School Tours

School Tours

Through school tours we inspire students to view artworks in a careful and thoughtful approach, emphasize learning through guided discussion, and encourage students to use their personal experience to interpret art.
Contact the Norfolk Arts Centre to plan your school visit.

Ross Butler – Butter, Branding & Bulls

Ross Butler Exhibit

March 2nd to June 22nd, 2019 Join us March 2nd, for the opening reception at 2 pm.
  Everyone welcome, light refreshments served.
  Admission by donation.
Branding, Butter, and Bulls, curated by Samantha Purvis-Johnston, showcases the agricultural art of farming legend, Ross Butler.
Born and raised in Norwich, Ontario, Ross was a self-taught artist who made .
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This Place – works from the Norfolk Arts Centre Permanent Collection

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THIS PLACE – Works from the Norfolk Arts Centre Permanent Collection Now Open! Lower Gallery #seeyouatthenac Northrop Frye once wrote that Canada “is a country in which nature makes a direct impression on the artist’s mind”.
Although Frye was writing about poets, the statement equally applies to visual artists.
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Permanent Collection

Past Exhibits

The Norfolk Arts Centre is responsible for the acquisition, preservation and exhibition of works of art.
Our exhibitions change throughout the year and feature historical and contemporary local, regional and national artists.
We also periodically display works from our permanent collection of over 1000 pieces.

Water Works, by Vicki Easton-McClung and Susan Day

Water Works, by Vicki Easton

November 6th, 2018 – February 16th, 2019 The Norfolk Arts Centre is hosting Water Works, an exhibition of over 30 works by local artist Vicki Easton-McClung and from London, Ontario, Susan Day.
“Water Works, a new body of mixed media photographs, shot upon my favorite shores.
Water bodies inspire me.
Their motions and reflections, raging .
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Community Group Tours

Main floor gallery, Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe ON

Participating in a group tour is a wonderful way to enrich your experience of the Norfolk Arts Centre.
Contact us to plan your group visit.

Made with Love – a Youth Exhibit from Art with Heart

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December 7th – 21st, 2018 Featuring over 30 different local artists between the ages of 5 and 16, Made with Love is all about tapping into every child’s innate passion for creating and expressing themselves through art.
With encouragement from the Art with Heart teachers, over the last several weeks, artists have been getting messy, .
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Made with Love – a Youth Exhibit from Art with Heart

Made with Love Exhibit Picture

December 7th – 21st, 2018 Featuring over 30 different local artists between the ages of 5 and 16, Made with Love is all about tapping into every child’s innate passion for creating and expressing themselves through art.
With encouragement from the Art with Heart teachers, over the last several weeks, artists have been getting messy, .
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First Thursday Poets and Writers Group

First Thursday Group

The First Thursday Poets and Writers Group meets monthly at the Norfolk Arts Centre.
The group provides a forum for members to share their work and receive constructive input from other attendees in a positive, supportive and honest environment.
During the meetings, each member is invited to share a piece of writing, which might consist .
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Threads Unlimited

Threads Unlimited Invitation

August 10th to October 26th, 2018 The Norfolk Arts Centre is hosting Threads Unlimited, an exhibition of over 100 works by fifteen local artists.
As the exhibition title suggests, there are no limits to the fibre art pieces that can be created.
Threads Unlimited stretches the boundaries of this up and coming art form.
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