Exhibitions
We host exhibitions and art shows across the Lakeshore Grounds. Our permanent galleries include the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre, and the Third Floor Gallery in the Student Welcome and Resource Centre at Humber College Lakeshore.
We have also hosted pop-up shows in the Tunnels and Cottages, and online. Use the images below to navigate and learn more.
On Now
Interpretive Centre
Grace: One Story of Thousands
September 2023 - July 2024
Grace: One Story of Thousands follows the life and experiences of Grace, one of the 1,511 people buried in the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery at the corner of Horner and Evans Avenues in south Etobicoke. Through personal letters and surviving hospital records gathered by Grace’s great-niece, you are invited to pause and reflect on a life lived – not defined – by the institutional system in Ontario.
With a shift toward historical accuracy, personhood, and agency, the Interpretive Centre invites you to experience history through a new perspective.
Second Floor Gallery
Queer Joy
January 8 - April 26 2024
Through a collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre and the 2SLGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Humber, we honour the identities and self-expression of two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex members of our community, students, staff, and faculty.
Celebrating the theme of "Queer Joy", join us for a juried art exhibition in January-April 2024 in our newly launched Second Floor Gallery!
Third Floor Gallery
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Witnesses of the Past
January 8 - April 26 2024
Explore the historical traces of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital and its associated cemetery, now everyday spaces in Etobicoke Lakeshore.
Through renovations and retrofitting, the physical site is one of the most enduring markers of memory to those who lived and laboured on this site and spent months, years or decades in this institution. Featuring the artwork of photographers Sherry Prenevost, Emily Briden, and Amber Briden whom we thank for their work and for capturing the rich details of these historic spaces.
Propose an Exhibition
We feature solo and group art shows on the second and third floor of the Student Welcome and Resource Centre and also welcome contributions to our exhibitions in the Interpretive Centre's main space in WEL104.
Themes must connect to one of our four guiding themes of Indigenous heritage, mental health history, educational heritage, or ecology, and/or highlight the local history of the Lakeshore Grounds region. Submissions are encouraged both from community members and students. We support artists of all experience levels.
For more information about exhibition opportunities or to submit a proposal, please contact us at info@lakeshoregrounds.ca