Xchanges is excited to announce that our Public Exhibitions Program (September 2026 to June 2027) is now open for submissions. The deadline for submissions is has been extended until March 12, 2026. Xchanges may extend this deadline at its discretion. Decisions regarding submissions will be made by early April 2026. For information about the exhibition... Continue Reading →
January 9-25, 2026 Using the alchemy of watercolour, pencil and ink, Pina invites us into the invisible dimensions within the world of trees, where forces flow between them to warn, protect, and nurture. Beneath the surface lies a hidden reality, layered and complex, where science and wonder meet. Whether born of biology or something like... Continue Reading →
XCHANGES MEMBERS' ANNUAL EXHIBITION & OPEN HOUSE Opening Friday December 5th, 7pmOpen House: Saturday December 6th, 11am-4pm Join the members of Xchanges for their much anticipated and loved Annual Members' Exhibition and Open House/Studio Tours! Once again, we will open our doors and welcome you to browse, buy, taste, and listen to our multitude of diverse offerings.We... 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 →
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 →
Canadaโs celebration of arts, culture, and heritage. Don't miss these Xchanges events and more! This year, the national Culture Days celebration takes place from September 19th - October 12th, 2025. Thousands of free events are presented in hundreds of communities across Canada, welcoming millions of participants to create, share, and celebrate a life enriched by arts... Continue Reading →
In Encrypted Identities, Decoded Histories, Heidi Bergstrom and Adryan Bergstrom-Borins express the story of their Icelandic and Metis heritage, which for many in their family, has only been myth and legend. The artists wrestle with aspects of their settler and Metis histories to debunk myths that are common in Canadian society and their own family, and... 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 →
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 →
