UPCOMING
Poster design by Robin Henry
Ting Comic & Graphic Arts Festival
April 15 - May 10 in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on April 19, from 6PM-9PM, with a special performance by Willow Switch.
You won't want to miss the party!
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About the Festival​
Named after Merle “Ting” Tingley, London Free Press’ editorial cartoonist from 1948 to 1986, Tingfest is an annual celebration curated by TAP Centre for Creativity that showcases the work of past, present and future comic and graphic artists from Southwestern Ontario.
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While this festival is an homage to Ting’s work and influence on generations of artists, Tingfest is a rare forum for emerging and established artists to present their work to the public through a gallery show that is complemented with free events and programs.
2025 Featured Artists
Archie Cromwell, Craig Sellars, Dave Lapp, Emmanuelle Chateauneuf, James Collier, Jenna James, Merle “Ting” Tingley, Robin Henry, Tanner Fisher. ​To Learn more about the artists go HERE
Ting Festival events will be announced soon...​
This festival is made possible with the generous support of Ontario Arts Council, The Government of Ontario, Downtown London, Heroes Comics, Tourism London, Western Libraries Archives and Special Collections, Chops Framing Supplies, Dundas Place, and London Public Library Central Branch.
"Almost Milos" by Wyn Gelenyse
Community Portraits 2023-2024 Gerry and Milos: Wyn Gelenyse
April 29-May 31, 2025 in LAB 203
Opening Reception on April 3, 5PM-7PM - This event is part of Art Crawl Thursdays
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About the Exhibition
Originally conceived as a simple exercise in painting the portrait of a close friend and fellow artist, Geleynse saw a bigger project as more friends and acquaintances from his walk in life — from the person who prepares and serves his coffee, colleagues from the arts community, a shop keeper at his local stereo shop, co-workers at the Mission Store where Geleynse volunteers twice a week, the woman who cleans the building that houses his studio — various members of Geleynse’s community stepped forward to be caught in paint on his paper canvas. With forty-one portraits, a series was born from that simple exercise.
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This series of portraits is presented one or two at a time for a month, beginning at Milos Craft Beer Emporium last September to December and now at TAP Centre for Creativity. It’s an unusual method to display an exhibit but one that almost mimics the way we encounter our friends and cohorts and acquaintances in daily life, a pleasant reminder that our communal time together is slightly fragmented.
Excerpted from the exhibition write-up by Vince Cherniak, Dec.14, 2024.