Call for Entry: Artwork for the 2026 Tree of the Year Celebration, Erin Tree Trust

Call for Entry: Artwork for the Town of Erin’s 2026 Tree of the Year Celebration

Submission Deadline: Saturday, August 15, 2026, 11:59pm
Art Show – Arts by the Pond: Saturday, September 19, 2026 at Hillsburgh Library

To honour and celebrate the Town of Erin’s 2026 winning Tree of the Year, Erin Tree Trust invites artists to submit art works interpreting the resilience, beauty, joy, memories and value of this unique American Elm mature tree in Erin, Ontario—fondly named, “Henry”. Elder trees are a defying presence in our communities that inspire our landscapes and lives and inhabit stories and myths.

Open to all Ontario artist working in any 2-D or 3-D medium including: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, digital media, fibre arts, jewellery, glass, pottery and wood.

You may enter a total of 2 submissions. All entries will be lightly juried by the Erin Tree Trust team. There is no fee to submit entries. Submitted works can be for sale or not for sale.

Visit the Erin Tree Trust website for the location and pictures of “Henry”.

For full guidelines and to submit, visit the Erin Tree Trust: Call to Visual Artists.

Submission Deadline: Saturday, August 15, 2026, 11:59pm
Notice of Acceptance: Acceptance messages will be emailed by Friday, August 21, 2026.

Art Show – Arts by the Pond
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 12 – 5pm
Hillsburgh Library, 9 Station Road, Hillsburgh, ON
www.overhere.ca/artsbythepond

All art works will remain on exhibit at the Town of Erin’s Municipal Office, on the art wall from September 21 to October 21, 2026 (tbc).

Contact: Hannah at chapters.hannah@treetrust.ca