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Explore the latest news about art exhibitions on Prince Edward Island, go behind the scenes at our gallery, and meet the talented artists who bring creativity to life. Stay updated with art events, local culture, and inspiring stories from PEI’s vibrant visual arts community.
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Pan Wendt Wins PEI Book Award for Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works
Confederation Centre Director Takes Home Top Prize Colleague Dr. Jeffrey F. Collins Also Recognized with Shortlist Nomination Left: Pan Wendt. Right: Dr. Jeffrey F. Collins. Charlottetown, PEI — Confederation Centre of the Arts is proud to announce that Pan Wendt,...
Confederation Centre Art Gallery Presents Summer Exhibitions Exploring Resilience, Environment, and Inheritance
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - The Confederation Centre Art Gallery is pleased to announce its summer exhibitions featuring five compelling installations that examine the environment we share, the resilience of women, the weight of colonial inheritance, and the quiet power of...
Artist Trading Cards Turns 20: Two Decades of Pocket-Sized Creativity
Charlottetown PEI - Confederation Centre Art Gallery invites artists of all ages and disciplines, professional and non-professional, to register for the 20th annual Artist Trading Cards event. Artist trading cards are miniature works of art. They can be created with...
Confederation Centre of the Arts Art Gallery Presents To Be Something More (and More) by Sandeep Johal
Charlottetown, PEI — Confederation Centre of the Arts Art Gallery is proud to present To Be Something More (and More), a major exhibition by Vancouver-based Canadian artist Sandeep Johal, opening June 20, 2026 and running through January 10, 2027. Through painting,...
Curator in Conversation
Jill McRae The Confederation Centre Art Gallery’s Conservation & Display Technician sat down to answer some questions about her new curated show, Out of Hand. 1. What first interested you in the works that make up Out of Hand, and how did the idea for the...
Artists in Conversation: Brenda Whiteway on Art, Place, and Time
Brenda Whiteway This winter, visitors are invited to explore Together with Time, a new exhibition at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery curated by the Gallery’s new Director, Pan Wendt. Bringing past and present into conversation, the exhibition highlights art’s...
Confederation Centre Art Gallery Presents Winter Exhibitions Celebrating Craft, Labour, and the Living World
(Charlottetown, PE) – Confederation Centre Art Gallery welcomes visitors this winter with two brand new exhibitions and one revamped exhibition. From contemporary sculpture and textile work that reframes “women’s work” through a feminist lens, to a rare selection of...
Pan Wendt Appointed Director of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery
Pan Wendt, Director of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery Charlottetown, PEI, December 18 — Confederation Centre of the Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Pan Wendt as the new Director of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Wendt brings a strong record...
Artists in Conversation: A Mother–Daughter Story of Craft, Place, and Creative Thinking
If you wander through the Confederation Centre Art Gallery this fall, you may come across two artworks that seem to have nothing to do with each other—yet feel uncannily linked. There’s a lush, digitally designed quilt by Maggie J. Whitten-Henry in the exhibition...
Exploring Undergrowth: In conversation with Christiana Myers
Christiana Myers, 2023 Guest curator Christiana Myers has gathered eight emerging artists from Atlantic Canada for the probing, playful exhibition Undergrowth. CCAG publications coordinator Trevor Corkum recently caught up with Christiana to ask a few questions about...
Documenting Hip Hop in Atlantic Canada: An Interview with Michael McGuire
We caught up recently with guest curator Michael McGuire to learn more about the exhibition East of East: the Atlantic Canada Hip Hip Archive, on view at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery until October 7. The exhibition East of East offers viewers and...
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