WAG Upcoming Exhibitions

Winter 2020 Exhibitions

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 15, 2pm – 4pm

Dance Me to the End of Love

Malaya Akulukjuk, Canadian, 1915-1995. Untitled (Dancing), c.1973. Felt pen on paper. 20.2 x 25 cm. Gift of Eileen Senior and James and Mary Moorhead. Photo credit: Robert McNair.

Exhibition Run: February 15, 2020 – January 23, 2021
Guest Curator: Linda Jansma
Curator Walk and Talk: Saturday, February 15, 3pm

Humming Leonard Cohen's song Dance Me to the End of Love, esteemed curator Linda Jansma has mined the WAG's collection to mount an exhibition that traces the mysteries of life through the search for beauty, love, longing and loss.

Dance Me to the End of Love Brochure

Given Her Due: Oxford County Women Artists 1880-1980

Eva Bradshaw, Canadian. Untitled (Still Life, Flowers in a Vase). Oil on board. 38.5 x 42.5 cm. Purchased with the assistance of the Art Acquisition Fund, City of Woodstock. Photo credit: Robert McNair.

Exhibition Run: February 15, 2020 – June 27, 2020
Curators: Carolyn Hickey and Mary Reid
Guest Researcher: Julia de Kwant

This exhibition explores the work of the often overlooked women artists in this region from 1880 to 1980.  

Plates of Printers

Antje Laidler Glyph II, No. 6. Etching on paper & zinc plate, 1997, Woodstock Art Gallery Permanent Collection. Photo credit: Connor MacKinnon.

Exhibition Run: February 15 – March 28, 2020
Curator: Connor MacKinnon

Featuring recent acquisitions to the Woodstock Art Gallery permanent collection as well as the work of local printmakers, Plates of Printers presents original printing plates alongside their corresponding prints. The intention of this exhibition is to provide education about printmaking by revealing the 'before' and 'after' and the translation from physical to impression.