Author: David Kempton

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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.

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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.

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Meet Our Artists

Name1st Title2nd TitleWebSocial
 Anna  Wilson Nautical Reflections 2https://www.annawilson.ca/art-photographyhttps://www.instagram.com/annawilsonphoto
 Anton  Pickard Shoreline Frozen Solitudehttps://www.antonpickard.comhttps://www.facebook.com/antonpickardcreative
 B  Dass All That Remainshttps://glass.photo/dass
 Ben Mark  Holzberg Coffin Ridgehttps://benmark.ca
 Brenda  Snape Light Abstracthttps://Instagram.com/ys_bsnape 
 Christine  Mack The Garden That Never Sleeps 11 The Garden That Never Sleeps 22https://christinemack.comhttps://Instagram.com/chris_mack_photos
 Claudia  McKnight Eudaimoniahttps://galleryartists.wixsite.com/cera/claudiahttps://www.instagram.com/claudiamandlermcknight/?hl=en
 Csaba  Tomcsak Fredauhttps://www.tomcsak.comhttps://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 Fallhttps://www.instagram.com/gabrielbhappy/ 
 Gerald  Pisarzowski General Equivalence No. 7https://www.geraldpisarzowski.cahttps://instagram.com/geraldpisarzowskiphotography
 Heike  Blohm Wrong Wayhttps://instagram.com/heikeblohmdesigns 
 Jacqueline  Martyn Resilience Room With a Viewhttps://www.jjmartyn.cahttps://Instagram.com/Sunshineattheisland
 James  Price Water Drain Covered in Snow Belting Out the Blues 
 Jean Maurice  CormierWaiting For the Sky to Clear The Land Beyondhttps://www.jmcormierphotography.com/https://www.instagram.com/jmcormier101
 John  Davidson Storm Clouds Over Lifeboatshttps://www.johndavidsonphotography.comhttps://www.instagram.com/johndavidsonphotography/
 Katherine  Keates Sky Lakehttps://www.katherinekeatesphotography.comhttps://www.facebook.com/keatesphoto/
 Kathleen  Heithorn Althoff August Storm 1https://www.blossomsolutions.ca/projects-7https://www.instagram.com/blossom_country/?hl=en
 Kevin  Ford Fade Drifthttps://fiftyeightford.comhttps://instagram.com/58fordphotography
 Kevin  McBean Scrollhttps://Instragram.com/CobbledPathPhotography 
 Leif  Petersen Meet Me at the Fountain Hamnoy Lofoton Islandshttps://www.instagram.com/leifpetersen.ca 
 Linda  Welch A Quick Lunchhttps://instagram.com/LindaWelch140 
 Marion  Plaunt Tranquilityhttps://instagram.com/marionplaunt 
 Matt  Low Grain Terminal Killbearhttps://www.greycountyphotography.comhttps://instagram.com/greycountyphotography/
 Matthew  Donnelly Twisthttps://www.matthewdonnellycreative.com/https://Instagram.com/donnellymatthewj
 Michael  DrukarshFairies are Realhttps://michaeldrukarshphotography.cahttps://Instagram.com/mikeonabikephotos
 Morden  Shapiro Ebb Tide 
 Natalia  Rose Sunny Tanacteumhttps://artistnataliarose.comhttps://instagram.com/artist.natalia.rose
 Renato  Petean Marino Reminisciences 12 Reminisciences 02https://renatopetean.comhttps://instagram.com/renatopetean
 Rhonda  Starr The Path We Choose I Stand Alonehttps://RhondaStarr.comhttps://Instagram.com/StarrRhonda
 Richard  Litke Waiting for Further Instructionshttps://www.conceptualphotography.ca
 Scott  Visscher The Farmhousehttps://www.scottvisscher.comhttps://www.instagram.com/scottvisscher
 Sean  Stone Horses Will Runhttps://luminosity5415.wixsite.com/luminosity
 Sibernie  James BoschLife, Beauty, Joy, Abundance 
 Steve  Rees Climate Control No Free Timehttps://instragram.com/@pinholesteve 
 Suzie  Persa Dreamers Directionhttps://vero.co/plunkydogphotography 
 Todd  Murrison Guess Hoo? Stripeshttps://www.toddmurrison.comhttps://www.instagram.com/toddmurrisonphotography/
 Tom  Wray Dark Hedgeshttps://tomwrayphotography.comhttps://facebook.com/tomwrayphotography
 Tom  Zsolt Hemmingways Studio Working the Marshhttps://www.tomzsolt.comhttps://Instagram.com/tomzsolt
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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.

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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.

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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!)

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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!

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Are you an artist, photographer? Dass speaks!

B. Dass is one of the founding Co-Directors of NFAPE. In this video interview, he raises a pair of thought-provoking questions: Do you, as a photographer, believe that photography is an art, and Do you consider yourself an artist? When Dass asks these questions of audiences, the responses are fascinating. Have a look!