Review: ‘I am my mother’s daughter’ میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں | I am my mother’s daughter Farheen Haq Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland | August 1 – September 26, 2026 Circulated by the Campbell River Art Gallery Curated by Haema Sivanesan & Jenelle M. Pasiechnik Read the full review written by Aley Waterman on Riddle Fence Publishing
The CRAG celebrates their new entryway mural! On Friday July 17th, the CRAG invited friends, family and members of the public last to celebrate Kwakwaka’wakw artist James Kwaksistala’s new entrance mural, Trials and Tribulations. We are honoured to have powerful artwork with a deep message to welcome all who visit us and to greet our staff each day! About the mural: Rendered in the traditional Kwakwaka’wakw style, ‘Trials and Tribulations’ transforms the gallery doors into Read more
“A Force of Possibility, Renewal, and Balance” – the Campbell River Art Gallery’s 2026 Summer Exhibition By Kristiana Lowe This summer the CRAG invites you to Sacred In All Forms: Artists Reclaim the Divine Feminine Across Bodies, Lands, and Worlds, a new exhibition running until August 8th. Featuring work from contemporary Canadian artists Sandeep Johal, Xiaojing Yang, Kourtney Jackson, and Aaron McIntosh, the show presents new perspectives and ways of relating to the concept of Read more
The Art Hive is honoured to receive the 2026 Deryck Thomson Award, presented by SPARC BC. Each year, SPARC BC works with over 100 groups, yet only five awards are granted to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exceptional success in promoting positive social policy change. Since February 2022, artist Nadine Bariteau has facilitated The Art Hive, a weekly open studio at the Campbell River Art Gallery (CRAG). The program offers a safe and welcoming Read more
The annual Holiday Faire kicks off in style this November 29th, 2025 The Campbell River Art Gallery’s much anticipated Holiday Faire returns on November 29th with an afternoon of seasonal sips and shopping from 2pm-4pm. This is also your chance to get to know some of the artists featured in the Holiday Faire as well as our new staff at the gallery! The CRAG, Campbell River’s only non-profit art gallery, transforms the main gallery into Read more
by Kristiana Lowe The CRAG is excited to welcome all community members to our current exhibition, Three Eyed Seeing: Indigenous Futurisms co-curated by Sonny Assu and Jenelle M. Pasiechinik. The Exhibition runs from June 5th -August 23rd, 2025. Featuring work by artists Melcolm Beaulieu, Mimi Gellman, Krystle Silverfox, Nadya Kwandibens, Levi Nelson, Casey Koyczan, Carrielynn Victor, Shawn Hunt and Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun, Three-Eyed Seeing: Indigenous Futurisms explores how Indigenous identity and culture is a critical Read more
Supporting creative expression, community, and healing through the arts. The Campbell River Art Gallery is proud to announce a donation for the Art Hive program of $15,000 by Canadian Tire Campbell River owner, Grant Wood. Since Wood has taken over ownership of the Campbell River Canadian Tire, there have been upgrades to the facility and also expansion of support and outreach into the community. Grant connected with the gallery about the Art Hive program and Read more
Photo (L-R) PS Debra Toporowski, PS Dana Lajeunesse, Minister Anna Kang, Minister Jennifer Whiteside, Interim Executive Director and Curator of Contemporary Art Jenelle Pasiechnik and Art Hive Creative Director Nadine Bariteau. The CRAG receives certificates of recognition for fostering community engagement and enrichment through contemporary art in Campbell River. On a recent tour of the gallery, Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside and Municipal Affairs Minister Anne Kang, along with Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility Dana Lajeunesse, and Read more
CRAG’s newest exhibition features photography and context for what life is like in the Occupied West Bank from the lens of Palestinian Artist Rehab Nazzal. Over 65 people were in attendance at the opening reception held on Friday, March 21st at the gallery, beginning with a traditional welcoming by Hereditary Chief Kwakiladze James Quattell. Artist Sonny Assu also offered words at the opening reception to the work done by Palestinian Artist Rehab Nazzal, “This work Read more
For most Palestinians, freedom of movement is denied or restricted; the act of walking or driving within their native land is one that is continuously subject to adversity. Yet those who do embark upon such a journey find an embodied experience that reveals the effects of settler colonial control as well as a perilous exercise in resistance against the prevailing circumstances. Between 2010 and 2020, artist and scholar Rehab Nazzal undertook the ambitious and risky Read more