Canadian Art Hop
2nd Annual Canadian Art Hop May 1-4, 2025
Join us for the 2nd annual ADAC Canadian Art Hop, a free nation-wide celebration of new art exhibitions, events and tours over the first weekend in May. The Canadian Art Hop is a weekend devoted to the discovery, celebration, and love of Canadian art and art galleries. From coast to coast, over 90 galleries welcome you to join on this journey of exploration of our Canadian art galleries and culture. Find your Art Zone HERE.
In London, Forest City Gallery, Good Sport, McIntosh Gallery, MGG, Museum London and TAP all have exciting events planned:
Michael Gibson Gallery – Angie Quick Psychic Drawing Performance 6-8pm
Sitting silently across from Angie Quick, she will create a personalized watercolour painting for you, capturing your “fortune” through psychic expression.
Good Sport – Drop in Drawing Night, 6-8pm
Come hangout and draw. Use Good Sport’s communal supplies or bring your own project to work on.
TAP Centre for Performing Arts – Ting Zine Expo, 6-9pm
As part of this year’s TING festival, TAP is excited to bring back the Ting Zine Expo, a celebration of DIY zine creators and self-publishers. This event will showcase publications and original materials created by Ting alumni and established Forest City zinesters. Purchase artist books, comics, zines and handmade items by the coolest creators at TAP.
Museum London – Open until 8pm
*free parking on Thursday night provided by Covent Garden Market. Collect your voucher at one of the participating downtown galleries.
Forest City Gallery – Propaganda Game: Game Night, 6-8pm
Led by d st-amour. Propaganda Game was developed in 1958 by Lorne Greene and Robert W. Allen for the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. The game was designed as a pedagogical tool to sharpen critical thinking and media literacy in Cold War-era classrooms. It introduces players to techniques of persuasion, categorizing them into specific types such as “emotional appeal,” “ambiguity,” or “technical jargon.
TAP – Costumed Life Drawing: Ting Edition, 11am-2pm
*registration required
This TING edition cosplay drawing session is perfect for any artist who wants to illustrate a live model in full costume. The costume, inspired by Nelvana, Canada’s first female superhero, is designed by Erica Batten. Erica is a 2023 graduate of the Fanshawe Costume Production program and owner of Batts ‘n Barnacles @batbeans. Drawing boards, donkeys and easels are available and a session coordinator sets the pace. All you need to bring is your sketch pad and favourite drawing materials (limited spots and registration is required). Not interested in drawing, the gallery welcomes you to drop in to watch!
McIntosh Gallery – Let’s Talk Collections: What’s Up with the McIntosh Gallery collection, Noon-1pm
As the oldest university art gallery in Ontario, McIntosh Gallery has been collecting art since 1942. A lot has changed over this 83-year history, prompting us to consider critical questions about what it means to be a collecting institution in the contemporary moment. Join Rachel Deiterding, Curator of Collections & Special Projects and Museum and Curatorial Studies alumna, for a look inside ongoing work to review the McIntosh Gallery collection and the many questions and challenges that accompany this project.
Let’s Talk Collections is a public conversation series that makes visible behind the scenes work with the collection. Beginning with a short presentation about ongoing research and questions about the collection, the conversation will become a public forum, opening the floor to talk about collecting and its future together.
This talk is part of “Connecting Through Collections,” a project generously supported by Catherine Elliot Shaw.
Good Sport – Studio Tour, Noon – 5pm
This is a self guided tour through Good Sport’s studio spaces. There will be opportunities to talk to artists. You can shop for local art. Or simply support by showing up, showing interest and looking around.
Michael Gibson Gallery – Angie Quick & Susan Day in Conversation, 2pm
Join MGG on the last day of Angie Quick’s exhibition for an intimate conversation between London artists Angie Quick and Susan Day. Though they work in different mediums (painting and clay, respectively), both artists use figuration and their personal history as part of their work. Through their conversation we will learn how each artist approaches their own artistic practice and how this is Quick’s most personal body of paintings yet.
*one hour free parking at downtown street meters using the Honk app & promo code CORE
Museum London – In Conversation: Mark Stebbins & Catalogue Launch, Noon-1:30pm
*registration required
Meet internationally renowned, London-based artist Mark Stebbins, hear insightful commentary from exhibition curator Cassandra Getty, and engage in meaningful conversations about the artist’s work. Be among the first to take home the beautifully designed Supersampler catalogue commemorating more than a decade of Stebbins’ groundbreaking work, co-published by Museum London and Galerie Simon Blais. This special event is presented in partnership with Galerie Simon Blais as part of the Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC) Art Hop. All are welcome to attend, registration is required.
Good Sport – Studio Tour, Noon – 5pm
This is a self guided tour through Good Sport’s studio spaces. There will be opportunities to talk to artists. You can shop for local art. Or simply support by showing up, showing interest and looking around.
*one hour free parking at downtown street meters using the Honk app & promo code CORE
New This Year – Passport & Prize
Keep track of the galleries and events in your art zone with your own passport. Visit at least 3 participating galleries in your area for the chance to win 1 of 15 unique prints by Hamilton artist, Laine Groeneweg. These prints were made specifically for the May 1 – 4, 2025 weekend, and bring a sense of nostalgia while also representing the many different art spaces of our Canadian art world. Each print is a 28″ x 22″ hand pulled silkscreen, which is signed by Laine and stamped by Smokestack.
How to Enter?
PICK UP – a passport at any of the participating gallery locations or download one HERE.
VISIT – at least 3 participating galleries in your area and record them in your passport.
SUBMIT – a photo of your passport to our email or Instagram by May 4, 2025 at 7pm PDT.
*For more details visit HERE
Laine Groeneweg, Silkscreen, 2025, 28 x 22 in., Edition of 15