Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

10/12/2026

👩‍👦 Family Sundays are back!

Pack your imagination and join local designer and printmaker, Rio Kaneki (), for a creative journey.

We’re delighted to welcome you back for another exciting season of our popular Family Sunday program! Inspired by the travel scenes, hidden paths, and landscapes in the AGGV exhibition On the Road: Journeys through Japanese Woodblock Prints, families will explore new ways to create.

🔗 To learn more, visit: https://ow.ly/kTPK50ZBBsP

Family Sunday happens once a month from October to June, and is an afternoon of exploring hands-on art making and ideas for all ages. This recurring program often features special guests such as storytellers, artists, performers or musicians!

🍃 Family Sunday is included with admission!

🍃 Admission is always free for: AGGV Members and SEE ART pass holders, visitors aged 25 & under, all Indigenous Peoples, and support workers accompanying visitors who need assistance (Leisure Assistant Pass Holders).

🍃 Accessibility: The AGGV is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible destination for all to enjoy. The main entrance is wheelchair accessible with a ramp on the left side of the entrance with no handrail. There's one set of power doors located at the left side of the entrance at the top of the ramp.

📷 Image Credit: Print by Rio Kaneki, courtesy of the artist.

10/06/2026

🍂 This month at the AGGV!

For more information about our current and upcoming programming, visit 🔗aggv.ca

Image credit: Pehr Hallsten (Swedish; American, 1897-1965), The Wanderer, 1955, tempera. Gift of Miss Margaret Smith, Tacoma. AGGV 1970.023.001.

10/06/2026

A special evening just for teachers and educators. Register today!

Teachers Night Out is a relaxed and engaging opportunity for teachers and educators to learn about the Gallery’s School Tour + Workshop program for Grades 2 to 12.

📅 Thursday, October 22 | 5-7pm
📍 AGGV | 1040 Moss Street
🔗 Visit our website to learn more and register today! https://ow.ly/PwfP50ZUIoi

This private event is specifically designed for teachers and educators and will feature a tour of the Gallery’s winter exhibitions, the x is where our paths cross, On the Road: Journeys through Japanese Woodblock Prints, and Into the Wosk Collection: Discover & Wonder. The evening will also include the chance to participate in an art-making workshop related to the tour. Refreshments will be provided, and attendees will have the opportunity to meet the School Program team and discovery the free Winter 2026/2027 Teacher Study Guide to further enrich your classroom’s experiences at the Gallery.

Image Credit: Courtesy of the AGGV.

10/04/2026

✨ "On the Road: Journeys through Japanese Woodblock Prints" is on view!

This exhibition invites viewers to journey through the landscapes and scenes captured in Japanese woodblock prints. These works celebrate the spirit of travel, both physical and imaginative, along famed routes and hidden paths.

Curated by Dr. Heng Wu, AGGV Curator of Asian Art
Presented by the Gallery Associates

📍Runs until April 4, 2027

🌐 To learn more, visit our website https://ow.ly/lWCN50ZU52r

Image credit: Installation views of On the Road, courtesy of the AGGV.

10/02/2026

🎶 Join us for the launch of Sights and Sounds, a new evening concert series at the AGGV!

Come by the Gallery early to see exhibitions before enjoying the music of TK The Artist and Raynor Bell.

📅 Saturday, October 24 | 6-8:30pm
🎫 Tickets $21

🌐 Get tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sights-and-sounds-tickets-2000487045605?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tk The Artist is a Nigerian-born Singer/songwriter residing on the West Coast of Canada. As a drummer/singer, music has been at the core of his life from a young age. With influences stemming from Afrobeats, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Gospel, and Neo-Soul, this artist has created unique blends of sounds and rhythms that give you the feeling of summer nights with your favorite people in the world.

Raynor Bell is a Victoria based musician blending the folk, blues and country music genres. Weaving together introspective and insightful lyrics accompanied by harmonious chord progressions, Raynor’s songs tell a story worth listening to.

Image Credit: Courtesy of TK the Artist

09/29/2026

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The Gallery is open from 12-5pm. Free admission all day.

We at the AGGV recognize that reconciliation requires more than words—it demands that we confront systemic racism, dismantle institutional barriers, and continuously reshape our practices to realize true accountability. We are grateful for the ongoing relationships built alongside Indigenous communities and organizations, and we also recognize that as a cultural institution, we must actively engage in the learning required to address the colonial structures embedded within the arts sector and our own operations.

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we offer free admission to the Gallery and the exhibition "As waters merge– swaying waves beckoning us closer."

We invite visitors and community members to take time on this day for personal reflection, education, and meaningful engagement with the history and unresolved intergenerational legacy of the residential school system.

We also encourage you to support and participate in local, Indigenous-led, commemorative events.

Recommended events and educational opportunities in our region include:

🔸Songhees Nation South Island Powwow
🔸First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC / FNSA) Resources
🔸Orange Shirt Day Victoria
🔸Indigenous BC – Truth and Reconciliation Guide
🔸Assembly of First Nations Education Toolkit
🔸GoodMinds Learning Resources
🔸Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS)

🔗 To learn about what's happening in the community and ways to participate, please visit: https://ow.ly/qrMc50Zz1N3


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The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is located on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən peoples, today known as the Xʷsepsəm and Songhees Nations. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on this territory.

09/22/2026

Join us at the Gallery for a day-long performance by Peter Morin and Leah Decter marking a new tributary of crossing in their ongoing collaboration and presented as part of their exhibition "the x is where our paths cross."

Visitors are welcome to come and go throughout the duration of the performance.

🔗 To learn more, visit: https://ow.ly/hMM050ZFr5k
✨ Free, everyone is welcome!

"the x is where our paths cross" is centered in the performance work of hosting and guesting through visiting, trust, and otherwise possibilities. Peter Morin (Tahltan, French Canadian) and Leah Decter (Jewish-Canadian white-settler) mark the crossing of paths across time, territories, and ancestries through reading aloud as an assertion of Indigenous sovereignty and listening-while-drawing as a practice of white-settler accountability.

This exhibition is curated by Toby Lawrence, Curator of Contemporary Art, and runs from October 10, 2026–May 2, 2027.

📸Image Credit: Peter Morin and Leah Decter, X: where our paths cross (Melbourne-Smithers)(detail), 2024, hybrid performance. Photo by Kelly Hussey-Smith, courtesy of the artists.

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09/17/2026

Congratulations, Roger Lee, winner of the Governor General's Award for Outstanding Contribution in Visual and Media Arts

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09/17/2026

Congratulations to art historian and philanthropist, Roger Lee on receiving the Governor General's Award for Outstanding Contribution in Visual and Media Arts!

Roger Lee has supported the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria for over a decade, making his first donation of Yixing teapots to the Gallery in 2015. He continues to donate generously, and the AGGV proudly cares for his collection of several hundred Yixing teapots. In 2024, Lee deepened his commitment to the AGGV by making a significant donation and pledge to the AGGV to sustain our Asian art Collection. The Gallery recognized Lee's gifts with the naming of the "Roger Lee Gallery of Asian Art", in honour of his parents and grandparents.

In her Governor General's Award nomination statement, Dr. Melissa Karmen, CEO of the Chinese Canadian Museum, writes, "Across his life as an educator, collector, advocate and community builder, Lee has created a legacy that extends far beyond any individual exhibition, collection or institution. He has expanded whose stories are valued, strengthened understanding of Asian Canadian identity and fostered meaningful dialogue across communities and generations. His leadership is grounded in curiosity, generosity, and a profound belief in the transformative power of art. Lee’s impact lives not only in the institutions he has helped shape, but in the countless people whose lives and practices have been changed by his encouragement, vision and care."

Thank you for your contributions, Roger Lee, and our most heartfelt congratulations!

To read the full statement visit https://ow.ly/5sA150ZOSVn

Image Credits:

1) AGGV Director/CEO, Nancy Noble; Donor, Roger Lee; and AGGV Curator of Asian Art, Dr. Heng Wu at the opening of AGGV exhibition, A View From Here: Reimagining the AGGV Collections, and the Roger Lee Gallery for Asian Art, 2024. Courtesy of the AGGV.
2) The Roger Lee Gallery of Asian Art at the AGGV. Installation shot of the AGGV's Permanent Collection Galleries, A View From Here: Reimagining the AGGV Collections, 2024. Courtesy of the AGGV.
3) A selection of Yixing teapots from Roger Lee’s donated collection on display in the exhibition, A View From Here: Reimagining the AGGV Collections, in the Roger Lee Gallery for Asian Art.