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…
The October 12 Council meeting led to some hopeful results. The not-for-profit sector at large received their full Permissive Tax Exemptions, which we know was a relief for many. The Campbell River Art Gallery did not receive a Permissive Tax Exemption. Watch the video of the October 12 council meeting Read more…
‘Celestial Bodies’ is a first of its kind exhibition in Campbell River and the North Island The group exhibition ‘Celestial Bodies’ aims to create space for visibility and advocacy for Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ communities. The show opens at the Campbell River Art Gallery on Sept. 2. The seven artists in the Read more…
We will be showing three films directed by award-winning Canadian Directors and Producers Join the Campbell River Art Gallery for a film night on August 12th, featuring three short films by award-winning directors Sylvia D. Hamilton, Claire Prieto and Les Rose. The films are a curated selection by the guest Read more…
Learn from poet Cecily Nicholson Cecily Nicholson, Governor General’s literary award winning poet and UBC assistant professor, will be doing a reading and hosting a poetry workshop, on July 29th, at the Campbell River Art Gallery and Robert V. Ostler Park. Inspired by our current exhibition Interrelations: a third perspective Read more…
Community resilience will be supported by 51 new projects across Vancouver Island and surrounding coastal communities because of Island Health’s Community Wellness Grant Program, one of which is the Campbell River Art Gallery’s Art Hive. The Community Wellness Grant program helps promote health and wellness across the region Island Health 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 CRAG is a safe place to explore the meaning behind art and all the feelings it might bring up Have you ever had a child hand you a piece of paper with a scribble on it and a proud twinkle in their eyes? “What is it?” you might have Read more…
Explore questions of place and place-making through a focus on water as a migratory body and living relation, in Campbell River Art Gallery’s latest exhibition Interrelations: a third perspective by Abdi Osman, curated by Ellyn Walker. Water brings with it complex histories of global Indigeneity and diaspora, enslavement and indentureship, Read more…
More than 100 people attended the oceanside ceremony and the feast at the CRAG The sun shone on the closing ceremony of Mu’la, April 29. A beautiful celebration of gratitude and community, the ceremonial fire was led by Indigenous Artist Shawn Decaire. Decaire burned the drum Goliath, which was featured Read more…