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Announcing the theme for the 2024 SPARK Photo Fest

Announcing the theme for the 2024 SPARK Photo Festival Juried Exhibit!
Watch the video for the reveal!
The Call for Entries will open in October and close in February. For now, let your creativity flow and get out to capture your best images to submit to our Ontario-wide photography competition.
Photographers of all skill levels who are residents of Ontario are eligible. For full tech specs, eligibility and submission details visit our website (follow the linktree in bio!)
Stay tuned to our social channels and sign up for our e-newsletter (also in linktree) to get more info as it's released.
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Hey, Ontario photographers, watch for the reveal o

Hey, Ontario photographers, watch for the reveal of the theme for our 2024 Juried Exhibit this week! The Call for Entries will open in October but we want to give you extra time to start capturing your best images. Sign up for our e-newsletter to be first to get the news (link in bio) or follow our social channels to make sure you see the big reveal! #SPARKPhotoFestival #juriedexhibit #comingsoon
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It's the final day for SPARK Photo Festival 2023 a

It's the final day for SPARK Photo Festival 2023 and it's #worldpinholephotographyday! Head over to @ashburnham_ale_house to see the TASS Grade 12 Photography Students @integratedartsptbo exhibit "First Photos" where they display their pinhole photography images captured with cardboard boxes and developed themselves! These creative and talented students prove the best camera (or 📦 as the case may be) is the one you have with you! Swipe for the technique description amd some close ups.
Visit the Toureka! app or our website (Exhibits linktr.ee in bio) for all the exhibit details and squeeze in a little more SPARK before it's gone until next year!
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This is the last weekend to visit "Expressions of

This is the last weekend to visit "Expressions of Hope" Community Group Exhibit at @livinghopepeterborough featuring the beautiful works of 11 local photographers. With many images capturing the theme of water and all capturing the beauty found in the world around us, this is an exhibit not to miss. You even have the opportunity to meet the Photographers on Saturday, April 29 from 4 to 6 pm. Visit the Toureka! App and our website (Exhibits linktr.ee in bio) for more info and maps.
Photos in this collection by:
Tim Haan @tim.haan.photography
Ainsley Boyd @ainsleyboyd
Ingrid Boonstra
Mike Broersma
John VanderWindt
Tyler McEwan @theprintedplanet
Gary Vander Meulen
Wes Wikkerink
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Time is flying! "Our Feathered Friends" by wildlif

Time is flying! "Our Feathered Friends" by wildlife photographer Mike MacLean @bifmaclean100 is at @revelstokecafeptbo but these fabulous images of local birds will be taking off soon! Mike specializes in capturing images of wildlife in their natural habitats and shares them with SPARK in two exhibits. Mike's other exhibit "Mammals of Western Canada " is on display at @sustainecostore Peterborough. Be sure to catch as many SPARK exhibits as you can before they're gone!
Details for all exhibits on the Toureka! app and on our website (linktr.ee in bio).
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Makin' Hay by Linda L. Tatler captures the beauty

Makin' Hay by Linda L. Tatler captures the beauty and collaboration of farmers who work together to harvest "while the sun shines" as the saying goes. Sounds like good advice for many aspects of life, including your SPARK Photo Festival visiting! Make plans with friends to collaborate on exploring the fabulous exhibits before they're gone. There are only a few days left for the 2023 festival, closing April 30th (some exhibits close on the 29th). Visit @forkitptbo for Linda's @greyowl555 beautiful photos and the other 23 venues. All of the info is on the Toureka! App and our website, follow the linktr.ee in our bio!
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"Gold-rimmed Eyes" by Light the SPARK Emerging Art

"Gold-rimmed Eyes" by Light the SPARK Emerging Artist Elayne Linn is a perfect example of Elayne's goal as a photographer. "Connection, belonging, interdependence and the web of life are themes I hope to convey through my photography...I want people to see the little things for themselves and to realize that the little things are actually big things that we cannot afford to take for granted." Elayne's "Family of Things" exhibit is part of our Light the SPARK: Emerging Artists Exhibit on display for 1 more week @ptbolibrary . Be sure to visit and experience these special captures of little things by Elayne @hopeful_caterpillar for yourself!
We are grateful to @ptbodbia for support of the Emerging Artists program and exhibit and to @inspirewomens as sponsor of Elayne's exhibit.
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Have you visited "Light the SPARK: Emerging Artist

Have you visited "Light the SPARK: Emerging Artists Exhibit" at @ptbolibrary yet? Photographer Lezley Woodhams' Barn Study series captures the exact same barn, with the same composition, the same angle, the same distance and the same orientation to highlight the four seasons as the year progresses. Shown here is Barn Study 2 Spring by @lezleywoodhams_photography .
Read more about Lezley on her web page (Click the linktr.ee in our bio 》Exhibits ) and on the Toureka! app and see the rest of Lezley's Barn Study images, and the other emerging artists in the Lower foyer at the Peterborough Public Library before April 30.
Light the SPARK exhibit is supported by @ptbodbia and Lezley's exhibit is sponsored by Stoneguide Realty Ltd.
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Activity Haven, a recreation centre for adults 50+

Activity Haven, a recreation centre for adults 50+ , returns to SPARK Photo Festival for their second year as a community group exhibit. With the works of 19 photographers and a total of 68 images, their exhibit "Through our Members' Eyes" is one to visit, for sure!
You can meet many of the photographers at their event Wednesday, April 19th, from 2 pm to 4 pm. @activityhaven2018
Many of the photographers share their written stories with their images as to when they discovered their passion for photography: some as children or youth with reminiscences about their first cameras (the Brownie was popular!) and some just recently as a retirement project. The exhibitors range from beginners to pros and in age from their 60s to two who will turn 90 this year! Proof that photography is an ageless art.
Learn more on the Toureka! app and our website (see Exhibits linktr.ee in bio)
Shown in reel:
Edge of the Universe by Marylou Strickland
Jim & Kathy MacIntosh
Iceberg by Kathy MacIntosh
Maggie Eaton
Great Blue Jeron by Maggie Eaton
Ron Christie
Silent Lake by Ron Christie
Lillian Cranley
Sunset by The Master Artist by Lillian Cranley
Lily Blin
Seven Loons Mark Tinkler
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Bringing captures from abroad to downtown Peterbor

Bringing captures from abroad to downtown Peterborough is Lora Jude DeWolfe with her exhibit "Italy" showing at @tasosptbo. Lora states of her images, "They signify my passion for living exuberantly in the moment....I want viewers to look at my images in some future time and to make some sort of comparison or connection, and to understand the beauty that was here." Read more from Lora on our website (Exhibits linktr.ee in bio) and on the Toureka! app and visit Taso's through April.
This image is "Amalfi" by @lora.jude.dewolfe and seems fitting for this wild April weather!
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Our Festival Director, Jennifer MacKenzie (right),

Our Festival Director, Jennifer MacKenzie (right), and members and volunteers of the BIAPR Aquired Brain Injury Day Services program pose with photos from their Water-themed SPARK Photo Festival exhibit. Be sure to check out their window exhibit on display for the month of April at the streetside office on Charlotte St just west of George. This beautiful exhibit is a powerful example of the power of photography as therapy and the accessibility of art.
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Saturday, April 15 brings four SPARK Photo Festiva

Saturday, April 15 brings four SPARK Photo Festival exhibit events for you to explore! Meet the Photographers, experience their exhibits and celebrate photography!
~ Colborne Art Gallery in Colborne, "Two Perspectives of Water" by Ian Davis and Ken Solilo, 12 to 4pm
~ Snapshots Photo & Framing in Campbellford, "Lightness and Darkness" by Sandra Lee Randle, 12 to 2pm
~ The Food Forest in Peterborough, "A Few Faves" by Mike Quigg, 12 to 3 pm
~ Brain Injury Association Peterborough Region in Peterborough, "Water" Community Group Exhibit Open House, 1 to 3pm

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@sandra_lee_randle
@_evidence_
@biaprptbo
Find details and directions on our website (linktr.ee in bio) and on the Toureka! Mobile app.
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It was a pleasure to meet photographer Huw Morgan

It was a pleasure to meet photographer Huw Morgan and see his exhibit "Decay and Renewal" at the lovely @colbornestgallery in Fenelon Falls. Huw's exhibit is like a stroll down the highways and byways of the Kawarthas and Haliburton while you reminisce about the places that were. What are their stories? What happened to leave them derelict? Will they remain for years or be replaced with new, or simply bulldozed to oblivion with only memories and photos to live on?
Visit through April, more details on the Toureka! app and our website (linktr.ee in bio).
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The members and volunteers from Brain Injury Assoc

The members and volunteers from Brain Injury Association of Peterborough Region (BIAPR) @biaprptbo are celebrating their 35th anniversary and the 9th year of participating in SPARK. The photography program through the Aquired Brain Injury Day Services provides members a new and exciting way to communicate when finding words may be difficult.
This year the exhibit theme is Water and this image is captured by Ken. You can see their beautiful exhibit in the street side windows at the office on Charlotte Street in Peterborough. Visit their Open House on Saturday, April 15 to meet the photographers and volunteers. Details on our website (linktree in Bio). We
are honoured this wonderful community group continues to be a part of SPARK; their contribution truly represents the community spirit of the Festival. #SPARKPhotoFestival
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Naturalist Keith Manser utilizes his wildlife phot

Naturalist Keith Manser utilizes his wildlife photography to convey his appreciation and respect for those beings with whom we share our world. While being a photography enthusiast for many years, Keith is exhibiting his spectacular captures in public for the very first time as part of Light the SPARK: Emerging Artists Exhibit. This image is "The Lookout". Focusing on "Moments with Birds" in this exhibit, Keith says, "I prefer darker, moodier images to intrigue the viewer into taking a closer look at the subject." We certainly recommend you visiting the @ptbolibrary to take a closer look for yourself! And follow @keithmanserphotography for more images and interesting facts about the natural world.
We are grateful to @ptbodbia for support of the Emerging Artists Exhibit and to @griffinsgreenhouses for sponsoring Keith's Exhibit.
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Presenting the 2023 Water-Themed Juried Exhibit Be

Presenting the 2023 Water-Themed Juried Exhibit Best in Show Award Winner: "Water Life" by Kersti Meema @kerstimeema of East York! Out of the 216 submitted images, Kersti's inteiguing Water Life rose (or floated?) to the top in our juy members' eyes for its originality, creativity and technical excellence. The jury also gave high marks for the mystery it presents. While it is clearly evident it is water, it draws the viewer in to question "what is it?"
What's your guess?
See the print image in the exhibit along with the other 24 top images at @chasingthecheeseptbo through April, and as part of the SPARK Showcase at Balsillie Family Branch @ymcaofceo.
We are grateful for funding support of the Juried Exhibit by Cambium Consulting & Engineering.
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"Defeated" by Glen Milligan of Trenton takes the

"Defeated" by Glen Milligan of Trenton takes the 2nd Place award in our Themed Juried Exhibit: Water. Capturing the valiant effort of firefighters containing the inferno of an historic hotel, this image shows the power of water and fire. It certainly captured the jury's attention, too.
View this print image and the full exhibit displayed @chasingthecheeseptbo through April, and as part of the SPARK Showcase at Balsillie Family Branch @ymcaofceo.
We are grateful for funding support of the Juried Exhibit by Cambium Consulting & Engineering.
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Now presenting the 3rd Place Award Winner of our T

Now presenting the 3rd Place Award Winner of our Themed Juried Exhibit: Water. Out of the 216 submissions, and 25 selected for the print exhibit, "Winter Blues" by Mike Quigg @_evidence_ of the Kawarthas, certainly caught the eyes of the jury members with its dazzling colour, composition and intriguing vantage point of the frozen Niagara Falls.
View this print image and the full exhibit displayed @chasingthecheeseptbo through April, and as part of the SPARK Showcase at Balsillie Family Branch @ymcaofceo.
See 2 more of Mike's fabulous images in the Water Juried Exhibit and at his solo show @thefoodforest.
We are grateful for funding support of the Juried Exhibit by Cambium Consulting & Engineering.
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On Sunday the award winners for our Themed Juried

On Sunday the award winners for our Themed Juried Exhibit: Water were announced. Out of the 216 submissions, and the 25 selected for the print exhibit we now reveal the 4th Place image as selected by the jury: "Deserted Beach" by Jean-Maurice Cormier of Newcastle, Ontario. Composed at Cobourg Beach during the pandemic lockdown, Jean-Maurice shares his poignant story of this image on his post @jmcormier101 .
View this print image and the full exhibit displayed @chasingthecheeseptbo through April, and as part of the SPARK Showcase at Balsillie Family Branch @ymcaofceo. Congratulations Jean-Maurice! 🎉 Thank you for participating!
We are grateful for funding support of the Juried Exhibit by Cambium Consulting & Engineering.
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The "SPARK Selects" virtual exhibit with 29 bonus

The "SPARK Selects" virtual exhibit with 29 bonus images from our Water Themed Juried Exhibit is live on our website. Click the linktree in our bio!
The Top 25 selected by the jury for the print exhibit are on display at @chasingthecheeseptbo, and the 4 Award winners will be revealed April 2nd. The exhibit will be open for your viewing (and cheese shopping) pleasure with special hours, Sunday 12pm to 5pm.
Photos shown here:
Top: Tranquility by @paulagallagherbrown; Elliot Falls by @lezleywoodhams_photography

Bottom: Comberemere Log Chute by Carl Welbourn; American Falls by @patriciaannparsonsphoto
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