MoonCat Body Art

05/28/2026

Where will MoonCat Body Art be?

The next several weeks are shaping up to be BUSY! From birthday parties & private events to school fun fairs, MoonCat will be bringing a bit of magic & whimsy across the city

But I am so excited for the busy season to begin and I hope to see you at some upcoming public events we'll be at ✨

📆May 30th | 12PM - 4 PM - Greater Napanee Pride working under Candibar Body Art
📆May 31st | Gananoque Pride Alliance with CandiBarBodyArt
📆June 6th | 10AM - 12 PM - Pride at Lush! Press Bubble Bars and get your face painted, $10.00(+HST) per pressing.
📆June 6th | 6PM - 8PM - Rainbow Pride Roller Disco for Quad Squad
📆June 13th | 10AM - 5PM - Kingston Pride Community Fair with Candibar Body Art
📆June 20th | 7PM - 10PM - TransFamily Kingston Q***r Prom!

I am still confirming some events and can't share details yet, but there are exciting things happening behind the scenes!

Here's to a magical, whimsical, and glittery summer ✨

05/26/2026

We're back 📣

MoonCat Body Art & Candibar Body Art are excited to be back at the Kingston Pride Community Fair on June 13th from 10 AM to 5 PM! This is one of our favourite events of the year

We're bringing all your favourite services including:
🎨 Face Painting & Body Art
✨ Glitter Tattoos (with special pride flags, Chappell Roan, and other themed designs)
💫Full glitter bar for face and body glitter
💎Pride inspired face & body gems (all hand-made by a q***r artist; MoonCatBodyArt)

Make sure to stop by our booth ahead of the parade to get "Pride-Ready"! You're supporting a local q***r artist and one of the best allies when you do 💙

Fun fact! We've been face painting & doing glitter tattoos at Kingston Pride since 2022! Swipe to the last photo to see some "throwback" photos from community fairs of the past 🌈

05/12/2026

Make sure to check out Quad Squad 's Rainbow Pride Roller Disco happening on June 6th!

I'll be there from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM providing free face painting & festival glitter to help everyone get roller disco ready ✨

Our next disco is just a little over 4 weeks away!

We are back at the Kingston Memorial Centre June 6th, 7-9pm for another great skating event. This time we are kicking off Kingston Pride Week with our Rainbow Pride Roller Disco.

We’ve got some fun little extras planned for this event as well and are so pleased to let you know we will have Mooncat Body Art joining us 6-8pm to get folks painted and glittered before the skating fun happens.

Tickets and rentals are available through the Eventbrite link listed in our bio.

Looking forward to another memorable evening of skating fun!

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day 💐

I was honoured to design this belly painting for my dear friend 💙

It was so much fun to get to incorporate meaningful symbols to the parents into the painting! I hope I will have the chance to do more belly painting to provide expecting parents a way to honour their pregnancy!

Here's to all the amazing people in the world who take on a motherly role and provide endless love, guidance, and support 💙💐

05/06/2026

A creative and meaningful way to honour pregnancy 💙

I was so honoured to design this belly painting for my dear friend, Candibar Body Art

Only a few weeks after I did this painting, my beautiful niece was brought into the world. It was so much fun to get to incorporate meaningful symbols to the parents into the painting! Each detail was carefully chosen with the parents & baby in mind, especially the blue jay & hedgehog 🍂

I hope I will have the chance to do more belly painting to provide expecting parents, a beautiful way to honour their pregnancy journey💐

05/02/2026

Yesterday, I had the pleasure to help celebrate the grand opening of Studio 88 's new location!

This beautiful store bring together the works of local artists all in a one-stop shop! A huge congratulations to Meghan, I know that you've put so much hard work into creating this incredible space.

Thank you for having MoonCat Body Art out to celebrate the big day 🌙✨

Make sure to stop by and check out Studio 88, at 70 Princess Street. Now, more than ever, it's important to shop & support your local artists 💙

05/01/2026

Day dreaming about all the May flowers 💐 that will bloom with from April's showers 🌧

I had so much fun painting all sorts of pretty floral designs for the Goddess photoshoot with last year 🌙

Sometimes I go back through these photos to bring some cheer on gloomy days!

04/29/2026

Make sure to stop by the Grand Opening of Studio 88 on May 1st!

We'll be there face painting & adding a bit of extra sparkles ✨️

📣 Join Us For The Grand Opening Of Our New Location!

⭐️We Put So Much Love Into This Space & Can’t Wait To Share It With Everyone. From Handcrafted Shelves, Counters & Decor To A Large Scale Of Carefully Curated Local Artisans.

🤍This Space Is Filled With Love, Talent, Happiness & A Supportive Creative Community.

💌You Can Experience Our Ribbon Cutting With The Mayor Or Kingston, Our Community Fingerprint Canvas To Complete Our Studios Decor And The Fun Of Face Painting By Moon Cat Body Art, Frontenac Cakesicles Pink Bike Treats, Raffles & Freebies Along With Shopping Our 80+ Local Artisans!

💌Join Us May 1st 2026 From 12-7pm, But The Fun Is In The First Few Hours!

📍Studio 88 - 70 Princess Street, Kingston Ontario

✨An Update On Our Coffee Bar Will Be Coming Soon✨

04/28/2026

Every brush stroke; every design; every piece of glitter; every word in a caption or email; every overly used emoji, every graphic and post- it's all me!

With the rise of Generative AI, it's important to be transparent in our values and highlight the magic that happens when humans do art 🎨

As an artist; a university instructor; an historian and museum professional, I see the rise of Gen AI bleeding into all the things I love and cherish... and it breaks my heart.

Not only for artists whose work is stolen or for the air that is polluted, the clean water that is depleted or the decline in critical thinking- but it's heart breaking that people are so hesitant to just try something themselves. Whether it be a fear of failure or even the lack of wanting to try.

I cannot scream about the consequences of Gen AI loud enough, it feels like screaming into a void.

I always encourage humanness. I will always encourage people trying; people doing something that makes them happy; people trying & maybe even failing at new things!

In our current climate we need to be making art, finding joy, and connecting to one another through our humanity. Each one of the images I selected is a result of collaboration, of shared artistry, of joy!

Make art- do it badly, do it scared, do it tired. Do it human.