Brain and Mental Health Art Show 2024
Beginning in 2010, the Brain and Mental Health Art Show has been a long-standing tradition that brings together the scientific and mental health communities in Ottawa through art. The Art Show will return on May 4, 2024, at the Glebe Community Centre.
This year, all funds raised will benefit Centre 507, a local organization that has served the community for over four decades. They provide referrals to health and housing resources, as well as comfort, care, and free nutritious meals six days per week. Their 80 volunteers serve 1800 meals a week and 93,600 meals per year. Centre 507 will be soon increasing their hours to seven days a week, 365 days a year, to better support the needs of the community.
The art submission form is NOW OPEN and will remain open until April 1! We accept all forms of physical art (e.g., paintings, photography, mixed media, ceramics, glasswork, crochet, etc.) and artists of any age and skill level are welcome.
Previous Brain and Mental Health Art Shows
2023
In 2023, the Art Show was held at the historic Glebe Community Centre. We were thrilled to welcome over 400 attendees and received more than 150 art donations. At the end of the night, through art auctions, raffle prizes, and drink and ticket sales, over $13,500 was raised in support of Harmony House.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: John Fluevog Ottawa, Flora Hall, Crumb & Co., Ottawa Redblacks, Starbucks, Douvris Martial Arts, Bar From Afar, Calian, Pizza Nerds, Carleton University, and SfN Ottawa Chapter.
Thank you to our individual donors: Christine Lunn (Desjardins Insurance), Brandon Woodruff (Desjardins Insurance), Tanya Shahen, and Earla and Michael Hynes.
2022
The Art Show returned in 2022 after a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We were thrilled to welcome over 500 attendees, received more than 130 art donations, and raised over $12,000 in support of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Center.
2019
Thank you to everyone who came out to the 2019 Art Show! We had a great time with over 700 people who attended, and we were able to raise $10,000 to support Ancoura! This year was our most successful yet! We couldn’t have done it without all the amazing artists and volunteers that Ottawa has to offer!
We would also like to extend our gratitude to our wonderful sponsors that supported this year’s show:
- The Barley Mow Westboro
- Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co.
- Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
- Bridgehead Coffeehouse (Westboro)
- DAVIDsTEA
- FRST Fitness
- Mrs Tiggy Winkle’s
- Canadian Museum of Nature – Musée canadien de la nature
- Pure Kitchen Ottawa
- Ottawa Senators
- theScore
- Scrim’s Florist
- Starbucks (Westboro)
Check out our Facebook photo Album of the event (photography generously donated by Orange Horse Studio)!
2018
Thanks to all the amazing volunteers and the support of our Ottawa community the 2018 Art Show has been the most successful we’ve had! Together we were able to raise just over $7000 for Ancoura and had nearly 450 attend to see the great art work our community has to offer.
Pictures from the show are available on our Facebook page!
Congratulations to all of our winners!
- Davinci category (community members not currently enrolled in school): Hong Le and Sarah Ab-Dab’bagh
- Michaelangelo category (students in post-secondary school): Paris Dispersico and Andrea Zumrova
- Picasso category (students from high school): Benajmin Phillips and Helen Zhu
- Van Gogh category (students in elementary school): Elisa Laviolette and Tanya Desbarats
We have the utmost gratitude for your talent and hard work you bring to our community and for helping us support mental health initiatives in Ottawa!
2017
You can check out some videos and pictures of the 2017 event on our Facebook Event Page.
2016
Photos of the 2016 event can be found HERE, CLICK HERE to see the Artwork from our 2016 event.