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PAST EXHIBITIONS

Here at the Chester Art Centre, we host a number of Art Exhibits from local artists along with events to promote and engage the art community. View the variety of Exhibits and Events hosted at the Chester Art Centre all year long in our vibrant South Shore Community.

Regeneratio

March 19th - April 5th

At the beginning of each spring, we fill the walls of our gallery with Springtime imagery for a cheerful & sweet community exhibition.

Local artists who create art works that celebrate the rebirth of the season, the reappearance of green growth, and the revitalization of the human spirit share their creativity with the community to help us celebrate the season of regeneration.

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Hooking Goes Pop

An Exhibition by Terri Whetstone & Rose Wilson

February 26th - March 15th

This exhibition brings together two visual artists working with rug hooking, exploring
contemporary approaches through technique, materials, and personal narrative as
subject matter.

Rug hooking, and fibre arts in general, has seen a surge in popularity in recent years,
driven by people’s search for activities during the Covid pandemic and also by the
development of new tools and novel materials. This exhibition highlights the emergence
of new themes and ideas being expressed through rug hooking that go beyond the
traditional motifs so often seen in our community. It seeks to encourage individual
exploration of the medium as a form of self-expression and narrative (pictorial)
story-telling.

The exhibition comprises both graphic and text-based work, which compliment each
other in their wry humour while riffing on mass culture. The work can be considered
contemporary Pop Art in both its content and its visual impact; and thoroughly
Post-Modern in its tongue-in-cheek, confrontational self-awareness of style. Rose’s
work is reminiscent of both tattoo art and comic book illustration, while Terri’s text-based
work with stylized consideration for the “right” font to match the word plays with
expectations of appropriate language and the written word.

The exhibition concept and curation is Terri Whetstone’s. Terri is a visual artist, former
arts administrator, and arts volunteer. Although she has participated in numerous group
exhibitions this is her first time curating an exhibition. Terri’s motivation to present this
exhibition arises from her passion to share innovative and exciting approaches that
utilize rug hooking as a contemporary art form with her community, with the hopes of
fostering the enthusiasm she and the second artist, Rose Wilson, feel for the medium.
Terri hopes the exhibition will inspire others to approach rug hooking in ways that push
boundaries and move this traditional craft beyond the use of commercial and repeated
patterns, to a contemporary, creative exploration of the personal and the political in
artmaking.

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The Spoken Landscape

An Exhibition by Lorna Mulligan

February 12th - 22nd

This exhibition features work that talks about landscape with black ink, words, gestural mark making, and flowing colours. The lyrical imagery wavers between the suggestion of a real place and the constant reminder of the actual painted surface.

Working at the intersection of materiality and memory, my paintings are often about unpredictable edges, incorporating the immediacy of watercolour, hand-ground pigments, and black ink. I’m motivated by observation, visual responses, and the contemplative joy of walking through the coastal landscape. 

I tend to work in series, mostly on paper, including handmade paper. Gestural brushwork and water intermingle in my paintings, with written text woven in and around like ambulatory thoughts. These are mostly quiet, yet graphic paintings, about this place where I now live.

 

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2026 PEOPLE'S PORTRAIT PRIZE

 A community showcase celebrating the diversity and creativity of the human spirit
January 15th- February 8th

2026 PPP Winners 

Digital Art & Mixed Media 
Winner: Sue Howard - “Silenced”

Painting
Winner: Rebecca Fisk - “Yes, Queen”

Drawing
Winner: Ann Smith Kenny - “Mom”

Sculpture
Winner: Charles Weiss - “Largemouth Bob”

Textile
Winner: Sue Blair - “Hop On, Hop Off”

Photography
Winner: Mark Heine - “Wyonna Bernard Portrait”

People’s Choice Award
Winner: Lisa Quigley - “Serendipity”  

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"Serendipity" by Lisa Quigley

2025

FESTIVE MINI EXHIBITION 2025

 A Fundraiser for the Chester Art Centre
November 21-30th

140 Pieces of stunning and diverse artwork all on 6"x6" canvasses donated by local artists.

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ONENESS

 An exhibition by Sarah Hagen, inspired by Bach's Goldberg Variations

November 12-16th

Sarah Hagen is a pianist and visual artist who has translated the 32 movements of Bach's Goldberg Variations into 32 works of art. ONENESS is a visual and aural exploration of connectivity through isolation. 

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Wandering Through Trees

 An exhibition in partnership with the Robert Pope Foundation

October 15th to November 7th

Works in all media that engage with the biology, beauty, symbolism, and significance of trees in our lives and landscapes.

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ABSTRACT BRUTALISM

 An exhibition by Manny Blair

September 26th to October 5th

A multifaceted exploration of brutalist architecture and the visionary ideals of New Babylon, layering colour and form with Joy Division–inspired titles to evoke both utopian and dystopian visions where art, architecture, and music intersect.

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The Measure of Han

 An exhibition by mihyun maria kim

August 22 to September 14

 Han is an untranslatable Korean affect associated with historical unresolved grief, separated families, and loss of collective identity.

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Grounded in the Lost and Found

 An exhibition by Audrey Nicoll

July 25th to August 17th


 This series of drawings is a quiet, personal response to upheaval—both global and deeply personal. Rooted in childhood rituals of wandering, collecting, and observing the natural world, these works reflect on the fragile, fleeting nature of life. Created after a time of absence and healing, each drawing is a meditation on decay, resilience, and the grounding act of making—where memory, nature, and meaning meet in stillness.

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Outside Art from an Outside Life

 An exhibition by Ron Williams

June 27 – July 20


 This exhibition is a raw, reflective journey through wild landscapes and lived experience. Ron Williams former forest ranger, conservation officer, and lifelong fieldworker — returns to the terrain of his memory with paint as his guide.

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Meeting in the Shallows

 Natalie Goulet and Carrie Phillips Kieser

May 30 – June 22, 2025

 
Materializing Atlantic coastal habitats in a plethora of ways. Melting and merging motifs dance between and among each other revealing conflicting feelings of wonder, surprise and horror within natural forms and threatened habitats. 

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EXPLORATIONS IV

May 16 – 25, 2025
 

Showcasing the talented student artists of Forest Heights Community School

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FOLK ART

May 7th to 14th

Folk Art Lecture by Gordon Stewart on May 13th at 6pm as part of the Donald Curley Lecture Series

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CREATIVE SENIOR'ITAS

Art From the Heart

April 25th to May 4th, 2025

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REGENERATIO

Community Exhibition

April 9th to 18th

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LOVE BOAT

Amanda Rhodenizer

March 8th-30th, 2025

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January 9th to 25th, 2025

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People's Portrait Prize

Over 100 Amazing Pieces by
Lunenburg County Artists!

THAT SILENT MOMENT 
by Robert Williams

Opening Reception September 20, 5-7pm
Show Runs September 20 to October 13
That Silent Moment is an exhibition in two parts: paintings and drawings on paper, and an animated video. It explores the meditative or spiritual side of art represented through abstract images and the spaces between them.  
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2023

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LOOK WITHIN AND LOOK OUTSIDE

Solo Exhibition by Micahel Greer

Opening Reception: September 7th, 5-7pm

Gallery Hours: September 8th - October 1st

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30 UNDER THIRTY-ISH

Group Exhibition 

Opening Party: August 11th 4pm to 9pm

Gallery Hours: August 11th - September 3rd

Twofold
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBITION
by Renée Brazeau and Inbal Newman

OPENING RECEPTION

June 8, 5 - 7PM 

GALLERY HOURS

June 9 - 18, 12PM - 4PM 

Explorations III

Exhibition of Works by FHCS Art Students

Opening Reception: April 27, 5 - 7pm
Gallery Hours: April 27 - May 7
Student Q & A: May 7, 2pm
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FROM TABLE TO WALL

SOLO EXHIBITION BY MARLA BENTON

Opening Reception: MAY 11, 5 - 7pm
Gallery Hours: MAY 11 - JUNE 4
ARTIST TALK: JUNE 4, 2PM
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ASKED & ANSWERED

Solo Exhibition by Terri Whetstone

Opening Reception: March 30, 5 - 7PM
Gallery Hours: March 30 - April 23
Artist Talk: April 23,  2PM
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Sacred Places & Sacred Faces

SOLO EXHIBITION by Ethan Neville

Opening Reception: March 2, 5 - 7PM
Gallery Hours: March 2 - 26
Artist Talk: March 26, 2PM

Mothers of Science

SOLO EXHIBITION by  Jo Napier

Opening Reception: February 2, 5 - 7PM
Gallery Hours: February 2 - 26
Wednesday - Sunday, 10AM-4PM
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2022

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Exhibition of Mi'kmaq Art

Mu'ualujik amal-lukutite'wk L'nuk
We are honouring Mi'kmaq artists

Opening Ceremony: Thursday, July 21 at 5PM

Gallery Hours : July 22 - August 10

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THREADING PEACE 
TOGETHER

GROUP EXHIBITION
NS VOICE OF WOMEN FOR PEACE - MAHNAZ ROSHAN
SUE HOWARD - SARA AVMAAT - TAMANA SAQI

JULY 1 - 17

10AM - 4PM

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBITION

OPENING RECEPTION

June 8, 5 - 7PM 

GALLERY HOURS

June 9 - 15, 10AM - 4PM 

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Curtis Botham

The Fishery Waterfront

Elise Campbell

Fibre Art Macro Mushroom Study

HAVEN

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION by 

Sara Harley

Opening Reception: May 5th, 5-7pm

Gallery Hours: May 6th- 29th 

Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm

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