Confederation Centre Art Gallery

06/05/2026

Opening Next Week 🫂 : | Among Others⁠
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On View 13 June - 20 September⁠
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Explore highlights from the collection of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery exploring themes of gathering, encounter and juxtaposition. ⁠
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Diane Borsato, Still (composite) from the video A Clean Place to Swim (Ukrainians), 27 mins. 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

06/05/2026

Big wins this week for Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works!

This stunning book, co-published with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, has just won the PEI Book Award for Non-Fiction and the APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award through the Atlantic Book Awards 🎉

We're so thrilled to see this beautiful book on such an incredible artist and icon getting the love it deserves!
Learn more at gooselane.com/EricaRutherford

06/03/2026

06/01/2026

Saturday June 20, 7:00pm | 🌺 Summer Gallery Opening

Join us on Saturday, 20 June at 7:00pm for the opening of our summer exhibition! Come hang out and experience all the great pieces we have on show summer and meet exhibiting artists.

Stick around for an after party in Studio 1 starting at 9 pm with live DJs and video art. Free and open to the public. Light snacks and cash bar provided.

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Featured Image:
Sandeep Johal, 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 2026. Hand cut, stitched and embroidered textile stuffed with cotton (detail). 240 x 300 cm

Photo: Michael Love, Courtesy of the artist

05/28/2026

🪑 Opening This Saturday in Sackville, NB () | 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥: 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴

“The struggle to realize and to express my nature is my life’s meaning.”
—Erica Rutherford

On View 30 May - 13 September
Opening Vernissage: Friday 29 May, 7:00pm

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.

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.

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Erica Rutherford, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 122 × 127 cm. Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown. Gift of Gail Rutherford, 2009. Photo: CCAG / Jean-Sébastien Duchesne

05/28/2026

The Confederation Centre Art Gallery will be closed for exhibition installation from Friday, May 29 to Thursday, June 4.
The Gallery will reopen Friday, June 5.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.

We encourage you to visit Consumed: Jane Meredith Whitten on view in the Frederic S. and Ogden Martin Concourse, which will be open for public viewing.

Paul Griffin, Leviathan, 2015, elm trunk, galvanized electroplated roofing nails. 15’ x 8’.⁠
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Eleanor King, Emerald (Cradled in the Waves), 2017, wall mural.

05/27/2026

We are proud to share that Erica Rutherford: Her Lives and Works, co-published by Confederation Centre Art Gallery, has won the 2026 PEI Book Award for Non-Fiction. Congratulations to Gallery Director Pan Wendt, whose curatorial vision and scholarship shaped this remarkable tribute to Erica Rutherford's life and legacy. This recognition belongs to the entire team whose work brought it to life.

05/26/2026

05/25/2026

Upcoming Exhibition 🏺| 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

On View 6 June - 20 September

The first episode in a series of exhibitions highlighting 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 many years. His dedication to the integration of art into his life is evident in his home, which features over 1,400 pieces by leading ceramic artists, often arranged in creative installations.

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🏺 Tom Smith, Sculpture Vase, c. 1990. Raku fired ceramic. 32 x 24 x 18 cm

05/15/2026

Opening Tomorrow 🧶 | 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 ⁠
On view May 16 - October 11⁠

Prince Edward Island artist Jane Meredith Whitten () uses traditional craft techniques to construct evocative objects out of humble materials. ⁠
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Using consumer and industrial waste such as plastic packaging and beach debris, Whitten’s art becomes a gesture of redemption in our current shared reality of environmental degradation.⁠

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🖼️ 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥: 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘟 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘺. Crocheted and felted MacAusland’s wool doily embedded with knitted embroidery thread; attached to NB slate. 33.5cm x 32.5cm x 3cm