Island Mountain Arts

Island Mountain Arts Connection and expression through arts workshops, residencies, seminars, exhibitions and performance.

Island Mountain Arts in Wells, BC, serves artists and stimulates and enhances artistic, cultural and economic development by striving for excellence in the arts through workshops, seminars, exhibitions and the ArtsWells Festival.

We don't think we could have asked for a more perfect day for a plein air workshop! A huge thank you to Karine Locatelli...
10/10/2026

We don't think we could have asked for a more perfect day for a plein air workshop!

A huge thank you to Karine Locatelli for supplying us with canvas, ink and insight into her unique style of capturing the landscape, and to everyone that came out to draw on this beautiful autumn day.

A huge thank you to the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest for supporting Karine's time in Wells.

IMA's gallery programming is supported by the Province of BC. Outside is supported by the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest and the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul under curator Gabrielle Bouchard

It's your last weekend to visit the Gallery for OUTSIDE by Karine Locatelli. We'll be open this weekend. Take a contempl...
10/09/2026

It's your last weekend to visit the Gallery for OUTSIDE by Karine Locatelli.

We'll be open this weekend. Take a contemplative Autumn Drive.
The Jack O' Clubs pub is now open daily for lunch in Wells!
We also have a short plein air drawing workshop tomorrow at 1:00 PM - Meet at the Gallery and bring your gloves!

IMA's gallery programming is supported by the Province of BC. Outside is supported by the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest and the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul under curator

Fall is here and the gallery is open with Karine's beautiful show, Outside!We're happy to be open during the Cariboo Wom...
10/01/2026

Fall is here and the gallery is open with Karine's beautiful show, Outside!

We're happy to be open during the Cariboo Women's Weekend at the Wells Hotel!

Join us this weekend
Friday Oct 2: 11 AM - 6PM
Saturday Oct 3: 11AM - 6PM
Sunday Oct 4: 11AM - 6PM

Outside runs to October 11th. IMA's programming is supported by the Province of BC. Outside is supported by the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest and the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul under curator

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We are closed today, but wanted to share these offerings for ref...
09/30/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We are closed today, but wanted to share these offerings for reflection, learning and community from Lhtako Dene Nation.

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCE: Plein air Drawing with Karine LocatelliJoin us for a contemplative experience in nature with this 1-h...
09/27/2026

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCE: Plein air Drawing with Karine Locatelli

Join us for a contemplative experience in nature with this 1-hour workshop of plein air drawing with gallery artist Karine Locatelli.
Using fountain pen, ink, canvas or paper in the style of the visual artist Karine Locatelli, this workshop focuses on details, textures, patterns and botanicals.

Register in advance, Pay-what-you-can, suggested $25, with access to work in the IMA studios for the rest of the afternoon.

Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/plein-air-exercise-workshop-with-artist-in-residence-karine-locatelli

Karine's work in Wells is made possible through support from the BC Arts Council and the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest.

A pleasure to host a rainy Thursday opening for outside! A huge thank you to Karine for joining us in the gallery! It's ...
09/25/2026

A pleasure to host a rainy Thursday opening for outside!

A huge thank you to Karine for joining us in the gallery! It's an honour to host this show!

Come see it for yourself! We'll be open special hours Sept 25(12:00 PM - 10:00 PM) in solidarity with Earths Vibrations, which is hosting it's last late night pop-up of the season!

Sat. Sept 26 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sun. Sept 27 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Stop in and say hello!

Outside runs to October 11th. IMA's programming is supported by the Province of BC. Outside is supported by the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest and the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul under curator Gabrielle Bouchard.

We had a great time at the Wells-Barkerville School today with Karine! She introduced the students to some of the Flora ...
09/24/2026

We had a great time at the Wells-Barkerville School today with Karine!

She introduced the students to some of the Flora and Fauna from her home in Quebec, then we got a chance to experiment with her choice medium - ink!

A huge thank you to the staff and teachers at the Wells-Barkerville School and WILDways for all their support this morning.

Come meet Karine tonight at our Gallery opening! 6:00 PM at 2323 pooley Street!

IMA's gallery and youth programming is supported by the Province of BC. Outside is supported by the Wells-Barkerville Community Forest and the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul under curator Gabrielle Bouchard.

Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery (IMA), is hosting a call for applications for the 2027/2028 season.We will be celebr...
09/22/2026

Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery (IMA), is hosting a call for applications for the 2027/2028 season.

We will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of our first Summer School for the Arts in 2027!

The IMA gallery is located in the town of Wells, BC on Lhtako Dene territory. This is a traditional land use area of the Dakelh and Secwepemc people. Rich in history and strongly influenced by generations of artists, IMA has been honoured to provide a gallery space for both emerging and established artists since 1988.

We are hoping that our 2027 Gallery programming will feature a mix of artists that have been supported by IMA in the past, as well as new friends. Regional and Northern Artists will receive particular consideration.

If applying to the IMA gallery interests you, the provided gallery space has 12 foot high walls, and a total of 75 linear feet of wall space. We typically produce up to 6 shows in one year from the months of April to October and our last call for submissions produced twice the amount of submissions necessary to fill the gallery space for 2 years straight.

Application Deadline: October 15, 2026 11:59pm

Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeME8LQQArmOespC_aKM-__bjymN3AbuwckqRJvC_6i34xk0A/viewform?usp=dialog

Plain Text document to work in: https://docs.google.com/document/d/149cpZ_Fq-QpsRBD15O2KEVXK9OXFWqXJkssK18wxdao/edit?usp=sharing

Address

2323 Pooley Street
Wells, BC
V0K2R0

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

Telephone

+12509943466

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