Headwaters Arts is thrilled to present Wanderlust, the fourth members’ exhibition of the year. Running from May 27 through June 28, 2026, in the Headwaters Arts Gallery in the Alton Mill Arts Center, this exhibition showcases a deeply diverse collection of emotional, colourful, and moving works by 32 talented member artists. Expressing their own unique paths and “defiant dreams,” the artists utilize a wide variety of mediums including oil, watercolour and acrylic paintings, ceramics, painted stone, photography, wood, fibre, and mixed media.
“Wanderlust – Or, born to wander – that has always been me. Will I get to the moon? I had always thought I would go to the moon with my family one day. Today it seems again more possible. But, to wander this world brings so much joy – both the near and the far away, and the in between. My paintings often capture our natural elements – the sound and fullness of the waves on a blustery day; the layered beauty of a mountain vista; or the way the upper branches of birch trees turn pink when they have lost their leaves” says painter  Susan Kelly. “The lust to wander takes me to these beauties and challenges an interpretation.“

Meet the artists at the official Opening Reception to be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 1:00 -3 :00 pm at the Headwaters Gallery in the Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, Ontario.

Participating member artists include: Alina Lloyd – Mono; Angela Burdon – Mono; Bhavna Bhatnagar – Mississauga; Bill Carroll – Orangeville; Carol Watson – Orangeville; Diana Piotti – Mississauga; Emilia Perri – Orangeville; Deborah McLachlan – Georgetown; David Moir – Mississauga; Fabienne Good – Grand Valley; Janice Gittings – Glen Williams; Kirk Sutherland- Scarborough; Laura Leichnitz- Brampton; Lesley Kelly- Mulmur; Lori Fonger – Etobicoke; Lynn Gillbank – Mono; Jorge Nascimento – Terra Cotta; Lori Fonger – Etobicoke; Maria Isabel Fleury – Oakville; Marnie Cooke – Mono; Nahid Azari – Orangeville; Linda Murphy – Bolton; Miles Cohen -Palgrave; Pat Hertzberg – Caledon; Piera Pugliese – Toronto; Sam Meandro – Terra Cotta; Susan Powell – Hillsburgh; Susan Kelly – Guelph; Sheryl Teasell- Ariss; Stuart Curtis- Shelburne, Suzanne Walsh – Etobicoke; Wayne Hudson – Caledon; and Wayne Richardson – New Hamburgh.

The Headwaters Arts Gallery is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m, and Holiday Monday’s. Alton Mill Arts Centre, 1402 Queen Street West, Alton, Ontario. Be sure to follow us on IG @headwatersarts and Facebook.

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.