passports & prizes
Canadian Art Hop Passports
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Pick up and stamp/sign your Canadian Art Hop Passport at participating spaces to keep track of your weekend adventures and to enter our giveaway!
Submit photos of your stamped/signed passport via DM to @canadianarthop on Instagram or Email your photos to canadianarthop@ad-ac.ca by 7pm on May 4, 2025.
Rules:
Participants must visit a minimum of 3 galleries over the weekend of May 1 - 4, 2025 (in any Art Zone/ Route)*
Email and Instagram DM submissions must be sent to The Canadian Art Hop by 7pm May 4, 2025
Contest open to Canadian citizens
*If your Art Zone has less than 3 participating spaces, you can submit with public art installations in your area. Photos required of your visit. This exception applies to Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, P.E.I, and Nova Scotia.
Canadian Art Hop giveaway
The Canadian Art Hop is excited to share the partnership between the Canadian Art Hop weekend and Smokestack for the chance to win 1 of 15 unique prints by Hamilton artist, Laine Groeneweg.
These prints were made specifically for the May 1 – 4, 2025 weekend, and bring a sense of nostalgia while also representing the many different art spaces of our Canadian art world.
Each print is a 22″ x 28″ hand pulled silkscreen, which is signed by Laine and stamped by Smokestack.
About the Giveaways:
Participants can enter to win 1 of 15 unique prints by entering our giveaways:
1) Instagram Giveaway (on from April 17 - May 4, 2025). Tag a friend and share our Instagram Post for a chance to win! Giveaway will close May 4, 2025 at 7:00pm MST.
2) Passport Giveaway (on from May 1 - 4, 2025). Go to three* or more Participating Spaces over the weekend and track them on your Passport via signing or stamp. Take a picture and send it to The Canadian Art Hop Instagram or Email. Giveaway will close on May 4, 2025 at 7:00pm MST.
Winners will be announced by May 9, 2025.
About Smokestack:
Smokestack is a leading producer & presenter of limited-edition prints. Based in the creative hub of The Cotton Factory in Hamilton, Smokestack’s activities and aspirations are grounded in the support of contemporary Canadian artists working in print-based media, and the endorsement of printmaking as a distinctive fine-art form at large.
About Laine Groeneweg:
Laine Groeneweg is a Hamilton-based artist, collaborator, and educator. Prioritizing ongoing experimentation in the analog print discipline, Laine incorporates a wide variety of print techniques in works that investigate an equally wide range of subjects from mythical creatures to the forms of everyday objects. His print works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and internationally in the United States, Italy, Spain, India, Mexico, Belgium, Taiwan, and Russia. Works from personal artistic practice have garnered numerous grants and awards from the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the City of Hamilton among others.
Canadian Art Hop posters
All participating spaces will have an official Canadian Art Hop Poster so that you are able to easily identify them!
Be sure to scan the QR code located on each poster to be directed to that specific Art Zone!
Happy Art Hopping!
Questions?
Email us!
Passport and Poster design courtesy of Rawish Talpur.
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