Lighthouse Keeping

Lighthouse Keeping
September 13th to 28th, 2025

Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 13th, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

The title Lighthouse Keeping draws its inspiration from Stevie Nicks’ song The Lighthouse (September 2024). In a recent interview, Nicks reflected on her surprise at having to write a protest song at this stage in her life. As Margaret Atwood has written, “A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used. Powerlessness and silence go together.” Her words remind us that where women’s voices are devalued, progress can falter, and vigilance remains essential.

The next exhibition at Lake Country Art Gallery is Lighthouse Keeping and gathers artists whose work guides and sustains the voices of women in a world where those voices must still fight to be heard. Some guide us through the quiet rhythms of beauty, the language of composition, and the poetry of the everyday. Each work carries its own weight, inviting viewers to enter freely, linger and wonder. In this way, the exhibition itself becomes a lighthouse, illuminating paths for reflection, dialogue, and the ongoing care of women’s voices in the arts.
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Artists:
Bree Apperley, Alison Beaumont, Rosanne Bennett, Rose Braun, Faith Bye, Lee Claremont, Carin Covin, Pippa Dean-Veerman, Jen Dyck, Jessie Emilie, Jane Everett, Joanne Gervais, Elly Hajdu, Kathy Hale, Janine Hall, Joice M. Hall, Fern Helfand, Deirdre Hofer, aj jaeger, Judith Jurica, Lindsay Kirker, Margaret Kyle, Lindsay Lorraine, Kerry MacLeod, Mary Smith McCulloch, Liane McLaren, Ortansa Moraru, Rhonda Neufeld, Kate Nicholson, Destanne Norris, Julie Oakes, Shauna Oddleifson, Katherine Pickering, Nasim Pirhadi, Amber Powell, Rachel Prins, Angelina Rosa, Kel Taylor, Victoria Verge, Rena Warren