Art Opening | Fierce Transformation: Art from the Wachiay Residency
Schedule
Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
580 Duncan Ave, Courtenay, BC, Canada, British Columbia V9N 2M7 | Courtenay, BC
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ART OPENING The Comox Valley Art Gallery and Wachiay Studio are excited to present an exhibition of screen prints created during the 2025 Wachiay Residency series.
We invite you to join us for the opening at 1pm on Saturday, November 1, at CVAG. During this event, the community will have an opportunity to engage in an on-demand screen printing demonstration.
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CVAG admission is barrier-free (no cost). Donations are appreciated and contribute to ongoing community interactive programming.
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FIERCE TRANSFORMATION: ART FROM THE WACHIAY RESIDENCY
During the Wachiay Residency, artists from around BC and Canada spend two weeks immersed in the screen print medium at Wachiay Studio in Courtenay. We started this program because we want to share our studio space and amplify the voices of community-based artists.
Screen printing is a printmaking process which uses a fine mesh screen to transfer layers of ink onto paper or another surface. Each colour is printed in a separate layer and lined up exactly with the layers underneath. In a digital world, making art by hand connects us more deeply to the creative process.
To encourage collaboration, we hosted two artists in the studio at the same time. This year’s artists were:
• Jessie Everson from K’ómoks First Nation and Atheana Picha from Richmond (Coast Salish/Kwantlen First Nation);
• Sham Sandhu and Carly Ball from Cumberland;
• Chantey Dayal from Duncan and Leya Tess from Denman Island;
• Hannah Gelderman and Madeleine Salomons from Edmonton; and
• Heather Curtis from Comox Valley (Michisaagiig of Rice Lake, Hiawatha Nation) and Hjalmer Wenstob from Ucluelet (Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation). Hjalmer’s partner Annika Benoit-Jansson also helped make these prints.
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CVAG collaborates with community partners to support professional development and creative research through presentation and artist residency opportunities. During the Wachiay Residency series, the artists were hosted at the CVAG Next Door Artist Residence.
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Learn more: https://www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com/exhibitions/art-from-the-wachiay-residency-2025/.
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