Grimsby Arts Walk

What is the Grimsby Arts Walk?

We are excited to announce the second annual Grimsby Arts Walk happening on September 23, 2023. This will be an annual juried art festival. Visitors will walk through vendor areas staged through Nelles Manor and Grimsby Museum on the west through Coronation Park and ending at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery on the east side of downtown. 

Grimsby Public Art Gallery
Rewilding Exhibition by Michele Karch-Ackerman and Tanya Zaryski
Art Activities & Chalk @ the Walk
Artist Reception & Participatory Performance with Michele Karch-Ackerman and Tanya Zaryski 2 - 4 pm 
Clear Eyes Collective Live Mural Painting 12 - 4 pm 

Coronation Park 
Art Vendors & Live Music
Creative Bug Interactive Station
Restorative Yoga *bring your own mat 9:15 am 
Art & You Drum Circle 10 am and 2 pm 
Nicole Joy-Fraser Performance 11 am & 1 pm 

Grimsby Museum 
Postcard Painting
Hamilton Aerial Group Aerial Art Performances
Galleries Open

Nelles Manor Museum
Lakeside Pumphouse Artists Association Show & Sale
Plein Air Paintings On The Grounds
Quilt Demonstrations
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstrations
Live Music 10 am - 2 pm 
Admission into Nelles Manor Museum by donation

*schedule and vendors subject to change

Call for Artists and Artisans

As part of the event, the Grimsby Public Art Gallery will be hosting a juried art show. All artists and artisans are welcome to submit their application for the juried show. Your work will be juried for quality and to ensure that a wide variety of mediums will be showcased, and all artwork submitted to the jury must be for sale.

Grimsby Arts Walk juror’s welcome individual artists and artisans, working in all mediums; painting, photography, sculpture, glass, woodturning, textiles, jewelry and more, with formal or informal training to apply. Artists are encouraged to submit artwork created within the last three years. Established and emerging artists are welcome.

Grimsby Arts Walk accepts 80% original artworks and 20% may be reproductions such as giclée or limited-edition prints. 

Complete the online form below to apply.