Night of Art

• All the Things (Bronagh Morgan)
  • Chalk Art: Go over the Falls on a barrel at Niagara Falls Night of Art! Interact with our 3D chalk drawing of the world's most famous waterfall and our very own wonder of the world.
• Art y Manas
  • Reflections: This installation invites the audience to have a visual and reflective experience about the passage of time, which light makes evident. Everything perceived by sight is past.
• Brainkite
  • Headspace: Gathering of faces, a tunnel of minds, a well of agreement, pushing confidently forward when there's no room for questioning. 
• Cat Thagard Community Art Project
  • KnowThyself: The Art of Reflection - A collaborative art experience as we build a life-sized mirror mosaic installation for Niagara Falls Night of Art.
• Dear Bear Multi-Arts
  • Why Don't We Together (WDWT): An electric and intimate audio-visual installation featuring original Canadian short stories, rich soundscapes, and immersive lighting. Audiences are invited to enter "The Hut" with up to seven others to collectively choose from a selection of short audio stories just by pushing a button!
• Dillon Douglas
  • Eclosion: Sisyphus Daydreaming - Two monumental pyramidal sculptures combine basketball rims and butterflies, transforming symbols of competition, repetition and impossible striving into images of emergence and possibility. The work imagines Sisyphus pausing in his endless labour—not in defeat, but to daydream of transformation.  
• Dougie Hayz
  • More More More: Custom video abstraction on the rear Museum wall
• Eve Atoms & Jennifer Q
  • The Breath Balm Campaign: A public art project with the objective of creating peace and unity in community. Adults and children of all ages from the DSBN, the Niagara Artists Centre, the RAFT after-school program and local libraries created leaf art, body-traced trees and contributed breath audio samples to animate stilt-walking tree giants.
• Fae Mae'd Creations
  • Glamorous Gastrpod!  - A giant gastropod has made its way to Niagara Falls Night of Art and needs help getting glammed up for the event! All are encouraged to use jewels provided to jazz up the snail's shell.
• Hope Flynn Art  (face painting)
  • Colourful face painting inspired by Canada's animals, nature, and iconic imagery, from the rainbows of falls to the spring blossoms. Each design takes just one to five minutes, making for a fun experience perfect for kids to adults.
• Joanne Ring
  • Fly Away: A reflection on memory, perception, and the way nostalgia can enlarge the ordinary. The interactive pieces of this mobile invite viewers to reconnect with a sense of childhood wonder while exploring how perception and memory shape our experience of the world.
• Lindsay-Ann Chilcott
  • The Epiphan: Overcoming Illusion Through The Consciousness Of The Creator - An upcycled sculpture that depicts a story of personal growth through a changed perspective. Through adhesive, concrete, electrical wires, insulation foam, and wood, the work suggests how intrusive thoughts can often act as a barrier in deterring one’s progress. 
• Live Outdoor Wall Mural collaboration with Kevin Slogget, Anthony Haley and Nicole Gallaher
  • Walls That Teach: A pilot artist mentorship program that combines public art creation, professional development, and collaborative learning. The City is creating a new mentorship-based approach to mural creation that supports emerging and established artists through collaborative public art experiences. The project supports the creation of a mural by local artists.
• Lacie Williamson (interactive mural stamping/painting)
  • Niagara Life Line: Help create a map of the Niagara River. Paint a landscape using animal stencils of local species, under glowing UV lights, for artist Lacie Williamson to paint the Niagara River over top of at the end of the night.
• Manhikam Marianne Vongboutdy
  • The Caretakers: This artwork honours Nage Khamsavanh, the main protagonist and an elephant caretaker of the Southern Elephant Forest, from her graphic novel Phi(Ghost) Hunters. 
• Melani Pyke (interactive chalk art)
  • Chalk, Jump & Play! This amazing art on the ground will be a crazy artsy combination of classic beanbag toss, hopscotch and floor is lava games. This artwork will be evolving and expanding throughout the evening, so you can come play again and again, or help chalk in some of the design yourself!
• Nancy Zimmerman (main floor)
  • In My Head: This mini-gallery explores small-scale work created by Niagara Artists. This work represents the ever-changing hyperfantasia world in Nancy Zimmerman's head.
• Susan DeLeew (upper level)
  • Fragments: Large, layered photographs, presented in a way that allows the viewer to see between layers. The idea is that the spaces between objects and familiar scenes invite the viewer to perceive a viewpoint in an entirely different way, perhaps allowing them to question the reality of what they see on a daily basis.
• The Niagara Falls Juried Art Exhibition (main floor)
  • Celebrates the creativity and talent of Niagara Falls artists, showcasing selected works from local residents in a three-month exhibition at The Exchange. Presented by the Niagara Falls Culture Committee, the exhibition features a variety of artistic mediums, cash awards for outstanding achievement, and will be a featured event in the City’s annual Niagara Falls Night of Art celebration.
• Women with Wings/Bridges Niagara
  • Birds of a Feather & Portraits of Self: Showcasing the collective artwork of newcomer women in Niagara. Birds of a Feather was created by more than 70 women, with each bird representing an individual's immigration journey, while Portraits of Self captures each participant's unique identity through self-directed portraits.
• Picture Yourself Here: The photographic attraction of Niagara Falls
  • In collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape, this exhibition by Alexandre Campeau-Vallée explores how photography has shaped a famous landscape icon. Located in the Ontario Power Generation Exhibition Gallery (main floor) at the Niagara Falls History Museum

Plus, the following Exchange Studio Artists will be on-site (second floor):

• Aidan Frenette
• Colleen McTigue
• Sarah Carter
• Sam Fickel
• Joshua Simpson

• Tour the Woodworking Studio and demos
• Learn about memberships
• Meet with reps from Lee Valley Tools and the Niagara Falls Innovation Hub, featuring their 3D printer

6:00 pm: DJ Tammy Vu & spinning between sets

A Toronto & Niagara-based DJ and artist known for her versatile sound and infectious energy behind the decks. Having grown up immersed in music festival scenes around the world, Tammy developed a deep sense of rhythm and connection that naturally evolved into her passion for DJing and music production.

7:00 pm: Brandon Agnew & The Night Shadows

This is 100% Made-in-Niagara music | various shades of blue. We hope you brought your damn dancing shoes! Brandon Agnew is a Niagara musician known for his straightforward approach to songwriting and music making; the Night Shadows feature Rusty Mccarthy, David Norris, Paul Schmidt, Laurel Minnes and Jess Panetta. 

8:00 pm: The Thuds 

Niagara Falls-based group The Thuds started out initially as a studio project; their sound owes as much to the proto-funk of the Meters as it does the golden era of Ethiopian psych-rock, featuring Nicole Cerminara and Myles Rogers of JIN, Paige Armstrong, and LMT's Mark Rogers.

9:00 pm: The Human Rights 

Featuring multiple famed Canadian musicians plus a powerful two-man front line that seamlessly moves between modern roots Reggae, lovers rock, soul, R&B, and dancehall vibes

Performer merchandise:

Performer merchandise is available for purchase onsite; cash only (there is no ATM onsite).

Sherman Zavitz Theatre (emcee'd by comedian David Green)

• Dragon Ritual Drummers: Through story, rhythmic sounds, light and video this multi-media piece will be a unique and intimate journey chronicling the expansion of the mighty Niagara
• Flurry Dance Circle: Contemporary dance collective performs “Van Gogh’s Fall”
• Steve Wilson/Cat Thagard: "The Good Time Girl," a story portrayed by spoken word movement and paint
• The Great Pillow Engagement: Pillow fights!

Niagara Falls Hydro Corporation Courtyard

• Cabaret Niagara: (Maja Bannerman, Rusty McCarthy, Zach Bury, Juli Powers, Raging Grannies, Marty Hopkins): Rusty McCarthy and Maja Bannerman present performance-driven shows with a blend of musical styles, creative movement and a dash of audience participation
• Omega Dance Crew 2.0: Specializes in street dance styles such as breaking, hip hop, popping and more; this year, featuring live drums

East Studio, upper level art gallery

• Fernanda Cunha Duo with Reg Schwager: Performing a selection of timeless Bossa Nova classics and Brazilian songs, accompanied by acclaimed guitarist Reg Schwager.

Emcee'd by comedian Trevor Cumming

• Full Circle: Father and son duo, Alex and Gibby Ring, will perform non-traditional/experimental violin-based music)
• Improv Niagara: Live improv set
• Trevor Cumming: Live comedy set
• Yagna Chheda Belly Dancing Trio: Including audience participation

• Improv Niagara: Onsite Tours of Night of Art
• Whirley the Clown: Fortune cards

• Niagara Falls Poetry Project 25th Anniversary Poetry Contest finalists to be announced, with live contest entrants' readings plus open mic poetry readings; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

• Ashley Andrews: handmade linocut prints
• Beadling: beaded jewelry, key chains, flower vases, accessories
• Flowered Visions: watercolour prints, greeting cards, stickers, art pieces
• ilaa & b: original silver-smith crafted jewelry featuring ethically sourced gemstones
• Jasisart: painter, sketch artist
• Jooyoung Jeon: paintings inspired by traditional Korean motifs
• Luxe Lines: fancy, artsy desserts
• Mark Thomas: paintings and wood sculptures
• Maskeraid: beaded jewelry, pins, medallions, Powwow accessories
• Marco Ribeiro Art: abstract paintings
• Of the Ether/Demon: original prints and stickers
• Raven Jalyn: prints of hand-carved stamps and original art; mixed-media collages
• Redstone Fine Art: soapstone sculptures, other indigenous fine art (jewelry and prints)
• RivR Candles: soy wax candles
• Sew Bee It: handmade quilted pouches, bowl cozies, hot pads, rice bags, pet bowties & bandanas and quilts
• Stacey Tayler: abstract art on canvas + sublimation on wallets, bags, tumbler, notebooks and some others like bookmarks
• Taylor Umer Art: acrylic, watercolour, ink prints and original artworks
• Thoughts in Rain: original art on stationary product
• Vanjo Dyes: hand-dyed garments and accessories

The Food Court and Exchange:

• 905 Hotdog Pound: hotdogs, hamburgers, sausages, fries, poutine
• Marble Slab Creamery: small-batch gourmet scooped ice cream with mixins in signature flavours, featuring hand-rolled waffle cones, dirty sodas, mini donuts
• Niagara’s Very Own (NVO): assorted tacos, fully loaded nachos, poutine, sides (cajun fries, chips and guac)
• Shriners Creek: traditional and novelty kettle popcorn in a variety of flavours, lollies, cotton candy
• Sining Café: featuring chicken hand pies and musubi (nori-wrapped rice), along with specialty beverages, Filipino-inspired baked goods, and Filipino-Asian fusion savoury fare.
• The Lock Wood Fired Pizza: traditional Neapolitan-style pizza made from fresh, local ingredients