Celebrating 40 years of innovative art on the North Island
Campbell River’s talented artists have been showing their work in the Annual Members’ Show longer than the gallery that now hosts it has existed.
Exploring humour as a tool for healing and activism
Humour as Medicine presents the work of contemporary Indigenous artists Sonny Assu (Ligwiłda’xw), Lori Blondeau (Cree/Salteaux/Metis), and Hjalmer Wenstob (Nuu-chah-nulth) in an exhibition that exemplifies how humour can be a powerful coping mechanism for trauma and emotional distress.
REPRESENTATION: The CRAG explores their permanent collection
The Campbell River Art Gallery’s permanent collection tells the story of collecting practices and donations received since our beginnings in 1994.
Curatorial Essay: Finding Sybil
Contemporary responses to Sybil Andrews Sybil Andrews was a character unlike any other who was well known for her incredible work ethic, life of pioneering and determination, and highly expressive artworks that capture the essence of the times and places she lived. There exists a legacy of exceptional research and Read more
Exploring Care creates a safe space for knowledge around wellbeing
This three part group exhibition aims to explore the relationship between the ethics of taking care, taking care as related to art practices and professions, prioritizing the self, and the fatigue that results from community members sharing their experiences, and educating the public.
Campbell River Art Gallery presents Finding Sybil: Contemporary Responses to Sybil Andrews
Sybil Andrews was an extraordinary character, dedicated teacher, and Modernist artist of the 20th century, and a renown figure in the cultural landscape of Campbell River and beyond.
39th Annual Member’s Show coming up at The CRAG
A time honoured tradition of celebration and recognition of the local artists of Campbell River and the North Island region.
Sugarbush Shrapnel, features contemporary art by Mississauga-Nishinaabe artist Olivia Whetung
On tour from Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery, Sugarbush Shrapnel is a solo exhibition that investigates Nishinaabe artist Olivia Whetung’s connections to the ecosystem of her home territory on Chemong Lake, Ontario, with a focus on the transmission of Traditional Knowledge Systems, food sovereignty, and the fragility of symbiotic relationships in an era of accelerating climate change.
How We Lead connects the community to new models for activism
The two part exhibition How We Lead at the Campbell River Art Gallery seeks to break open the concept of leadership through Lucie Chan and Justin Langlois’s engaged and socially conscious art practices.
Curatorial Essay: Embodied Engagements
The artwork of Jamelie Hassan and Soheila Esfahani in Translations As curators and museum professionals, we often speak about the gallery as a place of dialogue, and the desire for visitors to engage with the artworks through embodied participation – being present – and by bringing their personal knowledge and Read more