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Current Exhibition

Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works

From

June 8, 2024

Until

January 5, 2025

Venue

Confederation Centre Art Gallery

The Exhibition

This exhibition surveys the fascinating and multifaceted career of Erica Rutherford (b. Edinburgh, 1923 – d. Charlottetown, 2008), whose work explores themes of persona and gender, home and landscape, and whose life was shaped by the search for identity and community. The show will include over 100 works, accompanied by memorabilia and photographs that support the stories told by the work itself.

Erica Rutherford is the first Prince Edward Island artist to be featured at the prestigious La Biennale di Venezia. The 60th edition of the international art exhibition began in April 2024 and showcases five paintings by Rutherford.

Curated by Pan Wendt.

Photo: Erica Rutherford, Earnscliffe, PEI, 1978, ed. 3/80, serigraph on paper, 66 x 56.5 cm, Gift of Gail Rutherford, 2009, CAG 2009.1.13

Erica Rutherford Memorial Fund

The family of Erica Rutherford set up the fund in 2014 with donations raised at the time of Erica’s passing in 2008. The fund awards an annual bursary for a student continuing a second term in any manner of accredited performing or visual arts education.