Are you an artist and/or collective working in printmaking, illustration, zines, or independent publishing? The Forest City Print & Zine Fair is a celebration of local and regional artists working in print and zine making. This year's fair is taking place on Saturday, August 8th from 12-5pm at the Forest City Gallery in London, Ontario. Apply today to be a vendor! Applications are due July 24th. Click here to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeq4BSYIGwCKWB4rLc

Saturday July 25th 1 - 4pm Free Facilitated by: Lianne Zannier Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1993159756486?aff=oddtdtcreator Do you want to learn the basics of hand-drawn animation? Have you ever wondered how the visual effects technique of chroma keying (more commonly known as green screen) works? This workshop introduces participants to the core principles of hand-drawn animation, and shows how chroma key can be used as a drawing tool to create unique animated l

Saturday, July 4 1–4 PM Free Facilitated by Michelle Wilson and Candace Dube Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/plantain-salve-making-workshop-tickets-1991135139803?aff=oddtdtcreator Inspired by the plants and concepts at play in the exhibition Those in Glass Houses…, Forest City Gallery will host a plantain salve-making workshop led by master herbalist Candace Dube, owner of Be Well Botanics, with support from exhibiting artist Michelle Wilson. In this free, hands-on work

Saturday June 27th 1 - 4pm Free Facilitated by: Mia Mia Buono Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/16mm-direct-drawing-on-film-animation-workshop-tickets-1990517090200?aff=oddtdtcreator This workshop introduces participants to Direct Animation -a method of image making that involves scratching, painting, hole punching, collaging, and otherwise modifying either scrap, clear, or black 16mm celluloid film. This type of filmmaking yields flashy and vibrant results, and allow

Saturday June 20th 1 - 4 pm Free Facilitated by: Leslie Putnam Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-a-vibrotactile-soft-sculpture-tickets-1990515459322?aff=oddtdtcreator Join us for a workshop where participants will incorporate sound and vibration in order to create their very own felted vibrotactile soft sculpture with artist Leslie Putnam. This workshop involves creating works that encourage multi-sensory exploration and removes the barrier of “do not touch”

Saturday June 6 1 - 4pm Free Facilitated by: Tobias Ewé Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/punch-card-loops-digital-compositions-for-acoustic-music-boxes-tickets-1989680358513?aff=oddtdtcreator This hands-on workshop is an introduction to composing melodies with music boxes, through the lens of experimental music and computer history. You will learn how to create your own melodies by punching holes into a strip of paper that can be played through a small hand-cranked m

Michelle Wilson Forest City Gallery, 1025 Elias St. May 28 – July 23, 2026 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 28, 2026 @ 7–9pm This work began with a family story I could not let go of, and deepened through the act of trying to tell that story to my child. In 1911, my grandfather and great-uncle were sent to Canada as British Home Children—removed from their families at the ages of nine and ten and placed into a system that positioned them as surplus, transforming their bodies

Saturday May 23rd 1 - 4 pm Free Facilitated by: Natali Bravo Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rules-of-composition-for-photography-tickets-1988647749953?aff=oddtdtcreator In this workshop you’ll learn the essential rules of composition that will take your photography to the next level. We’ll explore key techniques like the rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, andbalancing elements within the frame to create visually compelling images. We’ll use the gallery and sur

Saturday May 9th 1-4pm Free Facilitated by: Sebastian Di Trolio and Joe Heindl of FRAMES Film Series Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cameraless-animation-on-16mm-film-with-frames-film-series-tickets-1988644497224?aff=oddtdtcreator In this hands-on DIY film workshop, we’ll explore an inventive array of techniques for creating our own animated 16mm film loops, as well as learn the basic fundamentals of film projection. Think of it as assembling experimental analogue G

E Okutan Forest City Gallery, 1025 Elias St. April 16 – May 14, 2026 Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, 2026 @ 7–9pm Engrossed by the animate, biological, and mechanical function of the body, disobedience examines these functions as well as its relational imagery within a non-binary context. The array of mixed-media works establishes ambiguity and discomfort as a key element that invites varied interpretations and visceral reactions. While themes of disgust and decay attem

Ioana Dragomir Forest City Gallery, 1025 Elias St. March 21 – May 14, 2026 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 1–3pm Artist Talk: Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7pm Virginia Woolf was a writer, Vita Sackville-West was too, and Vanessa Bell was an artist. You can find their letters and diaries on the internet. You can peer into their homes! Virginia and Vita wrote novels but they also wrote to each other. They called each other “dearest creature” and “pig” and “you angel

FCG Pier: Time and Tide Curated by Emma Hardy March 20 - April 8 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 21 @ 1 - 3pm Forest City Gallery's Pier Wall returns with a new exhibition, Time and Tide. The exhibition, curated by Gallery Intern, Emma Hardy, will spotlight artworks from five local artists who reflect on climate change within their communities. Time and Tide responds to the term “solastalgia” (coined by Australian environmentalist and philosopher Glenn Albrecht) which

Saturday February 28th 2PM Online via Zoom https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/94974618246 Join us for a special virtual artist talk by Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman on Saturday, February 28th at 2pm on zoom. Sarah will share insights into her work and her current exhibition followed by a Q&A. Her exhibition, Memories We Carry, Stories We Heal is on until March 6th. Come see the the work before the talk to get your questions ready, or read the exhibition catalog by Vania Djelani.

Submission Deadline: March 4th, 2026 Forest City Gallery invites interested artists to submit artworks in any media to be shown in the “Time and Tide” exhibition, curated by Gallery Intern Emma Hardy, on the Pier Wall space from March 20th-April 8th . We are looking for art which engages in the effects of climate change on Developing/Global South Nations, and offers unique perspectives on environmental crises within these communities. Developing Nations in the Global South ar

Wishing ED Adi Berardini farewell and thank you. Dear Forest City Gallery Community, It is with a mixture of gratitude and bittersweet sentiment that the Board of Directors announces the departure of our Executive Director, Adi Berardini . While we are saddened to see Adi leave this role at FCG, we are immensely proud of the work she has accomplished during her tenure for the last year-and-a-half and wish her the very best as she embarks on her next chapter. During her time w

Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman. Mourning Thoughts. 18” x 11” x 14.” Oil on cabinet, with fabric and print on fleece. 2025. Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman Forest City Gallery, 1025 Elias St. January 9 - March 5th, 2026 Opening Reception - Friday, January 9, 2026 from 6-8pm In this exhibition, Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman explores the complexities of memory and nostalgia in her everlasting search for a connection to her parent’s homelands, Somalia and India. A longing for home that can bring gr

FCG's Members' Show & Sale is opening on Saturday, November 15th, from 7-9pm! Check out this year's Members’ Show and Sale, Synthesis , FCG’s longest-running annual exhibition, which serves as an important fundraising event for the year. This year's Members' Show will feature over 65 local and regional artists and members of the gallery! The Opening Reception will be on Saturday, November 15th , from 7-9pm , with the show on display from November 15th to December 12th, 2025.

Forest City Gallery is delighted to announce an open call for our workshop series in the Media Collaboratory (Media Collab for short) at Forest City Gallery from March to October 2026. We are seeking proposals from professional artists interested in media art, broadly defined, to present workshops either in-person or online that investigate, interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to new media. This could include: hands-on experimentation workshops, exploration of emerg

Submit to the FCG Members' Show & Sale by November 2nd! Exciting News—Submissions for the Members’ Show & Sale, Synthesis, are now open, from October 15 to November 2 ! The Members’ Show and Sale is FCG’s longest-running annual exhibition and serves as an important fundraising event for the year. The show will be on view from November 15th - December 12 th , 2025. The Members’ Show & Sale is a great way for artists in the community to connect and develop new audiences, whi

Saturday, November 1st Doors at 7pm, 7-9:30pm UPDATE: November Witch, Pop Rockets and TaToE. (Unfortunately, Gift Idea has cancelled due to an unexpected circumstance. Thanks for your understanding.) Your Halloween weekend finale is at Forest City Gallery! On Saturday, November 1st, we’re keeping the party going. Hear Here Halloween presents an electrifying lineup featuring the indie alt sounds of November Witch, the high energy Pop Rockets, and the immersive synth worlds of