2023 Season
2023 Newsletter
Hunter Ramey
March 4 – March 26
Reception: Sunday, March 5, 2-4pm
Hunter Ramsey’s recipe card series is inspired by her paternal grandmother who lived one hour outside of Fort St. John BC. Since Fort St. John’s planting season is so short she would bake carrot pie instead of pumpkin. In Hunter’s exhibition recipes are not limited to just food production but are expanded with some visual instructions for DIY household solutions. Hunter combines these visual recipes with canister wraps that blurs the lines between traditional art and craft design.
Colleen Brown, Artist in Residence
April 1 – April 30
Reception: Sunday, April 2, 2-4pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 15, 1pm
Colleen Brown has created textiles, sculptures, paintings and works of intervention related to her upcoming book titled, If you lie down in a field, she will find you there, which will be published by Radiant Press in the Fall of 2023.
Young at Art Show
May 6 – May 28
The Arts Council’s annual show featuring work by students from schools throughout the region. The show will feature work of students of all ages showcasing the up and coming talent in our local area.
The Kent Harrison Arts Council’s (KHAC) Thriving Artist Symposium
Saturday, May 6, and Sunday May 7, Memorial Hall
Many Artists in Residence who have lived in our community over the last fifteen years are coming back to Harrison to share their experiences since their residency. There will be a community dance Saturday night and curators Jordan Strom, Surrey Art Gallery and David Chapperon, Jones Gallery will be joining the symposium on Sunday.
Orion Zhang & Zarin (Tazreen Tasnim)
June 3 – July 2
Reception: Sunday, June 4, 2-4pm
Orion Zhang is looking for the solitude and the devotion of wandering in landscapes. Zhang approaches these photographic works with hope and nostalgia.
Zarin Tazreen’s plein air works in pastel and acrylic capture landscapes from the blue waters of Deep Cove to lush, green parks of Metro Vancouver.
Alysa Schwan, (outdoor Installation) & Sylvie Roussel-Janssen, (Indoor Exhibit)
July 5 – July 30
Reception: Thursday, July 6, 7-9pm
Alyssa Schwann creates temporary installations using string or by clearing human debris in the forest to record the felling of a tree or reveal the relationships of the branches to the parent trunks. Her three dimensional drawings delineate connections between trees and logs which at first appear to have no relationship between them.
Sylvie Roussel-Janssens’ sustainable art practice in sculpture melds embroidery and environmental concerns. The plastic debris she uses as material was gathered in the Fraser Valley during the pandemic. “Stitching is healing. If we can make small gesture of repair, perhaps we can have the courage to fix our broken world.”
Fraser Valley Biennale, curated by the Reach Art Gallery
August 5 – August 27
Reception: Sunday, August 6, 2-4pm
Planned by the Reach Gallery in partnership with the Kent Harrison Arts Council and other regional arts organizations, the Fraser Valley Regional Biennale is a dynamic, collective representation of exceptional artwork produced by artists in the Fraser Valley region.
Gwenyth Chao
September 2 – October 1
Reception: Sunday, September 3, 2-4pm
Gwenyth Chao’s work combines a deep and far ranging research practice with experimentation with new sculptural materials to create innovative installations. Chao’s materials often include ingestible biomaterial such as onion skins, tea leaves, coffee grounds, cherry blossoms, kiwi, xanthan gum, gelatin, methylcellulose.
Stephanie Gagne
October 7 – November 5
Reception: October 8, 2-4pm
In her exhibition, Living Dead Girl, Stephanie Gagne will consider how figures, flowers, and insects are used across art history and contemporary media, to simultaneously represent both beauty and death.
Small Works Show
November 12 – December 3
Reception: Sunday, November 12, 2-4pm
Annual show of small works by new and established artists.
Arts Council Members' Show
December 9 – February
Reception: Sunday, December 10, 2-4pm
Work from Kent Harrison Arts Council members.
Hunter Ramey
March 4 – March 26
Reception: Sunday, March 5, 2-4pm
Hunter Ramsey’s recipe card series is inspired by her paternal grandmother who lived one hour outside of Fort St. John BC. Since Fort St. John’s planting season is so short she would bake carrot pie instead of pumpkin. In Hunter’s exhibition recipes are not limited to just food production but are expanded with some visual instructions for DIY household solutions. Hunter combines these visual recipes with canister wraps that blurs the lines between traditional art and craft design.
Colleen Brown, Artist in Residence
April 1 – April 30
Reception: Sunday, April 2, 2-4pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 15, 1pm
Colleen Brown has created textiles, sculptures, paintings and works of intervention related to her upcoming book titled, If you lie down in a field, she will find you there, which will be published by Radiant Press in the Fall of 2023.
Young at Art Show
May 6 – May 28
The Arts Council’s annual show featuring work by students from schools throughout the region. The show will feature work of students of all ages showcasing the up and coming talent in our local area.
The Kent Harrison Arts Council’s (KHAC) Thriving Artist Symposium
Saturday, May 6, and Sunday May 7, Memorial Hall
Many Artists in Residence who have lived in our community over the last fifteen years are coming back to Harrison to share their experiences since their residency. There will be a community dance Saturday night and curators Jordan Strom, Surrey Art Gallery and David Chapperon, Jones Gallery will be joining the symposium on Sunday.
Orion Zhang & Zarin (Tazreen Tasnim)
June 3 – July 2
Reception: Sunday, June 4, 2-4pm
Orion Zhang is looking for the solitude and the devotion of wandering in landscapes. Zhang approaches these photographic works with hope and nostalgia.
Zarin Tazreen’s plein air works in pastel and acrylic capture landscapes from the blue waters of Deep Cove to lush, green parks of Metro Vancouver.
Alysa Schwan, (outdoor Installation) & Sylvie Roussel-Janssen, (Indoor Exhibit)
July 5 – July 30
Reception: Thursday, July 6, 7-9pm
Alyssa Schwann creates temporary installations using string or by clearing human debris in the forest to record the felling of a tree or reveal the relationships of the branches to the parent trunks. Her three dimensional drawings delineate connections between trees and logs which at first appear to have no relationship between them.
Sylvie Roussel-Janssens’ sustainable art practice in sculpture melds embroidery and environmental concerns. The plastic debris she uses as material was gathered in the Fraser Valley during the pandemic. “Stitching is healing. If we can make small gesture of repair, perhaps we can have the courage to fix our broken world.”
Fraser Valley Biennale, curated by the Reach Art Gallery
August 5 – August 27
Reception: Sunday, August 6, 2-4pm
Planned by the Reach Gallery in partnership with the Kent Harrison Arts Council and other regional arts organizations, the Fraser Valley Regional Biennale is a dynamic, collective representation of exceptional artwork produced by artists in the Fraser Valley region.
Gwenyth Chao
September 2 – October 1
Reception: Sunday, September 3, 2-4pm
Gwenyth Chao’s work combines a deep and far ranging research practice with experimentation with new sculptural materials to create innovative installations. Chao’s materials often include ingestible biomaterial such as onion skins, tea leaves, coffee grounds, cherry blossoms, kiwi, xanthan gum, gelatin, methylcellulose.
Stephanie Gagne
October 7 – November 5
Reception: October 8, 2-4pm
In her exhibition, Living Dead Girl, Stephanie Gagne will consider how figures, flowers, and insects are used across art history and contemporary media, to simultaneously represent both beauty and death.
Small Works Show
November 12 – December 3
Reception: Sunday, November 12, 2-4pm
Annual show of small works by new and established artists.
Arts Council Members' Show
December 9 – February
Reception: Sunday, December 10, 2-4pm
Work from Kent Harrison Arts Council members.
