Hamilton Artists Inc.

Hamilton Artists Inc.

155 James Street North
Hamilton, Ontario

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Wednesday and Thursday 
12-5pm

Friday 
12-6pm

Saturday
12–5pm

[email protected]
905 529 3355

Events

Upcoming Events

A close-up scan of smudged, dried turquoise, blue and black ink, showing the veins of the ink running from left to right. Text is layered over top in large, scribbled, handwritten text that says "Potions" and "Sounding". Underneath, in small, bold black text reads "poetry by: carmella, trina, zak & bella". In midsize scribbled, handwritten text says "Fri. Aug. 14", underneath in brackets is "[art crawl]" written in bold black text, as well as "7pm!" and "free!".

Potions, Sounding & Poetry Readings

A banne that reads "Life Drawing" in italicized, green font on a white background with a portion of a drawing of a body behind it. Underneath is a photo of a group of people drawing with a model in the middle of the group.

Life Drawing

Past Events

A close-up scan of smudged, dried turquoise, blue and black ink, showing the veins of the ink running from left to right. Text is layered over top in large, scribbled, handwritten text that says "Potions" and "Sounding". Underneath, in small, bold black text reads "poetry by: carmella, trina, zak & bella". In midsize scribbled, handwritten text says "Fri. Aug. 14", underneath in brackets is "[art crawl]" written in bold black text, as well as "7pm!" and "free!".

Potions, Sounding & Poetry Readings

a motion-blurred picture of Bre rolling a long paint-roller in a tray of paint on a gallery floor. She is wearing a pink ball cap. Yellow words: Installing You Art are typed in the top left hand corner, with pink motion blur behind the words.

Installing Your Art

A banner that says "Hard Black Love Potions from a Golden Glass" in red handwritten text, and "zine launch & readings. Sat. August 1, 3-5" in handwritten black text. The background are two of Deion Squires works from the exhibition. One is an excerpt from "how much a $ cost", and on the right is a portion of the photo "Beverly", which features a black woman with a red swimsuit, short and dark curly hair, and a pendant across her chest that says "Miss Doodoon Ramsaroop".

'Intimate Orientations' Publication Launch & Readings

There is a picture of sand in the background, with swirls drawn in. In real beeswax candles, the text says "beeswax + sand foundry workshop." In smaller, serif text it says "with Martha Steele and Sarah Jihae Kaye. July 18 / 2-5pm."

Beeswax & Sand Foundry Workshop

"Hamilton Stampede" is written in glowing light blue, bold font. There are illustrations of hot dogs wearing cowboy boots behind the text, with colourful stars.

Hamilton Stampede

A banner that reads ;Ode;mini-giizis: Strawberry Moon" - "Curatorial Tour with Albany Sutherland" in pink writing. The blackground is black and there are graphic strawberries around the edges in red.

Curatorial Tour with Albany Sutherland

A green paper background with a clipped image showing sketches of a human body in different poses. It says "drop-in life drawing. free for members, $15 for non-members. Thursday, April 2, 2026 from 7-8:30pm. Hamilton Artists Inc, 155 James St. N."

Life Drawing

"Make-A-Mobile Workshop" in large white text with a mobile with colourful trinkets.

Make-A-Mobile Workshop

A duo-chrome photo of a screenshot from Sailor Moon with text that says 'Sailor Moon Book Club, Saturday February 21st, 3-5pm."

Sailor Moon Book Club

This is the graphic for our make & mingle - friendship bracelet event.

Make & Mingle ♡ Friendship Bracelets

A letter opened with the text "We Regret to Inform You..." written in red, and with the text "a somatics workshops hosted by Indu Vashist on tools for dealing with a declining art world". Below it, it says "Saturday January 24 from 3-5pm; free / registration via zoom"

We Regret to Inform You: A somatics workshop on tools for dealing with a shrinking art world

Multiple pencil-drawn bodies layered over each other on white paper.

Life Drawing

A photo of a red and black Naloxone kit in front of a red brick wall. It says "Naloxone Training" in bold yellow font at the top.

Naloxone Training

A graphic with the words "Anti Gala" repeated over and over in large bold, cursive magenta font. She text has a bold purple shadow, and the background is lime green.

Anti-Gala: the Inc's 50th Anniversary Fundraiser

Proposal Writing Workshop

This is a poster for the Micro-Budget Documentary FIlmmaking event. It states the event is happening on Saturday, August 9th from 1-3pm at Hamilton Artists Inc and features artist and filmmaker adeola egbeyemi and Taras Hemon.

Micro-Budget Documentary Filmmaking: A Conversation

This image is the poster for our collaborating vessel building workshop hosted by Nicole Levaque.

Collaborative Vessel Building

This is the poster for our Double Feature Screening featuring "Trainwreck" and "peace, love, (unicorns) & communism". The event is on July 25th from 6-10pm at Dandelion Collective in Jackson Square, 2 King Street West.

Double Feature Documentary Screening

Image shows a colorful text-based poster that has been hand-drawn onto white paper that markers have bled onto, in spare, organic splotches. The title reads: ‘to play is to be whole’, and the subtitle reads: ‘freeplay community mural’, and the words take form in vibrant lines of blended primary color. Text is also typed in the bottom left corner listing: curated and hosted by Carmella Dolmer, Saturday. July 19th, 1-4pm, at the Hamilton Artist Inc.

to play is to be whole: freeplay mural and wheatpasting

This image is the graphic for Fluxus, the experimental film festival.

Fluxus: Call for Submissions

This is the poster for our Mischievous Still Lives workshop/event happening on July 5, 2025 from 7-9pm.

Mischievous Still Lives

a grainy two tone (black and purple) image of people dancing with the overlaid text: safety in dance and club culture

Safety in Dance and Club Culture

Two people dance in a dark room, illuminated by a green yellow and red abstract projection. They have their heads bent near one another in the centre of the image, their arms flailing outwards.

pb & jam (presence, body & jam) with retrogade: dance in motion

Three pairs of hands touch a CDJ sitting on some green grass.

How to use CDJs

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