Alana Bartol doing a site specific coal chute rubbing, Grassy Mountain Coal Project. Photo courtesy of blkarts.ca Artist Alana Bartol exhibits a body of work contemplating the impacts and longevity of mining practices in Campbell River and the Strathcona region. Processes of Remediation: art, relationships, nature is a multi-part project Read more…
Opening on January 13th at the CRAG, local art in the 42nd Annual Members’ Show is sure to wow the community! A long standing tradition of collaboration has come again this year to Campbell River. This will be the 42nd Annual Members’ Show, showcasing a diversity of artists in our Read more…
A solo exhibition of new works by Abdi Osman By Ellyn Walker, curator A mesh of roots makes slow haste 1 the gaping sea beckons and breaks you. the impotence the imploring the inured. the inexact. the crisis. the crease. port is increasingly distant. you ache for a semblance of. Read more…
The Campbell River Art Gallery offers the red carpet experience to attendees of their 2022 Fundraiser Gala: haute couture, haute cuisine The CRAG is busy preparing for their bi-annual fundraiser Gala, which will take place on Sept. 24, 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. at Maritime Heritage Center. Glamour and an Read more…
Newest exhibit features work by artist Farheen HaQ that explores intergenerational relations, the past, the future and the concept of legacy میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں | I am my mother’s daughter is a solo exhibition hosted at the Campbell River art Gallery, featuring the works of acclaimed Canadian Read more…
Charles Campbell, exhibiting artist in the CRAG’s current exhibition The Chorus is Speaking brings his Actor Boy persona to Campbell River in this exciting new performance featuring a talk from Co-curator Michelle Jacques. The Campbell River Art Gallery is hosting a performance! Exhibiting artist, and recent Viva Award winner, Charles Read more…
Last week we looked at the role sketchbook journals can play as the COVID-19 restrictions force us to look at the world around us from a different perspective. The simplest things in our daily routines and our homes can become new sources of thought and reflection about larger ideas. Maybe Read more…
John Cage was an American composer born in 1912. His masterful and highly influential piano composition 4’33 was famously performed by David Tudor in Woodstock, NY in 1952. It is a rumination on the core concepts of silence and chance operations. Over the period of his career John Cage was Read more…
Amidst the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, people continue to serve their needs and find solace in various forms of activity from their homes, often in solitude, as we socially distance. Many have turned to art and cultural experiences to seek peace, inspiration, and ways of working through their emotions Read more…
Shadow puppetry is a unique art form with a history going back at least 2000 years. The earliest practices emerged in China and India, featuring such themes as legends and myths, and stories from religious traditions. The art also flourished in other regions including Southeast Asia and the Middle East, Read more…