Current Exhibitions and Events

Katherine & Terence Helmer - Now You Know The Cruelty Of Flowers

June 20 to August 2

Saturdays & Sundays | 10 AM – 4 PM
Free Admission

The Ah! Centre, along with Phillips & Son Financial, and Sterling Mutuals Inc. presents a joint exhibition featuring the artwork of the late Katherine Helmer and her husband, Terence Helmer.

Katherine Helmer’s artwork, which spans several decades has been featured in collections across Canada, the United States and Great Britain. Her landscape pieces are known for their sensitive observations of nature, while her finely crafted still lifes, portraits and paintings reflect a deeply personal expression of her life as a mother, wife, and artist.

While Terence Helmer is best known as an accomplished violinist and educator, and founding member of the Orford String Quartet, one of Canada’s leading chamber music ensembles, his paintings are lyrical abstractions inspired by the natural world, combining rich textures, subtle colour harmonies, and gestural mark-making to create evocative, landscape-like compositions.

📅 On view: June 20 - August 2, 2026
📍 Arts & Heritage Centre Warkworth
🕙 Open Saturdays and Sundays, 10–4

Upcoming Shows

Our 2026 Season

Join us for a vibrant year of exhibitions, including a preview of the Apple Route Studio Tour and shows by Kay Gregg, Ruth Shaw, Katherine Helmer, Terence Helmer, Bob Omar Tunnoch, Michael Nathaniel Green, and Jennifer McGregor. Admission is always free.

The Ah! Centre is a volunteer-run space sustained by the generosity of our community. If you’d like to be part of it, we’d love to welcome you as a volunteer or member.

📅 On view: March 14 - November 8, 2026
📍 Arts & Heritage Centre Warkworth
🕙 Open Saturdays and Sundays, 10–4

Visit the Ah! Arts & Heritage Centre

The Ah! Centre makes space for Warkworth to engage with arts, heritage, and culture from many voices and perspectives. We are open every Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
The Centre is volunteer run and community funded. We rely on your support to keep the doors open and the arts thriving. Please help by contributing in whatever way you can — through membership, volunteering, or donations.



Members and volunteers also enjoy access to private artist talks at the start of each exhibition.