Sean McCann returns to Orillia to help us celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Sean is a founder of the iconic Canadian band Great Big Sea and a recipient of the Order of Canada for his mental health and recovery advocacy. Sean has spent the last ten years touring the country as an acclaimed solo concert performer […]
Irish was born in Ireland and now resides in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. “This Island creates music and musicians, art and artists. I found a shift to take things more seriously when I moved here.” And she did just that. Her latest release, Little Bones, gained her recognition around the globe, including a 2020 […]
Suzie Vinnick (CAN), Charlie A’Court (CAN) and Lloyd Spiegel (AUS) invite you to join their Coast to Coast Roots ‘n’ Blues Kitchen Party for an evening of songs, stories and laughter. As solo artists, they have accumulated over 60 international awards in roots and blues and have commanded festival and theatre stages across the globe. […]
Puppets! Puns! Murder! Internationally celebrated puppeteer Adam Francis Proulx (Family Jr., CBC Gem, Netflix) brings his award-winning solo show to the Orillia Opera House this Fall! A group of crows is called a murder. What happens when there is a murder amongst a group of crows? You get a MURDER murder mystery! Puppets, puns, murder! […]
Interactive family event featuring live music, crafts and activities, and plenty of fun!
You may know what it tastes like when ‘biting into a chocolate chip cookie right out of the oven’, but do you know what it tastes like when ‘pulling on your favourite sweater on the first cool morning of fall’ or ‘gathering with friends around a warm campfire to tell stories’? The answer lies in […]
Reviled and hidden away for decades because of the stories they contained, Anne Lister’s diaries and her life will be the focus of an exhibit opening this September at the Leacock Museum. Now famously known as history’s first modern lesbian and the focus of a popular TV show, Anne Lister meticulously captured the details of […]
The Orillia Museum of Art & History’s permanent collection is full of tea services and other tea-related items, so for this “Collection-Inspired Exhibition,” we chose the theme of teatime. Tea is a universal beverage that has infused itself into ceremonies and cultures around the world. It is also a diverse drink with different brews that […]
Image Credit: Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Untitled. Lithocrayon sketch, on paper. 10.5″x15.5″, 1931. Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903-1966) was a pioneering female artist born in Orillia. She studied sculpture at The Ontario College of Art in Toronto where she was taught by notable artists such as Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Emanuel Hahn. Upon her graduation in 1926, […]
Artist Statement My work explores, questions and celebrates the complex relationship humanity has with nature. The power of natural life and our connection as well as our disconnect with it is expressed as a biomorphic assimilation and visual mash up. As a result of what can appear as an anthropomorphic evolution of image and form, […]
