Gallery

The Art Gallery at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts (CCA) presents month-long exhibitions featuring art by local artists from Cambridge, the Region of Waterloo and beyond.

23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition

October 17 - November 15, 2026

Mark your calendars! The 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition is now open for submissions. Complete the  23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition Form online. Join us on October 17 from 1:00pm-2:30pm for our opening reception and awards.

This call is open to all Cambridge-based artists working in any variety of media. Artists are invited to submit up to two (2) works. 

Submission guidelines:

  • All submitted works must have been completed in the previous 24 months.
  • Work completed under instruction in a class, copied from another source, or previously exhibited at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts will not be accepted.
  • All wall-based work must be framed or ready to hang with wires, hooks, or pins.
  • 3D submissions (such as sculpture or installation): Maximum 6' height, 2' width, 2' depth
  • 2D submissions (such as drawing, painting, print, photography, mixed media): Maximum 4’ height, 4’ width


Submitted works must be delivered to Cambridge Centre for the Arts during hours of operation from Wednesday, October 7- Saturday, October 10.

A non-refundable submission fee of $10 per artist must be paid at the time of delivery. This fee includes up to two (2) artworks. Credit card, debit, cash or cheque accepted. Please make cheques payable to Cambridge Centre for the Arts. Post-dated cheques will not be accepted.

Upon delivery of artworks, please fill out the labels provided by the front desk.

All submissions must be ready for display, complete with hardware and diagrams (if necessary) required to mount or install work.

All artists will be notified by email regarding whether their work has been selected for the exhibition, along
with further information including pick-up dates and times.

  • The Artist, by submitting their work, grants Cambridge Centre for the Arts the right to photograph accepted entries for promotional and reference purposes.
  • A 25% commission will be taken by the Cambridge Centre for the Arts for any work sold during the exhibition.
  • Entry withdrawal requests will not be accepted later than October 15, 2026.
  • Payment for sold artworks will be made to the Artist after November 16, 2026.
  • Exhibiting artists will receive communication regarding timely pick-up of work following the exhibition's end.

 

Award Prize
Juror's 1st Award (Jill Summerhayes Award) $350
Juror's 2nd Award $200
Juror's 3rd Award $150
Honourable Mention (3) $100

 

The Cambridge Centre for the Arts expresses their gratitude for the Cambridge Arts Guild for their sponsorship and support for the Annual Juried Exhibition.

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Glodeane Brown is an arts administration and cultural management professional, writer, and visual arts curator.

Organizations she has worked for include Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area (CAFKA), the Town of Halton Hills, and Mississauga Arts Council. Between 2020 and 2024 she curated a selection of works for the Photography and Digital Media category for the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, curated a selection of Emerging Artists to Watch for the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, and curated 23 exhibitions at Mind’s Eye Studio Art Gallery in Kitchener featuring the work of Waterloo Region artists.

She is an experienced juror and reviewer. Glodeane sits on the boards and committees of several arts organizations. In 2020 she was awarded a General Arts Award by Arts Awards Waterloo Region for her contributions to the local arts community. She graduated with honours from the Arts Administration and Cultural Management program at Humber College.

 

 The One, Melissa Rempel.

2025 Juror's 1st Award (Jill Summerhayes Award) 

 

Jurors Choice 

2nd Place 

Dianne McBride, “Bee Reno” 

Collage 

 

Jurors Choice 

3rd Place 

Bill Praught, “Strala” 

Scanned image  

 

Honorable Mentions 

Vanessa Pejovic, “Shapeshifter 5” Photographic print on canvas 

Kathryn Tyrrell “Nov morning at Black Bridge” Oil painting 

Sue Sturdy “Bent out of Shape” Fabric sculpture 

 

Art Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Laura Heaney - Screen Time

Kendra Lightfoot - Seen/Unseen

September 5th - October 3rd 

Opening reception: September 19th, 1-2:30pm

About the exhibition: 

A classically trained artist known for her meticulous, hyper-realistic drawings, Laura Heaney brings a rigorous and historically informed practice to her work. Inspired by the single-candle chiaroscuro paintings that were so prevalent in the Dutch Golden Age, her drawings depict varying subjects lit only by their chosen device. By foregoing the classic medium of oil paint and drawing these pieces in coloured pencil, Heaney is playing with expectation and challenging the concept of what is or isn’t high art. 

Self-taught in online classes during the pandemic, Kendra Lightfoot is a skilled and highly technical watercolour painter, using subjects that focus on the small moments in life that carry larger meaning. Seen/Unseen is a contemplative body of watercolour works that invite viewers into a quiet world of natural textures, still life and quiet narrative. Each work captures the delicate interplay between light, form and atmosphere—honouring the often-overlooked beauty in the everyday and items that are aging. 



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Laura Heaney and Kendra Lightfoot 

September 5-October 3 

Reception: Saturday September 19, 1pm-2:30pm 


23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition  

October 17-November 14  

Reception: Saturday October 17, 1pm-2:30pm  


STUDIO 30  

November 21-December 19 

Reception: Saturday November 21, 1pm-2:30pm  

School Programs at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts

In 2026, Cambridge Centre for the Arts and the Waterloo Catholic District School Board began their partnership to deliver contemporary art lessons and gallery tours to local school groups visiting the Art Centre.

With art activities led by CCA instructor Alyssa Haynes, over 100 young artists in Grade 6, 7, and 8 created abstract watercolour paintings inspired by their tour of the Cambridge Centre for the Arts Gallery.

Submissions now closed

Thank you for submitting your work with us! Selected artists will be contacted.

Our next call will open June 2027.