DRAWING IN THE GALLERY
You are invited to draw in the gallery during this monthly Sunday session. This is an open drawing activity meant to encourage looking, slowing down and spending time in the gallery space. Prompts may be offered, but you are welcome to draw in any way that feels comfortable to you. There is no expectation to create a finished artwork. All drawings are welcome! No experience is necessary and supplies are provided.
By donation. Pre-registration encouraged, drop-ins welcome.
Recommended for ages 16+.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONS
Lure | June 6th – August 23rd
From subsistence to livelihood, from sport to ritual, fishing links people from coast to coast to coast. This thematic group exhibition includes work by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists across Canada with ties to the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, and the freshwater bodies that flow between. Together the artists explore the complex social and cultural significance of the ancient yet everyday activity of fishing.
Landon Mackenzie: Weather Patterns | September 5th – November 21st
Starting in the shallow tidewaters of Cardigan Bay, Prince Edward Island, Landon Mackenzie’s Weather Pattern series (2020–) balances chance and control to envelop the viewer in the artist’s painted worlds. Looking at the dotted sandstone-inspired canvases, you might see a charged nervous system, a celestial body or the microcosm of a riverbed’s speckled surface. The depth of each painting reveals the linen canvas as a site-responsive material that soaks up its environment: saltwater, sunshine, wind, rain, dew and starry nights—all become foundational materials in Mackenzie’s works. Merging paint and weather, the canvases evoke the intimate connection between internal and external landscapes.
REGISTER ONLINE OR AT THE BOX OFFICE:
604.927.6555 | Open Monday – Saturday, 12 – 5PM
