Dates:
- Call will be open during September
- Show – November 1-17
Drop off: Sunday Nov 1 from 11-1pm
Open: Tuesday Nov 4
Reception: Thursday Nov 5 7-9:30 pm
Pick up: Tuesday Nov 17: 6-7:30pm
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 10-4pm
Meet our 2025 Jury
Amy Bagshaw
Amy is an Artist, Professor, and Coordinator in the School of Design and Visual Art at Georgian College (BFA, MFA, B.Ed). As Director of The Campus Gallery, Amy curates and writes on artists, equity, and education. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, Amy has created public art for the City of Barrie and Alliston, ON.
Rita Godlevskis
PhotoED Magazine’s Editor /Publisher Rita Godlevskis has more than twenty years of experience in photography based, creative media work, in Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. She has worked across multiple platforms with a diverse range of projects in her portfolio in editorial, and creative production contexts. A passion for promoting diverse voices in Canadian photography, and great coffee keep her fueled.
Charlotte Hale Charlotte is an established Canadian arts professional with over 20 years combined experience as an independent art gallery owner, curator, artist representative, writer, professor, associate dean and creative sector developer. She is an award-winning portrait photographer. Her passion for showing art in dynamic spaces and bringing curious people to actively engage with an exhibition is a natural quality.
Reception 2025
Here are a few photos from our 2025 Reception – clicking any image opens a gallery with larger views. All photo credits to Greg King.
In the news again!
The show is in the local news again! please follow the link to Newmarket Today.
Gallery Hours
- Mondays: Closed
- Tuesday and Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Thursday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
While the address of the Old Town Hall is 460 Botsford Street, the entrance is at the south end, off Timothy street.
Meet Our Artists
| Name | 1st Title | 2nd Title | Web | Social | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Wilson | Nautical Reflections 2 | https://www.annawilson.ca/art-photography | https://www.instagram.com/annawilsonphoto | ||
| Anton Pickard | Shoreline | Frozen Solitude | https://www.antonpickard.com | https://www.facebook.com/antonpickardcreative | |
| B Dass | All That Remains | https://glass.photo/dass | |||
| Ben Mark Holzberg | Coffin Ridge | https://benmark.ca | |||
| Brenda Snape | Light Abstract | https://Instagram.com/ys_bsnape | |||
| Christine Mack | The Garden That Never Sleeps 11 | The Garden That Never Sleeps 22 | https://christinemack.com | https://Instagram.com/chris_mack_photos | |
| Claudia McKnight | Eudaimonia | https://galleryartists.wixsite.com/cera/claudia | https://www.instagram.com/claudiamandlermcknight/?hl=en | ||
| Csaba Tomcsak | Fredau | https://www.tomcsak.com | https://www.instagram.com/tomcsak.art/ | ||
| Doug Lorriman | After the Storm | A Winter Canvas | |||
| Francis Livingston | Larix Larcina Fall | ||||
| Fred Leibl | Lake Louise | ||||
| Gabriel Bousquet | Harvest | Algonquin Fall | https://www.instagram.com/gabrielbhappy/ | ||
| Gerald Pisarzowski | General Equivalence No. 7 | https://www.geraldpisarzowski.ca | https://instagram.com/geraldpisarzowskiphotography | ||
| Heike Blohm | Wrong Way | https://instagram.com/heikeblohmdesigns | |||
| Jacqueline Martyn | Resilience | Room With a View | https://www.jjmartyn.ca | https://Instagram.com/Sunshineattheisland | |
| James Price | Water Drain Covered in Snow | Belting Out the Blues | |||
| Jean Maurice Cormier | Waiting For the Sky to Clear | The Land Beyond | https://www.jmcormierphotography.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/jmcormier101 | |
| John Davidson | Storm Clouds Over Lifeboats | https://www.johndavidsonphotography.com | https://www.instagram.com/johndavidsonphotography/ | ||
| Katherine Keates | Sky Lake | https://www.katherinekeatesphotography.com | https://www.facebook.com/keatesphoto/ | ||
| Kathleen Heithorn Althoff | August Storm 1 | https://www.blossomsolutions.ca/projects-7 | https://www.instagram.com/blossom_country/?hl=en | ||
| Kevin Ford | Fade | Drift | https://fiftyeightford.com | https://instagram.com/58fordphotography | |
| Kevin McBean | Scroll | https://Instragram.com/CobbledPathPhotography | |||
| Leif Petersen | Meet Me at the Fountain | Hamnoy Lofoton Islands | https://www.instagram.com/leifpetersen.ca | ||
| Linda Welch | A Quick Lunch | https://instagram.com/LindaWelch140 | |||
| Marion Plaunt | Tranquility | https://instagram.com/marionplaunt | |||
| Matt Low | Grain Terminal | Killbear | https://www.greycountyphotography.com | https://instagram.com/greycountyphotography/ | |
| Matthew Donnelly | Twist | https://www.matthewdonnellycreative.com/ | https://Instagram.com/donnellymatthewj | ||
| Michael Drukarsh | Fairies are Real | https://michaeldrukarshphotography.ca | https://Instagram.com/mikeonabikephotos | ||
| Morden Shapiro | Ebb Tide | ||||
| Natalia Rose | Sunny Tanacteum | https://artistnataliarose.com | https://instagram.com/artist.natalia.rose | ||
| Renato Petean Marino | Reminisciences 12 | Reminisciences 02 | https://renatopetean.com | https://instagram.com/renatopetean | |
| Rhonda Starr | The Path We Choose | I Stand Alone | https://RhondaStarr.com | https://Instagram.com/StarrRhonda | |
| Richard Litke | Waiting for Further Instructions | https://www.conceptualphotography.ca | |||
| Scott Visscher | The Farmhouse | https://www.scottvisscher.com | https://www.instagram.com/scottvisscher | ||
| Sean Stone | Horses Will Run | https://luminosity5415.wixsite.com/luminosity | |||
| Sibernie James Bosch | Life, Beauty, Joy, Abundance | ||||
| Steve Rees | Climate Control | No Free Time | https://instragram.com/@pinholesteve | ||
| Suzie Persa | Dreamers Direction | https://vero.co/plunkydogphotography | |||
| Todd Murrison | Guess Hoo? | Stripes | https://www.toddmurrison.com | https://www.instagram.com/toddmurrisonphotography/ | |
| Tom Wray | Dark Hedges | https://tomwrayphotography.com | https://facebook.com/tomwrayphotography | ||
| Tom Zsolt | Hemmingways Studio | Working the Marsh | https://www.tomzsolt.com | https://Instagram.com/tomzsolt | |
Entries are all in!
Important Dates
Call closes: July 31, 5pm
Week of August 18: results to artists
Drop off: Tuesday September 2, 10-2pm, Newmarket Old Town Hall
Show dates: Sept 4 to Sept 27 (some details TBD)
Reception: September 11, 6-10pm
Pick up: Sunday September 28, 11-1pm OTH
Thanks to all you who applied for the first annual NFAPE! We’ll get back to everyone soon after the jury decides, whether you are in or not.
Good luck to all.
Be like Baron Wolman- Say YES! to this opportunity
Steve Gilligan, one of the four founding co-directors of NFAPE, talks about meeting famed photographer Baron Wolman in 2016. Wolman did a sort of career switch in 1967 and joined this then-unknown newspaper – Rolling Stone…
Wolman said: When an opportunity presents itself, say Yes.
So, as Steve says, ignore whatever is holding you back from entering this show, and say Yes!
We want to see your work.
First time considering entering your art in a show? Watch this!
David Kempton, founding co-director of NFAPE, and also founding co-director of the Newmarket Juried Art Show (NJAS), talks about his personal experience of meeting artists who have shown for their very first time. He talks about the thrill they feel – that gobsmacked “Wow – that’s my work on the wall beside some fabulous artists!”
Thinking of entering your first show? Have a look at the video, get inspired, and be brave – it’s worth it.
(And by the way – it’s not just first timers who feel this thrill!)
Be fearless! Show us what inspires you! Leslie Bertin speaks
Newmarket mixed-media artist Leslie Bertin is one of the founding Co-Directors of NFAPE. In this video interview, she shares some thoughts on how to choose what work to submit to the Newmarket Fine Art Photography Exhibition. Bottom line? Be fearless, show us what inspires you now, and have confidence in yourself and your work. Watch the video – she says it so well!