The 30th annual Headwaters Arts Fall Festival

Juried Show and Sale

117 artists answered the call to submit to the Headwaters Arts annual flagship event resulting in 71 works from 52 supremely talented Ontario artists being chosen by our illustrious jurors Julia Veenstra and Liza Zhurkovskaya. This beautifully curated show includes a variety of mediums and subjects, including oil, watercolour, acrylic, textile, wood and paper sculpture, photography, ink, clay, mixed media, encaustic, fibre, felted wool, markers, and cyanotype.

The 30th anniversary of the Fall Festival is a celebration of  3 Decades of Art, Culture and Community and gratitude for founders, volunteers, artists, sponsors and contributors  who have all helped build Headwaters Arts into one of the most vibrant, community-driven art organizations in Ontario.

The festival art show runs from September 16, 2026, to October 4, 2026, on the main floor of the Alton Mill Arts Centre.

The Alton Mill Arts Centre is located at 1402 Queen Street west, Alton, Ontario.

Open Wednesdays to Sundays, 10 am – 5 pm.

Free parking – Free entrance – Accessible – elevator is available to visit other floors in the building where you will find artist studios and a historic exhibit of this heritage site.

Purchasing Artwork

Artwork may be purchased in person by visiting the Headwaters Gallery at the Alton Mill Art Centre or  online here through our website. To purchase any of the artworks  online, simply click on the artwork image and your payment will be processed through our secure Square payment system. The artwork can then be picked up at the gallery or delivery can be arranged with the artist. Please contact the gallery at info@headwatersarts.org to arrange. The buyer will be responsible for any delivery charges.

We acknowledge that the land on which we gather, and on which the Region of Peel operates, is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples inhabited and cared for this land. In particular we acknowledge the territory of the Ani-shinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples; the land that is home to the Metis; and most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who are direct descendants of the Mississaugas of the Credit.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land, and by doing so, give our respect to its first inhabitants.