Downtown Courtenay’s public gallery is in a busy stretch of the season. The Comox Valley Art Gallery, at 580 Duncan Avenue, is open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It was closed Wednesday, November 11, for Remembrance Day, including the gift shop. Regular hours resume after that. The phone is 250-338-6211, and the email is gallery@comoxvalleyartgallery.com. The gallery is also in our Comox Valley directory.
This autumn’s convergent program, The things that hold us, looks at “our relationships with the land, with each other, and with the histories that brought us to where we find ourselves.” The exhibition of the same name, which the gallery says explores “the impossibility of permanence, losing, finding, celebrating the found + commemorating the lost,” runs from September 19 to November 21. Two longer public-art projects remain on view: Public Place : Sacred Space, and the North Island Hospital Public Art Project.
What’s coming next
On Friday, November 20, from 4 to 7 p.m., CVAG and Wachiay Studio open Mesh, an exhibition of screen prints from the 2026 Wachiay Residency series, which then continues through January 9, 2027. That same evening, from 5 to 8:30 p.m., the gallery takes part in Moonlight & Magic, with art-making on the CVAG plaza and a chance to see the first and last day of exhibits inside. The CVAG Film Series, drawn from the TIFF Film Circuit, continues into early winter, through December 2.
Then the gift-shopping season arrives in the gallery itself. The Winter Art Faire, with work for sale by more than thirty-five regional artists, runs December 4 to 24. The opening celebration is Friday, December 4, from 5 to 8 p.m.; the gallery promises bannock, marshmallows, hot apple cider and more. Check the website before you go, especially around holidays, for any change to hours.
Good to know
- Address: 580 Duncan Avenue, Courtenay. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- The things that hold us is on through November 21. Mesh opens November 20.
- Winter Art Faire: December 4 to 24; opening evening December 4, 5–8 p.m. Details at comoxvalleyartgallery.com.
Image: Screenshot of the Comox Valley Art Gallery homepage, showing current programming.
Photo: Comox Valley Art Gallery, Screenshot of official source page, via source.
