The Penticton Art Gallery is seeking a motivated individual to join the gallery as the Front Desk / Visitor Services Coordinator. This role will provide administrative support and stewardship to areas of reception, membership, volunteering, fund development and general gallery operations. This position will work closely with all gallery departments to develop successful programs and foster strong relationships within the community.

We are so excited that "You Are Not Alone: An International Mail Art Exhibition" is opening tonight at Salon Am Moritzplatz, Berlin, Germany!

This exhibition is the result of a collective effort, and stands as a testament to the 180 artists from all around the globe whose works and stories boldly illustrate the power of the shared experience. "You Are Not Alone" opened here at the Penticton Art Gallery from September 18 to November 7, 2020, attracting over 3,000 visitors.

We are thrilled to be awarded the Major Anchor Attractions Grant from the Province of British Columbia! This is a great endorsement for the work we do, and shows the importance of arts and culture in our community.

Thank you to the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), for the encouragement to apply for funding through this program.

Join us for a walking tour of our exhibition, “Brian Fisher: Event Horizon.”

Read more about the exhibition at the Penticton Art Gallery here. The exhibition runs from July 3, 2021 to September 11, 2021.

Join us for a walking tour of our exhibition, "Dale Matthews: From Then Till Now." This exhibition follows Dale's diverse artistic career from the 1950s through to the present day. This video was recorded on June 1, 2021. Read more about the exhibition at the Penticton Art Gallery here.

The Penticton Art Gallery’s Board of Directors, at its discretion, awards the distinction of Honorary Lifetime Member to those individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to the Penticton Art Gallery as a whole over an extended period of time.

2020 Honorary Lifetime Member Awards

Richard Armstrong / Dr. Jeannette Armstrong / Glenn Clark / Antonina + Bernie Cattani

For those of you who could not make it to our virtual Annual General Meeting via Zoom on May 26, 2021, have a read through our 2020 Annual Report here. It was a very exciting year, despite all the challenges!

Over the past year the famed Canadian musician, activist, and author Rae Spoon partnered with illustrator Gem Hall to produce 'Green Glass Ghosts,' their first Y.A. novel to be published by Arsenal Pulp Press this spring. An exhibition at the Penticton Art Gallery features the original illustrations for this book from March 27, 2021 to May 15, 2021.

Join artist Laurie Landry as she takes us on a tour of her works in our exhibition titled, "Drawing From the Margins: Laurie Landry, Bruce Horak, Robin Hodgson." This video was recorded on March 27, 2021, the opening day of the exhibition. We apologize for the background noise!

Join our Guest Curator, Keisha McLean, as she takes us on a tour of her "Living While Marginalized: Artwork by LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC Artists" exhibition. This video is a recording from an Instagram Live video on May 7, 2021.

As an artist working from a wheelchair, I rely on my studio assistant, friends, family, and a quartet of various tools to help me overcome my mobility restrictions.

To atone for my lack of hand function and my desire to still use spray paint, I developed this device for my canvas and outdoor mural work. I can use it independently for smaller applications but it functions best with two people in a collaborative method.

It's #NationalVolunteerWeek! We are so lucky here at the Penticton Art Gallery because we have the best volunteers in the city.

From shifts at the front desk to restocking the Gift Shop to crowd control at exhibition openings to tending the bar to folding Arts Letters to rearranging our Education Space to engaging Gallery members and visitors and everything in-between... We couldn't do anything without you here.

Over the past thirty years the concept of what determines a disability has greatly shifted from the previous medical model to that of a social one. The previous approach focused primarily on the physical and sensory impairments of the individual. While in contrast the current social model recognizes the cognitive and mental health issues that prevent an individual's full participation in society.

The Penticton Art Gallery is seeking two experienced, innovative, team-oriented, and highly motivated people for our Creative Kids Art Adventures Program. These positions will be responsible for the planning and coordination of the Penticton Art Gallery’s Creative Kids Art Adventures Program. The successful candidates will develop and implement an ongoing summer program running out of the Gallery during the summer months to serve the community's youth and introduce them to a positive and creative arts experience.

When COVID-19 hit Penticton and we could no longer host our seniors' art classes in person, we got to work thinking of distant projects that we could do together. One of those projects was this one -- yarn bombing! We put a call out to Seniors Wellness for their participants to create knitted or crochet squares that we would sew together to wrap a tree outside the Gallery.

Thank you to the Province of BC for awarding the Penticton Art Gallery the British Columbia Multiculturalism Grant! With your support we can continue bringing thought-provoking exhibitions and programming to Penticton!