry is a love letter to the hidden, forgotten, and erased.
Through found objects, assemblage, and layered narratives, artist Spencer J. Harrison and curator Lucas Azevedo Cabral create a fictional museum that imagines queer history as abundant and visible. The exhibition reclaims cultural gaps and archival silence, using them as fertile ground to craft a world where queer identities have always thrived.
The the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on what it means to belong, to remember, and to make space for the stories that history has tried to hide.
Visit the Museum of Closetry at the Art Gallery of Peterborough until July 20, 2025.
For more information, visit https://agp.on.ca/exhibitions/museum-of-closetry/ or check out the link in our profile.
📷 1: Airforce Jewellery, 1941 – 1945. Photo by Zach Ward, @wedesignptbo
📷 2: From the Opening Reception. Photo by Zach Ward, We Design Group
📷 3: Spencer J. Harrison, One of Her Entourage, 2023, graphite, pencil crayon, Masters Thesis proof, and found objects on opaque mylar. Photo by Zach Ward, We Design Group
#AGPtbo #SpencerJHarrison #Exhibition #Installation @sjh137 @caabral_
May 8
📣 Reminder: Tomorrow is the deadline to apply!
Join our team: we are hiring an Education Assistant and a Curatorial and Public Programs Assistant to work with us this summer through the Young Canada Works (YCW) program.
Deadline to apply:
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Applicants must be YCW eligible.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit: https://agp.on.ca/about/employment/ or check out the link in our profile.
#AGPtbo #SummerJobs #YoungCanadaWorks
May 7
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