Annapolis Region Community Arts Council (ARCAC)

Alternatives / Karen Phillips-Curran Residency: Jan 18 - Feb 16, ARTSPLACE Studio Open Studio: Drop-in visitors welcome, by chance during regular gallery hours. Opening Reception: Feb 15, 12-2pm Exhibition continues Feb 15 - 22, ARTSPLACE Library Gallery (one week only) Description: Karen will make new connections and explore techniques in photography, particularly focusing on Polaroid...Read more >

Fishers / Curtis Botham Opening Reception: Feb 15, 12-2pm Everyone welcome - Light refreshments - Free admission Exhibition continues February 15 - March 29, ARTSPLACE Main Gallery Artist-in-residence: March 1-29 (supported through The Robert Pope Foundation) Description: 'Fishers' is a project I've been working on since 2021. Building off of my prior projects that focused...Read more >

WE ♥ OUR VOLUNTEERS! Saturday, February 15, 2-4pm at ARTSPLACE (after the Curtis Botham Artist Talk at 1pm) Our work would not be possible without the countless gallery sitters, wall painters, floor sweepers, heavy lifters, sales makers, poster hangers, committee sitters and time givers who have pitched in since our founding in 1982. Join us...Read more >

Family Day at ARTSPLACE: Draw like Curtis Botham Sat. Feb 22, 11am-1pm Upstairs at ARTSPLACE, 396 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal Drop in for 10 minutes or stay as long as you feel creative. We provide materials and guidance for a project inspired by Curtis Botham's Main Gallery exhibition, Fishers. Activities are designed and led...Read more >

Free admission - Light refreshments - Everyone welcome. / Exhibition continues until August 30 in Library Gallery, 396 St. George St., Annapolis Royal Coleen's collages, soft sculptures and installations are rooted in the fragile marine environment of rural Nova Scotia, Canada where she lives. Her practice is informed by formal art training and art history,...Read more >

Free admission - Light refreshments - Everyone welcome. / Exhibition continues until August 30 in Main Gallery, 396 St. George St., Annapolis Royal www.arcac.ca ARTSPLACE and ARCAC Members invite you to Groove, an exhibition that explores the rhythms, textures, and patterns that shape our experience of art. Whether through tactile surfaces, layered materials, subject matter,...Read more >

Free admission - Light refreshments - Everyone welcome. Exhibition continues until August 30 in Mym Gallery, ARTSPLACE, 396 St. George St., Annapolis Royal www.arcac.ca Painting is how I process the world. As a self-taught artist, my relationship with oil paint has grown from daily repetition and a deep respect for the act of looking. I...Read more >

Free admission - Light refreshments - Everyone welcome. / Exhibition continues until August 30 in Chapel Gallery, ARTSPLACE, 396 St. George St., Annapolis Royal www.arcac.ca On the heels of Dada, Surrealists adopted and adapted collaging and cut-and-paste technique. Much like their “automatic” approach to painting, these artists relied on the subconscious to produce one-of-a-kind assemblages...Read more >