Cambridge Art Galleries

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06/22/2026

📢Call for Applications!

Cambridge Public Library is seeking expressions of interest for volunteers to form the Gallery Advisory Committee (GAC) in 2026. Volunteers sought are practicing artists and/or cultural professionals who reside in Waterloo Region and have knowledge of the cultural field with enthusiasm for community engagement and connection. ⁠
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Volunteers will meet three times a year to discuss scheduled Cambridge Art Galleries programming (exhibitions, events, education and public programs), provide feedback and share insights on trends in art and culture, recommend partnerships and outreach opportunities, and act as ambassadors in the community. The GAC will function in an advisory capacity only, with no fiduciary or decision-making powers.⁠
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Apply by July 5, 2026 through our Vome Volunteer Portal: https://www.vomevolunteer.com/volunteer/form-details/cambridge-20public-20library-s-20gallery-20advisory-20committee/ed5255f0-0404-470a-80e4-af497394a300/link?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_sou

Canada Day Holiday Hours⁠All Cambridge Public Library locations, including Cambridge Art Galleries are closed Wednesday,...
06/19/2026

Canada Day Holiday Hours⁠
All Cambridge Public Library locations, including Cambridge Art Galleries are closed Wednesday, July 1 for the Canada Day holiday.

☀️Visit the Queen's Square Gallery this summer and experience the immersive photo and audio-visual work from Ella Morto...
06/17/2026

☀️Visit the Queen's Square Gallery this summer and experience the immersive photo and audio-visual work from Ella Morton's solo exhibition, The Residue of Starlight, on display August 8.

Ella Morton’s expedition-based practice has taken her to remote regions across the globe. Working with analogue film and photographic processes, Morton captures landscapes that evoke a profound sense of awe. Having previously traveled to the polar regions of Canada, Nordic Europe, Greenland and Antarctica, her recent body of work, The Residue of Starlight, brings her to equally sublime and volatile landscapes; the deserts of Northern Chile, New Mexico, and Western Australia.

The sites she captures depict monumental rock formations dating back billions of years and night skies speckled with the stars of the Scorpius constellation, inviting us to consider how human life exists within the vast scales of time and space. Morton engages the spiritual histories and energies of these ancient sites while also attending to their changing conditions. Each of the three desert regions reflect the accelerating climate crisis, as sensitive ecosystems that respond to rising temperatures, drought, and wildfires.

Vivid, saturated colours and rippling distortions within the images are traces of the artist’s hand, where experimental chemical processes create abstract, painterly interventions on the film. Morton pushes the boundaries of analogue photography with a series of layered, projected films and enveloping sound compositions in the gallery. Appearing as dreamlike visions, The Residue of Starlight invites visitors to consider our complex relationship with these environments, as remnants of a deep past, as resilient forms in the present, and as a question of what will remain of them in the future.

Images: Ella Morton, The Residue of Starlight, 2026, Cambridge Art Galleries. Photos: Scott Lee


📣The 2026 Belonging Community Exhibitions continue with the work of Jude Akrey. ⁠⁠The Margin Becomes the Meadow reimagin...
06/15/2026

📣The 2026 Belonging Community Exhibitions continue with the work of Jude Akrey. ⁠
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The Margin Becomes the Meadow reimagines the gallery as a garden: a living ecosystem where q***r and trans relationalities can root, and bloom unabashedly. This exhibition explores belonging as an ecological process: the act of growing together, bending toward the light, and building safety in interdependence.
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View the artworks at the Old Post Office, Cambridge Public Library until August 14.⁠
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Jude Akrey (they/them) is a white, trans, and Autistic artist living on Between the Lakes Treaty Territory No.3 (Guelph, ON). Working across painting, printmaking, and community-engaged methodologies, their work explores and represents facets of Autistic experience. Through formal exploration of framing devices, gesture, and colour, they offer a more comprehensive depiction of Autism and the dynamics of coping in a neurotypical world. They are committed to investigating the power of empowered communities through shared learning and community-engaged artmaking.
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The Belonging Community Exhibitions are made possible through the generous support of the Keith and Winifred Shantz Fund for the Arts held at the Waterloo Region Community Foundation.⁠
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Learn more about the 2026 Belonging Community Exhibitions at the link in our bio. ⁠
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Image 1: Jude Akrey, "Noticer", 2025, acrylic on canvas.
Image 2: Portrait of the artist.
Images courtesy of the artist. ⁠
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📢Call for Volunteers!Cambridge Public Library is seeking expressions of interest for volunteers to form the Gallery Advi...
06/12/2026

📢Call for Volunteers!
Cambridge Public Library is seeking expressions of interest for volunteers to form the Gallery Advisory Committee (GAC) in 2026. Volunteers sought are practicing artists and/or cultural professionals who reside in Waterloo Region and have knowledge of the cultural field with enthusiasm for community engagement and connection.

Volunteers will meet three times a year to discuss scheduled Cambridge Art Galleries programming (exhibitions, events, education and public programs), provide feedback and share insights on trends in art and culture, recommend partnerships and outreach opportunities, and act as ambassadors in the community. The GAC will function in an advisory capacity only, with no fiduciary or decision-making powers.

Apply online by July 5, 2026 through our Vome Volunteer Portal: https://www.vomevolunteer.com/volunteer/form-details/cambridge-20public-20library-s-20gallery-20advisory-20committee/ed5255f0-0404-470a-80e4-af497394a300/link

Register for fantastic FREE programs and workshops this month! ⁠⁠✨️ Weave Your Pride: Rainbow Looms for All with Alisa M...
05/28/2026

Register for fantastic FREE programs and workshops this month! ⁠

⁠✨️ Weave Your Pride: Rainbow Looms for All with Alisa McRonald
🗓️ Thursday, June 4: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ⁠

⁠✨️ Intro to Artist Books: Flag Book Making with Mackenzie Browning
🗓️ Saturday, June 13: 11:00 am - 2:00pm

✨️ Art + Wellness w/ Jodie Baker
🗓️ Tuesday, June 16: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ⁠

✨️ SLR-Style Photography for Beginners (4-week course with Jason Gennings)⁠
🗓️ Mondays: Continues June 1, June 8 and June 15 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm⁠
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✨️ Bad Craft Night - Felt Prize Ribbons
🗓️ Thursday, June 18: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ⁠

✨️ Connections 50+ Upcycle Map Picture Frames
🗓️ Friday, June 19: 10:30 am to 11:30 am ⁠
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Register online: https://cambridgepl.ca/cambridge-art-galleries/education

📣The 2026 Belonging Community Exhibitions continue with the work of Anna Boehnke. ⁠⁠The Twins series by Anna Boehnke exp...
05/12/2026

📣The 2026 Belonging Community Exhibitions continue with the work of Anna Boehnke. ⁠
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The Twins series by Anna Boehnke explores themes of finding and forging belonging, and connecting in the realms of caring and being cared for. The series unpacks the walking of two paths and embodies a vision of being known to another and to self.
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View the artworks at the Old Post Office, Cambridge Public Library until June 5.⁠
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Anna Boehnke was born and raised in the Waterloo Region and participated in the KOR Galleries program in Kitchener in 1999 as a young self-taught artist. She went on to complete an Artist Entrepreneurship program in Squamish BC and a portfolio development course at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY before attending the Fine Arts Program at Concordia University with a major in Painting and Drawing.
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The Belonging Community Exhibitions are made possible through the generous support of the Keith and Winifred Shantz Fund for the Arts held at the Waterloo Region Community Foundation.⁠
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Learn more about the 2026 Belonging Community Exhibitions at the link in our bio. ⁠
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Image: Anna Boehnke, TWIN 5 and TWIN 6, mixed media, 5 x 7". Image courtesy of the artist. ⁠
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Victoria Day Holiday Hours⁠All Cambridge Public Library locations, including Cambridge Art Galleries are closed Sunday, ...
05/11/2026

Victoria Day Holiday Hours⁠
All Cambridge Public Library locations, including Cambridge Art Galleries are closed Sunday, May 17 and Monday, May 18 for the Victoria Day holiday.

Join us for the opening celebration this Saturday, May 9 at Queen's Square and hear from the artist, Ella Morton. Beginn...
05/07/2026

Join us for the opening celebration this Saturday, May 9 at Queen's Square and hear from the artist, Ella Morton. Beginning at 1:30 pm, Ella will take visitors through a tour of the exhibition. Light snacks and refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend.⁠
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🌟Ella Morton: The Residue of Starlight will be on display at the Queen's Square Gallery until August 8, 2026.

is a visual artist and filmmaker living in Tkarón:to/Toronto. Her expedition-based practice has brought her to residencies and projects across the Americas, Greenland, Nordic Europe, Australia and Antarctica. She uses experimental analogue processes to capture the sublime and fragile qualities of remote landscapes. She earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design (New York) and an MFA from York University (Toronto). She has exhibited her work internationally, including shows at Lonsdale Gallery (Toronto), Foley Gallery (New York), 516 Arts (Albuquerque, NM), Photo Cluster (Vienna), Contemporary Calgary (Calgary), SPAO Gallery, (Ottawa), the Turchin Center for the Arts (Boone, NC), Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle) and Hanstholm Art Space (Denmark). Her films have screened internationally, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Montreal International Documentary Festival and the Alchemy Film & Media Arts Festival, among others. Her practice has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the National Film Board of Canada and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto.

Images: Ella Morton, Roadside Mountains, 2024. Lightjet print from soaked film and mordançage, 24” x 30” & 16”x20”, edition of 10 + 2AP total.

Portrait headshot of Ella Morton. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Register for fantastic FREE programs and workshops this month! ⁠✨️ Art + Wellness w/ Ali Burke🗓️ Tuesday, May 12: 6:00 p...
05/05/2026

Register for fantastic FREE programs and workshops this month! ⁠

✨️ Art + Wellness w/ Ali Burke
🗓️ Tuesday, May 12: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ⁠
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✨️ Integrated Print and Paint Workshop with Judy Major-Girardin
🗓️ Thursday, May 14: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ⁠
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✨️ SLR-Style Photography for Beginners (4-week course with Jason Gennings)
🗓️ Mondays: May 25, June 1, June 8 and June 15 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm
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✨️ Bad Paint Night - Growing Gardens
🗓️ Thursday, May 28: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ⁠
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Register at the link in bio

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