Featured Events in Arthur in May 2025 (July Updated)

Gather your amigos/amigas and let’s fiesta like there is no mañana! Get ready for a night of high-energy music, vibrant lights, and non-stop dancing as we celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style! 🌟🎉 🎧 DJ EZ Eddie spinning the best salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton, kizomba and more! 🔥Movimientos calientes with Shari B and EZ Eddie 📅 Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 📍 Location: Norteños Taqueria, 698 Arthur St. W. ⏰ Time: 10:00 pm - 2:00 am 🎟️ $10 in advance ($11.98 on EventBrite) 🚪$15 at the door Let’s turn up the heat and dance the night away! Please note: Pictures will be taken at this event. By buying a ticket, you are providing consent for your image to be used in posts, albums or other promotional content. If you have any concerns or prefer not to have a photo posted, please let us know. Information Source: Dame Más Dance | eventbrite

Embedded A talk by Stephen Bulger on four extraordinary women documentary photographers who lived amongst their subjects while working. This not-to-be missed presentation will feature the works of internationally recognized photographers Wendy Ewald, Jill Freedman, Rita Leistner and Susan Meiselas. Date: May 14, 2025 Reception: 6 pm Talk: 7 pm Location: Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada Stephen Bulger is a key player in the photography world in Canada and internationally, as a gallery owner, curator, publisher and representative of numerous Canadian and international photographers. He serves as a board member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada and co-chairs the Canadian Art Foundation. Stephen is a former President of the Board for the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), Washington, D.C, and a co-founder of CONTACT, Toronto’s annual photography festival. Each of these photographers embeds themselves amongst their subjects, and lives with them 24/7 as they work on their projects for either weeks, or months, or years. Producing work since the late 1960s, these four women are internationally recognized for their contributions to documentary practice. They are also famous for their methodology of living amongst their subjects, earning the respect of those depicted and offering the viewer a more intimate record through their committed engagement. Jill Freedman was active in the 1960s through the mid-80s; Ewald and Meiselas have been active since the early 1970s and continue to work to this day. Leistner’s practice began in the mid-1990s and is internationally recognized for carrying on this tradition of immersion with her subjects. Information Source: Women's Art Association of Canada | eventbrite

Bio: The Arthur Kell Speculation Quartet's current European tour highlights music from its latest recording, Live at LunÀtico on Origin Records -- recognized as one of Downbeat Magazine's Best Albums of 2024.The group has toured widely in Europe, including: Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Madrid Jazz Festival, Bird's Eye in Basel, A-Trane in Berlin, AJMI in Provence, Brasov in Romania, and a Deutschlandfunk national radio broadcast.Arthur Kell has worked with Thomas Chapin, Matt Darriau, Kálmán Oláh, Guillermo Klein, Steve Cardenas, Paul Bollenback, Valerie June and Bill McHenry. He'salso co-owner of Bar LunÀtico, the Brooklyn, New York venue.Brad Shepik has worked with Paul Motian, Dave Douglas, Joey Baron and Charlie Haden. Nate Radleyhas worked for Chris Cheek, Adam Nussbaum, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and Aruan Ortiz. Allan Mednard has performed with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks, Lauren Henderson and Ben Allison. Information Source: Arthur's Blues & Jazz Club | eventbrite

2 Day Collagraph Workshop with Loree OvensCome join us for a 2-day Collagraph Workshop led by Loree Ovens! Get hands-on experience creating unique prints using this fascinating technique. A collagraph is essentially a collage that is used as a matrix or a plate to create a print. Collagraphs are best printed using an etching press and they often show some embossment. It is a wonderful way to create prints without needing to use acid or solvents. We will be using oil-based water-wash-up inks. Day 1 - The technique will be introduced through example prints, plates and a demo. Then the class will create several small collages that will become printing plates. Day 2 - There will be another print demo and the class will begin to ink their plates and print using the etching press. Inks will be provided as well as printing rag paper, plates, some collage materials and gel mediums. Participants please bring: thin nitrile gloves or plastic gloves, a full pad of newsprint 18” × 24” old clothes or an apron, something to write notes on, interesting thin textures such as lace (optional.) April 24 and May 1, 1 - 4 pm In-person Non-refundable fee: $115 (WAAC members $105) Maximum 6 participants Women’s Art Association of Canada 23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5R 1B2 416-922-2060 waac@womensartofcanada.ca www.womensartofcanada.ca Information Source: Women's Art Association of Canada | eventbrite

Experience the thrill of 365 Pro Wrestling Presented By Arthur Optimist Club in the serene city of Arthur. The event will take place at the Arthur Community Centre Main Hall, located at 158 Domville Street, Arthur, ON N0G 1A0 on May 3, 2025. Tickets for this exciting event range from CA$14.64 to CA$25.29. Don't miss out on an evening filled with incredible wrestling action in the heart of Arthur.

Gelli printing is a colourful experimental way to create monoprints. In this introduction to the technique we will use ready made and make our own stencils to create images and designs that might be suitable for making into picutres or to create papers that are brilliant for collaging. We use acrylic paints which can stain clothes so don't wear smart ones, bring an apron and we need lots of wipes to keep ourselves and our equipment and work area clean. so I ask everyone to bring a pack Young people age 12 and above are welcome but parent or carer needs to attend as well. I can't wait to see what you create! Every piece will be completely unique! Information Source: Catherine Jones | eventbrite

this workshop is for beginners and improvers. If you've already done some tetrapak printing then come along and learn about adding ink and chine colle colour. If you're a beginner let me show you through the whole concept! Its fun, easy and doesn't have the danger of metal plates! We print small on a 3D printed microprinter so you can make images for gift tags, card and cards or mount the images as they are! It's quite messy so wear old clothes and bring a pack of wet wipes and an apron! Information Source: Catherine Jones | eventbrite

This session is to help those of you who haven't used watercolours before or don't feel confident, to practise laying down washes, experience wet in wet and wet on dry and so on, to work out how to keep colours clean, how to create rich shades and how to layer colours. We'll use some images for you to use as inspiration for a simple landscape, after we've practised the basics and you feel more confident. If you have your own watercolours and watercolour brushes do bring them along so you can learn to use them. The same goes for watercolour paper- if you have some you want to use, please bring it. Please let me know if you are planning on bringing your own materials so I know how much to provide! I will provide boards and tape for everyone whether or not you want to use your own materials. This is a relaxing and fun workshop and all about havinig a go and experimenting and not worrying too much about the final piece: you've got the rest of your life to play with watercolours. We think of them as starter paints but in reality they can be very challenging and very exciting! So come along and start on your watercolour journey... I look forward to seeing you there! Information Source: Catherine Jones | eventbrite

British-Australian artist Bernard Ollis OAM invites art lovers to experience his latest exhibition, From the Inside Looking Out, at Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley Brisbane, from May 13–31. Known for his vibrant and dynamic depictions of life, Ollis presents a fresh collection of works that transform everyday scenes into immersive, colourful compositions. Primarily a figurative artist, Ollis is fascinated by the human form and the spaces people inhabit. In this exhibition, his paintings distort and amplify reality through bold colours, dynamic perspectives, and intricate patterns, synthesizing multiple viewpoints into a single striking image. ‘I have always been interested in pictures within pictures. Encouraging you, the viewer, to see beyond one space and out into another. In short, from the inside, to the out’ says Ollis.‘These artworks, have been created and inspired by visits to specific locations, imagined or seen. They are never about accurate copies, or representation, after all, that is the role of the camera’.Join Bernard Ollis in the gallery for an exclusive Artist Talk on Saturday, May 17, at 2 PM, followed by drinks and a chance to connect with the artist. This is a wonderful opportunity as Bernard deep into the inspiration and technique of his artistic practice and life. All events are free, no RSVPs required. Art lovers can sign up to the gallery's mailing list via the website to receive information on exhibitions and events or follow the gallery on Facebook and Instagram. Mitchell Fine Art is open 6 days a week; Monday to Friday 10am - 5.30pm and Saturday 10am - 5pm, with parking available onsite. To view the exhibition online visit www.mitchellfineartgallery.com. To enquire phone 3254 2297. Information Source: Mitchell Fine Art, Fortitude Valley | eventbrite

Acclaimed artist Bernard Ollis OAM invites art lovers to experience his latest exhibition, 'From the Inside Looking Out', showing 13 - 31 May at Mitchell Fine Art. Known for his vibrant and dynamic depictions of life, Bernard presents a fresh collection of works that transform everyday scenes into immersive, colourful compositions. Join Bernard Ollis as he takes the floor to share the process behind this latest body of work in his Artist Talk. **All events are free, no rsvp required. This exhibition is concurrently shown alongside esteemed Aboriginal artist Barney Ellaga 'Tjungai'. The Gallery is open 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday, and provides free onsite parking. To view the exhibition online, visit https://mitchellfineartgallery.com/.../bernard-ollis... See less Information Source: Mitchell Fine Art, Fortitude Valley | eventbrite

These exhibitions feature the work of NYSID BFA and MFA candidates who completed their thesis projects in December 2024 and May 2025, and MPS advanced studio projects. Graduating student projects are hypothetical designs based on the adaptive reuse of existing buildings. The BFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception is Monday, May 19 from 6-8 pm at the NYSID Gallery, 170 E. 70th Street. The MFA Thesis and MPS Studio Projects Exhibition Opening Reception is Tuesday, May 20 from 6-8 pm at the NYSID Graduate Center, 401 Park Ave South at 28th Street. Information Source: New York School of Interior Design | eventbrite

The Green Line presents our monthly zine workshop! This month, we're heading to the Samara Centre for Democracy in the Annex. Come make your very own zine, inspired by our latest Action Journey issue on third spaces! All supplies are provided, but feel free to bring any tools or scraps you'd like to use. Information Source: The Green Line | eventbrite