Visit all your library branches and Town Hall to explore the works of local artists.
Lintel (2023-2024) consists of a spatial translation of a drawing by Francisco-Fernando Granados created especially for the windows at our Lakeshore Branch. Combining concentric sets of shapes in 3 primary colours created through the technology publicly available in the Library’s HackLAB, the work acts as a study of slow movement.
The overlapping pieces of laser-cut plexiglass create rotating compositions, this group of spheres cast coloured shadows throughout the day as the sun travels through them.
The overlapping pieces of laser-cut plexiglass create rotating compositions, this group of spheres cast coloured shadows throughout the day as the sun travels through them.
This gentle intervention into the space aims to honour libraries as sites in which the mind turns in slow, articulated ways in order to create new forms of understanding. On display at our Lakeshore Branch until April 2025.
Carolyn M. Boyd is a Canadian landscape artist brushing with passion and enthusiasm from the magnificent shores of Kempenfelt Bay, Georgian Bay, Muskoka and beyond. She studied fine art at Georgian College and North Light Art School, and has a certificate in the Fundamentals of Fine Art. Carolyn teaches private art classes and group workshops. Her paintings are in collections across Canada and globally. Carolyn is the recipient of the 2024 Artist Beyond Barriers Award. She volunteered at the MacLaren Art Centre, and currently volunteers at the Barrie Art Club, Women’s Art Association of Canada, and elsewhere.
Carolyn’s work is currently on display at the Cookstown Branch.
Selina Pizza is a Simcoe County artist who in the past three years has designed and painted murals for numerous businesses including the Cove Cafe and Rizzardo Centre in Innisfil, Barrie Hill Farms in Springwater, Chungchun in Barrie, and the Lone Wolf Cafe in Orillia, as well as Swirleez, Lotus Lane, and the Wired Owl Coffee Company in downtown Barrie.
She has evolved her personal style into nature-inspired art using natural materials such as moss, bark and clay mixed with gold leaf, the darker themes of life and pops of colour to build a feeling of juxtaposition between the beauty and sadness in life, using acrylics, watercolours and gouache to achieve this.
Selina’s artwork is currently on display at Innisfil Town Hall. Visit artbyselina.myportfolio.com or find her on Instagram @selina_artist
Call For Artists
The Innisfil ideaLAB & Library is seeking artists to fill its art exhibit schedule for the following locations and exhibition durations.
Four-month display periods* from January to April, May to August, and September to December:
- Lakeshore Branch (967 Innisfil Beach Road)
- Stroud Branch (7883 Yonge Street)
- Cookstown Branch (20 Church Street)
Six-month display periods* from January to June, and July to December:
- Innisfil Town Hall (2101 Innisfil Beach Road)
- Rizzardo Health & Wellness Centre (7325 Yonge Street)
Please Note: Priority will be given to artists who have not previously exhibited their work at the Library or Town of Innisfil. The Library/Town of Innisfil cannot act as agents of sale, but artists are encouraged to provide contact information in their exhibit labels to conduct sales privately. Insurance is also the personal responsibility of the exhibitor.
*Displays could rotate through various locations depending on availability.
For more detailed information, please read the Art Display Policy.
If you are interested in showing your work at any of these locations, please provide us with the following information:
Explore some of our past exhibits.
The ideaLAB & Library is delighted to have been able to work with and showcase a number of artists from across our community and beyond.
Scenes from the Owl Pen by Lucille Oille
Courtesy of the Maclaren Art Centre
Lucille Oille was a regional artist and illustrator whose works appeared in newspapers and books of the mid-20th century.
Black and Canadian: Stories of Service
by BAND Gallery x UPlift Black
Exhibition courtesy of BAND Gallery x UPlift Black. Learn more by visiting the online exhibition.
BIG Prints
PRNT Collective Various Artists
These enormous wood blocks and the prints were made for Makerfest 2021 and were a part of the Steamroller Printmaking exhibition. Watch the video!
Courtesy of the PRNT Collective.
Ice Hut Art
Community Public Art
The Library coordinated an outdoor exhibition of ice huts in the winters of 2021, 2022 and 2023. Learn more about the project.
The Mosaic Tile Project
Making Change
Making Change Simcoe County gathered groups of people together with no art experience, to share things about our different cultures and spark conversations. Everyone painted a 4X4 wooden tiles, with cultural elements. The Mosaic Tile project was on going through 2022-23 at various events, the mural “Cultures Across Simcoe County”
culminated in a public display in March & April 2024, and February & March 2025 at our Lakeshore Branch.
Celebrating Indigenous History
Window Mural by April Paul
April Paul is a renowned Maliseet/Cree Native Indigenous artist hailing from New Brunswick. Her mural was displayed at the Library from June through October, 2023.
Painting of a scenic view of Innisfil Beach Park by Beach One.
by artist Maria Kelebeev
Maria Kelebeev is a local contemporary artist who creates meaningful and personal custom artwork from her Innisfil and Barrie Studios. Working mostly in watercolour and acrylic, Maria creates landscapes, still lives, and portraiture in a loose contemporary impressionistic style.
This piece was displayed at Innisfil Town in the fall of 2024.
To learn more, please visit www.hannatess.com
Tina Lund
Works in Polymer Clay
Tina Lund is an Innisfil based artist who specializes in polymer clay.
Rotary Club of Innisfil Peace Pole
Our Lakeshore Branch is now home to the first Peace Pole in Innisfil, painted by local artist Jamie Hardie. Led by the Rotary Club of Innisfil, seven Peace Poles will be installed across the Town of Innisfil. Peace Poles are an internationally recognized movement, find out more here: https://worldpeace.org/peacepoleproject/