Gibson Gallery offers its thanks to those who supported this year’s Art by the River

The Gibson Gallery is very pleased with the results of their 58^th annual Art by the River held on the grounds of Fort Malden National Historic Site.  

This year’s event, an end of summer Amherstburg tradition with approximately 170 vendors, drew a record crowd of just under 10,000!  Wow, great job!

The success of this annual event is made possible by the generous donations of several community sponsors and the Gibson Gallery Board would like to thank them for their contributions.

A special thanks to our premium sponsors:

Joe Meloche Ford, premium sponsor of our programs – these are a key component to helping our visitors find their favourite exhibitors.

Amherstburg GMC, premium sponsor of our new shuttle service – this made it easier for our patrons to get to our venue.

Mike Mereszak, BMO Private Wealth, premium sponsor of our Plein Air Contest – our visitors love to see these works of art come alive before their eyes.

Royal Bank of Canada, premium sponsor of our Kids Fun Zone and entertainment – Magic Spectacular was a hit with our little visitors and watching the Haunted Zoo create their large art piece was a sight to behold.  

Our visitors also enjoyed listening to singer Rylee Varney, father/daughter duet Velvet Groove, and Michael Greaves, our traveling troubadour.

Other sponsors of our event included TD Bank, Windsor Family Credit Union, McDonalds, River Town Times, AM 800 and Amico.  We appreciate your continued support year after year.

We would also like to thank the many, many volunteers who came out to help us by working at the gates, driving the shuttle cars, manning the parking lot or working in our Kids Fun Zone.  It takes a group effort to make this event happen each year and we appreciate each and every one of you.

We feel very lucky to be part of such a generous and caring community that comes out to help bring this large event to our beautiful town every year!

We are grateful for our Plein Air artists and would like to congratulate our winners:

 First place Sandra Ellis, second place Anna Buckie, third place Klaus Salucop

We are also grateful to our 169 exhibitors - your many talents are appreciated by our patrons.  The almost 10,000 people that came through our gates are proof of that.

Last but not least we thank you, the community, for showing your support by attending Art by the River.  The funds raised at this event allow us to keep the doors of the Gibson Gallery open to the public, keeping arts and crafts alive in our community for everyone to appreciate.

We thank you all for another successful fundraiser and look forward to doing it all again in 2026 on Aug. 29-30.

—Dave Cozens

President,  Gibson Gallery

Gibson Gallery offers its thanks to those who supported this year’s Art by the River