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25 July 2018
CFRC 101.9 FM’s interview with artist Tau Lewis is available as a podcast below. Listen to Tau speak about her body of work, her method and inspirations, her work with... Read more
Agnes in the News
Queen's Gazette
12 July 2018
The “Art Worlds” pilot program is a partnership between the Smith School of Business and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
This summer, alongside art camps and... Read more
Queen's Gazette
06 July 2018
By Phil Gaudreau, Senior Communications Officer
During her residency, Tau Lewis has spent time with pre-teen girls to help them explore their identity.
The Agnes Etherington Art... Read more
Queen's Alumni
20 June 2018
The Dodge Family Foundation is helping the Agnes Etherington Art Centre learn more about its Indigenous art collection.
A new fund will help the Agnes Etherington Art Centre... Read more
Queen's Gazette
08 June 2018
If you haven’t visited the Queen’s Solar Education House, the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, or the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, you can stop in on... Read more
Kingston Herald
06 June 2018
By Heather Denise
Get a look behind-the-doors at some of Kingston’s most interesting places for free when Doors Open Kingston returns on Saturday, June 16.
Recreation programs... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
02 June 2018
Since 1967, The Bader Collection at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has grown to more than 200 artworks, including three Rembrandts. The Baders have aimed to create a collection... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
30 May 2018
The industrialized warfare of the First World War led to the unprecedented destruction of cities, landscapes, and human lives. Among those who experienced this horror were... Read more
Queen's Gazette
25 April 2018
By Communications Staff
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre will launch its Spring/Summer season on Friday, April 27, with the introduction of five new exhibitions.
Attendees will be... Read more
Queen's Gazette
20 March 2018
By Phil Gaudreau, Senior Communications Officer
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre has received a gift of Inuit prints and a bequest from Margaret McGowan (Artsci’78) and her... Read more
Queen's Journal
15 February 2018
By Jasnit Pabla
Agnes partners with Four Directions to deliver cultural programming for Indigenous youth
This year, the Agnes has formally opened its doors to Indigenous youth... Read more
Kingston Whig Standard
16 January 2018
By Peter Hendra
When he took on the task of curating an exhibit in response to Canada’s sesquicentennial, celebrated Indigenous artist Kent Monkman looked to “fill in the... Read more
Queen's Journal
16 January 2018
By Ramolen Laruan
Noted artists, critics and curators evaluate the politics of artwork
Some of the foremost names in Canadian contemporary art gathered in the Agnes Etherington... Read more
CKWS
12 January 2018
By Nikki Jhutti, Reporter Global News
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A new exhibition at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University is exploring some of the darkest chapters of... Read more
Queen's Gazette
12 January 2018
By Andrew Carroll, Gazette Editor
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre sees support from the Canada Council for the Arts nearly double for contemporary art programming.
The Agnes... Read more
Queen's Journal
12 January 2018
By Nick Pearce
Canada Counsel for the Arts recognizes gallery
Taking effect immediately, the Canada Council for the Arts has nearly doubled the Agnes Etherington Art Gallery’s... Read more
Queen's Gazette
11 January 2018
By Phil Gaudreau, Senior Communications Officer
Among the many interesting art exhibitions at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre this season is a provocative exhibition from... Read more
Kingston Whig Standard
13 December 2017
The Community Foundation for Kingston and Area got out its chequebook again this week and awarded a total of $150,445 in grants to 15 local charities and organizations.
The money... Read more
Queen's Journal
26 October 2017
By Michelle Boon
On Wednesday, the Agnes Etherington Arts Centre was transformed into a visual protest against racism.
Curated by lead artist Camille Turner, the exhibition Arts... Read more
Queen's Gazette
23 October 2017
By Sarah Linders, Senior Communications Officer
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Union Gallery will be transformed on Wednesday, Oct. 25 for a day-long series of... Read more
Kingston Whig Standard
13 October 2017
By Peter Hendra
With the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre both marking milestones this year — the Agnes turns 60, Modern Fuel 40 — the two are... Read more
Queen's Gazette
11 October 2017
By Communications Staff
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is in a celebratory mood as it marks its 60th anniversary with a suite of special events starting Thursday, Oct.... Read more
Queen's Media Centre
19 September 2017
Queen’s National Scholar Norman Vorano has been named as one of only five recipients of a prestigious Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship – one of the most competitive... Read more
Queen's Gazette
19 September 2017
Queen’s National Scholar Norman Vorano has been named as one of only five recipients of a prestigious Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship – one of the most... Read more
CBC News
27 August 2017
In 1964, residents of Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Arctic Bay and Igloolik sketched the world around them
In 1964, a collection of about 1,860 sheets of drawings — some... Read more
CBC News
26 August 2017
By Walter Strong
In 1964, a collection of about 1,860 sheets of drawings — some double-sided — was created by 159 Inuit men, women and youth in three North Baffin... Read more
Queen's Journal
24 March 2017
By Ramolen Laruan
Kingston drawings by Charles Frederick Gibson added to the collection
In February, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre announced the acquisition of six drawings by... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
02 March 2017
By Andrea Gunn, Editor
When I first started contemplating our cover image for this issue, I had an idea of what I wanted: a piece of contemporary art that was beautiful and... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
02 March 2017
By Melinda Knox
In 1964, as part of an outreach project, Inuit people in North Baffin communities created hundreds of drawings, recording memories of their childhoods, recalling... Read more
The Gazette
19 January 2017
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre will be celebrating the Winter Season launch on Thursday, Jan. 19 with five new exhibitions.
“It’s always exciting to share the fruit of the... Read more
The Gazette
18 November 2016
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is the winner of three major awards from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG): Innovation in a Collections-Based Exhibition Award;... Read more
Magenta Magazine
31 October 2016
Ciara Phillips and the intersection of art, labour and gender
by Lauren Fournier
Comrade Objects: Ciara Phillips marks the Glasgow-based Canadian artist’s first solo exhibition... Read more
Kingstonist
25 October 2016
What’s Happening at the Agnes this Season?
By: Anders Morley
Temperatures are finally falling, and for me that often means down-time is spent at home with a good book and a warm... Read more
The Queen's Journal
30 September 2016
My experience reading The Globe and Mail through a feminist lens
By: Alex Palermo
Last Saturday, I had a revelation. Sometimes, sexism doesn’t manifest itself as words... Read more
The Queen's Journal
16 September 2016
By: Zelia Bukhari
If you take a stroll through the Agnes Etherington Arts Centre this season, prepare to be transported through different times and experience many emotions as you... Read more
Queen's Gazette
13 September 2016
With Queen’s University marking its 175th anniversary it is only fitting that the Agnes Etherington Art Centre be part of the celebrations.
The Agnes will be celebrating the... Read more
Queen's Gazzette
13 September 2016
With Queen’s University marking its 175th anniversary it is only fitting that the Agnes Etherington Art Centre be part of the celebrations.
The Agnes will be celebrating the... Read more
CBC News
10 July 2016
By Sima Sahar Zerehi
In 1964, Terry Ryan travelled to North Baffin Island, going from camp to camp by dogsled. He carried with him a pile of archival paper and pencils, his... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
02 June 2016
By Wanda Praamsma
David de Witt takes the Review on a tour of the great painter’s former house and studio
The rooms of Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam reveal the details... Read more
02 June 2016
Since 1967, The Bader Collection at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has grown to more than 200 artworks, including three Rembrandts. The Baders have aimed to create a collection... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
02 June 2016
By Kirsteen MacLeod
Back when she was an occupational therapy master’s student, Danielle Naumann (Artsci’09; MSc’11) recalls being impatient about the mandatory workshop at... Read more
CODART
10 June 2015
Jacquelyn N. Coutré arrived at Queen’s University in Kingston as the Agnes Etherington Art Centre´s new Bader Curator and Researcher of European Art. Before starting in... Read more
Queen's Journal
02 June 2015
Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell have created their own universe within the walls of the Agnes Etherington Arts Centre.
The Toronto-based artists run Toronto’s Feminist Art... Read more
Kingstonist
12 May 2015
By chance or design, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has juxtaposed two fascinating—albeit wildly different—feminist exhibits this spring. The first, The Artist Herself, is a... Read more
NGC Magazine
11 May 2015
A buckskin dress, a bear-claw necklace, and an ivory Victorian gown. Once worn by the celebrated poet of Mohawk and British heritage, E. Pauline Johnson, these three objects are... Read more
Canadian Art
07 May 2015
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre will launch three new exhibitions of works by female artists on May 8 at 5:30 pm, in conjunction with the Canadian Women Artists History... Read more
Queen's Gazette
07 May 2015
When The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists opens at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (the Agnes) on May 8, it will not only showcase the art of... Read more
TV Cogeco, K-Town Source
09 April 2015
K-Town Source visits the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and gallery on Queen’s campus in Kingston to learn about the art workshops and summer courses offered at the... Read more
Kingston Heritage
30 March 2015
We often chose clothing that reflects our personalities and the way we are feeling at the moment, but it is possible to learn about a person’s personality and their history... Read more
Kingston Whig-Standard
26 March 2015
Deep in a vault below the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, a small group of women from Kingston’s past are finally being given a voice.
The women, all members of the city’s high... Read more
Prison Photography
12 March 2015
THE DEMISE OF “CANADA’S ALCATRAZ”
In late 2013, and after 178 years in operation, Kingston Penitentiary in Canada closed. Located on the shores of Lake Ontario, the... Read more
The TOC (Times of Change)
02 March 2015
Our El Greco piece has been doing some travelling! In the three months that the “Adoration of the Magi” has been on view at the Benaki Museum in Athens it has been... Read more
Queen's Journal
27 February 2015
Artists in Amsterdam is a culturally rich exhibit
Artists in Amsterdam is a startling visual portrayal of the myriad of influences that shaped the art culture in the city... Read more
Herd Magazine
24 February 2015
Last month, we were hosted by the City of Kingston Cultural Services. Here is what we learned and here is what we saw.
Upon entering The Isabel, in Kingston, Ontario, I was struck... Read more
Slate
12 February 2015
During its 178-year-long history, most Canadians knew Kingston Penitentiary only by reputation. Often referred to as Canada’s Alcatraz, the Ontario maximum-security prison... Read more
Herd Magazine
29 January 2015
A thoughtful review of the Agnes’ Akram Zaatari: All Is Well show, now at Carleton University Art Gallery
“In the name of God the most merciful, most gracious,” begin... Read more
Kingston Whig Standard
27 January 2015
KINGSTON — “The Park and the Landscape” is a new exhibition on display at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and I was very keen on viewing the show when I learned it was... Read more
Queen's Journal
27 January 2015
Collection of African masks, statues, and photography capturing traditions
The Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection of African Art is an eye-opening arrangement of masks, statues... Read more
Queen's Journal
23 January 2015
“Go to Nature in all her singleness of heart … rejecting nothing, selecting nothing and scorning nothing; rejoicing always in the truth.” This quotation by influential... Read more
snapd Kingston
23 January 2015
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre recently presented its “Season launch” to a capacity crowd of art lovers, patrons, enthusiasts, students and the curious. AEAC... Read more
Canadian Art
22 January 2015
Among the architectural relics in Kingston, Ontario, are Fort Henry and Kingston Penitentiary. Designed as instruments of control—over populations inside and economic and... Read more
CKWS Newswatch
22 January 2015
LOOKING TO STAY WARM DURING THESE COLD WINTER DAYS?
JUST CALL IT A “SEASON OF CHANGE” HERE AT “THE AGNES”.
YES, THERE REALLY SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
“WE’VE... Read more
Queen's Gazette
21 January 2015
Professor Emeritus David McTavish died on Nov. 27, in Kingston, depriving the Queen’s community of a gifted scholar, educator and friend.
Professor Emeritus David McTavish... Read more
Queen's Gazette
20 January 2015
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s unveiled its new exhibitions during a season launch event last week. Several hundred patrons explored the exhibitions and met artist... Read more
Queen's Journal
09 January 2015
An assortment of ecological works
Nestled within the walls of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, “I Hope Humanity…” is a meaningful exhibition that makes a sobering point... Read more
Frontenac News
08 January 2015
Kim Ondaatje, long time resident and keeper of Blueroof Farm in Bellrock, likely hasn’t put paint to canvas in decades, or a least not in the big way she did decades ago.... Read more
Kingstonist
16 December 2014
Vancouver-based Douglas Coupland may be best known for writing acerbic and hilarious novels such as Generation X and The Gum Thief, but he’s also quite an accomplished visual... Read more
CBC Radio, The Sunday Edition
07 December 2014
Geoffrey James has been one of Canada’s most distinguished photographers for more than 25 years.
In 1989, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He won the Gershon... Read more
Canadian Art
04 December 2014
For Geoffrey James’s recent exhibition of photographs of Kingston Penitentiary at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, visitors entered through the small Samuel J. Zacks Gallery,... Read more
Queen's Gazette
04 December 2014
Art lovers in Kingston and around the globe now have a new way to support the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
The gallery began offering direct memberships earlier this fall. The... Read more
Queen's Gazette
02 December 2014
Long-time Queen’s University benefactors Alfred and Isabel Bader have given $5.5 million to support an important international collection and expanding research and student... Read more
Queen's Gazette
28 November 2014
Flags on campus are lowered in memory of David McTavish, a professor emeritus in the Department of Art.
Dr. McTavish began teaching at Queen’s in 1973 and was promoted to full... Read more
CKWS Newswatch
27 November 2014
The photographer got inside Kingston Penitentiary during its final months of operation.
There’s only a couple of weeks left to see some of his work. Newswatch’s Mike Postovit... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
21 November 2014
Dr. Alfred Bader tells how he discovered the painting that turned out to be an important early El Greco. The painting, The Adoration of the Shepherds, is now part of the... Read more
National Gallery of Canada
28 October 2014
Rembrandt’s Circle at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre —
In an age when Facebook and Twitter are synonymous with social networking, it’s easy to forget that social networks... Read more
Tourism Kingston
27 October 2014
Kingston’s most famous front door has got to be the massive north gate at Kingston Penitentiary (KP). Framed by limestone columns and a stone wall that stretches toward... Read more
Kingston Heritage
10 October 2014
Field trips are a highlight for most elementary school students. They present a chance to get out of school and explore new things. Now, a new program in Kingston is expanding... Read more
Kingston Whig-Standard
09 October 2014
A group of grades 6, 7 and 8 students from Holy Name Catholic School likely know more about Agnes Etherington than just about anyone else in the city these days.
The children... Read more
Kingston Whig-Standard
08 October 2014
Kingston Penitentiary has long been a fixture on the architectural and societal landscape of Kingston, likely ever since it opened its doors in 1835. Closed in the autumn of 2013,... Read more
CKWS TV
07 October 2014
The Agnes is thrilled to participate in “Beyond Classrooms” this year. In this CKWS TV segment students, teachers and our Public Programs Manager Pat Sullivan discuss... Read more
Queen's Gazette
06 October 2014
Carolyn Dowdell has developed a close, personal relationship with Agnes Etherington.
It’s a relationship built over the past couple of years. However, the two have never met.
In... Read more
Queen's Gazette
25 September 2014
In his new photography exhibition, Inside Kingston Penitentiary, photographer Geoffrey James showcases images from the final months of the Kingston prison. The exhibit, featured... Read more
Queen's Gazette
24 September 2014
Shortly after Kingston Penitentiary (KP) closed in 2013, the public could tour the prison with the proceeds going to charity. People snapped up the tickets within minutes, eager... Read more
Canadian Art
23 September 2014
From Piranesi’s famed 1700s etching series Imaginary Prisons to Netflix’s second-season 2014 finale of Orange is the New Black, fictional images and narratives of imprisonment... Read more
Queen's Journal
23 September 2014
“Never snitch on nobody period, sometimes blood and money is the only mix, when against fire use water if fire does not work.”
These are words that Toronto-born photographer... Read more
The Walrus
22 September 2014
Opened in 1835, Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario is a model of old-school incarceration: the Doric columns at the gatehouse, the grand stone archways and staircases, the bell... Read more
Queen's Gazette
17 September 2014
Riveting images from Kingston Penitentiary and a thoughtful selection of works on the theme of environmental anxiety are the focus of new exhibitions at the Agnes Etherington Art... Read more
Kingstonist
16 September 2014
For the last 178 years, Kingston Penitentiary has been looming over the city, both literally and figuratively. The massive Victorian façade hides a painful past that most of the... Read more
Queen's Journal
16 September 2014
Artist Derek Sullivan is looking to break the bond between image and experience.
Spanning the entire wall above the entrance, Sullivan’s dynamic installation piece entitled... Read more
Queen's Gazette
15 September 2014
Over a million pencil strokes later, Derek Sullivan believes he has transformed the feel of the lobby at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
Unlike most murals, Problems That... Read more
MACLEAN'S
09 September 2014
For decades, Kingston Penitentiary was a dumping ground for Canada’s most diabolical criminals. “A huge, huge warehouse of wasted lives,” to borrow the words of one former... Read more
The Globe & Mail
09 September 2014
A view from behind the bars inside Kingston Pen
Ottawa Citizen
29 August 2014
Five worth the drive: Galleries, Museums between Ottawa and Toronto
Verb Magazine
01 August 2014
The art world is fickle and mercenary, and there is a sense that working together offers artists a greater chance of critical and commercial success. The most important such group... Read more
Queen's Alumni Review
09 May 2014
As Canada commemorates the end of the military mission in Afghanistan, a new exhibition at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (AEAC) explores issues around international conflict... Read more
Canadian Art
23 April 2014
What was Rembrandt like away from the canvas? Who were his competitors and friends? And while he’s known as a master now, what was his influence in his lifetime?
These kinds of... Read more
Kingston Whig-Standard
16 April 2014
Art is often viewed as a transformative experience, and for installation artist Nichola Feldman-Kiss, creating it was, too.
Feldman-Kiss is one of three artists whose work is... Read more
Queen's Journal
28 March 2014
Nan Yeomans’ Intimate Views provides a unique look back at Kingston.
The exhibit, fully titled Intimate Views: The Watercolours of Nan Yeomans, is now on display at the Agnes... Read more
Kingston Whig-Standard
26 March 2014
Something you may or may not be aware of is that the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (AEAC), on Queen’s University campus, has two genuine Rembrandt van Rijn paintings. This may... Read more
Kingston Whig-Standard
14 February 2014
It has been said that good things come in small packages, and this is certainly true of three smaller exhibitions on view at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre on the Queen’s... Read more
Queen's Journal
04 February 2014
Rembrandt’s fellow travellers depicted contrasts of light and dark that provide an interesting diversion from the varied greys of a Kingston winter.
However, it’s not only... Read more
Queen's Gazette
17 December 2013
Alicia Boutilier remembers the first time she had a phone call from Ottawa-based art collector and philanthropist Ruth Soloway. “She was testing the waters,” recalls Ms.... Read more
Canadian Art
15 December 2012
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, and Museum of Health Care at Kingston
Howie Tsui’s unsparing display of bodily trauma in “Friendly Fire” at the Agnes Etherington Art... Read more
