Winterlude

Experience Winterlude on Saturday February 15th, 2025 from 12-4 PM at the Grange of Prince Edward County, 900 Closson Road, Hillier, for a Family Day Weekend art-event. Brought to you by Alchemy Artist Residency and sponsored by SHED Chetwyn Farms, seven visual artists have spent the week in Prince Edward County as part of Alchemy’s artist-in-residence project that brings artists from urban centers to the County to escape, create and engage! This one-day open studio brings all the artists together for an afternoon of sharing and open dialogue about the work, the process and the inspiration they encountered while in PEC.

Enjoy exceptional wine tastings, paired with light refreshments and see where creativity has taken seven artists during Winterlude 2025. This is a FREE event! Register here.

Alchemy is the the only visiting artist residency in the County. Founded in 2015 on the Toronto Islands, more then 100 artists from three continents have participated in their initiatives, and a third have returned more than once to the Residency. Some of their work (including at the Grange, Closson Chase, Morandin, Thyme Again Farms and other locations) remains after the Residency is over. Alchemy artists share their work though community initiatives, public art projects and private art collections in Canada and beyond.

In the past Alchemy has been awarded federal funding as well as the support of the Ontario Arts Council and The County Foundation. In PEC during the COVID-19 pandemic, Alchemy artists partnered with local farms, wineries and funders to offer Table Settings, an initiative which provided 3000 meals to seasonal agricultural workers over four harvest seasons.