The Beauty of Bees Exhibition
The Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) in partnership with the Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival is hosting the Beauty of Bees Exhibit annually at the Pollinator Garden beside the Streetsville BIA!
The exhibit aims to raise the importance of preserving our pollinating bee population.
The Beauty of Bees Exhibition
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Beauty of Bees Exhibition 2025! Our event took place July 12, 2025 from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Cash prizes of $500, $300, and $200 will be awarded to the first, second, and third-place winners respectively.
Themes to consider:
- Spring in celebration
- Preservation of our pollinating bee population
- Contribution bees are to our ecosystem
- Flowers
- Styles: Fantasy, Abstract, Realism
- Mediums: Painting, Mixed media, Collage, Photography
Applications for the 2026 Beauty of Bees will open next Spring.
Previous Beauty of Bees Exhibition Winners
2025
1st place: Jia Ying Chen
2nd place: Sandra Clarke
3rd place: Kumar Samaranayake
People’s Choice: Tefnut Kalisha Tamera Hislop (TKHartstudio)
2024
1st place: Frances Chang
2nd place: Cesar A. Bonilla Guerrero
3rd place: Nada Khatib
People’s Choice: Khurrum Javaid
Special Runner-Up Award: Nicole Gabriela Bonilla Mendoza
2023
1st place: Tomasz Szalwinski
2nd place: Suhaas Medisetty
3rd place: Karlene Bland
People’s Choice: Melina Cossio
The event also hosted the reveal of Angela Chao’s community-created mural, ‘Happiness is Streetsville’!
2022
1st place: Joanne Feely DeGraaf
2nd place: Trish Miller
3rd place: Emily Liang
Audience Choice: Emily Liang
Thank you to our Partners & Sponsors
Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival
Partner
Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)
Sponsor