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 →
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 →
"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 →
UPDATE: June 26, 2025 Xchanges presently has one studio available immediately. Are you a practicing artist looking for an affordable studio space to rent and a community to inspire you? Look no further than Xchanges. Studio 7B: Available immediately. Dimensions 8'10" x 19'10" x 12'7". $425.96 per month. This studio is part of a larger... Continue Reading →
Bacchantes: The Celebrants May 3-18, 2025 Summer knocks on our doors with celebration. Volet operates between modes of perception, travelling into the collective-unconscious retrieving symbols from mythic space, returning to give form to these discoveries. His paintings construct scenarios with figures from disparate times, animals, hybrid creatures, fantastical flora, and transitory architecture. The work explores... Continue Reading →
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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 →
NEW LOCATION FOR AGM: Instead of holding the AGM at Xchanges Gallery and Studios, it will be at arc.hive. It's hard to believe it's that time of year again - the coveted Xchanges Annual General Meeting - when we get together to review the year's achievements and challenges, get a sneak peek of the year... Continue Reading →
