Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Into The Light
Pilar Mehlis & Gillian Richards
November 13 – January 5, 2026
In this shared exhibition,Gillian Richards and Pilar Mehlis offer two perspectives on illumination. Richards’ paintings offer the viewer to explore the illuminating light on the still corners of city life. Mehlis, follows the light across continents through instinct and memory. “Into the Light” becomes a metaphor for finding meaning in movement and stillness alike, for seeing not just with the eyes but with experience, reflection, and emotional truth.
Finding Home
Jeannette Bittman, Andrea Dillingham-Lacoursiere, Eri Ishii
January 7 – February 2
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: Thursday, January 22, 6pm – 8pm
“Finding Home” brings together three artists whose practices explore belonging as an evolving relationship rather than a fixed place. For Andrea Dillingham-Lacoursiere, home is shaped through an unflinching dialogue with Lasqueti Island, where grief, weather, and the shedding bark of arbutus trees teach reciprocity and humility. For Jeannette Bittman, home gathers around the table—a site of nourishment, memory, and connection central to Jewish life and to the shared rituals that anchor us. For Eri Ishii home exists in the emotional landscape of immigration, where the tension between fitting in and cultural inheritance becomes a form of self-portraiture. Together, their works reveal home as something forged through presence, vulnerability, and the ties that bind us to land, to others, and to ourselves.
Roots and Wings
An Inclusive Art Show
February 4 – March 2
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: Thursday, February 5, 6pm – 8pm
This is the 8th Annual Inclusion Art Show in celebration of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). The theme “Roots and Wings” represents the grounding strength of our heritage and community connections, balanced with the freedom to explore, soar and create. The exhibition celebrates inclusion, diversity, and creative talents of every individual, no matter where they are in their artistic journey.
Pandora’s Collective & Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery Presentation
Sponsored by the Yosef Wosk Foundation
Poets will respond with original work inspired by the current art exhibits on display. Please bring paper and pen. There will be an open mic time when the audience will have an opportunity to write and read poems relating to the exhibit. Free admission.
Tuesday, November 25
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Featured Poets: Rosemary Nowicki, Alan Girling, Amanda Wardrop, Frank Wimberley, Mikaela Nuval
Host: Bonnie Nish
Past Exhibit
CHIM’s Photojournalism: From War to Hope (April 22 to June 15, 2025)
View Photo Book | Exhibit Highlights Video
THE GALLERY IS LOOKING FOR DOCENTS
The Docent Program will be a group of trained volunteers who function as part-time gallery docents. Those interested in being docents will be trained by the Gallery Director in late summer or early fall, and, once trained, will receive a briefing on all exhibits. Docents will average one four-hour shift a week. A docent calendar will be managed by the Gallery Director. Email gallery@jccgv.bc.ca for more information, and to sign up to participate.
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COPYRIGHT
Each artist owns the copyright in his/her respective images. These images may not be copied, modified, duplicated or used in any way without the express prior written consent of the artist.