Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 2025 from 7-9pm.Show run: November 8-23.PLEASE NOTE TIME DIFFERENCE:Saturday 11-4, Sundays 12-5 Artist Talk Sunday November 16 at 2pm The exhibition Death and Resurrection examines events around the Crucifixion, a frequent subject in art history. The exhibition involves 4 interactive pillar paintings and 2 related ink drawing series. The viewer,... Continue Reading →
Xchanges is continuing to celebrate Culture Days with lots of activities including an Open Studio Day this weekend! Now you can see behind the normally closed doors and meet the artists who are creating at Xchanges. Check out Ella Chay's solo exhibition while you are here. Studios will be open from 1pm-3pm. The exhibition is... Continue Reading →
Xchanges still has one small studio for rent in a shared space with some amazing artists. 7C is only $250, and is a good entry level studio for someone who needs a quiet space to work without a huge financial commitment. It is a great opportunity to try out Xchanges, having all the benefits of being in the community and puts... Continue Reading →
Opening Friday, October 3, 2025 7-9pmShow run, Oct 4-19, 11-4pmArtist Talk, Sunday, October 5th, 1pm Xchanges Gallery is excited to present Ella Chay, I saw You in a Dream. Working with materials like acrylic paint and paper mache clay, Chay creates images that feel both familiar and strange. The pieces blend time periods, places and... Continue Reading →
Dates: Saturday/Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025Time: 10am-4pm each day Xchanges is excited to announce a new Fall Atelier - Textile Cyanotype & Mixed Media. Join Heidi Bergstrom from Xchanges Gallery and Kate Seymour of Crossgrain Photography Society for this fun and experimental Atelier featuring cyanotype on fabric and mixed media. This is another Atelier... Continue Reading →
With arts space steadily being lost to redevelopment and commercial rents rising far faster than public funding, many organizations are struggling to find stable and affordable places to work. The Victoria Sustainable Arts Coalition (VSAC) has a unique opportunity to secure a shared home in the heart of downtown that will help solve some of... Continue Reading →
Please join us for Breanna Sprecker's artist talk on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 1:00pm at the gallery and online. Blood Memory (there is a place in the body where no blood flows) is a collection of work exploring themes of complex grief and intergenerational trauma. It weaves together family narratives, visual metaphors, and distinct cultural... Continue Reading →
Opening Friday September 5 at 7:00 pmShow runs September 6-21, 11-4 pm Xchanges is excited to present the first exhibition of the 2025-26 season featuring Breanna Sprecker's multimedia work in Blood Memory. Spreckers’ body of work in this exhibition explores themes of complex grief and intergenerational trauma. It weaves together family narratives, visual metaphors, and... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone,This is another note to let you know that we have done some reconfiguring of Studio 7 to bring the price down a little. Hopefully this will help with affordability. Studio 7 is a larger space with three divided studios. It has excellent natural light and is on the balcony level, overlooking the city. If you are... Continue Reading →
We have had a dream taking root for a long time, starting when we successfully completed a feasibility study conducted by Scale Collaborative in 2021, with funding from the City of Victoria and Heritage Canada. At that time Xchanges saw itself as it alway had, renting/leasing and being powerless to mitigate the impacts of uncontrollable... Continue Reading →
