ARTspace Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Beatitudes: Bryan Halls
September 18 – November 16, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, September 20, 2024
Bryan Halls Beatitudes uses his signature style of black and white paintings to represent the eight blessings given by Jesus during the sermon on the mount. Bryan visualizes his bible study lessons with figures that evoke the gospel and reflect on the blessings given by Jesus Christ in the Beatitudes.
Gift of Art
November 20, 2024 – January 4, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, November 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
Celebrate another year of remarkable art-making in CK! The Gift of ART will feature hand-made work from some of CK’s most talented artists and artisans, including painting, pottery, and woodturning, with a section of art retailing under $200! Don’t miss this opportunity to check off the art lover from your holiday shopping list.
ARTspace Past 2024 Exhibitions
Cryptic Landscapes: Myles Lynch
July 17 – September 14, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, July 19, 2024
Myles Lynch’s series, Cryptic Landscapes, explores textures by using paper pulp and water to recreate landscapes from the artist’s dreams. The series studies the sublimity of being extremely small in infinite space – that sudden self-awareness we feel looking at the stars.
Mike Ondrovcik: PRIDE Window Display
July 17 – September 14, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, July 19, 2024
This years PRIDE window display by Ondrovcik displays a number of flying “kites” painted to represent some (but not all) of the sexualities and genders identified today. Included in this installation is a display board identifying all the kites and what their colours represent.
Eye, Sea, You: Maxwell Johnson
January 10 – March 9, 2024
Opening Reception: January 26, 2024 during Winter ARTcrawl
Maxwell Johnson brings together a series of paintings that show the development and discovery of his unique artistic style. With a heavy use of black paint contrasted by vibrant colours, Maxwell expresses the internal experience of personal struggles with mental health, financial instability and conforming to societal standards.
The Fabrication of Stars and of Family: Elizabeth Downey
March 13 – May 11, 2024
Opening Reception: March 15, 2024
Downey is always working with how people connect. These works span time and space through the inclusion of quilting squares salvaged from a dusty box in an attic, from the 1930’s. Each square is unique and no pattern has been repeated, yet they are all part of what was intended to be a comforting quilt. Just like a family is stitched together through the inclusion and exclusion of people, the fact that this never did become a quilt reminds the viewer that blood cannot be the only thing that ties us together; there is sweat, there are tears, and there is hope that what is to come will be better than what has been.
Wanderings: Scott Taylor
Mary 15 – July 13, 2024
Opening Reception: May 17, 2024
Scott Taylor’s “Wanderings” looks at familiar regional scenery through an atmospheric lens of black and white photography, reflecting the contrast between stillness and motion as the artist journeys in search of images that capture solitary moments of quiet contemplation.