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Give or Take a Few Million Years
“In retrospect, I feel like my work as a geologist was, in fact, my art education.” Give or Take a Few Million Years reflects Wallace’s experience with the ridgelines and landscapes of her past life through drawings, paintings, and textiles that build a dreamlike, otherworldly exhibition worth delving into.
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Making Waves
Kootenay Lake has long been a hub of activity, from the earliest sturgeon-nosed canoes to modern day sporting activities such as paddle boarding and kite surfing.
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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.
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Otanimm/Onnimm (Daughter/Father)
A short animation based on the relationship of an artist and his daughter, and their deep connection to one another.
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Sharing the Collection Part I: Picturing Ourselves
Picturing Ourselves includes a dozen portraits from the collection, representing self, family, and community from each artist’s perspective.
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Where We Stand
We are turning the lens inward and examining our role in truth and reconciliation – what we’ve accomplished, what we’re working on, and what we have left to do.
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Back on Track: Kootenay Railways
From the copper mines of the Boundary District through to the coalfields of the Crowsnest, railways impacted social, political, and economic life in the Kootenays. As the various and competing rail lines created a vast transportation network that connected east to west, it also brought calamity.
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River Relations
Using art as a visual and narrative critical tool, River Relations is a multi-disciplinary group exhibition that investigates the ecological and social impact of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. The project contributes to conversations about the effects of dam construction by producing creative work that provides critical, nuanced and evocative entry points for public engagement.
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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 vulnerability, dependency, courage and belonging. Amitai creates a world where the individual is surrounded by both the beautiful and the toxic, where horror and beauty are entangled, where brushstrokes build images and deconstruct them simultaneously.
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