Bio: After retiring from the RCMP as Staff Sergeant in Grand Forks, Bert got a job as Administrative Assistant at Perley School.  Besides a multitude of tasks with his official job, Bert enjoyed interacting with students in many ways that …

Three artists – Dennis Evans, Susan Crack and Richard Crack – have been dedicated to working creatively for over fifty years. They met as students in the mid-1960’s went their separate ways professionally after graduation. Now, as they direct their …

Darlene Dautel grew up in Grand Forks, moved away as many do and has moved back to pursue her artistic practice. A multi-disciplinary artist. Darlene’s whimsical series – When I Grow Up challenged her to explore a different medium every …

Based on a 2007 photographic series taken in Southridge BC, a subdivision on the outskirts of Kelowna that was built on the site of the 2003 Okanagan Mountain fires, The Wildfire that Begat Suburbia examines the relationship between natural disasters, …

The Space Between is an exploration of the social networks formed from the relationships among fictional characters in a novel. Dialogue from a novel is organized according to character and the flow of conversation is tracked by directional lines. Using …

Lou Lynn’s work is an exploration of the archaeology of daily life, through form and material. She creates contemporary objects that have an implied reference to once-familiar tools, utensils and functional objects, but that leave the question of purpose hanging …

An Exhibition of 12 Artist Books from the text of 12 Writers Print(ed) Word began January 2017 with the selection of 12 artists and 12 writers. Once paired, artist-duos worked together intimately and regularly, remotely, or with very little consultation. …

Glenn Clark has been a hockey player all his life, and he has worked in the museum industry for the past 30 years. The kinetic, interactive works in Wackem Sackem question the rules of the gallery and invite viewers to …

Words/text have been the primary form/content of Don Mabie’s drawings since 1969. This new body of work seeks to extend and amplify his standard approach to drawing, exploring “non-objective” (wordless) drawings. Drawings in this series have had the words buried; …

For Naksup Narratives, Wendy Toogood has created 40 new fabric constructions documenting her day to day activities. Initially structured around quickly made line drawings depicting a specific activity or theme, the pieces are then meticulously collaged and embellished with hand …

In the Richard & Beverley Reid Gallery, Uncultivated Ground: Paintings from a Common Edge features three Powell River painters who find commonality in their use of landscape as a starting point. Their paintings depict a direct response to the “end …

In the Richard & Beverley Reid Gallery, Uncultivated Ground: Paintings from a Common Edge features three Powell River painters who find commonality in their use of landscape as a starting point. Their paintings depict a direct response to the “end of the …

In the Richard & Beverley Reid Gallery, Uncultivated Ground: Paintings from a Common Edge features three Powell River painters who find commonality in their use of landscape as a starting point. Their paintings depict a direct response to the “end of the …

In the Ted Fogg Gallery, Korean Dreams by Montreal born photographer Nathalie Daoust offers a complex series of photographs that probe the unsettling vacuity of North Korea. Taken in North Korea over two trips in 2012, these images reveal a …

In the West Gallery, Inner Rainforest by Kaslo artist Shelley Ross presents abstracted watercolour paintings of the West Kootenay temperate rainforest. Drawing inspiration from forests located in the Kaslo and North Kootenay Lake area, including the Fenger Forest (north of …

This collection from the Penticton Art Gallery of painter and printmaker Judith Foster’s monumental body of work The Consul was produced in the late 1950’s and inspired by Gian Carlo Menotti’s award winning opera of the same name. The opera …

The Guild was formed in 1999 when 16 ladies met at the Grand Forks Library to discuss the need for a Guild for inexperienced to intermediate quilters. We decided to name our guild The Sunshine Quilters of Grand Forks, B. …

Imbibe: Vessels of Illumination is a celebratory installation of 108 ceramic drinking vessels, hand-made throughout one year of historical research and studio exploration, and completed with one traditional wood-kiln firing. The numeral 108 is significant in many sacred traditions. Each …

Since initial graduation (BFA, MA University of Idaho) the ‘reluctant nomad’, Tiki Mulvihill, continually alternated between rural and urban communities throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Constant transience activated her art-making strategies requiring commitment, ingenuity and a strong dose of self-motivation …

Last winter I became one of the many short-term inhabitants of Nunavut. The landscapes were unexpectedly and inspiringly beautiful. I found the complexities of northern life, the cold, and the utilitarian buildings very intriguing. I began a series of paintings …

If you are interested in submitting your artwork please fill out the Registration Form provided: Registration Form, follow the instructions, your artwork must be in by April 11-13, closed Good Friday the 14th, open Saturday the 15th. Thank You The …

When I started to plan this exhibition over two years ago, I could not have imagined the relevance this exhibition of artworks by 19 contemporary Syrian artists would have had to our community today. Back then Syria for many was …

ARTIST STATEMENT BY DEBRA RUSHFELDT This exhibition of drawings explores the subject of being grounded.  I explore, by examining the ground of ordinary objects, that which allows us to move outside the ordinary.  I focus on visualizing weight, repetition and …

 Jason Baerg Artist Statement: Ohcistikosiwak is a suite of works created for the developing Oskâyi Askîy series. Oskâyi Askîy, which means The New World in Cree, explores themes of human survivance, engaged by Anishinaabe cultural theorist Gerald Vizenor as he …

“We come from backgrounds that span many territories, both Indigenous and European. This mixing has an innate yet perhaps unquantifiable impact on the work we do. Mixed berries, mixed medicine, mixed paint, process and practice.” -Bracken Hanuse Corlett and Amanda …

The invitation to do this exhibition, coming, as it did, while I was contemplating retiring from wood turning endeavours (at age seventy-seven), allows me to welcome you to my final exhibition hoping that you will be as enamored by the …

Allow yourself to tiptoe though ‘nature’, from forests and meadows, to gardens large and small.  Don’t step on the tiny wildflowers.  Take a moment in contemplation and awe of vistas large and little.  Sneak up on bighorn sheep, deer, marmots, …

My approach to art is largely emotional rather than intellectual, intuitive rather than conceptual, personal rather than social. This approach, as well as the visual references to impressionism, may not be fashionable. I do not normally delve into oppression, war, …

Seventeenth BC Arts & Culture Week April 15- April 30, 2016 Spring is here and so is the BC Arts & Culture Week sponsored by the Boundary District Arts Council and gallery 2. We are proud to host the 17th …

In 2013 I wrote Local(i)ty as an account of the current cultural production of three artists, who live in centres outside the mainstream cities of Canada. The original essay aimed to articulate the differences of small versus large centres within …

Gallery 2 will be hosting an exhibition of works from the long career of Japanese Canadian artist Noboru Sawai. Sawai has devoted his printmaking practice to making sensuous, erotic art since the 1970s. Sawai obtained a BFA and an MFA …

Gallery 2 is pleased to be presenting a new travelling exhibit from The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NNMCC), A Call for Justice – Fighting for Japanese Canadian Redress (1977-1988) inspired by the 25th Anniversary of the signing of …

The walls of the Richard and Beverley Reid gallery are adorned with amazing artwork from the Gallery 2 Art Rental/Sales Program, Artists from the Boundary as well as throughout BC are being showcased. What an amazing exhibit, with more than116 pieces …

Underwritten contemplates the language of earth’s beauty. As earthlings we humans have things upside down. When we think of the sacred we look up. Earth underwrites flesh and a more-than-human-dream we share with a cloud and the archetypal worm (earthworm, …

I am a self-taught artist and have been painting for 8 years. My exploration has taken me deep into the spiritual aspect of Mandalas as well as the complexities of op-art and geometric art. There is something inherently satisfying and …

Jordan Bennett is a multi-disciplinary visual artist of Mi’kmaq heritage from Stephenville Crossing Newfoundland.  Jordan has shown extensively in Canada and abroad, in venues such as The Museum of Art and Design, NYC, NY; Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa …

At art school, Richard Reid began his work primarily as a printmaker exploring the various qualities of intaglio printing, (etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint, etc).  With the prints, the essence of his work had clear ‘painterly’ attributes.  After art school, he …

Using everyday objects and materials to create sculpture, textiles and performance, my artistic practice investigates ​relationships between individuals and collectives, self and other, inward and outward spaces. Drawing on strategies found in both art and design, my work hovers between …

Zshu-Zshu Mark has had many exhibits in Canada and internationally with works in various private and public collections throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, USA and Canada. She is a graduate of the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Langara College …

More than 36 pieces of Canadian artwork have been donated toward Rembrandt’s Attic V. This Gallery 2 art raffle fundraiser is a great way to acquire an original piece of artwork for your personal collection while supporting Canadian artists and …

Everything he produced grew out of his experience, and he painted himself into it all. Lismer to J.M. MacCallum, 21 July 1917, private collection.   It has been almost 100 years since Tom Thomson’s death. During that time he has …

Gallery 2 Art & Heritage Centre: The theme for Heritage Week 2015 in British Columbia is Main Street: At The Heart of the Community. The week kicks off with the national Heritage Day designated by Heritage Canada The National Trust. …

Robert Keziere is one of Vancouver’s lesser known photographers. While his may not be a household name you may have seen his work documenting the social and cultural growth of Vancouver since the 1970’s in his role as chief photographer …

Jack Shadbolt (1909 – 1998) is one of Canada’s most important artists. He is known for his paintings and murals that draw from his personal experiences and from the social and political conflicts that have taken place in British Columbia …

In her obituary of Featherston in the Globe and Mail Sandra Martin wrote, “ Politically engaged – enraged might be more accurate – artist Bill Featherston didn’t believe in subliminal messages. William Lorne Featherston, who was born in Toronto in …

Call and Response: Selected works from A Piece of the Pie & Blunt Force Illumination. Brent Bukowski works with found objects— primarily metal and glass. His compositions are inspired by the observation of global patterns from the perspective of a simple …

ARTIST BIO It all started when my mum read my kindergarten report card to me at the age of 5. ” Brian shows a strong interest in art.” – is what the teacher wrote. So this is what i am, …

I have lived in the Boundary region of British Columbia for the past 34 years, nineteen in Midway and now the past fifteen in Grand Forks. Pottery and bent willow furniture were the beginnings of my artistic journey, but now I primarily enjoy …

Artist Statement The dance of MURMURATION manifests celestial breath, and it is the breath that leads us to places. Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of birds spontaneously come together in flight creating an ephemeral form that soon breathes into another …

Photographer’s Statement: This show is a photographic mural of landscapes and architecture. It is more than a collection of photographs; it is a series of stories. In addition to the pictorial content, I have provided a few snippets of text …

Artist Statement: Environmental scientists, like Forman and Moore (1992) have been studying boundaries in landscapes for many years. “Boundaries are often the most conspicuous features on land, yet our understanding of boundaries depends largely on how we perceive land. Does …

Westbridge resident Heather Hollingsworth describes herself as a mostly self-taught artist. She participated in the Graphic Design and Communications Program at Fraser Valley College in Abbotsford in 1983 as well as attending an Aerial Perspective Workshop with Jerry Markham in …

Prester John is the threatening anti-hero ‘other’ in the boys’ adventure novel, Prester John, written by the English author, John Buchan, in 1910. I read the book when I was about twelve years old. Until the mid 1970s I did …

This installation by Peter Morin is based on the Tahlatan story on what the world was like before the coming of light when mountain goats lived in valleys and fish roamed the land. This exhibition will be a continuation of …

In my art journey at the present time I enjoy working on the development and expression of my art using conté pastels that blend colours beautifully like a painting as I focus on drawing my detailed landscapes. My Art Journey: …

Sixteenth BC Arts & Culture Week April 21- May 2, 2015 Spring is here and so is the BC Arts & Culture Week sponsored by the Boundary District Arts Council and gallery 2. We are proud to host the 16th …

The pine needles have been vacuumed from the rug, the decorations lovingly repacked for another year and egg nog and fruitcake have disappeared from the grocery store shelves, but we all hope that the toys our children received from Santa …

Intersections; a place where encounters happen and discoveries are made. Despite the diversity of imagery, subject matter, methodology and technique used by the artists of the Full Circle Art Collective, a remarkable cross-over of shared themes and iconographies is made …

This exhibition by photographer Sandra Semchuk and the late, writer/performer, James Nicholas is in collaboration with Tahlatan installation and performance artist Peter Morin as guest curator. Peter first exhibited Semchuk and Nicholas’ photographs and text while curator-in-residence for the Open …

My works are an exploration in colour and illusion. I am always in awe of nature and how so many living things depend on colour and illusion. If you look closely at many of my paintings, you will see little …

Arts and Culture Week is a volunteer driven production of the Boundary District Arts Council. It’s precursor, ‘Spring Thing Events’, a production of the Grand Forks Area Arts Council ran from 1976 thru 1991. ‘Spring Thing Events’ offered displays of …

“I am interested in textile as a language of visual narrative. Textiles have a long history of inscribing social and personal stories. My work is a part of this continuum. My practice focuses on embroidery, fabric collage and surface design. …

Tanya Pixie Johnson’s mixed media installations explore the natural environment and our physiological and spiritual relationship to it. The vertical symmetry immediately evokes references to the human spine and nervous system, less obvious is the allusion to rivers and water. …

We are so accustomed to historical photographic images that we tend to take them for granted and few of us give thought or recognition to the men (and women) who captured the images. As a matter of fact such small …