Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour

Two days only – on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, 2025 – the Art Gallery of Peterborough presents their 41st annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, a two-day, free, self-driven and self-guided tour of participating artists’ studios around Peterborough and the Kawarthas.

One of the longest running studio tours in Canada

Since 1984, the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour (KAST) has offered visitors the opportunity to explore the working studios of artists, making it one of the longest running studio tours in Canada. Artists working in a range of styles and media open their workspaces to the public and share their artistic practice, and connect with potential supporters and the community, while also promoting their work.

Visitors can watch artist demonstrations, learn about different artistic practices and techniques, and get a behind-the-scenes look into the working studios of the artists of the Peterborough-Kawarthas region.

The Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour welcomes over 5,000 visitors annually. This year’s event features studios in the City of Peterborough, the Village of Lakefield and Peterborough County. Art from the artists participating in this year’s KAST can also be seen at a special KAST exhibition on at the Art Gallery of Peterborough until October 5, 2025.

KAST Passport

Pick up your KAST Passport at the Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP) and participating artist studios during KAST weekend – and be entered to win a prize valued at over $100.00 from the AGP Gallery Shop. Track your studio visits: 10 passport stops enters you into the draw. More stops, more chances to win!

A person with short cropped silver grey hair, wearing glasses, a short-sleeved shirt, bow tie and shorts, leans over as they show an image on a tablet to a small blonde child. There are a number of art pieces on the wall to the left, featuring the number 3. To the right, a man with his hand on his hip.

(Photo credits: Art Gallery of Peterborough. Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour. Kim Beavis Sanderson.)

About the Art Gallery of Peterborough

The Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP) was established in 1974 and opened the doors to its current facility in 1979 on the shore of Little Lake, along the Otonabee River. It is a non-profit public art gallery dedicated to exhibiting and collecting visual works of art. From its inception, the gallery established a primary goal to focus on celebrating Canadian culture, presenting contemporary visual art by artists working in the Peterborough-Kawarthas region and across the nation. Read more about it here.

A man wearing a cloth cap, t-shirt and jeans sits in front of a small window, leaning over a potters wheel as he creates a tall clay vase. In the foreground, on the left, a woman stands watching. On the right, we can see the arm of another person watching.

(Photo credits: Art Gallery of Peterborough. Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour. Don Clark.)

Event details

Presented by: Art Gallery of Peterborough

Participating artists: See the list of participating artists & studios here.

Type of event: self-guided art tour

Dates: Saturday, September 27 & Sunday, September 28, 2025

Start time: 10:00 AM ET

Duration: 7 hours each day (till 5:00 PM ET)

Cost: Free

Locations: City of Peterborough, the Village of Lakefield & Peterborough County, ON. You can view the map of participating studios here or scroll down to download the Toureka! app here. You can also pick up map brochures at the Art Gallery of Peterborough.

Contact details: Art Gallery of Peterborough, 250 Crescent St., Peterborough, ON, K9J 2G1, Canada; (705) 743-9179 or toll-free at 1 (855) 738-3755, gallery@agp.on.ca, agp.on.ca

Accessibility: For the Art Gallery of Peterborough, designated accessible parking is available in front of the gallery on Crescent Street. They have automatic doors at their entrance, and their upper and lower levels are connected by a series of ramps. Please note: they do not have an elevator. A wheelchair can be requested for those in need at the front desk. An accessible washroom is located on the main floor next to the Gallery Shop (no automatic door). Main floor washrooms are gender-inclusive and one includes a change table for families with young children. More info here. For participating KAST studios, please contact the studio you wish to visit.