WATER WAYS – COMOX VALLEY GALLERY HOP
Explore the artistic flow of the Comox Valley this April. Nine galleries — each presenting a unique, water-themed exhibition — invite you to experience a month of creativity, connection, and exploration.
Visit each gallery to experience diverse interpretations of water’s movement, symbolism, and significance. Collect stamps on a STAMP CARD as you visit each gallery. Once you’ve completed your tour, fill out your information on the card and drop it off at any participating gallery. You’ll be entered to win amazing art prizes donated by local artists — the more galleries you visit, the more chances you have to win!
Join us for this month-long celebration of art and water, and immerse yourself in the creative energy of the Comox Valley.
Participating Galleries:
NINE GALLERIES, ONE ARTISTIC JOURNEY
Nine participating galleries, collaborate to bring the Comox Vallery Gallery Hop Waterways, a thematically united series of exhibitions spanning Cumberland to Comox.
In Comox, Pearl Ellis Gallery presents Ebb + Flow, a juried exhibition of local artists celebrating the movement and ever-changing nature of water, to encourage visitors to explore the rhythm, power and beauty of water through art.
The collaboration of YQQ + CVA Arts and Culture Program showcases 30 regional artists whose work embodies renewal, transformation and resurgence in Regeneration at YQQ — the Comox Valley Airport.
Overlooking the estuary at the site of the original K’ómoks Village, I-Hos will host Water Back, a community-created installation that responds to themes of water stewardship and reciprocity through an Indigenous lens.
In Courtenay, the Comox Valley Art Gallery, Immersed • RETURN TO WATER 2025 offers visitors a sensorial storytelling experience using time-capture imagery, animation, video and sound design, and 3D/VR to explore the region’s enduring watery ecology.
Artful : The Gallery’s invitational exhibition H20, will feature waterworks from the gallery’s roster of Comox Valley artists.
At ARTWRX, the seven artists who call the shared working studio and gallery home, present Acqua and invite you to visit to visit with the artists at work and see artwork both being created and exhibited in their space.
The brand new Studio 211 is a group of 5 local artists who have come together to create art, enthusing and inspiring each other in the process; their exhibition Spring Tide focuses on their explorations of the region’s waterways.
At The Gallery @ Weird Church, Water is Life is the collaborative, artist centered opportunity for sharing in the midst of a bustling community space, bringing art to life in Cumberland’s iconic red-roofed Weird Church.
The Worthy Room, the offering of community realtors Catherine Worthy and Katherine Miller to the much-needed artistic venues in the Comox Valley, exhibits an eclectic variety of local artists and presents Water, Water, Everywhere, an open group exhibition.
Together, these exhibitions aim to explore the profound connection between humanity and the waters that sustain us. Watch for the calendar of events to plan your visits to each of the exhibitions, and their events and openings. Get your stamp card, available at all exhibition venues and Compass Gallery + Gifts at YQQ, through the month of April to enter to win artistic door prizes from the participating artists and venues.
ROUTE MAPS
To help visitors navigate the Gallery Hop more easily, we’ve created three route maps, each starting in one of the three communities that make up the Comox Valley. With Comox Road operating as one-way traffic from Comox to Courtenay throughout April, these suggested routes will help minimize backtracking and make the most of your gallery visits.
Route Map Starting in Comox:
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Route Map Starting in Courtenay:
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Alternate Route Map Starting in Courtenay:
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Route Map Starting in Cumberland:
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The Comox Valley Art Gallery is committed to creating safer spaces where everyone can participate.
All ages are welcome.
CVAG spaces are accessible.
Programs are barrier-free (no cost). DONATIONS are appreciated and contribute to ongoing community interactive programming.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS: we ask that visitors choose not to visit if they are experiencing symptoms of colds and flus.
Hand sanitation dispensers are available at CVAG. Wearing a mask is at the discretion of the visitor.