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Union Gallery

Name: Union Gallery
Address: 1st Floor Stauffer Library, Kingston, ON, K7L5C4, CA
Telephone: +16135333171

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A nonprofit public contemporary art gallery located on Queen’s University campus. Free admission. To centre experiential learning in all that we do.

Union Gallery is the primary public gallery at Queen's University dedicated to showcasing the range and excellence of students' artistic and curatorial practices. UG also supports local (based in Katarokwi-Kingston), regional and national professional artists to foster a diverse network of artistic production, presentation and interpretation. Our programming includes exhibitions, publications, per

formances, workshops, professional development training, residencies and more. Mission + Mandate: To provide an inclusive space and support for interdisciplinary artistic and curatorial research, presentation and interpretation by Queen's University students. To serve as a creative resource hub for students and professional artists to connect and explore shared interests and curiosities. To be a vital platform recognized for championing pedagogical inquiries, curatorial experiments and alternative models to arts engagement, while lifting up the next generation of artists. To foster empowerment and community engagement through creativity.

06/23/2026

We 💛 public spaces and we 💛 SPAF!

Thank you to all the friends who came by to share their ideas with us at Skeleton Park Arts Fest this weekend! The UG team had a wonderful time being out in the community, and our amazing artists Abby Nowakowski and Jasper Lyon Wicke had a blast collaborating on illustrations for you in exchange for your responses to our Public Art Mentorship Program prompt: what do you love about public spaces?

Don't forget to visit Union Gallery this summer! We're open 11am–4:30pm Tues–Sat with late hours til 8pm on Wednesdays. First floor of Stauffer Library, free admission for all 🌻

06/20/2026

Big news! Union Gallery is offering free drop-in programs on Saturday afternoons and Wednesday evenings starting on July 4 🌞

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽-𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀
Saturdays, 2pm-4pm
July 4, 11, 18, 25

Join us on Saturday afternoons for fun and free craft activities to enjoy with your little ones! This series is geared toward kids and caregivers. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽-𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
Wednesdays, 5pm-7pm
July 8, 15, 22, 29

Join us on Wednesday evenings for low-stakes, thought-provoking arts activities and a chance to mingle with fellow artsy folks in Katarokwi-Kingston. This series is mainly geared toward older youth and adults, but all are welcome.

These programs are free, and no registration is required! However, you can sign up for event reminders and sneak peeks at each week’s activities at uniongallery.ca/weekly 📆

Photo of a participant crafting at Beyond Words: BIPOC Art Series collage session with Alyssa Vernon, courtesy of UG staff.

06/12/2026

Calling Queen's student artists! 📣

Looking to exhibit your work in a gallery space this year? Union Gallery's call for fall exhibition proposals closes on June 29!

We are open to proposals from any current Queen’s University students for exhibitions relating to our 2026-2027 curatorial theme – living together – responding to crises in ways that draw us into deeper kinship.

Living together deals with themes of collaboration, coexistence, and cooperation in times of crisis. It asks how we can learn from and be in solidarity with our neighbours – human and more-than-human – through emerging, ongoing and intersecting disasters, including but not limited to:

Climate change / global warming / ecological collapse
(Rising) fascism / reactionary politics
Global conflicts / war / imperialism / colonialism / displacement
Late-stage capitalism / neoliberalism

How can we not only respond to crisis and rebuild after collapse, but build more imaginative and desirable futures?

Open to: current Queen's students in any program/level of study
Deadline: Monday, June 29, 11:59pm

Learn more: uniongallery.ca/calls 🌻

06/09/2026

Let's give a warm welcome to our summer Program Administrator, Sharan Gill! 🌞

Sharan (she/her) is a fourth year Art History and Psychology Major at Queen’s University. As a first-generation Canadian from a Punjabi background, she is passionate about diversifying the arts community on campus. A strong believer in art's power to heal, she has experience in research and community engagement, and has previously led Beyond Words BIPOC Art Series at Union Gallery.

We are delighted to be working with Sharan again after having her on our team as Program Assistant in the fall and winter! This summer, Sharan will be planning, organizing, and facilitating Union Gallery’s public programs, with a focus on welcoming new audiences to UG.

Photo courtesy of Sharan Gill. Background photo of Photo of the reading area in 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦, a youth art exhibition curated by Re Parsons in partnership with Youth Imagine the Future Festival, summer 2024, courtesy of UG staff.

06/06/2026

Union Gallery will be making appearances at three local festivals this summer! Join us for crafts, conversation, and community at Kingston Pride, Skeleton Park Arts Fest, and Women's Art Festival.

First up is Kingston Pride, next Saturday, June 13. We'll be at the community fair in Confederation Basin from 10am to 4pm 🌈

Interested in helping out at our community booths? Apply to volunteer with Union Gallery this summer (or if you're already on our volunteer list, send us an email!) 🌟

Image: Unraveling: It's Up To You, public installation by Lee Jones and Greta Grip, summer 2022, in Victoria Park with UG's Wandering Art Station. Photo courtesy of Talib Ali.

06/02/2026

Union Gallery reopens one week from today!

Here's a sneak preview of 𝘞𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺?, a research-creation work by 3rd-year Philosophy and Sociology student Renee Lebeau, which will be featured in the Main Space starting June 9 ✂

"I created this collage to visualize how colonial violence continues to shape the present, even when it is often treated as something confined to the past. Through layered materials—including magazine clippings, newspaper articles, and paint—I explore how institutions like the criminal justice and child welfare systems obscure their colonial foundations by framing harms such as residential schools and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) as isolated events rather than part of an ongoing structure.

As I assembled the piece, I became increasingly interested in the relationship between time, memory, and power. The fragmented and overlapping layers reflect how colonial histories are never fully separate from the present but continue to shape lived realities. I was drawn to the tension between what is made visible and what remains hidden—how some narratives are emphasized while others are buried beneath institutional language and ideas of reconciliation.

By reworking found materials, I wanted to interrupt familiar narratives and encourage viewers to look more closely at how colonial structures remain active and normalized in everyday systems. Creating this piece also prompted me to consider resistance—not only as opposition, but also as remembrance, refusal, and the assertion of alternative futures."

Regular hours resume June 9 and will continue all summer long! Come visit Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–4:30pm, with late hours til 8pm on Wednesdays.

Photo courtesy of the artist.

05/30/2026

This summer, we're working with the wonderful GHY Cheung, who's curating 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 in the Main Space 💦

GHY Cheung is a Hong Kong-born artist and writer. Across his practice, he attends to q***r bodies in the built environment, looking in particular to histories of cruising across Hong Kong, Katarokwi-Kingston and Ottawa.

GHY has been a longtime collaborator with Union Gallery as an artist and writer, and we're delighted to have him back on the team. 10 days to go until our doors reopen for the summer—we hope you'll come see what we have in store!

Photo of GHY Cheung courtesy of the artist.

05/28/2026

Coming to the Main Space in June: 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 by Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies PhD student Elyse Longair 🌝

Worlds World Worlds takes its title and conceptual grounding from Donna Haraway’s phrase “it matters what worlds world worlds,” and responds to Union Gallery’s curatorial theme, Living Together, by focusing on collaboration, coexistence, and solidarity in times of intersecting crises. Through collage, the exhibition aims to explore how images construct our understanding of reality, and how shifting those images might shift perception itself.

Visit uniongallery.ca to learn more about upcoming exhibitions, and come in person when our doors reopen on Tuesday, June 9 💫

05/27/2026

Meet the one and only Jasper Lyon Wicke, who will be joining us this summer as UG's artist in residence through the Public Art Mentorship Program 🌱

Jasper’s art focuses on representing plants, animals, and humans in harmony. She loves attempting to make her dreams come to life through sewing, drawing, printing, painting, woodworking, and any other medium she can get her hands on. Jasper enjoys playing with many layers of meaning, using visual metaphors and simple motifs alike to get an idea, concept, or message across. She strongly believes that environmental justice and community are intrinsically linked to our collective liberation and tries to represent this in her work. Whether at a protest, wandering in the forest, or relaxing in a cozy place, Jasper is always thinking creatively and critically in an attempt to understand and learn about the wonderful, complicated world we live in.

Jasper has previously been involved with Union Gallery as a youth artist in Home Sweet Home, a summer 2024 exhibition curated by Re Parsons and presented in collaboration with Youth Imagine the Future Festival. We're so excited to welcome Jasper back to the gallery for a summer of art making and skill sharing!

Central photo: Jasper gazes upwards as sparkles float around her. Light skin, layered brown hair, a white dress, and a green shirt and necklace. Photo courtesy of Clay Lyon.

Background: Jasper Lyon Wicke, Walk Softly, 2025, acrylic. Photo courtesy of the artist.

05/23/2026

We're delighted to (re)introduce Abby Nowakowski, who will be joining us this summer as a mentor for the Public Art Mentorship Program 🐣

Abby Nowakowski is a q***r interdisciplinary artist and arts educator based in the wetlands of Central Frontenac between the Mississippi and Tay River watersheds. In their practice, they are constantly questioning how their artwork can be used as an activist tool and contribute to the collective creative building of sustainable futures. Abby explores themes of transformative justice, belonging, and hopefulness. Learning lessons from the natural world, Abby often leans towards local flora and wildlife as powerful examples of community building and resistance.

Abby is also our former Program Director and a member of the UG Board of Directors! We are so grateful to be working with them again and are looking forward to a wonderful summer of creativity, care, and skill-sharing.

Central photo: Abby stands in front of a chicken coop with their hen Silverwing in their arms. Abby has ash blonde hair, a pale complexion, and a super cute outfit on. Photo courtesy of Sunbird Photography.

Background: Abby Nowakowski, Unlikely Pals, 2023, painted plywood.
Photo courtesy of the artist.

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1st Floor Stauffer Library
Kingston, ON
K7L5C4

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	11am - 8pm
Thursday	11am - 4:30pm
Friday	11am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+16135333171

Website

https://www.uniongallery.ca/

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