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06/17/2026

Join us tommorow for the opening of Sameer Farooq & Mona Filip ‘The Fairest Order in the World’!

A solo exhibition of new and recent work by Cape-Breton born, Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist Sameer Farooq, organized by Dalhousie Art Gallery and guest curated by Mona Filip. In this new project, Farooq expands his previous investigations into the fraught and violent histories of anthropological and encyclopedic museums, their colonial origins, structures and impulses.

Opening June 18th, 2026 on AWE Opening Night! ⭐💫

🎶 OH! The good ol' Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol' Hockey ga...
06/15/2026

🎶 OH! The good ol' Hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good ol' Hockey game 🏒🌈

Hockey and Pride might seem like an unexpected pairing, but both are built on passion, community, and sometimes...a little Heated Rivalry 😉



Did you know: Artist Lisa Platt created this painting by shooting pucks at a prepared surface!

Image credit: Liss Platt, Puck Painting XV: Montreal Maroons, 2000, puck rubber and paint on wood, gift of artist (2023).

Our first AWE Opening Night of the summer! 🪶⚽💬🍸💫Here's what we got going on the evening of June 18th: 🥅CANADA vs. QATAR ...
06/13/2026

Our first AWE Opening Night of the summer! 🪶⚽💬🍸💫

Here's what we got going on the evening of June 18th:

🥅CANADA vs. QATAR Watch Party, from 6-9pm, 3rd floor Rodzik Gallery
⚽Art Activity: Mini Soccer Worlds with Jenny Santos, from 5-8:30pm, 3rd floor
🪶Community Conversation: Pretendianism & Fraud, from 6:30-7pm, 3rd floor
🦅Dance & Storytelling with Melissa Greenbird and Adrian Harjo, from 7-7:45pm, 3rd floor
💬 Artist Talk: Sameer Farooq for 'The Fairest Order of the World' exhibition, from 7:45-8:15pm, 2nd floor
🍸Music, food & drinks, from 7-9pm, 3rd floor

(psst...we're opening the patio 😉)

AWE is open late for an evening filled with art activities, community discussions, guided tours, and great vibes.

Are you tuning in to the Canada vs. Qatar game next Thursday? Watch it at AWE with us! ⚽🥅⌚Time & Date: Thursday, June 18...
06/12/2026

Are you tuning in to the Canada vs. Qatar game next Thursday? Watch it at AWE with us! ⚽🥅

⌚Time & Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 6pm-9pm
📌Location: Art Windsor-Essex, 3rd floor, Rodzik Gallery
💲Cost: FREE admission

Join us for the Canada vs. Qatar watch party and cheer on your team. This special event celebrates the spirit of the World Cup and the collaboration of Canada, the USA, and Mexico as co-hosts. The lineup includes soccer-themed art activities and a photobooth.

Let’s play, create, and celebrate together!

Venez visionner le match Canada contre le Qatar et encouragez votre équipe. Cet événement célèbre l’esprit de la Coupe du Monde ainsi que la collaboration du Canada, des États-Unis et du Mexique en tant que co-organisateurs. Au programme: des activités artistiques inspirées par le soccer et et une cabine photo.

Jouons, créons et célébrons ensemble !

Funded by the Government of Canada.
Financé par le gouvernement du Canada.

L'air est lourd is on view at AWE until June 28th 🪶🍃
06/12/2026

L'air est lourd is on view at AWE until June 28th 🪶🍃

✨ Opening Soon at Art Windsor- Essex ✨Racquel Rowe: Breaking the Surface⭐Curator: T.Bujold-Abu, TD Curatorial Fellow⭐Exh...
06/10/2026

✨ Opening Soon at Art Windsor- Essex ✨

Racquel Rowe: Breaking the Surface
⭐Curator: T.Bujold-Abu, TD Curatorial Fellow
⭐Exhibition Dates: July 16, 2026 - September 27, 2026

🌊 Breaking the Surface 🌊 is an emergent series of reflections – interrogating the infrastructure, tourism, longing, and visual construction of paradise. Artist Racquel Rowe, a Bajan artist currently residing in Canada, begins her process with underwater investigations; tracing the beaches of Barbados and dwelling just below the surface – where the land, sea, and sky blur into abstraction. Through slow observation, distortion, and hyper-saturated imagery, the work imagines the Caribbean outside of a familiar visual narrative, one shaped by consumption, fantasy, and tourism.

Racquel Rowe (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados currently residing in Canada. Her research within Caribbean visual culture explores matrilineal family structures, Barbadian foodways, the sea, Caribbean landscape and the intersection of memory, migration, and diasporic identity through a contemporary video, performance, and installation practice.



Learn more here: https://artwindsoressex.ca/exhibitions/racquel-rowe-breaking-the-surface/

Image Credit: Racquel Rowe, Breaking the Surface, 2026, video still.

A colourful city is a happy city. 🌈 Happy Pride!This month, AWE will be featuring 2SLGBTQIA+ artists from the collection...
06/08/2026

A colourful city is a happy city. 🌈 Happy Pride!

This month, AWE will be featuring 2SLGBTQIA+ artists from the collection, celebrating creativity, identity, and community. In Windsor, we know a thing or two about bridges...so this Pride, let's build bridges, make connections, and take in this beautiful pastel view.



Image Credit: Joseph Plaskett, The Bridges, New Westminster, 1953, pastel and wash on paper, Gift of the Estate of Leslie Stibinger (2002).

Art Windsor-Essex is turning up the excitement with a family friendly event where art, sport, and people come together! ...
06/06/2026

Art Windsor-Essex is turning up the excitement with a family friendly event where art, sport, and people come together! Join us for the 'Canada vs. Qatar' watch party and cheer on your team.

📅Time & Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026 6pm-9pm
⚽*Watch the game in style in our 3rd floor Rodzik Gallery with views of the Detroit river!
⭐FREE ADMISSION⭐
👩‍👩‍👧‍👦Family Friendly
🍹Food & Drink by

This special event celebrates the spirit of the World Cup and the collaboration of Canada, the USA, and Mexico as co-hosts. The lineup includes soccer-themed art activities and a photobooth.

Let’s play, create, and celebrate together!

Funded by

AWE Opening Night is coming up! 🌟In two weeks visit AWE to see the opening of Sameer Farooq: The Fairest Order of the Wo...
06/05/2026

AWE Opening Night is coming up! 🌟In two weeks visit AWE to see the opening of Sameer Farooq: The Fairest Order of the World.
On June 18 from 5pm-9pm to celebrate the opening of this new exhibition! AWE is open late for an evening filled with art activities, community discussions, guided tours, and great vibes.

The Fairest Order of the World is curated by Mona Filip
Organized and circulated by

Get ready for four days of celebration and cultural immersion that will have you feeling inspired, empowered, and ready ...
06/04/2026

Get ready for four days of celebration and cultural immersion that will have you feeling inspired, empowered, and ready to continue learning about and supporting Indigenous communities in our region! From June 18 - 21 AWE is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day! This celebration brings together artists, performers, educators, students, and community members for cultural learning, exchange and collaboration through a series of family-friendly activities.

Day 1: Thursday, June 18 - 5-9pm
*FREE ADMISSION*
🎨BINGO Scavenger Hunt of current exhibitions including Christian Chapman: Run to the Hills!
🪶A dance and storytelling performance by Melissa Greenbird and Adrian Harjo
⭐A community conversation on Pretendianism and Fraud with Jaime Kechego and Donna Grayer, moderated by Julie Rae Tucker.
🎶A DJ set by Brent Scudder on the third floor terrace. (+Food & Drinks!)

Day 2: Friday June 19
🎒School Programs! - Youth from across Windsor-Essex will take tours and enjoy hoop dance performances.

Day 3: Saturday June 20
*Free with admission*
🖌️Discover our current exhibitions! Participate in our BINGO treasure hunt throughout the gallery then meet us in the studio for a drop-in art workshop.

Day 4: Sunday June 21
🆓Enjoy FREE ADMISSION to AWE all day! (11am-5pm)
World Indigenous Solidarity Day - Co-presented by Art Windsor-Essex, this community gathering is organized by Can-Am Urban Native Homes with support from the Indigenous Peoples Day Committee.

Funded by the , the Solcz Family Foundation, and AWE Donors.

🔗For more info visit - https://artwindsoressex.ca/events-workshops/national-indigenous-peoples-day-festival-2026/

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