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The Artist Project

Young artsy couple at the Artist Project art fair

I’m very excited to be part of the Artist Project this year.
This event features over 250 independent artists presenting their work. This show is a great opportunity to see a wide variety of work in one place and meet the artists.

March 26 to 29, 2026

Thursday, March 26: 6 to 10pm
Friday, March 27: 12 to 8 pm
Saturday, March 28: 12 to 8 pm
Sunday, March 29: 12 to 6 pm

Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place
Toronto, ON

Tickets are available to purchase online or at the door.
Special discount code for subscribers coming soon.

Photo copyright The Artist Project, 2026

Press coverage

A combination of abstract gestures and landscape inspirations, I love the transcendental feeling Smail's canvases create.

I was delighted by Odessa Paloma Parker’s perceptive comments on my work in her article
“6 Artists I’m Excited to Meet at Artist Project.”

Dedicated Globe & Mail readers and Toronto arts & culture mavens will know Paloma Parker from her award-winning writing and editorial work on all things style and art.

Read the article here. Artists are listed alphabetically.

Past events:

Tradition Transformed

abstract landscape with raw pigment powder and splashes of turquoise

Annual Juried Landscape Exhibition

I’m thrilled to have my painting Even in the Darkness included in this important landscape show.

October 25, 2025 to January 10, 2026

Opening reception Saturday, October 25
1 to 3 pm, remarks at 1:30

Orillia Museum of Art & History (OMAH)
30 Peter Street South
Orillia, ON

Artist Lindsay Smail stands proudly in front of her award winning painting

I’m proud and honoured to announce that my entry in Tradition Transformed was awarded the Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award. Many thanks to the generosity of the Batchelor Family for endowing this award.

Thanks to Pauline Bradshaw for the photo.

Holiday Pop-Up

Holiday pop-up header

featuring gift-sized work from the Pivot Gallery artists
including 5 paintings from me

Pivot Gallery’s Holiday Pop-Up

Saturday, December 13 and Sunday, December 14, 2025

at Melanie’s Cakes
110 Pony Drive, Unit 3
Newmarket, ON

12 days of gifting header

Making Our Mark

Detail of 3 paintings by 3 different artists all featuring the colour blue

abstract paintings by
Miriam Traher, Janet Taylor, and Lindsay Smail

October 8 to 19, 2025

Opening reception Thursday, October 9
6 to 8 pm

Artists’ Talk & Painting Demo
October 18, 2pm

Leslie Grove Gallery
1158 Queen Street East (Queen & Jones)
Toronto, ON

I would like to acknowledge funding support from
the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.

Ontario Arts Council and Government of Ontario logos

October Collective Outdoor

outdoor art show in Oro-Medonte

The first event hosted by
the October Collective, a group of Canadian artists:
Pauline Bradshaw, Lindsay Smail, and Charlotte Williams

Saturday, August 30 & Sunday, August 31, 2025

10am–5pm, rain or shine

2028 Sideroad 30 & 31 West, Oro-Medonte, ON
(link to Google map)

Figurative realism, landscapes, and abstraction

Visit OctoberCollective.ca
for more information

Making Our Mark

3 artists in front of their work in a gallery

An exhibition of 3 Ontario-based abstract artists:
Janet Taylor, Miriam Traher, and Lindsay Smail

June 20, 2025 to July 6, 2025

Opening reception Thursday, June 19
5 to 7 pm, brief Artists’ Talk at 6pm

MAC on Main
63 Manitoba Street
Bracebridge, ON

Orillia Landscapes

A square colourful abstract with transparent rich blues, violets, greens and yellows overlapping

December 13, 2024 to June 8, 2025

A landscape-themed juried exhibition
organized by The Orillia Public Art Committee

Open Saturdays from 10am to 3pm
and 3 hours prior to performances

Orillia Opera House
20 Mississauga Street West
Orillia, ON

Spring Members’ Show

Ontario artist Lindsay Smail receiving an award for Best Use of Colour

May 9 to May 25, 2025

My painting Small Change won the award
for Best Use of Colour

MAC on Main
63 Manitoba Street
Bracebridge, ON

Winter’s Embrace

3 abstract paintings in a studio with a dark tortoiseshell cat

December 4, 2024 to February 27, 2025

A juried exhibit of local artists
in a new gallery space

Muskoka Discovery Centre
275 Steamship Bay Road
Gravenhurst, ON

Square Foot Show

2 framed small square abstract paintings

December 13 to December 21, 2024

A landscape-themed juried exhibition for members
of Muskoka Arts & Crafts

MAC on Main
63 Manitoba Street
Bracebridge, ON

Images Studio Tour

Entrance to Braemore Event Barn

October 11 to October 14, 2024

A juried studio tour featuring fine artists and craftspeople
from Oro-Medonte and surrounding areas

Studio Stop J
Braestone Event Barn
Oro-Medonte, ON

Headwaters Fall Festival

Paintings hanging in a gallery

September 19 to October 6, 2024

Part of a festival of art, this juried show hangs in the Headwaters Gallery in a beautifully restored old mill

Alton Mills Arts Centre
1402 Queen Street
Alton Village, ON

ArtWalk in the Square

Abstract paintings hanging in a white tent

September 13 to 15, 2024

An outdoor juried show featuring over 90 fine artists
amidst the Shops at Don Mills pedestrian mall

The Shops at Don Mills
Lawrence & Don Mills
Toronto, ON

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