Women's Art Festival

We are overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who made this year's festival an incredible success on such a beautiful, sunny day (even with a little wind)!

🙏 Thank You to Our Attendees: Your enthusiasm and support filled the day with joy and energy. We're so grateful you chose to spend your time with us.

🎨 Thank You to Our Artists: Your creativity and dedication brought beautiful artwork in all forms to our festival. We appreciate all of your work that you shared with our community.

🍴 Thank You to Our Food Vendors: Your delicious creations kept everyone fueled and happy throughout the day. You added so much flavour to the festival!

🎶 Thank You to Our Performers: Your talent and passion brought the festival to life. We are so thankful for the unforgettable entertainment you provided!

💙 Thank You to the Charities: Your presence and the important work you do made our festival even more meaningful. We're honored to have had you with us and grateful for the difference you make in our community.

🙌 Thank You to Our Volunteers: Your time, effort, and passion made everything run smoothly. We couldn't have done it without you!

🎉 Thank You to the Organizers: Your commitment and tireless efforts behind the scenes turned our vision into reality. We're proud of what we accomplished together.

Together, we created something special. Until next year! ❤️

🎉 Giveaway Time! 🎉

We’re excited to give away some fabulous prizes from our talented artists at this year’s Women’s Art Festival! 🎨✨

How to Enter:

Tag your favorite artist from this year’s festival in the comments below.
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You have until Sunday at 5 PM to enter! Winners will be announced on Monday. Good luck! 🍀

🌸 A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Wonderful Sponsors! 🌸

We are so thankful for the incredible support from our sponsors, who have played a vital role in making the Women's Art Festival a success this year! 🎨✨

A big shoutout to:
💜Heidi Blondin Financial
💚The Rocking Horse Toys
💜Kingston Community Credit Union

Your dedication and generosity have helped us create a vibrant space for women artists to shine and for our community to come together 💖

What festivals will you be attending in Kingston this August? Let us know in the comments.

🎉 Here are four Kingston festivals you won't want to miss in August:

🎭 The Kick & Push Festival at various locations: until August 18
🐑 Kingston Sheepdog Trials at Grass Creek Park: August 9–11
🎨 Women's Art Festival at City Park: August 10, 10 am–4 pm
💃 Greek Fest at the Greek Orthodox Church: August 17, 11 am–11 pm

🔗 View our 25 things to do in August list to learn more: https://bit.ly/3owXxi9

✨ Join us this Saturday, August 10, at the Women's Art Festival for a day filled with art, community, and delicious food! 🍴✨
We've got a little bit of everything to satisfy your cravings:
🥗Vegan eats from
🍔Juicy burgers from
🥟Delectable dishes from
🍪Sweet treats from
🍦Sweet gelato from
🍕Mouthwatering pizza from
🍧Icy treats from
🍲Flavorful Thai cuisine from

Don't miss out on these amazing vendors and a fantastic day! See you there! 🌟🥳

We are seriously 💜ing all of the entries for our colouring contest!! Thank you Vienna for sharing your amazing art skills with us!

You can pick up one of our colouring sheets at:
✨ by Friday, August 9
✨ by Friday, August 9
✨Or at the Women's Art Festival this Saturday, August 10!

One lucky kid will win gift cards to both the Kingston School or Art and The Rocking Horse!

Saturday, August 10 is the Women's Art Festival and we're welcoming great performances and workshops! ❤️ ⬇️

10:30 – 11:00 AM: The Woman With Three Eyes: Live poetry reading by Alya, Morgan Grace and Monique Lee

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Los Encantos Latin Dance Team Performance and Free Workshop in Salsa and Bachata

1:45 – 2:30 PM: The Bayash Sisters

3:15 – 4:00 PM: Tiny Horse Music

We're pleased to have Los Encantos Kingston Latin Dance Team perform at the Women's Art Festival this year!

💃 Los Encantos Kingston Latin Dance Team is a family united by a passion for Latin dance and community enrichment. Their motto, "Inspire, Train, Transform," reflects their mission: each dance step is a chance for personal growth and emotional connection. Los Encantos Kingston Latin Dance Team started as a ladies dancing team in March 2023. The idea was to conduct short term dance projects and involve as many people as possible in the beautiful world of Latin Dance while having fun.

Watch their performance at the Women's Art Festival on Saturday, August 10 at 11 am 🎶

Presenting at 1:30PM at the Women's Art Festival ☀️

Bayash Sisters are a folk-pop duo from Ottawa, ON, known for their intricate harmonies. Born into a musical family, sisters Eliza “Yarro” and Emma Bayash have been singing together for as long as they can remember. They spent the past ten years focusing on their own artistic journeys, and have returned to their roots to pay homage to the family and community that have supported them since the very beginning. Funded by Ontario Arts Council, Bayash
Sisters released their debut EP, Provenance, in May 2023, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and home.

📣 CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS // The Women’s Art Festival would not be possible without the many volunteers that support us each year. Get your high school volunteer hours completed, give back to the community, help us help the environment, and connect with a wide network of volunteers. We're currently looking for assistance on August 9 + 10, 2024 with the following roles:

- Festival setup / tear down
- Site maintenance and waste diversion
- Vendor assistance

Interested in assisting this year? We encourage all folks to fill out our form on the website: https://www.womensartfestival.ca/volunteer

Meet the artists // Lisa from Twisted Thistle Art Co does thread paintings and embroidery. Each little artwork is composed of thousands of tiny stitches and is one-of-a-kind. They are stitched on linen or velvet using high quality cotton and silk threads. Some have an added splash of glass beads or sequins, but most are painted in the rich colours of thread 🌅

Li Yan from Happy Buddha creates handmade items, specializing in bamboo and cotton handwoven bracelets. She also offers various handmade products like crystal and jade bracelets, pendants, wire rings, hand-poured scented candles, and embroidery key chains 🎋

Rana from StrgrlStudio focuses is acrylic paintings on canvas, however, she loves to challenge herself and also does sculpting, digital pieces, and clothing 🎨

✨ Stop by the Women's Art Festival on August 10 from 10 am – 2 pm to see these great artists and more in person!

ARTIST FEATURE // Tiny Horse Music will be playing at the Women's Art Festival on August 10 at 3 pm 🎶

To see and hear Kingston, Ontario indie rock outfit Tiny Horse is to step into a place of possibility and freedom. Their performances are equal parts small-town q***r cabaret, ‘70s folk-rock rapture, and Bowie-ish extravaganza. Their music crackles with John Prine’s rich storytelling and winking humor, Patti Smith’s punkish abandon and revelry, Haim and Taylor Swift’s melodic brilliance.

Along with celebrated appearances at Guelph’s renowned Hillside Festival and Mackinnon Brothers’ Back To The Farm, Tiny Horse have spent the last few years converting some of Ontario’s best music rooms—from the El Mocambo to the National Arts Centre to the sweaty depths of Kingston’s pubs—into places of celebration and light and the sort of weirdo genius that lives outside the crush of normative society.

🎨 Meet the artists // Stephanie from Li'l Spirit Co. makes handmade, one of a kind ghost figures. Sculpted with polymer clay and oven baked to set. She decorates them for the changing seasons, pop culture, floral and sparkle/glitter ghosts 👻

Sarah from Party Shoes Creative has joy and optimism in her art. She works on paper, canvas, and panel, incorporating collage, acrylic, and other mediums. Inspired by nature, history, and the colors around 🍃

Frances from Solasta Soaps creates soaps, bath, and body products. She researches the properties of the oils and butters to find the perfect blend and create products that are natural, skin loving, and gentle, with scents and colours to enhance the beauty of each handcrafted bar 🫧

📅 See these great artists and more in person on August 10 from 10 am – 4 pm at City Park!

💜COLOURING CONTEST ALERT💚

Celebrate the 41st Annual Women's Art Festival with our colouring contest for kids! One lucky winner will receive gift cards to and 🎉🎉

Here's how you can participate:
✨Kids 12 and under can pick up a colouring sheet at The Rocking Horse in Downtown Kingston or email us for the PDF!
✨Colour your heart out!
✨Drop off a completed sheet at The Rocking Horse by Thursday, August 10 OR drop by the Kingston School of Art Craft tent at WAF on Saturday, August 10!

🌻Colouring sheet designed by .art

MEET THE ARTISTS // Karen from Karen Reece Designs (karenreecedesigns.com) uses Lampwork glass to create handcrafted jewelry 💎

Maureen from Times Gone By Studio utilizes the concepts of design learned from a history with stained glass and developing her signature style of vibrant colourful parallel lines juxtaposed by simple forms and solid shapes outlined in white. Maureen’s acrylic paintings reinterpret classic iconic Canadian landscapes in a contemporary, bold and graphic manner 🏞

Denise from Soulful Skeins Rug Hooking creates handwoven pieces using 100% wool fibers on a natural linen backing. She loves working with materials that are nourished by the earth and can ultimately return to it. The process of pulling wool loops through the backing, one by one, brings her peace, healing, and a sense of fulfillment 🧶

👋 Meet these talented artists in person at the Women's Art Festival on August 10 from 10 am – 4 pm!

MEET THE ARTISTS // Monica from Monika Rosen Art is influenced by the relationship of psychology and landscape, working primarily in oil paint and monotype to explore notions of interconnectedness, transformation, sanctuary and resilience 🏞️

Sandra from Sandra Lee's Artistries does acrylic paints often referred to as “dancing art” or “acrylic pour paintings” and hand paint glassware 🌌

Ashley from BEAM Creative Designs uses brightly colored fabrics and prints to create bags and make others smile 🌈

🎨 Stop by the festival on August 10 from 10 am – 4 pm to see all these great artists and more

Thank you, Women's Art Festival for posting a "Festival Volunteer" opportunity on the Volunteer Centre. If any community members in KFL&A are looking for volunteer opportunities, be sure to check out the Volunteer Centre. New positions are being added for a variety of skills and talents.
To learn more about this opportunity and find out more at: https://volunteerkfla.ca/ click on the Volunteer Centre tab.

MEET THE MAKERS // Joan from Saturday Baggs designs one-of-a-kind tote bags and jean jackets using recycled fabrics and thrifted embellishments. Each piece is unique 🛍️

Sarah from Lewis Art has a wide range of sizes of acrylic and oil paintings on canvas. Expect to see pieces inspired by nature, glass, forests, and animals 🖼️ lewisart.ca/Artwork

✨ Stop by the Women's Art Festival on August 10 from 10 am – 2 pm to see these great artists and more.

MEET THE MAKER // Angela of Charleston Botanicals has been crafting soap, candles and skincare for over two decades. She loves to incorporate as many home-grown, wild-foraged and locally sourced ingredients in her products as possible. Angela has a deep love for nature and crafts her products in her lakeside workshop on beautiful Charleston Lake 🌊

✨ Stop by the Women's Art Festival on August 10 from 10 am – 2 pm to see her wares in person!

🪟 A highlight of a few glass pieces from artists over the years 🫶

Come see everything we have to offer by visiting our upcoming Women's Art Festival on August 10th, 2024 at City Park ✨