WAG Current Exhibitions
Natural Connections: Student Photography Exhibition
Exhibition Run: April 22 – June 21, 2025
Student Open House: Wednesday June 18th, 5 – 7 pm
Natural Connections: Student Photography Exhibition features young artists from the Woodstock Art Gallery’s 2025 March Break Art Camp. Rooted in the theme of nature, the camp offered students the opportunity to immerse themselves in hands-on art projects while gaining a deeper appreciation for the environment and the local parks and trails in our community. This collaborative community project was made possible through the generous support of the City of Woodstock Parks & Forestry Department and Focus on Nature.
Liv
Bright Bubbles, 2025
digital photography
Carl Beam: Selections from The Columbus Suite
Exhibition Run: April 22 – Oct. 11, 2025
Curator: Danielle Hoevenaars
Carl Beam (1943 – 2005) was a groundbreaking Ojibwe artist from Manitoulin Island. A residential school survivor, Beam was also a prominent advocate for Indigenous rights. His work, The North American Iceberg, 1985, was the first piece by an artist from a First Nations community to be purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as contemporary art.
The Columbus Suite is a series of 12-large etching on paper, which Beam described as intellectual puzzles, or interesting little games. Each piece is a collage of imagery from Indigenous and Western Colonial histories layered with horizontal lines, numbers, letters, formulas, faint scribbles, paint blotches and text. Three printers’ proofs from the Woodstock Art Gallery’s collection are on display.
Carl Beam (M’Chigeeng First Nation)
(West Bay) of Manitoulin Island, Canadian, 1943 – 2005)
Columbus Suite, “How to Ride a Horse Properly” A Demonstration by Frank Cushing, Anthropologist, 1990
S/P Etching
115.57 cm x 76.20 cm
Gift of Marion Oxley
Woodstock Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Gathering Fictions: A Dialogue on Painting
Exhibition Run: Feb. 15, 2025 – Jun. 21, 2025
Learn more during our Open House!
Janet Jones and Michel Daigneault are contemporary painters who challenge our understanding of abstraction. Aware of historical definitions, they see abstraction as transcending movements to convey broader meaning. Both use techniques like layering, patterning, and collage to create narratives from diverse sources, but their works differ greatly in scale, imagery, and intent.
As established artists, Jones and Daigneault foster a collegial relationship, encouraging dialogue that supports diverse ideas and artistic approaches.
Organized Varley Art Gallery of Markham
Curated by Anik Glaude
Michel Daigneault
Rainbow (detail), 2021
Acrylic on canvas
147 cm x 137 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Janet Jones
Who’s Watching Who, 2022
acrylic gouache and oil on printed canvas
45.7 cm x 45.7 cm x 10.2 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Patrick Mikhail Gallery
Betty McArthur: Present in the Moment
Highlighting works from the Woodstock Art Gallery’s permanent collection along with pieces borrowed from private collections, this exhibition illustrates the artistic career of Woodstock Artist Betty McArthur (1923 – 1994).
Betty McArthur (1923 – 1994)
Four Geese with Heads Up (detail), 1987
oil on board, 90.90 x 121.90 cm
Purchased from Betty McArthur with Art Gallery Trust Fund, Woodstock Art Gallery Permanent Collection. Photo credit: Stephan Cam
Florence Carlyle: In the Space Between
In addition to her work as a groundbreaking female artist, Florence Carlyle had a lifelong passion for writing. This exhibition presents work that relates to the chapbook featuring Carlyle's writing with foreword and poetry by Emily De Angelis.
Florence Carlyle (1864 – 1923)
Motherhood (detail), 1910
oil on canvas
29.5 x 23.25 cm
Courtesy of Louis Gagliardi, in memory
of Marlene Gagliardi (1963 – 2006).
Photo credit: Stephan Cam
Tri-County Wood Carvers
Established in November 1983, this wood carving club was initially called the Springford Carvers, with founding members Jack and Ruth Lawrence of Springford; a small village approximately a 25-minute drive south of Woodstock. Having undergone a move to Otterville in the 1990s, the club decided to change its name to the Tri-County Carvers in 2002. Over the last two decades the members of the club have continued to be quite active, assisting with the development of the carving show in Caledonia which is now the Hamilton Wood Show.
Mike Sauka
Dragon Skull, 2010, basswood
