Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Larry Weyand: Peeling the Sticker Off an Overripe Pear

03/12/2021 — 08/31/2021

St. John’s-based artist Larry Weyand explores family and memory through yarn and cloth, transforming moments in time into a series of two- and three-dimensional rugs.

Monira Al Qadiri: Diver

03/19/2021 — 08/31/2021

This immersive video installation by Monira Al Qadiri represents a new chapter of her ongoing search for historical ties between the pre- and post-oil worlds in the Gulf.

Spring + Summer Exhibition Video

05/31/2021 — 08/31/2021

Take a guided tour through the AGB with Senior Curator Suzanne Carte and learn more about our Spring/Summer 2021 Exhibitions.

Slow Cloth

07/02/2021 — 08/28/2021

Slow Cloth is an exhibition that attempts to provide a better answer to that question by illustrating the process of and telling the story of what goes into making handwoven scarves. A team of sixteen artists ranging from weavers with many years of experience to those just starting out were challenged to design and weave a scarf drawing from the colour inspiration from one of a set of five images.

Z’otz* Collective: Eccentric Coincidence

07/27/2021 — 07/27/2022

Inspired by the AGB’s architectural space and the cast of characters who wander these halls, Z’otz* have introduced a new eccentric troupe of creatures onto the scene with their expansive mural installation.

Past Exhibitions

All Guilds Exhibition

04/16/2021 — 05/16/2021

This annual exhibition celebrates the work of members of the Guilds of Arts Burlington.

Marina Dempster & Meera Sethi: In Visible

03/12/2021 — 07/31/2021

Adornment can be wielded as a means of protection or immunity against visible and invisible harm- like a talisman, power heels, or an indigo stole dyed with plants made from ancient ancestral processes.

P. Mansaram: The Medium is the Medium is the Medium

09/11/2020 — 01/03/2021

This exhibition of Burlington’s senior media artist P. Mansaram’s work thinks through the artist’s decades-long practice of repetition.

Paula Murray: You Are Me

09/11/2020 — 01/03/2021

Created for a solo exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery, this installation has toured Quebec and has been exhibited in the Taiwan Ceramic Biennale in 2018.

Stylo Starr 89DAMES

08/28/2020 — 12/30/2020

89DAMES explores the beauty of Black women from the so-called ‘glamorous’ era of the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Aesthetics of the Archives

03/07/2020 — 08/23/2020

Foreign Affairs

02/08/2020 — 08/18/2020

interlude

01/17/2020 — 03/01/2020

Division of Labour

01/10/2020 — 07/05/2020

Samantha Dickie: Holding Space

11/07/2019 — 01/26/2020

Helen Sovereign: Living Off the Land

11/07/2019 — 01/12/2020

The Gender Conspiracy

08/31/2019 — 12/31/2019

Burlington Potter’s Guild 50th Anniversary Exhibition

08/30/2019 — 10/07/2019

Grace Nickel: Eruptions

08/03/2019 — 10/27/2019

Legacy: A Life Spent Collecting

07/13/2019 — 01/05/2020

Robynne Cole: Guardian Spirits

07/12/2019 — 08/25/2019

Line Dufour: Worn Worlds

05/31/2019 — 07/07/2019

Jeneen Frei Njootli: my auntie bought all her skidoos with bead money

05/24/2019 — 08/18/2019

150 Acts: Art, Activism, Impact

05/24/2019 — 08/18/2019

In Common Uncommon

04/27/2019 — 07/27/2019

All Guilds Show, Lore: Myths, Legends, and other Stories

04/20/2019 — 05/19/2019

Denise McKay: In Search of Self

03/09/2019 — 04/28/2019

Ears, Eyes, Voice: Black Canadian Photojournalists 1970s – 1990s

02/09/2019 — 03/31/2019

Voices in Black Canadian Narratives

02/09/2019 — 03/31/2019

Territories in Metal

02/02/2019 — 03/31/2019

Chari Cohen: Sanctuary

01/09/2019 — 04/21/2019

Beautiful Scars: Mohawk Warriors, Hunters, and Chiefs – The Art of Tom Wilson

12/01/2018 — 01/27/2019

Dil Hildebrand & Patrick Thibert: Dancing on the Grave

12/01/2018 — 01/27/2019

Diana Thorneycroft: Black Forest (dark waters)

09/22/2018 — 11/18/2018

Round: Bowls & Vases

08/04/2018 — 10/07/2018

Patron’s Choice

08/04/2018 — 10/21/2018

A curated selection of work from the Collection by patrons and donors Bonnie Sylvia and Louise Cooke.

60 by 60

08/01/2018 — 09/16/2018

Showcase of a 60 piece collection of spinning, dyeing, beading, felting, weaving, and knitting, created by members past and present.