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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