Exhibitions and Events for the week of 1 December - 7 December
Learn more about art on view at the Gallery this week and anytime by viewing our Current Exhibitions.
Monday 1 December
Gallery is closed but always open online. Stay connected and scroll through our social media feeds.
Tuesday 2 December
The Gallery is open today from 9:30am – 5:00pm
Wednesday 3 December
The Gallery is open today from 9:30am – 5:00pm
Thursday 4 December
Late View: The Gallery is open today from 9:30am – 9:00pm
Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We’re At, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
KWAG is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six videos that forefront the experiences of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis.
Following the films, stay for an open, community-centered discussion and collaborative artmaking activity. Together over refreshments, we will weave our reflections, emotions, and responses into a collective paper weaving, inspired by the legacy of the AIDS memorial quilt.
Registration is encouraged for this event so attendees can be notified in the case of inclement weather, however the screening is free and open to the public.
Friday 5 December
Late View: The Gallery is open today from 9:30am – 8:00pm
Saturday 6 December
Late View: The Gallery is open today from 10:00am – 7:30pm
First day of Jenine Marsh: How to Fulfill a Wish
KWAG is thrilled to present this showcase of our newest acquisition – a series of three sculptures by Jenine Marsh collectively titled How to Fulfill a Wish. As author Angel Callander writes, “these fountains ask questions about ideas of utopia and how utopianism has changed over time. As a fanciful concept of something that has never existed, utopianism is a tempting, completely elusive paradox in a global society of untold abundance, but whose foremost output seems to be misery. Utopia occupies an ineffable form of a problem where no solution is historically available.”
In this work, Marsh gives viewers an exercise in the powers of wish-fulfillment and construction, continuing her thinking through themes of exchange, social engineering, public space and sculptural intervention. As a historically public gathering place, the fountain is a device that converges on a society’s penchant for intertwined beauty and function. With its roots in basic social nourishment, and consideration the immense changes to public space over centuries, it is a particularly generative symbol for a utopic poetic. It remains unclear, though, if these fountains were ever finished. Are they covered for repair or inclement weather? Were they ever finished and turned on in the first place? Is this a ruin of a past agora, or a frustrated hope for an unrealized civic square?
Acquisition supported by the Women for Women’s Art (WWA)
Sunday 7 December
Late View: The Gallery is open today from 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Family Sunday Candle-Making, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Join us for a cozy afternoon at KWAG! Make your very own candle to take home and relax with a cup of apple cider while your creation cools. Let’s light up the season together!
Calling all art lovers, far and wide! Join us at KWAG on the first Sunday of each month for free, fun, and interactive art activities in the gallery. Enjoy the exhibitions, make unique artworks exploring your creativity, and enjoy time with family and friends. Fun for all ages, recommended 5+.
KWAG Family Sunday is generously sponsored by Equitable Life of Canada
