Arts & Culture

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov – Between Heaven and Earth

May 31, 2025 – September 20, 2025, at Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville.

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov will mount two exhibitions in our galleries and two public sculptures in Gairloch Gardens, including the infamous Ship of Tolerance. This project involves over a thousand children involved in the production of the ship’s sails.

Artists of Joshua Farm Gallery

May 11, 2025 – June 29, 2025, at Joshua Farm Gallery 1086 Burnhamthorpe Rd E, Oakville

The Artists of Joshua Farm Gallery is a celebration of the art of seven artists who belong to the Joshua Farm Gallery community. This exhibition is part of the gallery’s tradition of supporting both emerging and established artists and providing a platform for these seven artists to share their distinctive artistic voices with the broader community.

Sunset Kino

June 26, 2025 – July 17, 2025, at Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville.

Sunset Kino is Canada’s only outdoor, avant-garde film festival. Founded by Séamus Kealy in Austria in 2017, this festival continues now at Oakville Galleries. This year’s theme is “what was that.” This phrase is not conveyed as a question necessarily, rather as a statement that underlines something confounding.

At Home in Bronte Muskoka Chair Display – Winter Edition in Bronte Village

Visitors are invited to bundle up and get outside to walk, push and cycle to Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park and the local business district to see – and use – 100 professionally painted Muskoka chairs. In partnership with ArtHouse Halton, Sheridan College and other local artists, the Bronte BIA has doubled the number of chairs from last winter!

History of Sledge Hockey

Sixteen Mile Sports Complex 

What is sledge hockey? Sledge Hockey of Canada (SHOC) was established over twenty-five years ago. Learn about the history of the sport, the rules of the game and get introduced to some of its leading athletes, some of which call Oakville home.

The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom

Permanent Exhibit at Erchless Estate 

In this exciting and moving multi-media presentation, the ghost of Deborah Brown tells the true story of her heroic flight from a life of slavery in Maryland to her new life of freedom in 19th-century Toronto. Presentation available in French and English.

Freedom, Opportunity and Family: Oakville’s Black History

Permanent Exhibit at Erchless Estate 

Discover the stories of early Black settlers in Oakville including Branson Johnson, a freeborn African-American, who arrived with his family in 1855. His Certificate of Freedom from a Maryland court and the pocket watch in which it was hidden for many years are featured.