GALLERIES
Openings
Annual Members’ Show: Featuring new works for sale by Scott Goudie, Lori Doody, Audrey Feltham, Cathy Driedzic, and more, St. Michael’s Printshop-72 Harbour Dr 754-2931 (Opening reception Sat May 18 from 1pm to 3pm)
Celebrating Colour: The gallery is celebrating 10 years in May, featuring a wide range of artworks, Leyton Gallery of Fine Art-6 Clift’s Bairds Cove 722-7177 (Opening reception Sat May 11 from 12pm to 5pm)
Mary Pratt: 50-year retrospective of the renowned NL artist. Pratt’s paintings focus on light reflecting on the surfaces of everyday objects in her home, The Rooms 757-8000 (Opening reception Fri May 10 at 7:30pm)
New Releases: New landscapes by Natalia Charapova, George Horan, and other gallery artists, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 726-6422
Out of the Woods and In the Garden: Group exhibition exploring objects inspired by the woods and garden, for indoors and out, Craft Council Main Gallery-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Opening reception Sat May 4 from 2pm to 4pm)
Rise & Shine: Solo exhibition of work by Dominique Hurley, featuring mixed-media paintings in vibrant colours, texture, movement, and spiritual symbolism, MUN Botanical Garden Gallery-306 Mount Scio Rd 864-8590 (Opening reception Thu May 2 from 5pm to 7pm; Ends Sun May 25)
Spring Exhibit & Sale (Art Association NL) Original art by local artists, framed and ready to hang, including oils, watercolours, acrylics, pastels, photography, and glass, free, Clovelly Gazebo-Golf Course Rd (Sun May 5 from 11am to 5pm)
Studio Visit with Jonathan Green: Printmaker and artist-in-residence gives a sneak peek at the work he’s creating for his upcoming exhibition, The Rooms 757-8000 (Thu May 9 at 2:30pm)
The Kiss: Jeweller Jessica Butler uses the technique of scrimshaw with contemporary images of the kisss on antler and tagua nut, Craft Council Gallery-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Opening reception Sat May 4 from 2pm to 4pm)
Treedom: Solo exhibition by energism artist Dominique Hurley focusing on trees as a universal symbol of spiritual growth expressed through acrylic-based mixed media, Eastern Edge’s Rogue Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Opens Sat May 18; Artist talk Sun May 25 from 2pm to 4pm)
Ongoing
Circles of Confusion: A generative image- and sound-based cinema installation and performative work by Alberta artist Kyle Whitehead, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882
Inner Works: Anne Meredith Barry, Peter Bell, David Blackwood, Chris Pratt, Mary Pratt, Helen Parsons Shepherd, Reginald Shepherd, Gerald Squires & Don Wright, The Rooms 757-8000
New Releases: New works from Richard Steele including “Calm Before The Storm”, “The Shinny Cup”, and “Hide and Seek”, Richard Steele Gallery-63 Harvey Rd 754-6741
New Works & Oil Paintings: New artwork by June Walker-Wilson, Ultramarine Fine Art Studio-100 Duckworth St
Working on History: Watching Our Stories Unfold: An exhibition of artifacts reflecting life in NL from the 1700s to present day, The Rooms 757-8000
Last Chance
Simulacrum: Leslie Wagner’s work uses texture and found objects to present the ideal world of the real, stemming from the concept of living in a simulated world where truth is disconnected from reality, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Ends May 17)
MUSEUMS
Admiralty House Museum: 1915 navy wireless station now communications museum, 23 Old Placentia Rd-Mt Pearl 748-1124
Connections: This Place and Its Early Peoples: Polar bears, carnivorous plants, sea birds and mammals plus the people who made their lives here, The Rooms 757-8000
Fighting Sail: Two warship models from the Napoleonic wars of 1803 to 1816, The Rooms 757-8000
Geo Centre: See Signal Hill’s 550 million year old geology and rock and mineral specimens, 175 Signal Hill Rd 737-7880
Lifeline to Victory: Naval presence in Newfoundland from 1939 to 1945 and its role in the wartime, The Rooms 757-8000
MUN Botanical Garden Opening: Trails and flower gardens open for the season at the beginning of May, 306 Mount Scio Rd 864-8590 (Opens Wed May 1, from 10am to 5pm daily)
Newfoundland Sealing Disaster: Documents from the 1914 tragedy in which 78 sealers perished on the ice, The Rooms 757-8000
Railway Coastal Museum: Model ships, shipbuilding and dockyard history plus the story of Newfoundland’s railway boat service, 495 Water St W 724-5929
Secret: SS Eagle and MV Trepassey Antarctic Missions, 1944 to 1947, The Rooms 757-8000
Silver – A Noble Metal: An exhibition examining silver, a sought-after commodity for centuries, and its uses and markings, and its production within the province, The Rooms 757-8000
The Fluvarium: A panoramic view under the surface of Nagle’s Hill Brook. Fish, insects and plants in natural habitat plus interactive exhibits, 5 Nagle’s Place 754-3474
The Roaring Twenties — Heels, Hemlines and High Spirits: The post-war era infused society and fashion with an energetic modernity. Exhibition of the wardrobe and widening horizons of the “new woman”, especially in footwear, The Rooms 757-8000 (Opening Sat May 25)
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