Come celebrate the summer solstice at the beautiful Bela farm! The Consciousness Explorers Club is setting up a meditation station as part of the IN WAKE exhibition. We’ll offer a place to stop and take in the sensory feast of the farm landscape, and offer guided meditations to connect with the elements.
Event Schedule
Saturday, June 20, 2026
– 12 pm: Exhibition opens
– 1 pm: Opening celebrations, recognizing the territories with a statement and jingle dance by Isaiah
Cada and Nichole Leveck.
Followed by a curatorial talk by Rafi Ghanaghounian, and informal artist talk, with a ceremonial
lighting of the bonfire, honouring the summer solstice.
– 2-5pm: Cyanotype Workshops (drop-in)
– 2 pm & 4 pm: Meditation led by Consciousness Explorers Club
– 7pm: Exhibition closes
Sunday June 21, 2026
– 12 pm: Exhibition opens
– 1-5 pm: Cyanotype Workshops (drop-in)
– 2 pm & 4 pm: Meditation led by Consciousness Explorers Club
– 7 pm: Exhibition closes
IN WAKE – Exhibition Details
Date: June 20-21, 2026 (Summer Solstice) 12pm – 7pm
Location: Bela Farm. 5750 Sixth Line, Hillsburgh, N0B 1Z0
Curator: Rafi Ghanaghounian
Presented by: Samara Contemporary and Bela Farm
Contact: info@samaracontemporary.com
Participating artists: Dwayne Martineau, Firouzeh Saremi Far, Gillian Toliver, Howard Rideout, Karen
Miranda Abel, Lisa Creskey, Matthew Kron, Rochelle Rubinstein, Rocky Dobey
Programming and Presentations by:
Consciousness Explorers Club: Meditation Station
Opening ceremonies will be performed by indigenous knowledge keepers and performers: Nichole Leveck
and Isaiah Cada.
IN WAKE is a site-specific exhibition that brings together artists whose work engages with the natural
world as both material and presence. Drawing on Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire as guiding elements, the
exhibition reflects on different states of being. Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual inviting visitors to
consider nature as both a source and a mirror.
Across a range of media, the artists explore ideas of balance, change, and connection, offering works that
respond to the land and the unseen systems that sustain it. Rather than viewing nature from a distance, IN
WAKE encourages a more embodied experience, one that asks visitors to slow down, move through the
landscape, and sense their surroundings as active and alive.
The exhibition unfolds across five acres of rural countryside, incorporating outdoor sites and a sensitively
restored century-old barn. Presented over two days during the summer solstice, IN WAKE aligns
contemporary art with seasonal cycles, light, and shared time. The experience is open to all ages and
invites reflection, curiosity, and collective presence.
By stepping outside the traditional gallery setting, IN WAKE offers a different way of encountering art, one
rooted in place and everyday experience. Here, art is not separate from its environment, but shaped by it.
Meaning emerges through movement, conversation, and personal interpretation, as works respond to the
land, the moment, and the people who encounter them.
Visitors are invited to wander the rolling hills, encounter works by leading Canadian artists, and gather
inside the barn where art, land, and community come together.