Seniors, you’re invited to submit your work to the annual Seniors Art Competition and Exhibition.
Your piece should creatively interpret the theme: Adventure. Show us what it means to you in 2025.
Download the printable Seniors Art Competition Rules Brochure and Registration Form.
Competition Categories:
Novice (one winner, one honourable mention)
This category is open to any new artists who have been making artwork for three years or less. If you have entered this competition or another in the past, you are not eligible for this award.
Hobby (one winner, one honourable mention)
This category is open to any artists who do not sell or show their work commercially. If you have an exhibition history in galleries, festivals, or juried shows (excluding the Seniors Art Competition and Exhibition) or teach art professionally, you are not eligible for this category.
Open (one winner, one honourable mention)
This category is open to any artists who may have had showings of their work in galleries, festivals, or juried shows or who may teach art professionally.
Winners for each award category will be selected according to the following criteria:
- Originality and response to the theme
- The overall composition and effective use of the elements of art
- Mastery of techniques and materials
Important Dates:
Information Session:
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Tuesday / April 15 / 1-2 pm
Submission Drop-off:
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Tuesday / August 12 / 10 am-4 pm
Exhibition: August 15 to September 25, 2025
Opening and Awards Reception:
Gallery A, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Tuesday / August 19 / 2:30 pm
Submission Pick-up:
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Friday / September 26 / 10 am-4 pm
Please make arrangements to pick up your artwork from the gallery.
Eligibility Requirements:
- We invite artists to submit one (1) original artwork relating to the theme of Adventure.
- Only artworks created in 2024 and 2025 are eligible.
- 2D and 3D entries of any medium will be accepted (up to 4’x4’x4’).
- Participants must be 55+ and hold a current membership at Oshawa Public Libraries, the Oshawa Senior Community Centres, or The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
- Staff members of Oshawa Public Libraries, the Oshawa Senior Community Centres, or The Robert McLaughlin Gallery are not eligible.
- The RMG is responsible for demonstrating the utmost discretion regarding the presence of culturally appropriated content or potentially offensive subjects. We do not wish to censor your creative process. If you are concerned about your work’s eligibility, please email Hannah Keating at hkeating@rmg.on.ca.
The 2024 Winners:
Novice:
- Winner: Mayra Martinez Chiong
- Runner Up: Rhia Balz
Hobby:
- Winner: Martin Nasager
- Runner Up: Karen Moran
Open:
- Winner: Augusto Dimalanta
- Runner Up: Ruth Greenlaw
