County Arts Playing Cards is a social enterprise initiative in support of the Artist Fund- our grant program for local artists pursuing learning opportunities, audience development, and community engagement activities. 100% of proceeds from the sale of the 500 decks will go to artist grants.

Please note that we do not offer shipping at this time. Pickup is possible at the County Arts Lab - Unit 2E 206 Main Street, on the upper level of The Picton Armoury building. Please email janna@countyarts.ca to arrange for a date & time. Or, you can purchase directly from The Royal Hotel Gift Shop (same price).

December 2 - 19, 2024 Business hours:
Monday-Thursday 9AM-4PM
(No pick-up on December 11)

Office closed December 19, 2024 - January 6, 2025

The official playing cards deck features work by 54 local artists. Some artists created new work in response to the playing card randomly selected for them, while others submitted images of work they had already created. We are extremely grateful for the participation of the following artists:

Mehdi Agahi, Marvin Bedward, Arwyn Carpenter, Pamela Carter, Florence Chik-Lau, Andie Csafordi, Tomas Del Balso , Krista Dalby, Annik Després, Laura de Vrij, Leslie Fruman, Hogbert (Terry Culbert & Barb Högenauer), Howard Goldberg, Kate Golding, Sarah Hall, Frank Hannan, Luanne Hartman, Michael Herman, Renee Hiltz, Marc Keelan-Bishop, Dianne Kehoe, Elaine Kent, Judy Kent, Michelle Kosoy, Karole Marois, Laurie McRae, Melanie Mena, Peter Mennacher, SaraLou Miller, Kent Monkman, Susan Moshynski, Milé Murtanovski, Leigh Nash, Jana Osterman, Vanessa Pandos, Eliza Parkinson, Pam Patterson, Jason Pettit, Andrea Piller, Danielle Reddick, Gwen Roberts, Celia Sage, Kirei Samuel, Jodi Shuster, Martin Soldat, J. Douglas Thompson, Kyle Topping, Jane Vanderniet, Terry Veevers, Wendy Vervoort, Debra Vincent, Kato Wake, Susan Wallis, and Tara Wilkinson.