Great things to do in the GTA and Region of Durham

October 9th ~ Scugog Arts

Coastal Reflections by Birgit Pullen
Scugog Arts Presents Coastal Reflections, an exhibition of paintings and mixed media work by local artist Birgit Pullen.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 10th between 1PM and 3PM at the Scugog Arts Space. View and browse the artwork, meet the artist, and enjoy light refreshments and sweets provided by the Nutty Chocolatier!
175B Queen St, Port Perry
https://scugogarts.ca/

to October 25 ~ Fabulous Mediums

Ingrid McDonald & Inese Poga
Art Show
McLean Community Centre
95 Magill Dr, Ajax
www.inesepogagallery.com

to Oct. 24 ~ Culture Days

In person events nearby.

• Sculptures of Durham

to Nov 6 ~ The Colborne ART Gallery

9th Annual Juried ART Show
51 King. St. W, Colborne
https://thecolborneartgallery.ca/

to February 12th, 2023 ~ The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

The Beyond Within
Annie MacDonnell
September 24th, 2022 – February 12th, 2023
Underpinned by feminist conceptions of the everyday as a basis for political engagement with the world, The Beyond Within proposes strategies for reorientation. In two videos made in collaboration with Paris-based artist Maïder Fortuné, pedagogical roles are underwritten by radical forms of intimacy.
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre
Oshawa ON L1H 3Z3
rmg.on.ca | 905.576.3000

Oct 1 to Dec 14 ~ VAC

41st Juried Art Exhibition in Bowmanville, ON. For over 45 years, the VAC has produced a variety of locally-engaged exhibitions and public programmes that offer members of the Durham Region an opportunity to learn and create through contemporary art.
Awards/Reception Oct 15 at 6 to 9 pm
143 Simpson Ave, Bowmanville
https://www.vac.ca/

Oct 1 ~ The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Come celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions! "The Beyond Within" by Annie MacDonnell and "The Sire of Sires" by our RBC Artist in Residence, Jordan Elliot Prosser will be on view. Annie MacDonnell will be hosting a tour of their exhibition at 2:15 PM.
Coming from Toronto? We have organized a bus to bring you to and from the opening!
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre
Oshawa ON L1H 3Z3
rmg.on.ca | 905.576.3000

Oct 1 ~ Pickering Museum Village

Apprentice Cook Bread Baking
10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Spend the day with a heritage cook! Travel back to the smells, tastes and textures of freshly baked bread. Join our costumed heritage cook to and try your hand at a few simple bread recipes in our 1850s inn, and then enjoy the fruits of your labour in the museum’s 1870s-era dining room.
2365 6th Concession Road, Greenwood
pickeringmuseumvillage.ca

Oct 1 ~ Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra

The Human Spirit
Vivian Fung | Liszt | Tchaikovsky
P.C. Ho Theatre
5183 Sheppard Ave E, Scar
w: cathedralbluffs.com

Oct 1 to Nov 13 ~ The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

The Sire of Sires
Jordan Elliot Prosser
October 1 – November 13, 2022
The Sire of Sires is a new video work and installation by Jordan Elliot Prosser produced during his emerging artist residency at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. A loose adaption of L'Après-midi d'un faune – first a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé (1876), then a symphony by Claude Debussy (1894) and ballet by Vaslav Nijinsky (1912) – The Sire of Sires is the latest chapter in Prosser’s expanding video map of Oshawa.
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre
Oshawa ON L1H 3Z3
rmg.on.ca | 905.576.3000

Oct 8 to March 5 ~ The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Kazuo Nakamura: Universal PatternKazuo Nakamura was a founding member of Painters Eleven (1953-60), Ontario’s first abstract art collective. Nakamura’s fascination with science and mathematics is evident throughout his career through his use of patterns, linear perspectives, and geometric forms. From the earliest landscapes and abstractions to his later mathematical explorations, Nakamura was seeking patterns in nature.
72 Queen Street, Civic Centre
Oshawa ON L1H 3Z3
rmg.on.ca | 905.576.3000

October 8 to Nov 26 ~ Station Gallery

Reza Hosseiny | Prowling
Performance of Stitched World with Arhythmia Heartbeat followed by opening reception Saturday October 15th at 1:00 PM. Curator's Tour October 20th at 7:00 PM. Reza Hosseiny www.rezahosseiny.com
1450 Henry Street, Whitby
https://www.stationgallery.ca

OCTOBER 21 - NOVEMBER 6 ~ Northumberland Players

The Honky Tonk Angels
DINNER THEATRE
Best Western Plus Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre
930 Burnham St., Cobourg
https://northumberlandplayers.ca

October 14 ~ St. Francis Centre

rescheduled
“Perk Up, Pianist”
starring Sarah Hagan
Often referred to as the next Victor Borge, Sarah Hagan, with her dry wit and deadpan delivery, pairs anecdotes with music to transform her role as concert pianist to stand-up, or rather sit-down, comedy.
www.stfranciscentre.ca or call 905.619.5259, ext. 2787 (ARTS)

15 & 16 ~ Witchurch-Stouffville Studio Tour

Featuring 12 venues and 17 artists!
THE 22ND ANNUAL WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE STUDIO TOUR

WILL TAKE PLACE
October 15th and 16th, 2022
https://www.wsstudiotour.com/

Oct 15 & 16 ~ Oshawa Art Association

The 39th Fall Art Festival
Sat., Oct. 15 and Sun., Oct. 16, 2022
10 am to 5 pm both days
Location: Camp Samac Oshawa, inside Council Hall building
Enter at Conlin Rd. Gate, 275 Conlin Rd. E., Oshawa L1H 7K5
Free event – hourly draw for prizes
50 artists in all mediums including pottery and sculpture
Beverage and snack counter available
Further info – Anne – anne@bluewillowstudio.ca
https://www.oshawaartassociation.com/

October 15 ~ Station Gallery

Reza Hosseiny | The Inversion ProjectPerformance and opening reception
Coppa Gallery + Jill Dyall Community Gallery + Anne Sims Heritage Gallery
1450 Henry Street
Whitby
https://www.stationgallery.ca

October 15th - November 13th ~ Scugog Arts

Colour and Sound as One by Chas Burke

Saturday, October 22nd 1-3PM
Special reception and performance:
Scugog Arts presents Chas Burke: Colour and Sound as One featuring the vibrant work of artist Chas Burke.
Visit us at the Scugog Arts Space to view the show!
Reception is Saturday, October 22nd between 1-3PM. Enjoy light refreshments and sweets provided by the Nutty Chocolatier, and experience a musical performance from the artist.
175B Queen St, Port Perry
https://scugogarts.ca/

October 20 ~ Station Gallery

Curator’s Tour: The Inversion Project
Reza Hosseiny | Prowling
Drawing on more than one cultural repertoire, Iranian-born artist Reza Hosseiny has created a cross-cultural dialogue filled with delicacy, grace and astonishing beauty. Hosseiny creates enduring bonds by amalgamating both Western and Middle Eastern concepts, belief systems and visual languages. Through this synthesis of his ancestral homeland and adopted country, he eloquently speaks from the “in-between” of varied social and cultural realities.
Robert Houle | Collage Auto Portrait
Robert Houle is one of the most influential First Nations artists to break into the contemporary art world. Houle went from residential school to art school to museum boardrooms and on to the art world stage as an artist, curator and writer. His work blends abstraction, modernism and conceptualism with First Nations aesthetics and histories. The Collage Auto Portrait suite is an outstanding example of the artist’s experimentation with new print technologies. Each component of this unique suite—only one set was created—has variations in the images and colours, while focusing on the theme of the artist’s indigenous ancestry.
Coppa Gallery + Jill Dyall Community Gallery + Anne Sims Heritage Gallery
1450 Henry Street, Whitby
https://www.stationgallery.ca

Oct 22 ~ Scugog Arts

Colour and Sound as One by Chas Burke
Saturday, October 22nd 1-3PM
Special reception and performance: Scugog Arts presents Chas Burke: Colour and Sound as One featuring the vibrant work of artist Chas Burke.
Visit us at the Scugog Arts Space to view the show!
Reception is Saturday, October 22nd between 1-3PM. Enjoy light refreshments and sweets provided by the Nutty Chocolatier, and experience a musical performance from the artist.

October 25 to Nov 26 ~ Fabulous Mediums

PRAC Juried Art Show
McLean Community Centre
95 Magill Dr, Ajax

October 27 ~ Station Gallery

Art Talk
Coppa Gallery or Studio C
1450 Henry Street
Whitby
https://www.stationgallery.ca

October 29 ~ St. Francis Centre

Ori Dagan Quartet – The Rat Pack Songbook
Saturday, October 29 @ 7pm
Inspired by the music of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin, this show echœs the swing and swagger of “the coolest cats of all time” – The Rat Pack! www.ajax.ca/SFC
www.stfranciscentre.ca or call 905.619-.5259, ext. 2787 (ARTS)