NEWZONES GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Emily Filler: Deconstructed Bouquets
Opens May 2
Emily Filler’s new exhibition showcases her vibrant mixed‑media “painterly collages,” where flowers become portals into dreamlike abstraction. Her work blends painting, printmaking, and photography to create pieces that feel both familiar and otherworldly, capturing not the literal form of a bouquet but the beauty and impressions it leaves in memory.
GIBSON FINE ART
Susana Espinoza, Paige Ring, and Drew Klassen group show
Until May 26
This exhibition presents three contemporary painters exploring colour, composition, and atmosphere through layered surfaces and luminous palettes. Their works balance structure and fluidity, blending geometry with organic forms. Bold expressions contrast subtle nuances, creating dynamic rhythm. The collection offers a vibrant yet contemplative visual experience, reflecting the evolving language of painting.
SPARROW ARTSPACE
Where Wings Carry Us: Doro Buch, Claudia Chagoya, and Diana Olarte
Until May 17
This vibrant, inclusive, community-focused arts hub and studio is located in the historic DeWaal Building in Bridgeland. Where Wings Carry Us is a collaboration between three multidisciplinary immigrant artists exploring migration, identity, and transformation. Through painting, installation, an›d mixed media, these artists use the bird as a shared symbol to reflect resilience, displacement, belonging, and connection across cultures.
ESKER FOUNDATION
ᐃᔨ – Eyes – Shirley Moorhouse
Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo: Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything
Opening May 23
Two exhibitions highlight distinct yet resonant artistic voices. Shirley Moorhouse presents works spanning decades, rooted in lived experience and extending outward to family, community, all living beings, and the universe, exploring storytelling, spirituality, and environmental themes. Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo, meanwhile, present an immersive installation blending mythology, marine ecology, and diasporic identity, creating multisensory spaces for reflection, intergenerational storytelling, and connection.
