The Legacy Art Gallery in Victoria, opened the touring exhibition The Chorus is Speaking on Thursday, September 18th, this is one of two touring exhibitions in BC. The other exhibition I am my mother’s daughter | میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں, is currently on at the Reach Gallery Museum until March 2025.
When asked about the accomplishments of the gallery and its staff, Sara Lopez Assu, Executive Director of the CRAG beamed: “The Campbell River Art Gallery is becoming known for doing excellent work in the field of arts in Canada. Touring exhibitions is a fantastic way for us to raise our profile and bring recognition for the work we do back to Campbell River and our local thriving art scene.”
The Chorus is Speaking, opening September 18, 2024 at the Legacy Art Gallery – University of Victoria, is a group exhibition of eight artists of incredible inventiveness and insight: Ojo Agi, Christina Battle, Charles Campbell, Chantal Gibson, Dana Inkster, Karin Jones, Jan Wade, and Syrus Marcus Ware. It speaks to facets of the Black experience on Turtle Island and is the expression of a curatorial partnership between Jenelle Pasiechnik, Curator of Contemporary Art and Michelle Jacques, Chief Curator of the Remai Modern. The diverse work of this incredible group of creatives, thinkers, and changemakers creates a space where the Black community of Victoria can come to feel supported and inspired. Originating at the Campbell River Art Gallery, this touring exhibition has been thoughtfully brought to the context of Victoria, BC.
“We are so proud to have exhibitions touring from our small but mighty gallery. The work we do resonates with audiences across the province and the country,” says Jenelle Pasiechnik, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Campbell River Art Gallery.
Another exhibition on tour is I am my mother’s daughter | میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں which opened at The Reach Gallery Museum on July 6th, 2024 and is already receiving fantastic reviews. The conceptually rich exhibition by artist Farheen Haq features video, photography, and sculptural installation. It celebrates the resilience and knowledge systems of Haq’s mother who arrived in Canada in the 1970s to meet her future husband in an arranged marriage, settling in the Niagara region (Ontario), Haudenosaunee Territory. The exhibition weaves together intergenerational relationships, connecting the experience of the artist’s mother with Haq’s experience as a child of that union and subsequently, its impact on her own experience as a mother. The artist explores how she carries the past and how she determines its legacy into the future.
