Art Auction
Artists Featured in the 2026 Auction – preview images coming soon!
- Ainsley Arnold
- Barb Baker
- Cathy Brady
- June-Etta Chenard
- Alex Deadman-Wylie
- Marvin Dale
- Andrea Eby
- Geoff Farnsworth
- Cindy Goldrick
- Liz Hayden
- Kim Height
- Jenn Judson
- David Koert
- Jessica Maxwell
- Farrow Mascoe
- Sandy Middleton
- Doug Robb
- Rob Royal
- Jon Shaw
- Amber Lee Williams
Artists will receive up to 50% of the winning bid price for their artwork.
How the Willow Art Auction Works
Online Bidding Period: November 30 to December 14
All the auction items are posted on Willow’s Instagram account @thewillowcommunity
Interested bidders can place their bids in the comments on each artwork’s post. We recommend bookmarking your favourites so you can check on your bid.
PLEASE NOTE: Instagram does not always show comments in order of time posted. Look for the largest number in the comments and make your bid higher than that.
If you do not have an Instagram account, you can still participate in the auction.
You can view the bidding activity by clicking on the links below each item’s image.
- Click the X in the top right corner of the pop up asking you to sign up / log in.
- You can view the comments on the right side of the post, and can scroll down through them to see the highest bid.
- If you want to bid, email Willow staff at arts@thewillowcommunity.com to have them post a comment on your behalf. In your email, please identify the artwork (by artist name, lot number, and/or title) and the amount of your bid.
- Your bid will be put on the item as a comment from the Willow account.
Please note that staff are not in the office after 5pm or on weekends so there may be a delay between you sending your email and the bid being posted.
AUCTION CLOSES MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025 AT 1:00PM
At 1pm on December 14, bidding will close. Willow staff will put a comment on the item posts that bidding is closed. The highest bid at the time of that comment is the winner of the item.
At 1pm on December 14th, bidding will close. Willow staff will put a comment on the item posts that bidding is closed. The highest bid in the comments at the time of that comment is the winner of the item.
Bids made after the “Bidding is now closed” comment will not be considered valid bids.
Willow staff will screen capture the comments at 1pm, when the auction period ends, to ensure that all comments are seen when identifying the highest bid.
Winners will be contacted by Instagram DM.
Willow can accept payments by cash, cheque, or e-transfer.
Winners have 48 hours to confirm their bid amount and arrange payment. If confirmation and payment are not completed within 48 hours, the bid will be considered void and the second highest bid will become the winning bid.
In the event of the second highest bid becoming the winning bid, the bidder will be contacted by Instagram DM on Wednesday, December 16, and will have 48 hours to confirm their bid amount and arrange payment. If confirmation and payment are not completed by Friday, December 20, the auction will be voided and the artwork will be returned to the donor artist.
Artworks will be available for pick-up at the Fall 2026 Season Celebration on Wednesday December 16 from 6pm – 7:30pm or from the Willow office by appointment.
If it is not possible for the winning bidder to come to Willow to pick up their artwork, staff will work with winning bidders to arrange drop off of artworks.
Artworks cannot be dropped off to addresses outside of the Niagara Region.
If the winning bidder’s address is outside of the Niagara Region, the bidder is responsible for picking up the artwork from the Willow Arts Community’s studio in St Catharines or for arranging shipment of the artwork at their own expense. Willow staff will package the artwork for shipping but assumes no responsibility for any damage incurred during the shipping process.
Willow Arts Community is a registered charity. We are grateful to the individuals, organizations, and public funders who support our work in Niagara. Their support allows us to
- provide all necessary art-making supplies to our program participants
- pay Niagara artists a living wage to teach classes and workshops
- … and still offer all our programs at no cost to members!