WAG Current Exhibitions
Together Apart | Under One Roof: Aganetha Dyck, Reva Stone, Diana Thorneycroft
Exhibition Run: Nov. 1, 2025 – March 7, 2026
Fall Open House: Nov. 1, 1 – 3 p.m.
Curators: Denise Lawson and Angela Somerset
This exhibition celebrates the distinct practices and the enduring friendship of Winnipeg-based artists Aganetha Dyck (1937 – 2025), Reva Stone and Diana Thorneycroft, who were studio partners in Winnipeg for almost 30 years. Central themes of the show include feminist art practice, the creative power of relationships, and the interplay between human and non-human.
Originally presented at Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox, BC. Circulated by DST Studio, Winnipeg, MB, with the assistance of Comox Valley Art Gallery and Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI and the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Detail. Installation view, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, 2025. Photo credit: Justin Jarvis
Jaquie Poole: Present in the Moment
Reception with the Artist: Oct. 25, 1 – 3 p.m.
Curator: Danielle Hoevenaars
Present in the Moment is a retrospective exhibition of work by Jaquie Poole, a Woodstock-based artist with a long career working in sound art, photography, painting, mixed media, drawing, collage and assemblage. In her practice, she has been consistently inspired by themes of nature and water. Poole has worked at WAG as an art educator and guest curator and has exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the region. Poole studied at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD U). Her work can be found in collections across Canada, including the WAG's Permanent Collection. This exhibition was curated in connection with an exhibition of the same name presenting work by Poole’s mother Betty McArthur, mounted at the WAG from September 14, 2025 – July 5, 2025.
Photo Credit: Joseph Hartman
Lyn Carter: The Pinks
Exhibition Run: July 26, 2025 – Jan. 24, 2026
Opening with the Artist: July 26, 2 – 5 p.m.
Fall Open House: Nov. 1, 1 – 3 p.m.
Presented as six digital screens with looped animations, The Pinks reflect aspects of ourselves and our bodily existence in the world. The individual animated antics of each Pink elicits an empathetic connection with the human being standing before them. They are fluid in their identity, encouraging slippage between supposedly opposite realms: male/female, human/animal, digital/physical.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council of the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.
Photo Credit: Joseph Hartman
Shelley Niro: Borders
Exhibition Run: Sept. 20, 2025 – Jan. 24, 2026
The Woodstock Art Gallery is fundraising to support the purchase of Borders, an extraordinary set of photographs by artist Shelley Niro, for the permanent collection in honour of the City of Woodstock's 125th anniversary in 2026. The works will be on display in the lobby.
Shelley Niro is a member of the Turtle Clan, Bay of Quinte Mohawk Six Nations Grand River Reserve and currently lives in Brantford, Ontario. Niro was the first recipient of the Aboriginal Arts Award from the Ontario Arts Council (2012). She has received the Governor General’s Award for The Arts and The Scotiabank Photography Award. She is an honorary elder in the Indigenous Curatorial Collective.
Shelley Niro (Member of the Turtle Clan, Bay of Quinte Mohawk Six Nations Grand River Reserve, b.1954), Borders (Unity, Boundless, Borders and Treaties), 2008, Archival pigment prints, Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery
Oxford County Archives: Celebration, 175+ years
Exhibition Run: July 12, 2025 – March 7, 2026
The year 2025 represents a significant chapter in Oxford County’s history, celebrating its 175th anniversary since incorporation and its 50th anniversary since restructuring. This exhibit, explores the history of some of the County’s iconic administrative buildings, including the Court Houses, Jail, Registry Offices, and House of Refuge and highlights some of the architectural drawings, photographs, and artwork maintained by the Oxford County Archives.
Photo Credit: Joseph Hartman
Aidan Urquhart: Taking a Walk
Exhibition Run: Aug. 12, 2025 – Jan. 24, 2026
Fall Open House: Nov. 1, 1 – 3 p.m.
Taking a Walk combines three bodies of work, spanning a quarter of a century, into a reflection on the artist’s past, present, and future. The works from the series Mind Journey (2021), a colourful mix of collage and acrylic paint, are part of the Woodstock Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection. The second series of intriguingly painted expressions from Gourd Man (1998), are from the artist’s personal collection.
Inspired by the unique shape of the window vitrines, Urquhart uses elements of installation, built within the space to connect the two series, divided by time.
Aidan Urquhart, (Canadian, b. 1968), Mind Journey #15, 2021, acrylic paint, collage, assemblage on wood, Gift of the artist, Woodstock Art Gallery Permanent Collection
