Contemporary Art

  • Within This Earthen Vessel: Stories of India & Community

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    Celebrating the Indian diasporic community to the local region, weaving together stories of past and present, through historical photos from regional archives and beyond, personal stories, and work from local artists. 

  •  ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ੇ ‘ਚਤਰੇੜ | sheeshe ‘ch tharer | a crack in the mirror

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     It is easy to get swept up in the beauty of the brightly coloured, intricately patterned fabrics that create ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ੇ ‘ਚਤਰੇੜ | sheeshe ‘ch tharer | a crack in the mirror, a visually satiating exhibition by Surrey artist Simranpreet Anand and Conner Singh VanderBeek.

  • The Witness Blanket

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    The Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery (NMAG) is honoured to exhibit a replicated portion of The Witness Blanket in the summer of 2024, on tour from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • PULP


    Throughout the last 2,000 years, paper has played a crucial role in collecting and sharing information and ideas and has allowed us a window into the past.

  • Judy Wapp: VisuAlchemy


    As an activist, visual artist, and radio personality for nearly 75 years, Judy Wapp has lived an incredible life.

  • Brain Scans / Neurotransmitting


    The exhibition features Ruth Cuthand’s intricately beaded reproductions of MRI scans, as well as a film component from Theo. Both facets of the exhibition illuminate the difficulty of facing mental health challenges, and how families unite in support.

  • Momentum


    Explore the diverse, seven-decade-long art practice of the formidable Jack Shadbolt (1909-1998) and the ‘Momentum’ exhibition. Works include early 1930s sketches, commissioned silkscreen play posters, painterly abstractions, and lithographs

  • 2017 Members’ Show and Sale


    The ‘Members’ Show and Sale’ exhibition events are excellent opportunities to get a visual measure of our membership and reciprocate the support that our members give us as an organization. The last member exhibition took place in 2014 and was a beautiful and eclectic showing of the talent, dedication and passion that exists within the…

  • 2023 Members’ Show and Sale


    The beloved Members’ Show and Sale returns in 2023!

  • The Poetry of Objects


    A dress covered in spoons, a garment composed only of sleeves, an arc of lampshades….in the Poetry of Objects, artist Leah Weinstein invites you to celebrate unexpected connections and discover the extraordinary in the everyday. Using new and re-purposed materials and forms, Weinstein creates assemblages that use the familiar in surprising ways, blurring the lines…

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