The Kamloops Art Gallery offers free admission for Evacuees and those affected by the recent fires. Visit the Gallery Store/Admissions Desk for admission. Lawren Harris: Canadian Visionary and AlterNation are on exhibition through the summer.

Join local artist Eileen Leier in our studios for an engaging and informative talk about her photographic and web-based art practice. Leier’s triptych, The Chinese Graveyard: Hudson’s Bay Trail, Kamloops (2004), is on view in AlterNation until September 9.

Eileen Leier is an Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. She holds an MFA in Photography from Concordia University, a BFA from Emily Carr University and a BA from Simon Fraser University. Leier has exhibited across Canada and internationally in the United States, Scotland, France and Brazil.

Join us for a fun afternoon of family-friendly mini-tours and hands-on art making activities in spired by our exhibitions. Parents are asked to stay with their children throughout tours and art making activities. No registration is required, exhibitions admission is included.

Join us at Zack’s Coffee on the last Monday of every month and at Red Collar Brewing Co. on the second Wednesday of every month to contribute to large-scale collaborative drawings, play Surrealist drawing games and enjoy some of Kamloops’ best local coffee and beer. No experience is necessary. All supplies are provided. Minors are welcome at Red Collar with an accompanying parent or guardian.

Throughout our childhood, we often develop a system of symbols that we use when drawing – almonds for eyes; triangle for the nose; oval for the face; circle on top of a vertical rectangle for a tree – and without further training, we continue to use these same symbols as adults. In these workshops, we will lead you through some exercises to help you leave your symbols behind and learn how to draw what you see.

This program has limited space. Early registration is encouraged.

Register online or by phone at 250-377-2400.

Arbour Collective provides opportunities for youth and adults to create art, learn new creative methods and exhibit or perform in the Kamloops area. By supporting work that confronts and challenges stereotypes, hidden histories and stolen voices, the Arbour Collective seeks to inspire and empower through creativity. Collective member Chris Bose and KAG Art Instructor Marisa Drayton will be working in the studios on the first Thursday of the month. Youth and adults of all nationalities are invited to drop in to participate. All supplies are provided. No experience is necessary.

Join us at Zack’s Coffee on the last Monday of every month and at Red Collar Brewing Co. on the second Wednesday of every month to contribute to large-scale collaborative drawings, play Surrealist drawing games and enjoy some of Kamloops’ best local coffee and beer. No experience is necessary. All supplies are provided. Minors are welcome at Red Collar with an accompanying parent or guardian.

Join Kegan McFadden for a tour of Since Then. McFadden will provide background on the artists and discuss key ideas and works in the exhibition. Everyone welcome.

Let’s come together to celebrate the opening of Since Then in the Central Gallery and Holly Ward: Planned Peasanthood in The Cube. Meet the artists and curators, mix with other art supporters, get creative at the Kids Table and enjoy live music and appetizers. Everyone welcome. Memberships are 25% off.

Previously known as The Graphic Novel Club, this program began as a joint initiative with the Kamloops Art Gallery and the Kamloops Library to create a collaborative public art project. Out of this has developed Logograph, a youth-directed club that meets weekly at the Gallery and Library. Led by our Teen Intern, this program offers space for creative youth to make art and generate ideas for future projects. New members are always welcome. All supplies provided.

Join us in our studios for songs, stories and puppets with Kathy from the Kamloops Library, followed by baby-friendly art making at 11:00. All of our art materials are safe for small children who want to put everything in their mouths. Art can be messy! Dress your child in something you won’t mind getting dirty. No registration required. All supplies provided.

Join Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist Holly Ward in our studios for an engaging and informative talk to learn about her artistic research and explorations into the historical figure of the peasant in relation to contemporary questions of place, citizenship and collectivity. Holly Ward's exhibition Planned Peasanthood in on view in The Cube September 16 to November 4. 

Holly Ward holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and a BFA from the Nove Scotia College of Art and Design. She has exhibited across Canada and internationally in England, Mexico, the United States, Norway and South Korea. She is currently represented by Republic Gallery, Vancouver.

INTRODUCING: Mini Camps!

In KAG Mini Camps, young artists aged 3 to 5 go on interactive mini-tours to explore artwork on display in our exhibitions and learn through play in our studios. We value small class sizes, which means space is limited. Register early to reserve your place. Register online or phoning the Gallery 250-377-2400. 


Mini Camp: Painting
Tuesdays, 10:30 to 11:30 am
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Ages 3 to 5
$41.25 // $37.50 for members (for 5 sessions)

In this five-week camp, your young artists will experiment with mixing colours, painting through dance and with dots, painting in water and painting with uncontrollable objects like bouncy balls.


Mini Camp: Sculpture
Tuesdays, 10:30 to 11:30 am
November 7, 14, 21, 28
Ages 3 to 5
$33 // $30 for members (for 4 sessions)

In this four-week camp, campers will learn how to mix their own sculpture dough and experiment with balance, gravity and wind as they build sculptures that lie down, stand up and even one that moves.

Mini Camps are generously supported by the Jann LM Bailey Legacy Fund.

Based on the hugely successful Ladies’ Drawing Nights started in New York City by artists Leah Goren, Julia Rothman and Rachel Cole, the Ladies’ Afternoon Drawing Club is for women who want to drink tea (and coffee), make friends and develop their art-making skills. Each week, KAG Art Instructor Anyssa Gill and Teen Intern Kiranna Wouters will lead a workshop exploring a selected topic, ranging from pencil shading techniques to gouache painting methods. In addition to learning new art-making techniques, we will also explore the work of contemporary and historical female artists to inspire our own artwork. No registration required. All supplies provided.

Learn something new while enjoying your after-work drink. Every month offers a new topic on diverse aspects of art history presented by local artists, educators and researchers. A cash bar is available.

Fall 2017 topics will be announced in September. 

Drop in to DIY Thursdays to learn new skills from talented local artists. No experience is necessary, and we'll provide all the materials are provided (and some snacks). Fall 2017 workshop topics will be announced in September.