Confederation Centre Art Gallery

Confederation Centre Art Gallery Each year, the Gallery presents an average of 20 exhibitions of work by Canadian visual artists.

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Color, creativity, and imagination? Oh my! 🎨 Young artists, it's time to create and get messy! New Exploring Visual Arts...
12/23/2024

Color, creativity, and imagination? Oh my! 🎨 Young artists, it's time to create and get messy! New Exploring Visual Arts classes begin January 11.

In this eight-week class for young artists, students explore the elements of art through a series of drawing, painting, and sculpting activities. Through fun exercises and lessons, students will develop their visual literacy and technical abilities.

Activities will be supplemented by gallery visits where students will explore a range of contemporary and historical artworks.

REGISTER TODAY ➡️ https://confederationcentre.com/arts-education/visual-arts/

Want to support visual arts programming at the Centre? Learn more about our Shared Voices campaign and donate today at https://confederationcentre.com/sharedvoicescapitalcampaign/

Holiday hours are just around the corner! ⏰️🎄⁠⁠Call 1-800-565-0278 or stop in to the Queen Street box office before noon...
12/20/2024

Holiday hours are just around the corner! ⏰️🎄⁠

Call 1-800-565-0278 or stop in to the Queen Street box office before noon on Tuesday, December 24 to grab your discounted Confederation Centre of the Arts gift cards or vouchers—they make the perfect stocking stuffer! ⁠
Details: https://confederationcentre.com/gift-cards-vouchers/

🎨 Located in the Confederation Centre of the Arts Concourse Gallery, Views From Below showcases art featuring absurdist ...
12/10/2024

🎨 Located in the Confederation Centre of the Arts Concourse Gallery, Views From Below showcases art featuring absurdist humour and "low" imagery drawn from pop culture and features the art of 20 artists.

On until January 12, 2025 📅 Don't miss this colourful, tongue-in-cheek exhibition!

Learn more ➡️ https://confederationcentre.com/exhibition/views-from-below/

Installation view of Views From Below, photo by Jill Hamilton.

12/03/2024
11/29/2024

🖼️⁠ Discover Erica Rutherford's exploration of persona and gender through art. ⁠

Join us for a guided tour with exhibition curator Pan Wendt on Wednesday, December 4 at 7 p.m. Participants will get detailed insight into Rutherford’s bold and visionary artworks.⁠

REGISTER FOR THE TOUR⁠: https://confederationcentre.com/event/erica-rutherford-tour/

🗓️ See this large and diverse exhibition before it ends January 5, 2025 and goes on tour.⁠

Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works was recently a finalist for the 2024 PEI Arts Awards. Rutherford is the first Prince Edward Island artist to be featured at the prestigious La Biennale di Venezia.

Put checkmarks by everyone on your nice list this holiday season at Confederation Centre of the Arts!🎄 For Black Friday,...
11/29/2024

Put checkmarks by everyone on your nice list this holiday season at Confederation Centre of the Arts!

🎄 For Black Friday, get a 40% Bonus: Buy a $50 Gift Voucher or Gift Card and receive an additional $20! Friday, November 29 ONLY!
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🎄 Between Saturday, November 30 and noon on Tuesday, December 24, get a 20% Bonus: Buy a $50 Gift Voucher or Card and receive an additional $10!
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🎄 Music, theatre, comedy, magic, and much more! Confederation Centre of the Arts has entertainment for everyone. Event Tickets are great stocking stuffers!
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🎄 Art fans will love our publications! Confederation Centre Art Gallery produces a wide variety of bilingual publications highlighting works from its collection and current exhibitions.
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https://confederationcentre.com/art-gallery/publications/

🎄 Give a Membership to the Centre fan in your life. Centre Members get early access to show tickets, an exclusive newsletter and more.
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☎️ Call Sarah to get a membership in someone else's name: (902) 629-1159

🎄 What do you get that special someone who has everything? Support a cause they love of course!
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11/28/2024
11/27/2024

Discover Erica Rutherford's printmaking, her series The Human Comedy, and more! 🖼️ Check back soon for Part 2 of this look at this fascination collection.

Join us for a guided tour with exhibition curator Pan Wendt on Wednesday, December 4 at 7 p.m. Participants will get detailed insight into Rutherford’s bold and visionary artworks.

REGISTER FOR THE TOUR 👇️
https://confederationcentre.com/event/erica-rutherford-tour/

🗓️ See this large and diverse exhibition before it ends January 5, 2025 and goes on tour.

Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works was recently a finalist for the 2024 PEI Arts Awards. Rutherford is the first Prince Edward Island artist to be featured at the prestigious La Biennale di Venezia.

🎨 Get a guided tour of this fascinating exhibition before it goes on tour!Join us at Confederation Centre Art Gallery fo...
11/22/2024

🎨 Get a guided tour of this fascinating exhibition before it goes on tour!

Join us at Confederation Centre Art Gallery for a guided tour of one of our current exhibitions, Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works. Hosted by exhibition curator Pan Wendt, participants will get detailed insight into Rutherford’s bold and visionary artworks.

The tour takes place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Please email [email protected] to reserve your spot. The tour is free but donations are welcome.

Learn more about the Erica Rutherford exhibition: https://confederationcentre.com/exhibition/erica-rutherford/

Tour details: https://confederationcentre.com/event/erica-rutherford-tour/

BIG NEWS 🎨 Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works will tour four provinces starting in 2025 with a stop at the National G...
11/21/2024

BIG NEWS 🎨 Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works will tour four provinces starting in 2025 with a stop at the National Gallery of Canada.

🗓️ ERICA RUTHERFORD: HER LIVES AND WORKS TOUR DATES
• Confederation Centre Art Gallery (until January 5, 2025)
• National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON (June 13, 2025 – October 13, 2025)
• The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery in St. John’s, NL *
• Owens Art Gallery in Sackville, NB*
• Art Windsor-Essex in Windsor, ON*
• Art Gallery of Guelph in Guelph, ON*
• MSVU Art Gallery in Halifax, NS*

*dates TBA

Including over 100 pieces by the late Island artist and accompanied by memorabilia and photographs, the exhibition explores themes of the search for identity and community, persona and gender, nomadism and home, and the relationships between artistic and biographical narrative.

“Erica’s artwork has contributed immensely to the conversation about gender, with impacts on her own life and well beyond it,” says Pan Wendt, the exhibition’s curator. “The changing public understanding of gender has raised the international profile of her work, which in retrospect, looks to be focused on a courageous and often solitary mission of working through questions that are only now being raised in mainstream public discourse.”

Earlier this year, Rutherford’s work was on view at the Venice Biennale. Of the over 300 artists selected for the prestigious event, Rutherford was the only Canadian featured in the main exhibition titled Foreigners Everywhere. She is also the first Prince Edward Island artist to be presented there.

“I think she was pushed hard by her inner struggle,” says Gail Rutherford, Erica’s long-time partner. “She lived in a world where her identity was not understood and was beyond most people’s understanding. I’m sure painting it out enabled her to survive, and it’s why the works from her period of transition resonate so strongly for anyone walking the same road. It’s lovely to see Erica’s life celebrated in this show.”

The Startled Model, 1977, lithograph and serigraph on paper, 58 x 43 cm, Rutherford Family Collection

Learn more about the exhibition: https://confederationcentre.com/exhibition/erica-rutherford/

Join us at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery for our Seniors Art Activities. 🎨 Explore and discuss the diverse works ...
11/20/2024

Join us at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery for our Seniors Art Activities. 🎨 Explore and discuss the diverse works in our current exhibitions through a guided tour, followed by refreshments and a relaxed art and craft session in the Schurman Family Studio.

REGISTER TODAY!
https://confederationcentre.com/event/seniors-art-activities/

Sessions are from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided.

This session costs $10.

Our next session will be in January.

OUR NEXT FAMILY SUNDAY IS ON NOVEMBER 24—REGISTER TODAY!https://confederationcentre.com/event/family-sundays/Come and jo...
11/14/2024

OUR NEXT FAMILY SUNDAY IS ON NOVEMBER 24—REGISTER TODAY!

https://confederationcentre.com/event/family-sundays/

Come and join us at Confederation Centre Art Gallery for an hour of FREE art and craft activities for the whole family. Explore our current exhibitions at a leisurely pace and create fun and simple crafts to take home. All materials will be provided.

To receive more information about this event please email Andreas Fobes: [email protected]

Curated by Nova Scotia artist Brandt Eisner, This Seems Personal is the next installment of the RBC Emerging Artist Seri...
11/14/2024

Curated by Nova Scotia artist Brandt Eisner, This Seems Personal is the next installment of the RBC Emerging Artist Series and opens Saturday, December 14 at Confederation Centre Art Gallery.

Learn more about the exhibition: https://confederationcentre.com/exhibition/this-seems-personal/

Featuring the work of seven Nova Scotia artists, each piece of is a testament to the ways in which personal struggles and triumphs are shaped by and—in turn—shape the world around us. From intimate reflections on identity and belonging to poignant examinations of systemic injustices, the artworks on display serve as both mirrors and windows, reflecting our own experiences back to us while also offering glimpses into the lives of others.

Brandt Eisner has been a fixture in the Nova Scotian art scene for 30 years, organizing group shows as a teen before showcasing N.S. artists and making art as an adult. He graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and has worked in multiple galleries and curated for others around Nova Scotia. He lives in Truro, N.S. and is focusing on his art practice while occasionally curating shows for galleries.

Miya Turnbull
"Mask #2 (Video Still)"
2021
16" x 20"
Courtesy of the artist
Photo Credit: Miya Turnbull

All Confederation Centre of the Arts properties will be closed Monday, November 11, 2024 for Remembrance Day. We thank o...
11/08/2024

All Confederation Centre of the Arts properties will be closed Monday, November 11, 2024 for Remembrance Day. We thank our veterans for their courage, sacrifice, and service.

Color, creativity, and imagination? Oh my! 🎨 Young artists, it's time to create and get messy!In this eight-week class f...
11/05/2024

Color, creativity, and imagination? Oh my! 🎨 Young artists, it's time to create and get messy!

In this eight-week class for young artists, students explore the elements of art through a series of drawing, painting, and sculpting activities. Through fun exercises and lessons, students will develop their visual literacy and technical abilities.

Activities will be supplemented by gallery visits where students will explore a range of contemporary and historical artworks.

REGISTER TODAY ➡️ https://confederationcentre.com/event/exploring-visual-arts-i-2024/

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