- St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre

The St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre is pleased to announce that our Executive Director, Laura Woermke, will be coordinating the new “Art, Trees & Trails” project, a community-wide collaboration with partners including the Kettle Creek Conservation Authority, Catfish Creek Conservation Authority, and St. Thomas Elevated Park. This project will bring historic and contemporary artwork from the Art Centre permanent collection to our beautiful local trails and Elevated Park through the installation of attractive signs that feature high quality reproductions of many of our landmark paintings. The “Art, Trees & Trails” project has been generously funded with $115,000 by the Estate of Donna Vera Evans Bushell.

Art has an incredible ability to unify. Supporting the mission of the Public Art Centre, especially “encouraging the appreciation for and supporting the practice of the visual arts in St. Thomas and Elgin County”, the “Art, Trees & Trails” project will allow us to engage with the community outside the walls of the Public Art Centre, promote art education, and add to our visual environment in places where community members and visitors explore nature. Signs will be installed along the trails at Springwater Forest, Dalewood Conservation Area, and St. Thomas Elevated Park. In each case, the artwork selected will correspond to the precise physical location.

New to the Art Trees and Trails outdoor gallery!

Lake Margaret Entrance from Pinafore Park (Free standing) Artist: Norval Morrisseau, Fish Clan, 1977, Acrylic on canvas ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Palmer Memorial Walkway (between Ross and the Caso Station) (Free standing) Artist: Sherri Howard, Railway City Malaise, 2015, mixed media on paper ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Hiawatha Trail (Entrance) going to Athletic Park (Free standing) Artist: Norval Morrisseau, Mother, 1979, serigraph ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Hiawatha Trail (Entrance) going to Athletic Park (Free standing) Artist: Lila Caroline Mc Gillivray Knowles, Birches, c.1950, Oil on canvas ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Trail entrance in Waterworks park Trail (free standing) Artist: Lila Caroline Mc Gillivray Knowles, Untitled, c.1950, Oil on canvas ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Palmer Memorial Walkway (between Ross and the Caso Station) (Free standing) Artist: Josepha van den Anker, High Flyers, 2017, Acrylic on canvas ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Utility box Pinafore park near Play area (Wrap) Artist: Karel Appel , Untitled, 1979, serigraph ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Utility box Waterworks Artist: Frank Caruana , Grand Central Hotel, St. Thomas, Oil on boad ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”

Public washroom along trail in Pinafore Park Artist: James Kemp, Two Women, 1978, Oil on board ST. THOMAS-ELGIN PUBLIC ART CENTRE-PERMANENT COLLECTION “THE ESTATE OF DONNA VERA EVANS BUSHELL AND THE ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”