The Beauty of Bees Exhibit
Thank you to our 2024 Beauty of Bees participants!
The Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) in partnership with the Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival is host 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. This year’s exhibition also encourages the celebration of Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary!
Cash prizes of $500, $300, and $200 will be awarded to the first, second, and third-place winners respectively.
Themes to consider:
- Celebrating Mississauga’s 50th
- Hidden gems around our local city
- 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
Congratulations to our 2024 Beauty of Bees juried show winners!
🥇 1st: Frances Chang
🥈 2nd: Cesar A. Bonilla Guerrero
🥉 3rd: Nada Khatib (not pictured)
People’s Choice: Khurrum Javaid
Runner-Up: Nicole Gabriela Bonilla Mendoza
Previous 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
Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival
Partner
Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)
Sponsor