Gallery News

Curatorial Essay: The Chorus is Speaking

Link to PDF Version: Here The Chorus is Speaking is a group exhibition of eight artists of incredible inventiveness and insight that speak to facets of the Black experience on Turtle Island: Ojo Agi, Christina Battle, Charles Campbell, Chantal Gibson, Dana Inkster, Karin Jones, Jan Wade, and Syrus Marcus Ware. The exhibition has been made possible through a curatorial partnership with Michelle Jacques, Chief Curator of the Remai Modern. We are grateful to be able Read more

By Jenelle Pasiechnik, ago

Charles Campbell brings his performance Arrivals to the Campbell River Art Gallery with Curatorial talk by Michelle Jacques.

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 Campbell will join us August 6th at 2:00pm in the Main Gallery. Chief Curator of Remai Modern and Co-Curator of exhibit The Chorus is Speaking Read more

By admin@crartgallery.ca, ago

Swing into Summer at Spirit Square with the Campbell River Art Gallery’s Live Swing Dance Event!

Harbour City Swing comes to Spirit Square to present a history of the Lindy Hop as well as dance lessons and live music from the Mahogany Swing Band! In conjunction with the Campbell River Art Gallery’s current exhibition The Chorus is Speaking Harbour City Swing is coming to Spirit Square to teach swing lessons and deliver a brief history of the iconic dance! Josh Colman of Harbour City Swing is an avid Lindy Hop & Read more

By Jocelyn Doll, ago

Distant Relatives Opening

Thank to everyone who attended yesterday’s Opening Reception for Distant Relatives. What an incredible and impactful event, thank you to everyone coming with open ears and open hearts. We are incredibly honored to be holding space for these works and supporting projects like these. Thank you to the incredible Artists and community members involved in these projects: Hjalmer Wenstob working with members of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nation, Sonny Assu working with Charles Jules of the Read more

By Jocelyn Doll, ago
Red tote bags with white Indigenous art and a Walk With Mi banner hanging in front of a yellow wall

CRAG granted $30,000 from province for Art Hive project

The Campbell River Art Gallery has launched an Art Hive, with financial assistance from the province, through a BC Art Council Arts Impact grant. On Thursday mornings, artist Nadine Bariteau hosts art-making workshops for people with experience of mental health and substance use and people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The facility is also available as an “open studio” at this time, fostering self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.  “Art is a democratic Read more

By Jocelyn Doll, ago
A teenager reads the a didactic at the Campbell River Art Gallery

CRAG Curator’s essay featured in ARTiculate Journal of Art History

Translations by Jamelie Hassan & Soheila Esfahani–curated by Jenelle M. Pasiechnik, was the first exhibition after the pandemic shutdown, at the Campbell River Art Gallery. Like many events in 2020, the exhibition-which was originally supposed to include an open studio during a site-specific installation and a food sharing experience-had to be rethought. “The relevance of the show wasn’t diminished, but took on additional meaning in light of the mass changes and uncertainty going on all Read more

By Jocelyn Doll, ago