Wild Waysides: Queer Ecologies and the New Natural

White Water Gallery is proud to present Wild Waysides: Queer Ecologies and the New Natural, which will run at the gallery from January 11 to March 15, 2025. This is a group exhibition by sixteen 2SLGBTQSIA artists who participated in the Queer Up North artist residency in Temagami, ON, in August 2024. There will be an opening reception with remarks by curators James Fowler and Pearl Van Geest on Saturday, January 11, from 7 to 9 pm, at the gallery space at 159 Main Street East, North Bay, ON.

This instalment of Wild Waysides, a series of exhibitions and symposiums addressing ideas and provocations of queer ecologies, features a selection of the artworks created in response to Queer Up North, an artist residency held in Temagami, August 2024. This project is presented in collaboration with The Throbbing Rose Collective, White Bear Artist Residency, and the Nipissing Region Curatorial Collective with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Participating artists:

Francisco Alvarez, Schem Rogerson Bader, Jackson Bailey, Kristy Boyce, Terry Dame, James Fowler, David Frazier, Atlas Gifford, Charlie Hunter, Lou Losier, John Rubino, Walt Segers, Cai Sepulis, Christian Bernard Singer, Pearl Van Geest

For a sneak peek of what’s coming with Wild Waysides, click below for a Hyper Creative POP UP. Hyper Creative is WWG’s new YouTube video series, and in this short POP UP episode Executive Director Alex Maeve Campbell joins curator/artist James Fowler to start the conversation about what’s coming up in 2025.

WWG Launches Hyper Creative

White Water Gallery has launched a new, bold video series on our YouTube channel that spotlights the compelling stories of art, artists, and arts and culture workers in the Nipissing region of Ontario, Canada.

In this first episode, join Executive Director and host Alex Maeve Campbell on a journey to the world of artist David Chops and his interactive installation Urban Perception, Natural Reality. This episode includes an artist talk, as well as a behind-the-scenes interview with the artist.

For more Hyper Creative content, make sure to follow our YouTube channel here. More episodes will appear soon!