November 18 - December 23 | Open House December 13 – 1 pm to 3 pm | Standing in the fourth quarter of the Wheel of Life, Sandra Shore has turned her attention toward the quiet poetry of decomposition — the way natural objects surrender to time, and how that surrender reveals its own unexpected radiance.

Silent Auction Fundraiser and Exhibition from November 25 - December 5 | Open House & Art Work Pick Up on December 6 – 1 pm to 3 pm | SD51 students have been painting side by side in the Ted Fogg Gallery to create LAYERCAKE — a massive collaborative artwork layered with colour, texture, and imagination. With the help of local tradesmen the large canvases were transformed into individual pieces for exhibition and a fundraising auction.

October 4 - November 8 | Open House October 4 – 1 pm to 3 pm | Photography for me is a study of the seasons, knowing when to go to certain places to find the ethereal lighting, colours, textures and composition. So it is the adventure, the awe inspiring moments when I’m caught speechless by natures magic. Like floating in my kayak on Jewel Lake in the morning mist and meeting with the loons.

August 16 – November 8 | Opening Reception August 15 – 6 pm to 9 pm | Hannah Jickling and Reed H. Reed have been collaborating since 2006. Their projects take shape as public installations, social situations and events that circulate as photographs, videos, printed matter, and artists’ multiples. They have facilitated many collaborative research projects with children, most notably Big Rock Candy Mountain (2015–). Reed and Hannah have exhibited and performed internationally, with both individual and collaborative work.

August 16 – November 8 | Opening Reception August 15 – 6 pm to 9 pm | TRUCK is a full throttle arts collective of artists Drew Pardy, Emily Neufeld, and Annie Canto. TRUCK formed in an effort to explore resourcefulness and its ties to masculinity observed by the artists' upbringings in rural towns across the continent. Through labour-based performances documented in large format photos and looping videos, the artists explore gender identity, rural/urban communities, and the patriarchal labour culture that abounds in extractive industries. Across projects, TRUCK's fashionable if not industrious avatars interact with the truck simultaneously as a stage, mark making device, resting place, workbench, confidant, adversary, and dress-up closet.

August 16 - September 27 | Opening Reception August 15 – 6 pm to 9 pm | Artist Talk August 16 - 1 pm | This collection of work that has been inspired by the places where I have spent most of my time and have considered home. I am always drawn to, and at times torn from these places. I consistently return to them year after year. I come from away to return home.

May 10 – August 2 | Opening Reception May 9 – 6 pm to 9 pm | Artist Talk May 10 – 1 pm | Controlled Burn is a site-adaptive video and sound installation that documents a barn burning that took place in the small town of Listowel, Ontario in 2018. A blank model of the barn suspended from the ceiling of the gallery serves as a 3-dimensional screen for video documentation of the fire. Behind the barn, a large single-channel video is projected onto and through a netted screen, filling the entire Reid Gallery with the video.

May 10 – August 2 | Opening Reception May 9 – 6 pm to 9 pm | Artist Talk May 10 – 2 pm | Give or Take a Few Million Years references Earth’s deep and complex history. The exhibition explores an intimate view of geology through imagery and concepts that focus on knowledge, care, and connection to the land. Carol Wallace offers a visual anthology of stories archived in the rocks, providing an embodied understanding of Earth using textiles, video projection, ink drawings, sound, and sculpture.

March 29 to May 3 | Open House March 29 - 1 PM to 3 PM | Unsellable Objects recalls these lofty goals through a series of small objects sitting quietly in the gallery with no other job than to change the air around them.

May 10 – June 21 | Opening Reception May 9 – 6 pm to 9 pm | Merielle Kazakoff's affinity for the natural environment within the Boundary Region is captured in moments with flora and fauna through her photographic lens.

The stand-alone objects are re-manufactured trees which in time could be assumed to be what a forest is, and by our social nature assimilated as real. The concept of taking the drawings on paper attached to wood frameworks to become trees emphasizes the extent to which we as humans will travel to justify the costs of our desires. Join us on February 1st at 1 pm to hear David's Artist Talk.

The up to seven foot tree trunks are shaped with chainsaws and chisels into the human figure. Just one crucial part is missing: the head. Fragile and headless they stand in the public space. As if they lost their senses somewhere. And in a desperate measure these wooden bodies try to replace the void between their shoulders with up rooted tree stumps, the trash from clear cuts. These ill fitting crowns question the human as the pinnacle of evolution.

February 1 to March 15 | Open House March 8 - 1 PM to 3 PM | In painting, as in life, one can never go back. Everything must be integrated, both good and bad, moving ever forward.

November 26 to December 24 - Discover the whimsical world of The Library Taxidermists, where discarded books and found objects are transformed into imaginative art. Explore intricate, treasure-filled creations and take on the challenge of finding hidden surprises. Don’t miss the Open House on December 14, 1-3 PM to meet the artists and dive deeper into their creative process. Perfect for all ages, this exhibit celebrates creativity, sustainability, and discovery!

November 26 to December 20 - Discover the creativity of the Boundary-Kootenay community at the Grand Forks Art Gallery’s Member's Salon. This vibrant showcase features an array of works in diverse media and formats, offering something for every taste and budget. Celebrate local artistry, find unique holiday gifts, and support talented artists during this festive exhibition. Don’t miss it!

Altered Perceptions explores the stories and narratives around the death of Rowan, the madness, the quest for healing and the altering effect it had on me and my perceptions of the natural world. As it was in his painted world, I too experienced some along with the deep crippling dread I found a new sense of who my daughter was, what her life meant. Held up by her strength and her etherial grace, we found so much magic in everything she was teaching us.

The Life and Times of G builds on a previous project Fine Line: Check Check, which explored the certainty and doubt associated with obsessive-compulsive behaviour. Similarly, this new work uses four screens to cast doubt and asks the viewer to question the conscious or unconscious nature of their movement as they engage with the work.

Boat without a Boat features brand new work from Nelson-based painter Deborah Thompson. In the exhibition, elaborate cut paper drawings form narrative constellations which become the basis of stop motion animation works.

Treelines assembles a series of Gwen MacGregor’s photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation.

Paul Walde explores the unexpected interconnections between landscape, identity, and technology through interdisciplinary performance works staged in the natural world. Weather Events brings together two video installations that draw connections between how we perceive landscapes and interact with our world.