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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 humble materials.
This summer season brings together artists from across Canada, including perspectives from Toronto, Vancouver, and Prince Edward Island. Together, the exhibitions invite visitors to consider what we inherit, what we resist, and what we reclaim.
EXHIBITIONS
Among Others
June 6–September 20, 2026
Highlights from the collection of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery exploring themes of gathering, encounter and conversation. Includes work by Molly Lamb Bobak (NB), Diane Borsato (ON), Hannah Claus (QC), and Stanley Fevrier (QC) among others.
Sandeep Johal: To Be Something More (and More)
Originated at the Kelowna Art Gallery
June 20, 2026-January 10, 2027
Vancouver-based artist Sandeep Johal explores the resilience of women through painting, collage, textiles, and mural in her signature Indo-folk aesthetic. Johal’s work confronts harsh and ugly realities with their dissonant opposites: brightness, hope, and beauty. The result is an expansive body of work that holds contradiction with grace, articulating survival not as the absence of difficulty, but as something luminous in spite of it.
The Art of Collecting: Selections from the Tom Banks Collection
June 6 – September 20, 2026
The first episode in a series of exhibitions highlighting passionate local collectors, this show presents highlights from the remarkable collection of Tom Banks. Banks has been collecting and learning about Canadian studio ceramics for over forty years. His dedication to the integration of art into his life is evident in his home, which features over 1400 pieces by leading ceramic artists, often arranged in creative installations. Banks also collects paintings and other artifacts and is a passionate supporter of Prince Edward Island’s art and art history.
Channelling
Curated by Pan Wendt
June 13, 2026- January 3, 2027
Inspired by a grand Victorian painting of an Alpine waterway, commissioned by an eccentric German baron for his Nova Scotia mansion, this exhibition brings together contemporary East Coast artists grappling with the contradictory aesthetic inheritances of Romanticism and colonialism. Artists include Alfred Schoeck, D’Arcy Wilson, Doug Dumais, Gustav Amberger, Janice Wright Cheney, John Greer, and Ryan Josey, among others.
Consumed: Jane Meredith Whitten
Curated by Jill McRae and Pan Wendt
May 16-September 6, 2026
Prince Edward Island artist Jane Meredith Whitten uses traditional craft techniques to construct evocative objects from humble materials. Working with consumer and industrial waste, including plastic packaging and beach debris, Whitten’s practice transforms discarded matter into gestures of redemption. Her work sits at the intersection of making and unmaking, finding meaning and even beauty in the remnants of our shared reality of environmental degradation.
EVENTS
FREE WORKSHOP WITH SANDEEP JOHAL
Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 2 pm
The Centre invites the public to take part in a hands-on collage workshop with visiting artist Sandeep Johal. Using guided prompts and the vibrant colours, patterns, and motifs that define Johal’s Indo-folk visual language, participants will create their own imaginative hybrid creatures through collage. Playful and accessible, the workshop encourages creativity and experimentation with no prior experience needed. Bring your curiosity and register at https://confederationcentre.com/event/sandeep-johal/
SUMMER EXHIBITIONS OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7pm
The public is invited to join the Confederation Centre Art Gallery for the Summer exhibition Opening Reception on Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7 PM. Admission is free. Come experience all five exhibitions and meet the exhibiting artists, many of whom will be in attendance. Light snacks and a cash bar will be provided. The evening continues with an after party in Studio 1 starting at 9 pm, featuring live DJs and video art, organized by the Confederation Centre’s Youth Advisory Board.
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