Opening May 1 2026, 7pm โ 9pm Show Runs Saturday/Sundays : May 2-17, 2026 In Open Planes, Heather Kai Smith examines the imagery of touch and interpersonal exchange. Working through drawing, painting and installation, Smith explores how bodies meet and negotiate one another across surfaces. Contact between subjects, and the ambiguity of their connectedness becomes both... Continue Reading →
Hands-on Holbein, Legion Paper, and General Pencil Acrylic Family Workshops August 10, 2025The Acrylic Family Workshop: 10:00-12:00 The Water Media Workshop: 1:00-3:00 Xchanges is happy to partner with Danielle Caners, Brand Ambassador for Holbein and Legion Paper to bring 2 FREE workshops to Xchanges on August 10th starting at 10am. These two family-friendly workshops will... Continue Reading →
Eco Illuminescence: A Sensory CrossingUPDATE June 21, 2025Ann will be having an improvised finale performance. This will take place on Sunday June 22, starting around 3:00 pm (soft-start). Ann brings the sunshine with her multimedia-multisensory immersive experience, where traditional sumi-e paintings, sculptural lanterns, upcycled objects, and fabric forms converge with the artist's improvised actions. Through... Continue Reading →
"Every Day Lives of Lesbian Wives"Queer Island Festival of the Arts, Passages Gallery at Xchanges June 1 to June 30, 2025 Xchanges is thrilled to partner with Queer Island and so many other galleries in the month of June to present Queer Island Festival of the Arts. We squeezed Peter MacBeth and Darcy Gould into... Continue Reading →
Seeing Time Pop Up: Friday April 25, 6-8 pm Opening A photograph is more than a static image. It is a slice of life, pulled from the stream of time, held still for us to study and reflect upon. When we consider the element of time within a photograph, when we look beyond the surface... Continue Reading →
Rising Water and Migration April 4 to 20, 2025 Spring is in the air with Michaud's colourful imagery draws inspiration from the natural world around us with the aim of provoking a dialogue on environmental issues. These artworks form an allegorical representation where animals act as metaphors and elements come together in vibrant colors to... Continue Reading →
"Room at theTop" January 4th โ January 19th, 2025 We are pleased to welcome back to Xchanges, Amber Lomax to usher in the new year. Her vivid colour pallet and strong lines will grace our walls. In Room at the Top Lomax uses dream imagery to explore the archetype of the witch and its associations... Continue Reading →
"Xplorations: fARTing Around" December 7th โ December 15th, 2024 How often has someone asked what you do in your studio, and youโve saidโฆ โOh, I just fart aroundโ? Well, in that spirit, we are pleased to welcome you all to submit works to this yearโs membersโ show โXplorations: fARTing around.โ We batted around many ideas... Continue Reading →
"Field Notes: Impressions from the Pacific" November 9th โ November 24th, 2024 Our third exhibition of the new season takes us on a mission of science and discovery with Field Notes; Impressions from the Pacific, opening on Friday, November 8th, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 pm. Evoking the idea of a scientific journey as seen through the... Continue Reading →
