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Lakehead University Student Exhibitions 2024

It’s time again for one of our most popular exhibitions! The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is proud to present the 2024 Lakehead University Juried Student and Honours Exhibitions! Join us for the Opening Reception Fri Apr 5, 2024 @ 7:00 – 9:00 pm Juried Student Exhibition Mar 15 to Apr 28, 2024 Honours Exhibition Mar […]

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Northwest Climate Gathering: Hope & Action

March 5 to April 21, 2024 Climate change is so many things, it is fitting that the show by the Artists in Residence at the Northwest Climate Gathering 2023: Hope & Action is so eclectic. The show includes music, lithographs, painting, sculpture, journalism, Natural wonders, writing and photography. The Northwest Climate Gathering was held November 24-25, 2023 […]

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Ziigwan: New Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection

Friday, March 15 – Sunday, June 16 Ziigwan means “spring” or “early spring” in Anishinaabemowin. In the north, the first signs of spring include ice breaking, snow melting, birdsong, and a lingering chill in the air. In this selection of works, currents of ice blue, wane yellow, and mud-puddle brown flow through images of animals, birds, […]

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Wall Pocket

Wall Pocket A selection of beaded wall pockets from our Permanent Collection January 9 – March 3, 2024 Some of these beaded wall pockets are more than one hundred years old. Dating to the 1920-40s they are some of the oldest works in our Permanent Collection. Beaded wall pockets are decorative objects dating to the […]

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Ahmoo Angeconeb: Man from the Bear Totem

This exhibition is a selection of sculptural objects from our Permanent Collection made of wood, stone, metal, and bone. The presentation was inspired by two wood and copper sculptures called Man From the Bear Totem and Man from the Bear Totem in a Box (1993) by the artist and printmaker Ahmoo Angeconeb (1955 – 2017). Visit Exhibition Page

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Helen Pelletier: Wiigwas Manidoog Descendants

Wiigwas Manidoog Descendants is the first solo exhibition of works by artist Helen Pelletier. Her etched baskets, objects, garments, and accessories express her relationship with Wiigwas, or birchbark, and reflect the love she feels for the land. Visit Exhibition Page  

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Woodland POP!

Woodland POP! is a group exhibition presenting new expressions of Woodland Style. Works alive within the scope of the exhibition include visual art, digital painting, NFTs, 2spirit and queer aesthetics, tattooing, contemporary beading, and more. This exhibition marvels at the meaning and influence of Woodland Style in the work of emerging and mid-career contemporary Indigenous […]

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Borealis

Borealis Kevin McMahan 2020 | 1 h 30 min Produced by Primitive Entertainment, the National Film Board of Canada and TVO In his new feature documentary Borealis, acclaimed director Kevin McMahon (Waterlife) travels deep into the heart of the boreal forest to explore the chorus of life in Canada’s iconic wilderness. How do trees move, communicate […]

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