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Exterior view of KWAG at Centre In The Square with Terre Chartrand's Asibikaashi on view on an exterior wall to the right
Director's Message: Fall 2021
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“Art has a long story to tell…it is an incredibly effective delivery system and tool for change. It gives us an opportunity to have a voice.” - Rashid Johnson 

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A detail of a digital artwork combining images of hands against a black brick wall scrawled with white line drawings
KWAG Youth Council unveils new mural in downtown Kitchener
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Last month, the KWAG Youth Council wrapped up a year unlike any other with the installation of a collaborative digital mural that is now on view outside Kitchener City Hall. A

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Aerial photo of a large digital banner of a red spider spinning a web, installed on a large brick wall of Centre In The Square
Terre Chartrand's Asibikaashi (Spider Woman)
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Earlier this summer, we shared our first images of our newest outdoor art installation on social media. The reactions followed fast."Trigger warning: spiders," replied one person

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Photo of Allan Bush, an older man in a dark suit and glasses, standing alongside signage recognizing Free Admission Sponsor CIBC Wood Gundy - Allan Bush Investment Team
In Conversation with Free Admission Sponsor Allan Bush
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Earlier this year, we welcomed perennial KWAG supporter Allan Bush as our newest Free Admission sponsor. The support of CIBC Wood Gundy- Allan Bush Investment Team ensures

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Photo of Yexin Tan
Meet our New Visitor Services & Volunteer Coordinator: Yexin Tan
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We are delighted to welcome Yexin Tan to the KWAG team as our new Visitor Services & Volunteer Coordinator.

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Installation view of Deanna Bowen's Black Drones in the Hive, showing a pair of shackles displayed on a white plinth in front of a wall filled with framed archival images
Director's Message: Winter 2021
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the heart of a community As an artist and audience-centered institution, we, at KWAG, begin the new year with a continued commitment to our community. By embracing art as a

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Adad Hannah photo of a restaging of Picasso's Guernica using wood and cardboard cut-outs, arranged in a lush green backyard space
Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection
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Like many art museums, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery cares for a Permanent Collection of artworks that has been gathering and growing since our first acquisitions in 1957.

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Instalation view of Deanna Bowen: Black Drones in the Hive
Director's Message: Fall 2020
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It has been over six months since the Gallery closed in mid-March due to COVID-19, and over three months since we reopened in mid-June. During this challenging time, art museums

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Screenshot of a Zoom conversation between Dylan Robinson, Candice Hopkins and Crystal Mowry
Soundings Curators Talk now online
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At at time when COVID-19 prevented our usual public gatherings, KWAG hosted its first virtual Curators Talk on Wednesday 24 June to introduce the curators and ideas behind 

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Shuvinai Ashoona's Composition (Clock) is a coloured pencil drawing featuring a large circular form split between black upper and white lower sections marked with Inukitut syllabics and Arabic numerals, surrounded by soft coloured drawings of the sea goddess Sedna and other figures
Shuvinai Ashoona goes to Berlin
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While few among us can imagine any hint of international travel in this unusual summer, one work of art in our Permanent Collection has gone abroad for a special journey to the

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