The Sweetest Little Thing 2025

All images are details from larger works. Top row (left to right): Rémi Belliveau, One and one half pence, 2024; Thaddeus Holownia, Sweetest little thing, 1999 (Charleston South Carolina), 1999; Greta Grip, SOLID YES mini 2, 2025. Bottom row (left to right): Alexandrya Eaton, Hope, 2025; Suzie Smith, and still the flowers grow, 2024; Shary Boyle, Little Wave, 2024.

The Owens Art Gallery and Struts Gallery present:

The Sweetest Little Thing 2025
Fundraising Art Auction

Celebrate art and community at the 26th annual Sweetest Little Thing! Start bidding today on artworks donated by artists from across the country and beyond!

Live event: Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Owens Art Gallery
Sackville, New Brunswick
Admission by donation | Masks Encouraged

Featuring artworks from: Patrick Allaby, Dennis Austin Reid, Darlene Baker, Bruce Alistair Barber, Jennifer Bélanger, Rémi Belliveau, Roch Bourque, Shary Boyle, Chris Boyne, B. Brookbank, Natt Cann, M.A. Capper, Magali Charron, Braden Chetwynd, Snack Witch Joni Cheung, Rotchild Choisy, Jon Claytor, Melanie Colosimo, Christine Comeau, Clara Congdon, Kaeli Cook, Gabrielle Cormier, Lil Corson, Bre Darlison, Andrea deBruijn, Lacey Decker Hawthorne, Isabelle Devos, Tonia Di Risio, Dave Dyment and Roula Partheniou, Alexandrya Eaton, Erik Edson, Michael Fernandes, Leah Garnett, Zachary Gough, Olivia Griffin, Greta Grip, Kris Gunn, Laurell Hamilton, John Haney, Ashley Hemmings, Paul Henderson, Louise Hicks, Thaddeus Holownia, Sarah Houle, Sherry Lynn Jollymore, Adriana Kuiper, Mathieu Léger, Micah Lexier & Jon Sasaki, Kamaya Lindquist, Susan Lindsay, Nora Livesey, Andrew Maize, Deborah Margo, Annette Martin, Kellie Mattatall, Kevin Melanson, Aleya Michaud, Anna Miller, Lucas Morneau, Alana Morouney, Melissa Morris, Andrea Mortson, John Murchie, Tanya Murphy, Annie France Noël, Dee Olinglass, Sharon Owttrim-Fraser, Jess Paget, Graeme Patterson, Meaghan Patterson, Jacob Puffer, Dawn Purchase, Donna Rawlins Sharpe, Kerri Reid, Jerry Ropson, Yvonne Singer, Suzie Smith, Lisa Smolkin, Sam Spencer, Ryan Statz, Dan Steeves, Karen Stentaford, Ryan Suter, Amy Switzer, Angela Thibodeau, Karen Trask, Stuart Trenholm, Navarana Tretina, Émilie Turmel, Elizabeth Vanderleelie, Robert Vanderleelie, Chad VanGaalen, Bart Vautour, Elizabeth von Rosenbach, Tara K Wells, Rhonda Weppler / Trevor Mahovsky, Stephen Williams, Shoshanna Wingate, and Janice Wright Cheney.

The Sweetest Little Thing is the most important annual fundraising event for the Owens Art Gallery and Struts Gallery. Every dollar raised goes directly to support programming at both galleries.

Emceed by Lucas Morneau and Amy Siegel, this year’s event will feature karaoke with Graeme Patterson, a scavenger hunt, a raffle for an epic cake donated by Cranewood on Main Bakery and Café, and other fabulous prize packs… plus a few other surprises! Gather in your fanciest dress, snap a photo at the Instant Lovin’ Photo Booth, and get ready to partake in some dancing! This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of local, national, and internationally recognized artists who have established connections with our galleries and who are part of our community.

This year, bidding will take place entirely online, ending on Friday, February 14 at 10:00 pm AST. Artworks will be available to preview in-person beginning Friday, February 7 at the Owens.

The Sweetest Little Thing 2025 graphics designed by Alana Morouney.

As you look forward to this year’s event, listen to the 2025 Sweetest Little Thing Jingle by Steven Lambke, and relive Sweetest Little Thing memories of years past through the video scrapbook.

Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes access, live event updates, and to share The Sweetest Little Thing love from near or far.

We would like to acknowledge that the Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, and Struts Gallery are located within the traditional territory of Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral homelands of the Mi’kmaq. Our relationship and our privilege to live on this territory was agreed upon in the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1725 to 1752. Because of this treaty relationship, it is to be acknowledged that we are all Treaty People and have a responsibility to respect this territory.

Struts Gallery
7 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB, E4L 3Z6
506-536-1211
info@strutsgallery.ca
www.strutsgallery.ca

Owens Art Gallery
Mount Allison University
61 York Street Sackville, NB, E4L 1E1
506-364-2574
owens@mta.ca
www.owensartgallery.com

Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Admission is Free

The Owens is partially accessible. The stairs from the entrance nearest the University Chapel have a handrail. There is also ramp access at this entrance, however, the ramp is steep. The stairs to the entrance off York Street have a handrail, but no ramp, and are covered with temporary wood treads. The main floor of the Owens is wheelchair accessible. Our second-floor gallery and gendered bathrooms are located in the basement and are not accessible. Two flights of stairs lead to each of these floors. LED lights are used throughout the building. The Owens welcomes guide dogs and other service animals. The closest accessible parking spaces are located on York Street across from the Owens. For detailed information on venue access, please visit our Accessibility page.

If you have any questions about your visit, please email owens@mta.ca or call (506) 364-2574.