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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.

Submit your work for the Beauty of Bees Exhibition!

Applications are now open for the Beauty of Bees Exhibition! Submit your pollinator-themed works to be a part of our annual exhibition taking 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

Deadline to apply is June 11, 2025.

Previous Beauty of Bees Exhibition Winners

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

Beauty of Bees Logo made up of a cartoon bee holding a piece of honeyed bread in one hand, and a jar in the other. Text on the bottom reads "Bread & Honey Festival"

Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival

Partner

Toronto Pearson logo.

Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)

Sponsor