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50 | 20 Retrospective – The Way We Were

    Schedule

  • Exhibition January 14 - March 22 2025

Hub Community Gallery


THE COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY IS CELEBRATING!

  • 50 years of VISION • ART • CULTURE as an organization
  • 20 years in its current location — the former Courtenay Fire Hall

Current and future events offer informative and festive opportunities for the community to celebrate art and learn about Comox Valley Art Gallery’s story.

People keep passing the torch; that’s a beautiful thing to witness. I’m sure the Arts Alliance in its various incarnations has touched and enriched (and perhaps even saved) many lives. Hope, faith, determination, flexibility, and generosity — those along with creative vision, are the human strengths that have served and will continue to serve this organization as it moves into the future.

– Jed Irwin, 1st curator of the Central Island Arts Alliance (now known as the Comox Valley Art Gallery)


50 | 20 RETOSPECTIVE

The expansive 50 | 20 Retrospective exhibition took place from November 20 – December 23, 2024. Some installations remain on display at CVAG.

Ongoing Presentations in CVAG’s Hub Community Gallery:

The Way We Were – Collected images + memorabilia offer glimpses of the gallery’s history from 1974 – 2005.

Video Presentations – Slideshows feature the Central Island Art Alliance’s popular Renaissance Faire and calendar, as well as the transformation of the Courtenay Fire Hall into the Comox Valley Art Gallery.


Acknowledgements

The Comox Valley Art Gallery is grateful to operate on the Unceded Traditional Territory of the K’ómoks First Nations.

This program is made possible through the support of our FUNDERS: City of Courtenay, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Government of Canada, Province of BC, Comox Valley Regional District, Town of Comox.

   

 


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.