Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days: Toronto 2026, Evergreen Brick Works

Micah Lexier’s Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days is a multi-location conceptual art project exploring the ritual and culture of dogs and their humans. Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days consists of a pair of independent yet thematically linked components: Guess Your Dog’s Age or Weight: A performance in which a "carnival guesser” attempts to accurately guess a dog's age or weight. In exchange for a donation, dog owners will receive a custom-minted coin as a memento of having participated in the project. A Portrait of The Person Making a Portrait of Your Dog: A live drawing activation where visitors receive a free sketch of their dog by a local sketch artist, while a second artist sketches the first artist at work. Dog owners get to keep their sketch, while Micah Lexier keeps the second sketch, to be included in a subsequent publication. This edition of Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days is produced in partnership with the Evergreen Brick Works. – Donations support The Farley Foundation, a charity that helps pets across Ontario receive essential veterinary care. – Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days is made possible thanks to Tourism Niagara-on-the-Lake, the City of Toronto, the Province of Ontario, the Tourism Partnership of Niagara, and the Ontario Arts Council. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and producing partners Evergreen Brick Works, Town of Oakville, The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre, Temiskaming Art Gallery, Waterfront BIA and Arts Council Windsor & Region.