The Gallery is open to the general public from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. Currently on exhibit is the annual Young Visions 2025 show, featuring talented young artists from School District 20.
The Gift Shop is also currently open Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10 am – 5 pm.
Current Exhibit
West Kootenay Camera Club Photo Salon
June 5 – 14, 2025
One of our most popular shows every year is the West Kootenay Camera Club’s annual photography salon, which coincides with Castlegar’s SunFest. This year the show will run from June 5 to the 14, and in addition to our regular hours we will also be open on Sunday June 8th. Photographers throughout the West Kootenays take part in this exhibit, and the subject matter is wide-ranging; from wildlife photography to portraiture, to travel and landscape photography, to abstract and micro-photography.
Tracey-Mae Chambers – Installation
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June 6 – October 1, 2025
A site-specific knit & crocheted outdoor installation by First Nations artist, Tracey-Mae Chambers, exploring settler–Indigenous relations, symbolizing history & hope while serving as a reflective catalyst in the ongoing process of dialogue & decolonization. This outdoor exhibit will be on location at the Kootenay Gallery from June 6th to October 1st.
Acknowledgements
Since time immemorial, in the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge with gratitude that we are on unceded and ancestral territories of Indigenous Peoples. We would also like to recognize all other Indigenous Peoples who have come as guests to live, work, and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate their territory.
Thank you to the local organizations, businesses and people who support us in many ways.
The Kootenay Gallery of Art acknowledges exhibition support from their major sponsors: The BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, City of Castlegar, BC Gaming, Grant Thornton LLP, and the Columbia Basin Trust through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance