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We are thrilled to announce the return of the Sweetest Little Thing live and in-person! We can’t wait to welcome you back to the Owens this Valentine’s Day to celebrate art and community. At the heart of this event is a silent auction featuring artworks donated by local, regional, and national artists. For the first time in two years, artworks will be on view in the Owens’ second-floor gallery. This year’s event will be a little different than before the Covid-19 pandemic, bu

Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 | 5:30 - 7pm What constitutes performance in a digital age? What are the biases of the technologies we use? How do we understand the impact of these biases on our attempts at self-expression? Please join us for an informal studio visit and Q&A with Francisco González-Rosas. The artist will show a selection of their past work and discuss their current project, the digital production and post production of a multichannel video installation. Francis

January 24 – February 4 Closing Reception: Thursday, February 2, 5 – 7pm Time and its slow decay, what was once masked by the daze of childhood is now revealed through the lens of imminent adulthood. We are not the only things that have changed. Documentation of these spaces becomes a time-sensitive matter and a delicate one. The balance between nostalgia and accuracy can be tense as we explore the rundown corners of the places we return to less and less, the places which see

Wednesday, January 25, 7pm AST Via Zoom All members in good standing are invited to participate in this year’s Annual General Meeting. Please email us to RSVP and obtain the zoom link. The Board of Directors for 2022-23 will be elected by the membership at the AGM. Nominations will be taken from the floor during the meeting or can be submitted by email. Not currently a member but wish to attend the AGM? Purchase or renew a membership online or in person at the Gallery.

January 10 – February 3 Struts welcomes new Open Studio Artist in Residence Francisco González-Rosas (he/they). Francisco is a performance and new media artist born in Chile, and currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. Their creative research practice revolves around the constant mediation of reality in contemporary life, using performance as a generative device to approach the studio work. González-Rosas holds an MFA in Intermedia from Concordia University (Montréal, Canada