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2020 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.
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SHUTTER
SHUTTER is the fourth in an ongoing series of medium-centric group exhibitions presented at Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History, curated by Arin Fay, which explore specific medium through as diverse a lens as possible. SHUTTER brings together artists: Dayna Danger, Adad Hannah, Sandra Semchuk/Jerry DesVoignes, Thaddeus Holownia, Althea Thauberger, Suzy Lake and Fred Rosenberg.
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Enduring Spirit
Enduring Spirit is a collection of tintype colloidal prints that capture a moment in time of several families who have created their own place in the world. The portraits present contemporary families, yet the tintype method is dripping with nostalgia and romance.
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There Once Was a Girl Named Hester, and Other Damaged Kids
With this exhibition, artist Amitai Ben explores the upbringing of his Jewish Dutch mother, Hester Trompetter, who was orphaned as a young girl and lived through the traumatic experiences of the Second World War. After ecoming a father himself and following his kids’ coming to age awoke in him the need to explore matters of…
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20 Objects
In celebration of the 15th anniversary of Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History inhabiting the storied historical building on the corner of Ward and Vernon Street in Nelson BC this exhibition will share 15 notable objects from our Archives and Collections that will help tell the complex and interesting story of the people, place…
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The REDress Project
The REDress Project is an installation art project created by Métis artist Jaime Black. The installation consists of hundreds of red dresses suspended in public spaces to mark the absence and evoke the presence of Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered.
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Time Warp
John McKinnon has been an important and prolific part of the Kootenay artistic landscape since the 1970’s. His sculptures are part of the City of Nelson’s public art collection and his work is also featured in a number of cities across Canada and Internationally. John is an sculptor first and foremost, but also an instructor,…
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THROWN
THROWN is a group ceramic exhibition that features a diverse cross-section of artists from across the country, all of which offer a distinct and exemplary approach to the ceramic medium. THROWN is the second iteration of an ongoing series of medium-centric exhibitions which was inspired by ‘Lost Thread’
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Roll on Columbia
Roll On Columbia: The Landscape and Culture of the Columbia River Treaty explores the complex legacy of the 50 year-old Columbia River Treaty. With the treaty up for possible renewal or renegotiation in the near future, the exhibition provides present-day understanding of the region’s trans-boundary watershed ecosystem, a vast landscape draining water from B.C.’s Rocky…
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unlimited edition
unlimited edition looks how prints by Indigenous artists represented in the Kamloops Art Gallery’s permanent collection, supplemented by works on loan from the Carleton University Art Gallery and the Royal BC Museum, represent a drive to preserve, portray and popularize oral histories and address social inequities in the medium of printmaking. Featuring prints from Northwest…