Michelle Reid. Landscape Artist

06/18/2026

Tickets avilable for Friday

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/golden-hour-on-the-marsh-tickets-1986583820685?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

06/17/2026

Applications are live until the end of June.
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📣 Open Call: The Pantry Project

Apply to showcase your original artwork in Kingston’s first-of-its-kind creative challenge. We welcome submissions from all visual art disciplines, career stages, and age groups.

The Pantry Project is a small-group exhibition exploring systems of scarcity, access, and creative adaptation through the lens of a shared grocery list.

The Concept: A Live Pantry System
At the center of this project is a live, collaborative selection process. Each participating artist will select exactly one grocery item from a collective list. Once an item is chosen, it is removed from circulation and becomes unavailable to anyone else.

Because the order of participation directly dictates what remains, this selection process is inherently part of the artwork itself.

Apply by June 30
More info and application link in comments:

06/17/2026

06/14/2026

Saturday & Sunday 10-5 in the Glebe, rain or shine.

On the hottest day of Art in the Park, a waterfall found its way home.

As the heat & humidity climbed and visitors wandered the park searching for shade, one person stopped in front of my largest waterfall painting and stayed awhile. We talked about places we'd escaped to in the heat, favourite swimming holes, and that feeling of standing close enough to a waterfall to feel the mist on your face.

The painting itself was inspired by one of those places. A waterfall hidden deep in a provincial park, reached only after a monster of a hike. The kind of trail that makes you question "who's idea was this?" (Mine) halfway in. Conquering 3-points-of-contact scrambles up the Canadian Shield, and spontaneous interpretive dances when your laces snag on the opposite boot's speed hooks. But then you finally arrive and hear the falling water rumbling through the forest, and it suddenly feels worth it.

A few hours later, they returned to my booth and decided to take it home ✨️

One of the things I love most about art markets is watching complete strangers connect with a painting in ways I never could have predicted. What begins as a collection of brushstrokes in my studio eventually becomes part of someone else's story.

The painting represents my great adventure and yesterday, it began a new chapter as someone else's. On a day that felt about 35°C, I can't think of a more refreshing moment. 💙

Have you ever hiked somewhere that made you forget how hard the journey was the moment you arrived?

06/09/2026

If I said that the forest has solved more of my problems than some people, could you relate?

Somewhere between the tangled roots, the birdsong, and the endless lines of trees disappearing into the distance, stresses start to shift. The problem doesn't always disappear, but it shrinks to its proper size.

Maybe that's why I love painting forests so much. They're a reminder that perspective isn't something you find, it's something you gain by stepping away long enough to see the bigger picture.

What's something you do when you need clarity?

👇 I'm curious what helps you find perspective when life gets noisy.

06/08/2026

Maybe that's what art has always been.
A strange form of theft.
Borrowing a moment that was about to disappear anyway.
Stealing a sunset before it sinks below the horizon.
Smuggling a little piece of wilderness back into the city.
And sharing it with people who might have needed that view as much as I did.
If the authorities ask, I was never there. 🌲🎨

06/07/2026

Michael "X-Ray" MacRae (January 19, 1952 – January 26, 2024) was a legendary Canadian music promoter, club owner, and talent buyer. He is best known for his influential tenure running the booking office and holding an ownership stake at Toronto's landmark Horseshoe Tavern during its golden era from the 1980s to the late 1990s.

The Kingmaker of Queen Street West

Discovering Talent: MacRae was crucial to the early success of iconic Canadian acts, acting as a key gatekeeper for bands like Blue Rodeo, The Tragically Hip, The Watchmen, and Amanda Marshall.

The "Shoe" Office: In the dungeon-like basement office of the Horseshoe Tavern, he sifted through massive piles of hopeful cassette tapes. If his fingers tapped your audition tape, you were booked.

Texas Connection: Known for his love of the Austin, Texas music scene, he was instrumental in bringing American acts to Toronto and directing Canadian talent to the SxSW music festival.

Early Life and Legacy

Kingston Roots: Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, MacRae ran a second-hand record shop and worked at the local music venue Dollar Bill’s before making his way to Toronto.

Other Ventures: In the 1980s, he also partnered with actor Dan Aykroyd to open a Queen Street West restaurant named "X-Rays".

Passing: After a battle with cancer, MacRae passed away at 72, leaving a massive legacy in Canadian live music history