WAG Current Exhibitions
Life on the Back of a Turtle
Woodlands and Plains Indigenous Art
Daphne Odjig (Potawatomi and Odawa, 1919 – 2016) An Eternal Vision, c. 1985 Acrylic on Canvas.
Promised Gift of the ABLL Collection.
Exhibition Run: February 16, 2019 – January 25, 2020
Opening Reception: February 16, 2019 at 2 pm.
Curated by Maxine Noel, C.M.
Curator Walk and Talk: Friday, June 21, 2019, 10 am and 12:30 pm. In Honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day.
In the histories of the Anishinaabe peoples, Turtle Island began as a piece of earth placed on the back of a turtle. The soil began to grow, creating the Place of the Great Turtle’s Back. A large private collection representing the past fifty years of artwork created on Turtle Island will be exhibited together for the first time. The exhibition features the artwork of over forty artists including: Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, and Carl Beam.
Life on the Back of a Turtle Brochure
Art Beat: The Ripple Effect
Exhibition Run: May 4, 2019 to June 22, 2019
Opening Reception: Wednesday May 29, 2019 at 5 pm.
Art Beat: The Ripple Effect is a hands-on, process-oriented mentorship program and exhibition, offered in partnership with Oxford County School Boards.
ART BEAT junior – Mrs. Kaliy Patterson and her grade 3 students at Algonquin Public School with Burford artist, Kristine MacGregor.
ART BEAT senior- Mr. Martin Tshibwabwa and his grade 12 photography students at École Secondaire Catholique Notre-Dame with Ingersoll professional photographer, Trish Roberts.
Picturing Arctic Modernity: North Baffin Drawings from 1964
Exhibition Run: February 16, 2019 - June 30, 2019
Opening Reception: February 16, 2019 at 2 pm
Curated by: Dr. Norman Vorano
Queen's National Scholar and Curator of Indigenous Art at Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Through 50 original drawings — created in 1964 by Inuit men and women of North Baffin Island — this exhibition explores a transformative era for the people of Canada’s Eastern Arctic. The drawings offer rare first-person perspectives on daily life, history and memory during a time when Inuit communities were transitioning from traditional nomadic hunting camps to permanent settlements.
The Loved Object: Recent Acquisitions
Samuel Philips (British), after William Hogarth (British) 1697-1764. Taste in High Life (detail). 1808. Engraving on paper. 21 x 28 cm. Gift of Karen Mulhallen.
Exhibition Run: Saturday November 10, 2018 to September, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday November 10, 2018 at 2 pm
Curated by: Adam Whitford, WAG Curatorial/ Collections Intern.
A loved object is any item that is the cause or subject of passion. Everyday objects, including artworks, are often the recipients of our emotional investments. The artworks featured in The Loved Object were acquired by the Woodstock Art Gallery in the last six years and have been the subject of the passions of their owners and creators, past and present.
