Parks Blog

Tag: Art in Parks

  • "Gathering" at Rondeau

    Today’s post comes from Jess Matthews, a Chief Park Naturalist at Rondeau Provincial Park. A change was needed at the Rondeau Visitor Centre and we wanted it to be big. We worked with three different local Indigenous communities over five years to generate something amazing.

  • Inspired by Quetico

    Today’s post comes from one of Quetico Provincial Park’s 2017 Artists-in-Residence. Heather M. O’Connor is a freelance journalist and children’s author. She is currently working on a middle-grade novel and two picture books, inspired by her 2017 residency.  I hear the first loon call the moment my foot touches the path. It’s magical, the sound…

  • Awenda Inspired! exhibition

    Finding artistic inspiration in Ontario Parks is nothing new. Artists have been drawn to provincial parks from the very earliest years of the park system.

  • Kakabeka Falls inspires student art

    Big thanks to the students of Valley Central Public School, especially Sara Miller (grade 7) and Trenten Scott (grade 8), for writing this post about their recent trip to Kakabeka Falls. In September, students from the Valley Central School Learning Academies visited Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park for some outdoor learning. The main intention of the trip…

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