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Regeneratio
March 19th - April 5th
Opening Reception Thursday, Mar 19th 5-7pm
Join us as we fill the walls of our gallery with Springtime imagery for a cheerful & sweet community exhibition.
Local artists who create 2D art works that celebrate the rebirth of the season, the reappearance of green growth, and the revitalization of the human spirit will be sharing their creativity with the community to help us celebrate the season of regeneration.
Submissions are due Sunday, March 1st, 2026, 4pm
Learn more about how to submit artwork for this exhibition below!
Creative Seniors
April 9th - 19th
Opening Reception Thursday, Apr 9th 5-7pm
Creative Seniors is an 8-week pay-what-you-can art program for seniors 55+
Led by Lisa Hrabowsky, this painting studio offered a unique Creative Seniors session focused on creating one large acrylic painting from start to finish. Participants chose their own subject or select from provided options and were guided through canvas prep, composition, colour mixing, and paint application, leading to a finished piece ready for display at this lovely April Exhibition.
Thank you to the Province of Nova Scotia and Municipality of Chester for supporting this program!
She Sees It All
An Exhibition by Rebecca Fisk
April 23rd - May 17th
Opening Reception Thursday, Apr 23rd 5-7pm
This exhibition features large acrylic paintings that illustrate phrases and sayings rooted in a racially hierarchical society. Some of these sayings and phrases are commonplace, such as ‘cotton-pickin minute’ and ‘strange fruit.’ Others are not so common, such as ‘Sundown Town’ and ‘cake-walk.’
"The work explores the layered realities of race, identity, and perception through large-scale acrylic self-portraits in which the subject is always masked. These masks are not meant to conceal, but to reveal: they represent the complex personas we adopt to navigate systems of power, expectation, and survival. Each portrait questions how identity is constructed—by ourselves, by others, and by the culture we live in.
By working at a monumental scale, I reclaim physical and psychological space. My presence, even when veiled, demands to be seen, not just looked at. These portraits are not about hiding, but about complexity—about the identities we carry, the ones imposed upon us, and the ones we’re still discovering.
Through this series, I invite viewers to sit with discomfort, ambiguity, and contradiction. The work asks: Who do we become when we are seen only through masks? And what truths emerge when we choose to wear them on our own terms?"
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Forest Heights Show
May 21st - 31st
Opening Reception Thursday, May 21st 5-7pm
Fishers
An Exhibition by Curtis Botham
June 11th - 28th
Opening Reception Friday, Jun 12th 5-7pm
Large-scale charcoal drawings depicting the labour and processes of Nova Scotia’s commercial fishing industry.
Botham started this project in 2022, while in Chester Art Centre’s Artist-in-Residency program.
"The artworks in this series were made using sketches and photos that I’ve accumulated on
fishing boats, processing plants, and docks. They aimed to cut through the often-idealized, touristy depictions of quaint fishing villages, instead depicting the unromanticized, real labour and processes of an industry that’s so quintessential to maritime culture, but often taken for granted. The work was made in a hands-on, documentary way, with a keen sense of passive observation showing each stage of the seafood industry from ocean to plate.
Since my Chester residency marked the beginning of the project, it’s fitting to display the finished project in the same place. The impressive scale and high degree of detail in the
work encourages people to spend a long time with each piece; I’ve been told routinely how much time they spend soaking it in. People involved with the fishing industry have remarked on feeling seen by even the more mundane aspects of the drawing; I’ve had so many long discussions about their own experiences at sea, so I know the work can make an impact."
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