Rosemary Gallery recently opened its doors to an exhibition space bound to rove. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Rosemary Gallery recently opened its doors to an exhibition space bound to rove. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Rosemary Gallery recently opened its doors to an exhibition space bound to rove.
Hosted until Nov. 27 in a narrow, inviting room at 226 Main St., the travelling gallery will soon spring up in new milieus where it can once again hold space for BIPOC artists and shed light on the history of its surroundings.
This is the novel vision of Rosemary’s co-curators Jaimie Isaac and Suzanne Morrissette, young leaders in the country’s contemporary and Indigenous art scenes. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS Curators Suzanne Morrissette (left) and Jaimie Isaac envision the Rosemary Gallery moving place to place. “We’re designed to exist for short periods of time in different locations,” says Morrissette.
“How we’re thinking of it right now is roving in migratory ways that can respond to really important things that are happening, whether in this city or another city,” says Isaac. Beside its neighbour, Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, the Main Street site faces one of North America’s most famous meeting places, the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, a site of trade, gathering and migration for Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before French fur .
