FORMS, FACES & SPACES,

figuratively speaking!

OPENING EVENTS

Saturday, May 3

Morning … in Upper Sisnett Lobby

10:30 am - 12:30 pm OPENING RECEPTION & Meet ‘n Greet with artists

11:00 - 11:30 am Opening Remarks and Awards Presentation

Afternoon … in Studio, Lower Level

12:15 - 12:55 pm Cameo Display of Memory-Scapes Artifacts & Collections

1:00 - 2:15 pm FREE Memory Scapes Presentation with Frank Myers, Aditi Sangwan, and E. Connie Munson.

Guest Leader of Cyanotype Workshop - book by April 28

2:30 - 4:30 pm Cyanotype Workshop in the STUDIO (limited to 20 participants)

- led by (Dr.) Aditi Ganeenv Sangwan: her practice and studies are with print-making, photography with alternate mediums [using non-toxic chemicals], and painting.

- enjoy an afternoon creating a Cyanotype project with Aditi following a brief history on this ancient medium and arts practice.

Note: non-toxic chemicals are used, all supplies included in registration fee of $50.00 Register by etransfer directly to aditiganeevsangwan@gmail.com 

the 4th annual show - May 2025

an eclectic extravaganza of photography with other fine art

at a registered satellite site of the CONTACT Festival and part of …

“the largest photography event in the world”

in the Upper Sisnett Lobby of the

Halton Hills Cultural Centre,

9 Church Street, Georgetown, ON

This show is a testament to our fascination with the human face and form, how we inhabit our spaces, interact with nature, pursue our daily lives, and engage together in creating community. The richness of commonalities that unite us amidst our diversities is celebrated anew in this annual show.  

This exhibit will engage us in that age old exploration of “Who am I?” and “What does it mean to be human?”

Proudly part of the 29th CONTACT Festival, and a registered satellite site for one of 100+ Open Exhibits in 2025.

The festival’s Open Call program comprises over 100 independently artist- and community-organized exhibitions across the GTA. From young students representing the next generation of image-makers to career retrospectives from life-long image-makers, these grassroots exhibitions demonstrate a passion for the medium in all its forms.

“…This year, lens-based and mixed-media artists continue to explore relevant and timely subjects and practices including decolonization, community-building, activism, protest and revolution, personal and collective memory, gaps in historical and contemporary archives, and a return to experimentation from the medium’s beginnings. These projects are complemented by artist and curator talks, panel discussions, and exhibition tours throughout the month.”

2025 Adjudication Panel

Stephanie Schirm, European trained and OCAD graduate, local artist at Glen Williams Studios, teaches at several locations in southern Ontario and is past owner of Labyrinth Studios Inc., for the design and manufacture of sanctuary décor for Churches across Canada and the US. She is a member of the Society of Canadian Artist, and Portrait Society of Canada, and Ontario Society of Artists and recently acclaimed with the 2023 Marty’s Award for Visual Arts in the traditional form and a Civic Award of Recognition for the Visual Arts from Bonnie Crombie’s Mississauga Mayor’s office. Stephanie’s creations can be found in private collections throughout Canada, US and Europe.

Greg Coman is proprietor of a successful commercial photography business, Greg Coman Photography. He combines this with photo-journalism and his arts photography practice. He is a man for many seasons, active in the community with local initiatives and businesses and a long-time member of an area photography group. His work has been included in photos of the year with local journalists. This is his second year on the adjudication panel.

Curation team at the Upper Sisnett Lobby is led by Kara Bruce, Curator of the Helson Gallery, Halton Hills.

Endorsed by Visual Arts Brampton for the fourth year of this annual exhibition. We thank Matt Czolij and Colleen Dee for their ongoing technical tutelage, design advice, and overall guidance.