Fridge Front Gallery — Visual Arts Brampton

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Fridge Front Gallery

Fridge Front Gallery at Shoppers World Brampton mall is dedicated to youth art. Open to exhibits from Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon, and area, exhibits can come from schools (public, Catholic, or private), groups, and clubs. As the name suggests, the space is literally a series of vintage fridge doors, mounted to the wall. Securely locked behind glass, it provides a quirky backdrop to the artwork.

While there may be other exhibit spaces where youth art is shown, since our launch in April 2005, Fridge Front has remained that only permanent youth-only art exhibit space in the GTA. The entire space is dedicated to your school's work, not shared like at other displays.

It’s totally free to exhibit at Fridge Front, so schedule an exhibit today.

Previous exhibits | Exhibit at Fridge Front

On now

1969, started 27 February 2009. Features portraits and still lifes relating to various things relevant to the year Shoppers World Brampton was originally opened, 40 annums ago. All of the art was created by Visual Arts Brampton's youth students.

Created by You, started 8 April 2009. Features drawings created by mall visitors, on our 4 April Laughlines event at Shoppers World.

Upcoming

	The six fridge door section	The three fridge door section
	Schools are open to propose exhibits at any point, preferably using the main six fridge door section. Read the schedule below, then contact us.
Jan	*Fernforest Public School*, works featuring complimentary colours.	Sir Winston Churchill Public School, started January 10, 2009. Features the students project "What Kind of Learner Am I?"
Feb
Mar	*1969*, March 2009. A look at various people, places, and things that are iconic with the year in Brampton and the world, and things starts four decades ago, that became big later.	Youth Special Arrangements and Making Faces, March 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.
Apr	Created by You, started 8 April 2009. Features drawings created by mall visitors, on our 4 April Laughlines event at Shoppers World.	Youth Laughlines, April __ to May 1, 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.
May	National Youth Week, May 1 to __, 2009. In partnership with the City of Brampton.	Youth Landscapes, May 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.
Jun		Youth Black and White, June 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.
Jul	2nd Annual Enviroart Contest, summer 2009.	Youth Fin, Fur & Feather, July 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.
Aug		Youth Drawing in Colour, August 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.
Sep		Youth Rural Roots, September 2009. Artwork created by VAB students.

Exhibit at Fridge Front Gallery

Here’s what you need to know about exhibiting at the Fridge Front Gallery.

IT’S TOTALLY FREE TO EXHIBIT It’s totally free to exhibit at Fridge Front. We provide you with a two-week or longer time slot, with use of the magnets and sticky tack needed to put up the display, and we can create a sign with your school name or logo, if you need one.	OFTEN, MEDIA EXPOSURE FOR YOUR SCHOOL While we certainly can’t guarantee media coverage, we do our best to get your name in the your local press. We've had Fridge Front exhibits written up in The Brampton Guardian, Caledon Citizen, on Rogers Brampton/Mississauga, and Rogers Dufferin—Caledon. Every exhibit is listed in the Toronto Star Galleries listing.
ONLY DISPLAY SPACE OF ITS KIND So far as we know, Fridge Front is the only publicly accessible exhibit space in the GTA, solely for youth. Three other locations exhibit youth artwork; one exhibits their art only once a year, the other displays the artwork whenever they can't rent the space to adult artists, a third is only a temporary space-filler.	TO PARTICIPATE Choose a date for the show and contact Visual Arts Brampton at 905-453-9142, or visualartsbrampton@gmail.com