Upcoming Events

Our Celebration Party scheduled for Thursday, April 9th, 2020 is postponed.

The Annual General Meeting of the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre will take place on December 12th, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at 247 Ricardo Street., NOTL, ON.

Join Ronald Boaks for a tour of his studio and then the unique opportunity to collaborate with the artist and small group of participants (up to 10) in producing a layout for a sculpture to further their appreciation for the process of additive/subtractive sculpture.

Garden Tour ticket holders are invited to the Pumphouse to enjoy a place to sit, relax and enjoy artistic pleasures!

Submission deadline: March 30, 2019

Click here to go to the submission page.

The Annual General Meeting of the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre will take place on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at 247 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Design a button to support the 54th annual Niagara on the Lake Santa Claus Parade! Deadline for submissions is September 7, 2018.

Join us for a Celebration Party on Sunday March 4, 2:00 p.m. to honour the Pumphouse instructors, members, students and volunteers. Join us as we launch the new logo for The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre! Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.

The Annual General Meeting of the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre will take place on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at 247 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Visit the Niagara Pumphouse to celebrate Culture Days!
View current exhibitions & take part in collaborative community art works!

The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre is excited to participate in Doors Open NOTL 2017! Visit the Pumphouse Saturday September 16 & Sunday September 17 to tour the Pumphouse, take in our current exhibition and take part in a family friendly art activity!

You are invited to spend an enchanting evening on the banks of the Niagara River while enjoying a Moonlight Picnic.

Friday September 8, 2017 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre

The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre and Riverbrink Art Museum are partnering to offer a day-trip to Toronto on April 26th to view Georgia O’Keeffe at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the beautiful innovative art of Georgia O’Keeffe, a trailblazing figure in American modernism. Making its only stop in North America at the AGO.

Join us for a day of communal card-making, where you will get the chance to watch short demos of note card-making techniques with all materials provided...

Artists: Please plan to join us along with your artist friends and contacts from the community for our drop-­in café. The café will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. You do not need ID to enter, the paint stains on your clothes or other unintended evidence of your artistic endeavours will be proof enough. The event is open to Pumphouse members and non-members alike.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork. This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! $2 suggested donation.

Artists: Please plan to join us along with your artist friends and contacts from the community for our drop-­in café. The café will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month.

Join us for a Celebration Party on Sunday March 5, 2:00 p.m. to honour the Pumphouse instructors, members, students and volunteers. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork. This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! Families are encouraged to see the exhibition in our gallery and then get their hands messy working on their own artwork in our studio.
$2 suggested donation.

Celebrate Family Day by getting creative! This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and participate in a hands-on art activity.

Artists: Please plan to join us along with your artist friends and contacts from the community for our drop-­in café. The café will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. You do not need ID to enter, the paint stains on your clothes or other unintended evidence of your artistic endeavours will be proof enough. The event is open to Pumphouse members and non-members alike.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork. This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! Families are encouraged to see the exhibition in our gallery and then get their hands messy working on their own artwork in our studio.
$2 suggested donation.

Artists: Please plan to join us along with your artist friends and contacts from the community for our drop-­in café. The café will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. You do not need ID to enter, the paint stains on your clothes or other unintended evidence of your artistic endeavours will be proof enough. The event is open to Pumphouse members and non-members alike.

Artists: Please join us along with your artist friends and contacts from the community for our drop-­in café. The café will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. You do not need ID to enter, the paint stains on your clothes or other unintended evidence of your artistic endeavours will be proof enough. The event is open to Pumphouse members and non-members alike.

The Annual General Meeting of the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre will take place on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at 247 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork. This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! Families are encouraged to see the exhibition in our gallery and then get their hands messy working on their own artwork in our studio.
$2 suggested donation.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio to take part in a Halloween-themed activity! We will be doing a hands-on halloween printmaking activity where children of all ages will get a chance to create their own relief-print, stamp and stencil and print them to create spooky cards, banners and more! This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! Families are encouraged to see the exhibition in our gallery and then get their hands messy working on their own artwork in our studio.
$2 suggested donation.

Join us for a day of communal card-making, where you will get the chance to watch short artist demos of holiday card-making techniques and with all materials provided...

Beyond the Blue is an exhibition of paintings by Lorraine Kelly and was her stepping stone into the various shades of blue in nature. Join us for an Opening Reception Sunday October 2, 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Visit the Niagara Pumphouse to celebrate Culture Days!
View current exhibitions: Beyond the Blue, paintings by Lorraine Kelly & Pumphouse Members' Show.
Meet the artist, Lorraine Kelly, Sunday October 2, 2-4 p.m.
Take part in our community collage Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork. This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative! Families are encouraged to see the exhibition in our gallery and then get their hands messy working on their own artwork in our studio.

Drop-In Fee: $2 suggested donation per participant

The Niagara Pumphouse is pleased to welcome mixed-media artist, Janny Fraser in her exhibition Reflections from September 1 - 25, 2016. Join us for an Opening Reception Sunday September 4, 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Last chance...deadline extended until June 29th! Join us for a bus trip to Toronto on July 6th for a guided tour of The Idea of the North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...

Join us for a day of communal card-making! Watch short artist demos of card-making techniques and try them out for yourself. All materials are included. Join us for a social and fun afternoon. Free for Pumphouse members. Participants will be asked to donate some of their hand-made cards which will be sold with proceeds benefiting Pumphouse programs.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork...

The Annual General Meeting of the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre will take place on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 6:30 p.m...

Spend the afternoon making some holiday cards, sipping on cocoa and socializing...

Interested stakeholders (members, instructors, Board members, etc.) have met three times to discuss, plan, and implement activities, events, and improvements at the Niagara Pumphouse.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork...

Join us for a day trip to McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg on Friday October 23rd. Trip includes: coach bus fare, guided tour, lunch, admission to McMichael permanent collection, newly landscaped grounds & outdoor sculpture garden, taxes & gratuity...

Taste the Town Tours & Niagara Pumphouse presents a new food & cultural experience.

Interested stakeholders (members, instructors, Board members, etc.) have met three times to discuss, plan, and implement activities, events, and improvements at the Niagara Pumphouse...

Celebrate Culture Days @ The Niagara Pumphouse. Drop in between 2-4 p.m. on Sunday September 27th to see the current exhibition and to make your own artwork...

Visit the Niagara Pumphouse on Saturday September 12th for our Open House. Drop-in between 2-4 p.m. to tour our facilities, see our exhibitions and studios, and meet some of our instructors. Free Admission. Everyone is welcome.

Drop in to our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork...

Join us for a complimentary Members' Event at Hinterbrook Estate Winery on Friday August 28th, 4-7 p.m. A great chance for Pumphouse members to taste, tour & talk... R.S.V.P is required. Call 905-468-5455 or email office@niagarapumphouse.ca

Please join us for the New Initiative Workshop #3 on Monday August 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m...

Please join us for the New Initiative Workshop #2 on Monday July 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Visit the Pumphouse art activity tent at the Farmer's Market on Saturday July 18th for a chance for the whole family to explore art and get creative! Participants will get a chance to use modeling tools and colourful plasticine to shape and create an underwater creature sculpture.

Taste the Town Tours & Niagara Pumphouse presents a new food & cultural experience. Join us on Saturday July 18th for a tour of three of Niagara-on-the-Lake's finest establishments that are sure to excite your taste buds. The experience will finish with an art project at the Pumphouse...

Drop into our Family Friendly Art Studio, on select Sundays to make your own artwork. This is a great opportunity for the whole family to explore art and get creative!...

Please join us for a reception to celebrate Raymond Martin (1927-2015) on Saturday June 27th, 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome...

Join us for a bus trip to the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Emily Carr Exhibition on June 16, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Deadline is extended to June 1st. Tickets: $80 per person. The exhibition features nearly 100 paintings, watercolours and drawings by Carr and includes more than 40 historic indigenous artifacts from the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Join us for a lecture by Elisabeth Bacque on her new series, Pioneer Women and Paper Patchwork. In this series she departs from traditional painting in oils and acrylics to use collage and mixed media to celebrate the courage and achievements of thirteen Canadian women pioneers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Tickets $10 (Free for Pumphouse Members) Please call 905-468-5455 or email office@niagarapumphouse.ca to reserve your seat.

We need your input! We have re-scheduled the workshop for Sunday March 29th, 1-4 p.m. to launch our New Initiative series of workshops in order to gather feedback from the stakeholders regarding the operations of the Pumphouse—and to shape the bright future of the Niagara Pumphouse.
We hope you will consider taking part in this unique opportunity.
If you are interested, please contact the Pumphouse by email: office@niagarapumphouse.ca or phone: 905-468-5455.

Join us for a Celebration Party on Sunday March 1, 2:00 p.m. to honour the Pumphouse instructors, members, students and volunteers. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.

Join us for a day trip to Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Dundurn Castle & Military Museum Wednesday, November 26th
A few seats are still available - call 905-468-5455 to buy your tickets today!
Trip includes a guided tour of The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne exhibition at The Art Gallery of Hamilton; Lunch; Guided tours of Dundurn Castle decorated for Christmas and Military Museum to learn of the social history of the military wives.

Hear about the accomplishments of 2013/2014, and have an opportunity to weigh in on important plans for the future of the Pumphouse. Following the meeting, our guest speaker, Bill Ralph, Prof. of Mathematics at Brock University will present on "Can Mathematics Recognize Great Art?"

"Celebrating 75 Years of Wine Making in Niagara" will be a wonderful afternoon at Jackson-Triggs Winery where we can sip wine, enjoy entertainment, share our work, and support local arts and culture, while assisting young people in Niagara.

"Ghosts and Metamorphoses: Paul Kane's First Brush": a look at the analysis of Paul Kane's art through infrared reflectography by Kenneth Lister, Assistant Curator of Arctic, Subarctic & Native Watercraft at the Royal Ontario Museum.

This talk is open to the public and takes place at the Pumphouse on Saturday, June 21 at 2:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Tickets for the talk are $10.00. Members can attend at no charge.

Graham Ospreay, Forensic Document Examiner & Forgery Analyst at G.P. Ospreay & Associates, will discuss the fascinating topic of art forgeries and fakes.

Time of the lecture is 2:00 p.m. This talk is open to the public. Tickets are $10.00. Members can attend at no charge. Refreshments will be served.

November 28, 7:30 p.m. at the Pumphouse.
All current members will be invited to attend. Proxies will be mailed first week of November.

Guest speaker, Sharilyn Ingram, Assistant Professor Centre for Studies in Arts and Cultures, Brock University. Her topic is “Why the Arts Are Good for You: Are the Experts Right?”.

Tickets available only at the Pumphouse. Call 905-468-5455
$50 includes 3 course luncheon.

The Pumphouse thanks the following for their contributions to the luncheon:
Willow Cakes and Pastries for their spectacular edible centerpieces, and
Konzelmann Estate Winery for Fresco Secco sparkling wine.

Sunday, September 29, 2013. Robert Marentette presented a lecture on The Art of Cultural Property Protection - Any Takers?

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