School Tour – Kelowna Art Gallery

Sugar Rush | May 30 to September 27, 2026

Sugar Rush May 30 to September 27, 2026 Camille and David Saltman Gallery TOUR OVERVIEW Sugar Rush brings together the work of Tarralik Duffy, an Inuk multidisciplinary artist from Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut, now based in Saskatoon. Duffy takes the everyday objects of northern life, including pop cans, jerry cans…

Skillful | June 13 to October 25, 2026

Skillful June 13 to October 25, 2026 Nicola Wealth Gallery TOUR OVERVIEW Skillful presents sculpture, tapestry and ceramics by three Governor General’s Award-winning artists from Western Canada: Lou Lynn, Jane Kidd and Greg Payce. Each has spent a career pushing a traditional medium somewhere new, balancing technical mastery with conceptual…

Forest | October 3, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Forest October 3, 2026 to January 31, 2027 Camille and David Saltman Gallery TOUR OVERVIEW Forest presents new work by Fern Helfand, a lens-based artist and ceramicist and Professor Emeritus at UBC Okanagan. The exhibition takes up the sky and a changing climate, alongside the way trees have been pictured…

Parallax(e) | November 7, 2026 to March 28, 2027

Parallax(e) November 7, 2026 to March 28, 2027 Nicola Wealth Gallery TOUR OVERVIEW Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border looks at the 49th parallel, a line drawn on a map that cut across networks of kinship, trade, stewardship and cultural practice that had existed for generations. The exhibition asks what…

Permanent Collection | September through to June

Permanent Collection September through to June Throughout the Gallery TOUR OVERVIEW The Kelowna Art Gallery’s permanent collection holds close to 1,000 artworks, with the larger sculptural pieces on view year-round. This tour takes students to the works they might otherwise walk past, from enormous woven bells and vessels to laser-cut…