Canada-based artist Folake Garnett Moweta exhibited her work at the 2026 Grand River Arts Festival in Brantford, Ontario, bringing her creative work to one of the region’s annual celebrations of visual art and culture.
The festival took place September 18 and 19 at Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, bringing artists, musicians, theatre practitioners and performance artists together across the gallery’s historic grounds. Now in its fourth year, the event featured a visual arts marketplace alongside live music, theatre, performance art, food and interactive activities.
The visual arts programme featured more than 50 artists and makers working across disciplines including painting, ceramics, fibre and textile art, jewellery, photography, woodworking and sculpture. Organisers described the artist marketplace as a curated programme, with submissions reviewed for variety and quality, as well as originality, workmanship and professional presentation.
Folake’s participation adds to an artistic practice she has been developing alongside her professional career. She studied Psychology at Covenant University in Nigeria, graduating with First Class Honours in 2016. She subsequently worked in areas including gender-based violence prevention and storytelling, including roles with Women At Risk International Foundation and Narrative 4.
Now based in Ontario, Folake is continuing her graduate studies in counselling psychology while developing her work as an artist. Her artistic work appears under the name Folake Garnett, with her ArtCall portfolio listing her among its artists.
Her online art shop, MowetaArtGallery, also features work credited to her, including the digital painting Fortitude. Another work in her online portfolio, The Immigrant, adds to the growing body of work through which she is establishing her creative presence in Canada.
The Grand River Arts Festival’s 2026 programme extended beyond the visual arts. Saturday’s programme included 55+ visual artists, live performances by Canadian and regional musicians, performance art, family activities and the festival’s 10-Minute Play Competition.
Local publication Brant Beacon, which covered the festival after the event, reported that more than 60 artists and makers participated across the grounds on Saturday. Visitors viewed and purchased artworks, watched demonstrations and took part in community art projects throughout the day.
For Folake, the festival provided another opportunity to present her work within Canada’s creative community and to connect her artistic practice with a wider audience.
Her participation at the Grand River Arts Festival marks a new public showing of her work in Canada, adding another chapter to the creative path she has been building alongside her professional life.
